BOWL BOUND ByJackSords Coast Conference Kills Round-Robin Grid Slate Sport Sparks By RON GEMMELL i V ' It's-now up to Oregon State in the Rose Bowl to bring back at least a semblance of prestige to Pacific coast football. As proof that Oregon State, and Oregon State alone, can sal vage a little respect for the type of grid warfare conducted on the Pacific slope, look at this list of results on intersectional games played by coast squads this sea son: Orecon 7, Texas 11. WSC 0, Texas A St M 7. Washington 7, Minnesota 13. USC 0. Ohio State 33. USC 18, Notre Dame 20. Willamette 6, Hawaii 20. USF 13, Mississippi State 26. St. Mary's 7, Fordham 35. St. Mary's 0, Duquesne 9. Santa Clara 6, Oklahoma 16. Fortland U 6, Hawaii 33. All tosses, those 11, and only Santa Clara's 7-0 win over Michi gan State and University of San Francisco's 25-13 win over Brig- ham Young to offset them. Other than a possible Beaver victory over Duke in the Rose Bowl, the coast this year has only potential wins over Geor gia Tech at Atlanta December 27 by California or Ucla over Florida at Jacksonville Decern ber 20 to help save an otherwise disastrous season. O Not Up to Par Such observers as Willamette Coaches Spec Keene and Howard Manle several times during the season hav.e remarked that they "didn't believe the Coast con ference was up to par this year." Subsequent results have borne out those contentions. Whether the purity code, as executed by Ed Atherton, is re sponsible or not, I don't be lieve anyone can say authori tatively. That it is a contributing- factor, probably all will agree. As your correspondent views the purity code, it's crippling pow er lies not so much in its Ather tonization of conference squads as it does in tending to cause poten tial football stars to shy away from conference schools for fear they- will be Athertonized. The code has so many rami fications as to cause youngsters looking about for a college to at tend to cast their fortunes with non-conference institutions rather than to take chances on getting the Atherton boot. And you can't blame 'em. In this so-called land of democracy, not even teen-aged kids want to be dictated to by some all - powerful code which makes them the goats when en forced. Your correspondent from the very first asserted his disbelief in the workability of the Ather ton code, and hasn't changed his mind. Lonr have I advo vated a standard rate of pay for college footballers one high enough to assure them their col lege educations w 1 1 h a con ference czar empowered to levy heavy fines on any school caught paying above the maximum set. O Guards Problem As in the civilian defense set up, guards are the big problem in Salem high hoopdom right now. Coach Harold Hauk has the very capable Bud Coons back at one back-court position, but the other is wide open . . . Rex Hardy, the aggressive football halfback, is working with Coons at present. but even if ' hard-driving Rex proves himself equal to the job, Hauk still has to find replace ments. The Vik mentor thinks he'll have another pretty pert casaba crew if some of the lads now glowing la practice sessions do as Well under fire ... He has high hopes that Courtney Jones, lanky Junior up from the junior vanity, will fill the center post left vacant by the graduation of ' big Bob Irbh, now trying for a berth on the Oregon, State Rook quint Baptism for the 1941-42 Salem high hoop team comes Friday night when it meets the Tilla mooks here . . .-Although the Vik villa has had two state cham pfonship teams and one runner up for the title-' in the last three seasons, only once during that time' have they been able to win from the Uooks. . . That one victory was posted here lasl'ieason, 43-41, In the fastest high school basketball game your correspondent ever witnessed . In that thriller dlUer, there were five baskets made In the first 90. seconds of play and the terrific pace never let up through the 32 minutes ... Score by quarters was 10 14, 21-22, 38-37 and 45-41, and . the game wasn't decided until the last minute of play. , , i I i Idaho, Montana Receive Qas0x Trade Complete Membership Kreevich for Wally Moses CoAcA of -frle-pose 8owu-Boua1o OZZSOA Sf Ate- loA leAedeo Mis Football' AT TM& UMiVgRSlTV Of- 'We Won't Let Backers Down Says Stiner; Heads Homeward By ROBERT MYERS PALM SPRINGS, Calif., Dec. 9-P)-Harmony was the key note as the Pacific Coasf conference, winding up its annual fall meeting at the Desert Inn, waded through a brief case full of routine matters late today. It elected new officers, discussed Rose Bowl matters, killed the round-robin football schedule, and then adjourned. A move to eliminate Idaho and Montana, "orphans" of the By JUDSON BAILEY CHICAGO, Dec. 9 -(P)- The war-conscious major league baseball executives settled down to business Tuesday, completing I 4 A - conference, from the schedule collapsed and the two are booked one ponanx American league for their usual slate of grid en- M1U1JU1 r " ,7 cmont, .