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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 21, 1941)
port ; Sparks i By RON GEM3IELL - , Anything can .'happen be r tween now andNovember 29, when Oregonrand Oregon State t tangle at Eugene for what may or may not decide the Rose Bowl i bid, but if the Bevos and Ducks were meeting tomorrow, for in c stance, this department would, on the strength of what it hag 'seen from these two great foot ball teams,' string along with Ore gon to win ... Reason; The Ore gon line that stopped CaT cold Saturday is just as tough, or may be a little tougher, than' the Beavers, and the Oregon back field is heavier, better, balanced and, if anything, a little faster. Whew! That Oregon startlng lng team averages Just a mere 203 pounds to the man, that's all, with only three members under the 200-pound mark ... Tony Crish, the crashing end, at 185; Tommy Roblln, the ramblin' left half, at 185; and Curt Medians, the leftslded passer, kicker and runner, at - 188 are the only lads under 200. - - It's difficult, of course, to evaiu- ate Oregon's strength on its show ing against California, for the 4 Bears offered one of the weakest running attacks your correspon ' dent ever saw a Coast conference Absolutely no VMS gyMA deception, no power, no drive and no threat at any time . . . Asked by your correspondent what Cali fornia students thought of their football team, the editor of The Californian, campus daily, said: "They're not so critical over the team's losses as they are over the fact it plays such terribly mo notonous, conservative football." o Better Placement Not so much the difference in .. . . ai 4 : fM me aistance oi uie puuiiug m Oregon's 19-7 win, as in the dif ference in placement of punts and, as your correspondent re ported in his story of the game, the accompanying runbacks . , . Actually, so a close check of my play-by-play reveals, Curt Mech am thumped seven punts out of bounds and kicked only two that California safeties had opportun ity to return . . . California got but 21 yards on punt returns to Oregon's 161, including Roblin's 62 -yard runback for a touchdown. The downfield blocking of the Oregons, on punt runbacks in general and on touchdown Jaunts by Mecham and Roblin . In narttonlar. wait tvnira.1 of Tex Oliver coached football ... BUI Keener, Duke Iverson, El liott Wilson and Roy, Segale mowed would-be tacklers down like train, while the whole Ore-' gon team was particularly alert tit 4 hl' nhiw af ill timf. V , It thV Duck and Bevos can both-move through their remain ing schedules until November 29 without - further defeat, what a battle that annual scrap should be! v. . Oregon, with UCLA, WSC, Santa Clara and Washington yet to meet, has a mite the harder row to hoe, although Oregon State, with WSC. Idaho, UCLA, California and Montana all on tap, has one more to play. Records Tumble Not only did Salem's two un scored upon . records go phlooey over the weekend, but one of our "invincibles" got whacked ... The Salem high Viks found the mud, fumbles and Corvallis' weight too much for them Satur day night,; going down to a de feat that not only cost them the leadership of the No Name league but -also their prestige as one of the state's outstanding prep clubs. As was said by Tommy Swansen and Dwight Adams, f Albany, both of whom at tended the game, it might have been quite a different story on dry grid where Salem's speed and diversity of attack mifht have offset Corvallis' wetffht and power . . . But, the Spartans took nice advantage of their breaks and won handily enough to cause a few to wonder Just how good this Medford team, which whipped Corvallis 41-9, can be. Our Bearcats .by all means 1 Prhlinj "Can Tell Yczt Sicry Supplement your advertis ing in this newspaper, with window signs tying in with your ad. We prepare them for you In effective layout and color. ' - PHONE 9101 ; -.FdlfcLhj Co.: JOB DEPARTMENT 215 S. Commercial- - fiMiiw n i in ii in n 1 1 ii ii hi null III. m t Salem Goli Champ, Runner up - -v - 4 , Walt Cllne, jr., (right), who won the Salem Golf club championship for the second successive year when, Sunday, he scored a four and three victory over Wiff Needham (left), In the finals. Cllne was five under par for the 33 holes. Cline Fires Five Under Par Round Successive Cutting five strokes off par for 33 holes, Walter Clone, jr., Sunday retained hia