-ith larppr rrmWnrp ers Mike Kreevich and Wally Memphis Clash Accepted by The Dalles 11 PALM SPRINGS, Calif., Dec. 9-(;P-Promising to bring bac "a winner for the west," Head Coach Lon Stiner headed to the northwest Tuesday night to start pointing his champion Oregon State football machine for its biggest game of all time the battle with Duke university in the Rose Bowl New Year's day. Stiner, attending the Pacific Coast conference meeting, left for Los Angeles and hoped to fly into Corvallis, Ore., tomorrow in time for practice. "We 'have a lot of work to do, but we're going to do It," the 38-year-old ex-Nebraska playing star said. "Oregon. State is proud of its record and proud to represent the west in the New Year's day game. We won't let our backers down." The Beavers will leave Corval lis Dec. 19, work out the next day at San Francisco's Kezar sta dium and "From then on our plans are somewhat secret," Stiner remark ed. V "We'll probably spend another day in the bay region. I want to get the team into a dry climate so we can let our ends and backs get in plenty of passing practice on a dry field. If it's raining up north, we'll come on south. "We'll come on to Pasadena and some of our practices will be open to the public. "I realize that Duke has a fine team, but we have a fine, big squad too, and we 11 be in that ball game for one purpose to win for the west." Vik Lineup Set For 'Mook Mix Salem high's hoop opener with Tillamook is scheduled to begin at 8 p.m. Friday, Coach Harold Hauk announced Tuesday night, with a 6:45 opener slated between the Vik Jayvees and Mill City. The Viking coach said his start ing lineup definitely will be com posed of Bud Coons and Rex Hardy at guards, Courtney Jones at center and Dutch Simmons and Don Cutler at forwards giving him three veterans in Coons, Sim mons and Cutler and two new comers to the varsity in Jones, a junior, and Hardy, a senior. . THE DALLES, Ore., Dec. 9-(P) -The Dalles' high school football team Tuesday accepted an invi tation to meet Memphis Tech high at Memphis, Term., on. Dec. 19 or 20, Coach Chuck McGuin- ness announced. He said the game,, was being advertised in Memphis as for the national championship." The unbeaten, untied Oregon team will leave Saturday for Chi cago, will work out on the North western university field Monday, then entrain for Memphis, he said. The school board approved ac ceptance of the invitation which was received today. Squad members to make the trip have not yet- been selected Hoop Tourney Almost Sure For WU Court While neither Athletic Director R. S. "Spec" Keene nor Graduate Manager Lestle Sparks was avail able Tuesday to say whether Wil lamette university would or would not accept the state high school basketball tournament whichwas offered the university by the state activities association board of con trol Monday, comments from Keene before he left Salem for Hawaii with the university foot ball team indicated he would be willing to place the university's facilities at the board's disposal. Keene said, however, that as far as he was concerned the Willamette basketball court would have to be considerably renovated and that seating fa cilities would have to be en larged and strengthened before he, personally, would favor sanction of --the 23rd annual tournament fat Willamette. - Paul B. Wallace, resident of the Willamette board of trustees, said Tuesday he was fairly certain Keene would agree to tage the tournament. Sparks, annually charged with the duties of managing the state's stellar high school athletic spec tacle, is attending the Coast con ference session at Palm Springs, Calif. In This Corner JERSEY CITY, NJ., Dec. 9-(P)-Mike Piskin, 147, Freehold, won Referee Gene Roman's decision over Mickey Makar, 145, Bayonne. Tuesday night in a 10-round box ing bout. NEW YORK, Dec. 9-0P)-Cal Cagni, 151V&. of the Jackson ville, Fla., ' naval air training station, and Vic Dellicurti, 152, New York Italian, fought to an eight-round draw Tuesday night Class Grapple At Salem High The second in a series of inter- class wrestling bouts were held in the Salem high school gym Tues day. Preliminaries will continue today and finals will come Thurs day and Friday. Tuesday's results: 115 lbs. Burns, soph, decision Imagawa, soph; Smith, soph, decision Mow ry, soph; Richards, soph, decision Yoshikai, soph. 125 lbs. Zeller, soph, fall over Nelson, senior, in 1:24. 