Salem Golf club championship by defeat ing Winfield Needhaim 4 and 3 in the best-played title match seen on the Salem course"iL a number of years. Needham, fully as steady after a slightly shaky start, also wound up below par by a stroke. ! Deadly chip shots from the aprons enabled Cline to offset Needham' s slightly, more accurate long approach game, so that they were u s u al 1 y putting J about on even terms and Cline's I putts from "reasonable" distances dropped just frequently enough to give him the four-hole margin. Difference in their manner of scoring is illustrated by the fact that on the third nine which they halved in 35s, Cline putted 14 times, Needham 17. Off the tees they were consistent and about even as to distance. Starting oat with a brilliant eagle on the first morning hole, Cline was three up in as many holes and he held that margin throughout the first nine by posting a 32, four under par. A spectacular hole was the fifth, where Cline salvaged a half in par after hitting a tree with his tee shot. He pulled out with a long brassle shot and nine-iron dead t the pin. On the second nine they battled on even terms until they reached the 18th where Needham sank a curling .16-iooter for an eagle.. Both were on" in two. That' cut Needham's deficit to two holes, and he picked up another on the second afternoon hole wherfe his birdie putt was only a five-footer. They had. halved the first onefwith long birdie putts. Cline needed accurate-chip shots on the third and fourth to stay ahead; and Needham caught up on- the Isixth where Cline was on the. edge of the trap and chipped .short Needham had caught up but It wasn't . for long, for Cline chipped in for a birdie on the seventh and won the eighth when Needham was short with a tricky "ridge" putt. Cline won the tenth in par and virtually clinched the match with a 15-foot birdie on the 12th, though he needed a delicate "trouble shot" from cramped quarters to hold his advantage on the 14th. It ended on the 15 th with a half despite Needham's remarkable recovery shot and 12- foot putt. Their medal scores by "nines," the last going only fix holes: Cllne: 32-37-35-22126 Needham ..... 35-36-35-24130 Lawrence Alley defeated Ken Potts 1 up in the first flight final. Potts rallied to win three succes sive holes after being dormie at the 15th tee. Leovich Receives Outright Release From Connie Mack ; PHILADELPHIA, Oct. H) Irving "Bump" Hadley, veteran rlht h a n ! e d pitcher, and Rookie Catcher Johnny Leovich, former O r e a o n State college athlete, were released outright by the Athletics Monday. Manager Connie Mack said he wanted to give both ample op portunity to make other eon nectiona. Leovich was signed this spring while the A'a were training In California. Be was optioned to Toronto later. Hadley was pur chased from the New York Yankees in midseason. should still have an uncrossed goal, but that, too, went by the boards on uie defensive . miscue . T. However, their record of 153 points scored to but seven scored against them Isn't so dusty, and if they can upset what- will be a highly ; favored, much : heavier Idaho team at Moscow Saturday; the 'Cats will have a mighty good chance of going on through their season undefeated. ' t To Relievo insery of COLDS , . Tablet -. aiT JTea Preps Coats. Pnse SaMCy-Tlm t, WeaSeifal to Bag 2nd Golf Title Coons Returns To Aid Viks In Astoria Go Although it was "blue Monday" in the Salem high Viking camp as the kids who were knocked over by Corvallis Saturday night went to work for their invasion of Astoria this Friday, there was a bright note, too. It was the return of Bud Coons, regular fullback, who is expected to be in shape to go against the Fishermen. The team reported with minor bruises and burns, but no seri ous Injuries. End ' Jim Wenger ' sustained a bruised leg, End Rol lie Haag a wrenched back and Tackle Lloyd Griffith and Half back Dutch Simmons showed up with lime burns. While the Viks offered no alibi for their defeat, they felt certain they could have given a better account of themselves had the game been played on a dry field. Elks to Hold LOpen Meeting On Defense v The Elks club, sponsoring na tional Defense Week in Salem will hold an open meeting on Thurs day night at 8Q when Dr. R. Ivan Lovell of Willamette uni versity will speak on "America and the War." FrecLPaulus will talk today over KSLM on "The Elks Lodge and National