135 lbs. Siemens, junior deci sion Simpson, soph. 145 lbs. Wehrli, soph, fall over Yarnell, soph, in 1:20. schools. Manager and faculty groups discussed ways and means of safeguarding future Rose Bowl games, but definite action was withheld until the spring meet ing at Portland. Al Masters of S t an f o r d and Willis O. Hunter of Southern Cali fornia remain as the Rose Bowl committee and may be empowered to contact possible Rose Bowl foes before rival bowls grab them up. Prof. John Olmsted of the Uni versity of California at Los An geles was elected conference pres ident, succeeding Prof. C. V. Ru zek of Oregon State. Prof. Stan ley Freeborn of the University of California was named as the new secretary, and Masters was elected president of the managers' group, succeeding Percy Locey of Ore gon State. Official conference approval was voted for the annual "Pro Bowl football game in the Los Angeles Memorial coliseum Jan uary 4. The action ended a long established coolness between the conference and the game man agement, which pits the Na tional Pro league champions against an all-star aggregation recruited from other national loop clubs. Commissioner Edwin Atherton was authorized to name a com mittee to consider some plan in regard to the appointment of cf f lcials for football games. The present system, which gives coaches a chance to "blackball'' officials, may or may not be aban doned. There has been strong ag tation to give Atherton sole power in naming officials. The 1942 conference football schedule was announced. One revision shifted Southern Call fornia's game with Washington State from Pullman to Los An geles October 17. California has an open date September 26. but will probably resume its annual curtain-raiser with St. Mary's. Page 10 Salem. Oregon, Wednesday Morning, December 10 Grid Awards Go To 14, Dallas DALLAS Fourteen football let ters were awarded at Dallas high this week six of them to seniors who will not be back next season. Those awarded: Bob Dunn, Wayne Gerard, James Hautz, George Lefever, Jack "Gruber, Henry Peters, Ben Smith, Ted Fast, Dick Hartman, Jim Richard son, Bib Hiebert, John Klassen and Richard Riggs. New PGA Prexy Has Many Proposals to Aid Golf; Boosts Tourney Purse as Starter if 1 Whitney Martin Huskies' Trio Gets Shrine Game Bids . .. .SEATTLE,. Dec. JHHThree University of Washington line- . men the entire left side .t the Husky 'front wall deceived invl- n tatlons Tuesday to play in the an nual Shrine .football' game at San Francisco on New Year'a day. Earl Younglove, Glen Conley and "Ray Frankowski 11 announced they had accepted the; East-West bid,! open "only to graduating" seniors." " By WHITNEY MARTIN NEW YORK, Dec. 9.-(Special to The Statesman) -G e n i a 1 d Dudley dropped into town, his handsome noggin buzzing with ideas pertaining to the advance ment of the wel fare of golf, par tlcularly pro golf. Dudley recent ly was named president of the PGA whici means his offic ial office will be in Chicago. He is summer pro at Colorado Springs and winter pro at Augusta, Ga., and his home- is m Philadelphia, so he is sort of a one-man nation al convention wherever he hap pens to be. He has his own private Intersectiohal rivalry. - , . ' Anyway; the 40-year-old native of Georgia, the first active play ing president the PGA has had. got a running start when one of his proposals was adopted as soon as he took office, That boosted the PGA tournament purse to,$14 200, with $5000 first prize money, and ; sliced the number of match play qualifiers from 64 to 32 with all matches 30 hole ;tTUghV now he la concentrating on" three Ideas. They aref l; Sendliur the newly chosen Kyder cup team te Sonth Amer- tea for a match with a team to be chosen there. 2. A closer cooperation be tween the pros and the colleges and the high schools with the idea of promoting interest in golf and developing promising amateurs. 3. Appointment of a commit tee of tournament sponsors which will work with Fred Cor coran, PGA tournament man ager, and7hnmy Hines, tourna ment committee chairman, to improve methods of conduct ing tournaments through ex . change of ideas and to effect a closer relationship between the PGA and amateur bodies in the conduct of tournaments and ex hibitions. ! That idea No. 1 will materialize Dudley has no doubt South Am erica is golf conscious, and a rival ry between the Ryder cup team and the South, Americans , to replace- the temorarjlyV paralyzed American-British rivalry Is a nat ural. - ' r.n., i ' l Naturally the teams would not be competing for the Ryder cup, but. it would 'be t h e American Ryder team in international com petition, and when resumption of the American-English rivalry , is possible it might be developed into a three-way affair, including the South Americana. ' As 'to item No. 2, Dudley feels that, there is a great opportunity for mutual - benefit. ; The pros 1 could donate their services as coaches to the schools, thus pro moting better golf teams, and through class instruction would increase interest in the game Some schools already