Defense. The purpose of the lodge's sponsorship is to make members and the public more alert to national defense prob lems, stated Dr. Laban Steeves, exalted ruler of the Salem Elks lodge. . Water Boy Becomes Varsity Player at USF; Allison Asrees Ducks Bigs Burly and Fast By RUSS NEWLAND SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 20-flP) -A water boy who became a var sity player over, the weekend superceded such news as practice preparations for crucial games, In juries and other information dis closed today at the weekly meeting of the North California Football Writers' association. . ' i Charley White of the University of San Francisco was revealed as the quick change artist. He was toting water for the team last Saturday. He donned a uniform Monday and henceforth will ap pear either at halfback or an end position, - -, During the game with Stan ford last week, White puffed off the field with his bucket and ' growled at Bead Coach Jeff , Crsvath, T can play better than those fellows. Cravath retorted "why don't you show up for ' practice?" . The coach . promptly dismissed the subject from his -mind, : - , ; - . ' V- .. When White i showed up, - the situation was somewhat similar to that of the fellow, who got the big snicker when he sat down to the piano but made his audience swallow their mirth by banging out nifty tunes. ' White not 'only made the eyes of the coaches and players bug out Gjophers Continue. To Top Michigan Climbs Into 3rd Spot; Duke Drops Notch; Oregon Rated At 16th, Oregon State at 18th ' By BILL BONI . NEW YORK, Oct 20-PV-It was Minnesota and Texas still running one-two Monday as 127 of the natlon's,.football experts scanned performances of the top college teams throughout the country and, m the second of the weekly Associated Press rank ing polls, kept these two teams at the head of the parade. At the same time they established Saturday's clash at Ann Arbor between Michigan and Minnesota as very much the week's outstanding battle, and perhaps one of the most vital of the season. For Michigan, on the strength of its 14-7 conquest of Northwestern, was boosted from sixth place a week ago into third, only 263 points back of Minnesota. The Golden Gophers, No. 1 ; team In the land a year ago, polled 69 first-place votes, worth 10 points each: S3 for second place, and only one vote for ; lower ' thas fifth position. This gave them a total of 1169 points, to 1095 for the Texas Longhorns, impressive winners ever four rivals from as many conferences, and 906 for Michi gan. Texas was ranked at the top on 33 ballots and Michigan on seven. Duke, dropped down a notch by the Wolverines' climb, also was first choice of seven voters and polled 758 points: Thus the first four teams dominated the poll to such an extent that they drew far more than half of the total number of points awarded. Back of the Blue Devils came Navy, the east's ranking repre sentative; which climbed from seventh to fifth; Fordham, drop ped from fourth in spite of a good-looking win over West Vir ginia; Notre Dame, which moved from eighth to seventh though it was none too impressive against Carnegie Tech; Santa Clara, up a notch from ninth and only all winning major team left on the Pacific coast; Texas A & M, Tex as' strongest rival in the south east and that sector's best eleven in 1940, and Tulane, only beaten team to crash the first ten and doing so because of its thunder ing defeat of North Carolina. Texas A & M and the Green Wave made the biggest ad vances, the Aggies coming up from 14th place and Tulane from 17th. They shoved Ohio State, still undefeated but only after a close call with Purdue, down to No. 1L Besides the Michigan-Minnesota battle, already guaranteed a sellout of better than 85,000, the first-tenners are paired as fol lows for this Saturday; Texas with Rice, beaten by Louisiana last week and with Bob Brumley, its ace back, in jured; Duke with Pitt, seemingly in for its third straight .trouncing; Navy with Harvard, whose upset of Dartmouth promises a real test for the sailors; Fordham with Texas Christian, badly hurt by the loss of Triple-Threat Kyle Gillespie; Notre Dame with Il linois, Santa Clara with Oklaho ma, Texas A At M with Baylor, which lost its best back. Jack Wilson, last week; and Tulane with Mississippi. The standing of the teams (first-place votes in parentheses, points figured on 10-9-8-7-6, etc., basis): FIRST TEN L Minnesota (69) 1169 2. Texas (33) 1095 3. Michigan (7) 906 4. Duke (7) 758 5. -Navy (3) 614 6. Fordham (3) 500 7. Notre Dame 354 ! 8. Santa Clara 252 9. Texas A A M 243 19, Tulane (1) 220 Second Teh 11. Ohio State (1), 208; 12. Perm, 139; 13; Northwestern, 96; 14. Clemson (3), 70; 15. Vanderbilt, 62; 16. Oregon, 53; 17 Temple, 81; 18. Oregon State, 48; tied for 19. Vlllanova and Stanford, 24 each. Also-ran Washington 18, He made the team right then and there. He weighs 180 pounds and outsprints most of the rest of the squad. The; story would read bet ter if White had been a green hand at the game. He was a crackerjack player in high school butv decided to forego college ball because of pressure of studies.' Head . Coach Clark Shaugh nessy of Stanford . was too wrapped up In preparations for the "make or break' game with Washington in Seattle this Saturday to attend the meeting. He was studying reports turned in by his assistant Marehio Schwartx, who scouted Wash ington against UCLA. Jim y i L a w a o n . renresentuut Shaughnessy, said the Indians would come up Jor tne wasmng ton contest seriously, weakened by injuries. There is some doubt yet Pete Kmetovic, left half, will play much, if any, of the game. He was injured two weeks ago in the defeat by Oregon State and ex amination , showed - he had : suf fered a chipped bone near the base of one of his vertebrae. Kmetovic has practiced with the team, however,". . Other casualties include Hay HammetV sub quarterback; -Arnold Meiners, regular left end and Frank Forbesv reserve back. Ham- id Poll Idaho Mentor 'Bewildered' By Willamette UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO, Mos cow, Oct 20-(S p e c I a D-Idaho's home football fans are eagerly awaiting the second appearance of the 1941 Vandals at Neale stadium Saturday against Willamette uni versity. The game has been desig nated as the Idaho Dads' day for the year and starts at 2 p.m. . Coached by Roy S. "Spec" Keene, the Willamette Bearcats make their first appearance on the Idaho gridiron and is a fit- DEINER BREAKS HAND Coach Spec Keene reported Monday that Tackle Garrel Deiner Is the sole causualty from the Whittier game. Deiner sustained a broken hand that may keep him out of the Idaho clash. "How we fare In this game will depend a treat deal upon our condition and the ability of our reserves," said Keene. He expects to leave here via train Friday night with a 30-man squad. The 'Cats will travel on the same train as the Oregon State Beavers, who go north to play WSC. ting opponent for the Idaho eleven which has made a re markable improvement since its first appearance of the season against the University of Utah. Coach Francis Schmidt of the Idaho club is bewildered by the attack of the Willamette team though he has directed scouts to each Willamette game this season. Main reason for the worry wrinkle in his brow is that the Keene coached club has not met stiff competition this season to cause them to show their power. .The lack of powerful opponents has allowed the. Bearcats to keep the majority of their tricks under wraps. Idaho is not taking the Willa mette contest In a light hearted mood. The game Is considered by many fans as, a breather for the Improving Tan dais, but the boys on the so.n4 and the Idaho coaching staff have never con sidered the tricky Willamette club anything but a tough eon test. . Idaho students under the chair manship of Knox Craig, Lewiston, are making elaborate plans to en tertain their Dads on the day of the game. Dads are admitted to the contest free with the exception of federal amusement tax. Dayton Winner , DAYTON Dayton high's foot ball team defeated St. Johns 19 to 6 Friday at St. Johns for its third straight victory of the sea son. , ' ':U Mississippi State 13, Georgia 11, Southern Methodist 10, Missouri 9, Alabama 8, Nebraska 5, Texas Tech 4, Rice 2, Mississippi tod Army, 1 each. mett hurt a leg last Saturday and Meiners is under care for a nerve injury. Forbes suffered- a torn knee cartilage and probably is through for the season. Coach Leonard "Stab" Alli son of California, describing his team's d e f e a t by Oregon, said "it was a long, gloomy ride home. Even my pet dog sniffed at me, laid back his ears and backed Into the heme. "We bumped into a mighty good club. The Oregon players are big, burly, and fast We made a couple of mistakes and they scored a touchdown, just like that Our blocking and tackling must Improve. Allison said Russ Messner, 158-pound Oakland boy, had been shifted to first string fullback, replacing John -Mc-Quary of Los Angeles. - Edwin N, Atherton, Coast con ference commissioner, . produced figures to prove the new unlim ited substitution rule Is not slow ing up the games to any great ex tent He said the average time for all conference as well as major independent contests was 2 hours 24 minutes. The ideal game is con sidered 2 hours 20 minutes dura tion. The shortest,, conference game to. date was played between Oregon State, and Washington in 2:09 - while the' Stanford-Oregon contest was the longest 2:58. Action on CLAWSON, MICHIGAN MOVES Harold Lockard, Michigan back, gains ground during s Michigan drive to a touchdown in a Western conference game with Northwestern at EvanstoB, lit Don Clawson, NU fullback, tackled Lockhard a moment later. Michigan won, 14-7. C HOWAItOO iwVmiii BUCKEYES BLOCK A first-period as Ohio State defeated Purdue, 16-14, m a Western conference clash at Columbus, O. Tackle Jim Dan ieU is seen blocking the punt by Robert Hajyk, Purdue quarterback. The ball (right-center) roUed into the end sone for a safety. HUSKIES HUMBLE In a game filled with fine running plays and passes, despite a steady ram lasting throughout the afternoon, the University of Washington team took the measure of the Uelaas from Lot Angeles by the score of 14-7. Photo shows Fullback StackpeeL whoso play la the first half was sen sationaL scoring the first touchdown for the UW. Steele, another Washington back, Is est In front to dear any possible Uclan tacklers oat of the way. . V Lanifero tfourtk, Wl iths s BUNNY GRIFFrrHS YMCA Slates Hoop Classes For Nov. 5 : .. Coaches for the third. year of the Salem YMCA basketball school were announced Monday night by Physical Director - Carl Grelder, who said the classes are to start November 8 and 8. ' Harold Hauk, head coach at Sa lem high school, Is to.lnstruct the senior , class, , free to all young men over 19 years of age, at 70 pjn. Wednesdays, November S to 2lA : . rn-,v l:,v.-,; Gurnee Flcsher and Frank - Brown, coaches of Leslie and . Farrish junior high schools, will conduct the boys class for Y members and. Sunday school leafue players, at 11 a-m. Sat urdays from November to 29. Five teams were represented at the first Major -and Minor bas ketball ieague. meeting . Monday night and another session was set fc- November 10. Plans were con sidered,' .but no action taken. ;- Griff the Football Front KUZMAi aOCKAXC tvv .1 1 I 'J) 1 ? ! MllCH-rl 4 DANll0 I safety, the initial score of the game provided the martin of victory ,Cosl Liri3 Salem, Qrecjori, Tuesday Moraine); October Sets Fielding Jolley Wields Best Bludgeon; Pete Hughes Is Home Run King - Pardon, please, for mentioning such a summerish affair as baseball right In the; thick o the football season, but the West ern International league's final statistics are ready for the Dublin. and, strange as it may seem, some of pur Salem Senators didn't do badly therein. ; -v - For instance: -. - t-:,;:,; - ' Lashin Freddy Lanifero is fourth best hitter in the league with a .332 average, Little Skipper Bunny Griffiths owns a new league fielding record for shortstops with .942 percentage, Bob Bergstrom Is 10th best hitter in the loop with .323 and Lanifero established a record when he hit safely in 30 straight games. Big Smudge Smead Jolley, who set practically all the hitting records in 1939, was again the top batsman this season. Ht took the batting title with a mark of .345, led in runs batted In with 128 and total bases, 294. Pete Hughes, of Spokane was the leading home run hitter with 34, three under the league record of 37 established by Morrie Abbott in 1939, and scored the most runs; 139. He also received 156 bases on balls for a hew league record. Club and individual Kitting recods, for the top 10 of the league and all Salem players: . . . - -: ' CLUB BATTING JQ AB K OS H KTB'.JB-JB Spokane us 47 M S24 - ss l7 leie zm ji Vafcloui : 134 4MS 94 (33 12? 1TZ1 MS M Vaaeoevcr 'lit 472S 744 45S Kto 1893 135 ' 14 Tacoma 134 45S? S4 9S 123? 1751 Z1S 90 SALEM 132 437J 593 C51 1173 1357 241 4S WeBAtche 13S 477 J SSI S71 124 1 172 13 42 rNDrvmuAL NAMS AND CLtB Lcfccck, B4IL Sookaae iollcr, J. Smcaa, VaMeoevcr. If.vtiiiM. H.nrr. 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