have pro in structors, but Dudley points out there is room for expansion. The committee already has been named In project No. 3. It consists of Bing Crosby, Los An geles; Elmer Ward, Boston; Maynard "Scotty" Fessenden, Chicago; Adolph Bremer, St. Paul; Cloyd Haas, Toledo, and Russell Gnau, Detroit. Dudley still is a little vague about how these golf-minded gents will function to promote the game, but the idea is there and it will solidify in time, and Fes senden, who met Dudley here, al ready is sifting ideas as to just what can be done. Dudley makes no bones about the fact that his primary, inter est is the tub-thumping for the game which is bread and butter to him and his fellow pros. He feels that tournament golf is the -show window of the sport, and mat anytnmg the sponsors' com mittee. can do to dress up the show window will be on the profit He Is an alert, diplomatic, con scientious gent who wiQ make the PGA an excellent prexy. He blans to make the complete winter tour as a contestant, and4 considering nis otner lour more or less per. fnanent addresses he probably will get nis man at Anonymous, USA. Moses, and setting next year s all-star game for July 7 at Brook lyn. The first important trade of the winter sessions saw the Chicago White Sox give Kree vich and relief Pitcher Jack Hallett to the Philadelphia Ath letics for Moses, a hitter who has never averaged less than 300 In seven years in the big time. Both the outfielders are 31 years old and came into the American league in 1935 and have been on the verge of star dom from time to time. Moses batted .301 last season, but was in an automobile acci dent last winter and played in only 116 games. The Sox believe he will give them some consistent hitting that they need. Kreevich once was one of the most promising young players in the league, but has had two successive bad seasons and last summer hit only .229. Hallett won five and lost five on the mound. The day's lone other player transaction was the Boston Braves' acquisition of Outfielder Tommy Holmes from Newark of the International league for cash and players to be named later. Much time was given to dis cussion of baseball's part in the nation's war effort and the Na tional league's first action was to send a telegram to President Roosevelt offering its services in any possible way. The American league received a surprise proposal for the trans fer of the St. Louis Browns to Los Angeles, but a sl-ort discus sion of the transportation and other problems involved showed the owners to be unanimously against any change and President Will Harridge of the American league said no formal vote had to be taken. Beaver-Bearcat Game to Beat Blackout; Carson Out of Mix To make it possible for the Bevos to get back to Corvallis well ahead of blackout schedules, the Willamette-Oregon State basketball game here Thursday night is slated to begin promptly at 8 o'clock, Bearcat Coach Howard Maple said Tuesday night. - The Bearcat mentor also reported his regular center, Bob Carson, to be out of action for the clash with the Beavers. Carson has been out of school this week due to illness and will be in no condition to play Thursday, said Maple. Either Joe Murray or Earl Toolson will work at the pivot post, said Maple, with Sum Gal laher and Glen Walden at for wards and Jimmy Robertson and Orville Ragsdale at guards. Don Barnick and Ken Lilly will form another set of guards and Bob Daggett will work at for ward. ItH be the first time out this season for Slats Gill's Oregon Stat ers, a near-veteran outfit which finished in the runner-up slot for the northern division title last year. Gill as yet has made no- an nouncement of his starting lineup, but it probably will be named from a husky squad which in cludes John Mandic, Paul Valenti, Sam Dement, Jack Mulder, George McNutt, Ted Henningsen, Doug Martin, Lewis Beck and Harry Amacher. Grove Asks, Gets Bowling Scores SEPTEMBER 23 Texas Christian at UCLA, night. SEPTEMBER 26 Tulane at Southern California. College of Pacific at Washington. Washington State at Stanford. Oregon State at Idaho. OCTOBER 3 Southern California at Washington. Wt: Klvet Santa Clara at Stanford. California at Oregon State. Oregon at Washington State. Brigham Young at Montana. OCTOBER 10 Southern California at Ohio State. Stanford at Notre Dame. Oregon State at UCLA. Washington at Oregon. Montana at Washington State. Idaho at Gnozaga. OCTOBER 17 WSC at Southern California. Idaho at Stanford. UCLA at California. Montana at Washington. OCTOBER 24 Southern California at Stanford. California at Washington. Idaho at Oregon. Washington State at Oregon State OCTOBER 31 Stanford at UCLA. Oregon at California. Oregon State at Washington. Idaho at Montana. NOVEMBER 7 California at Southern California. Washington at Stanford. UCLA at Oregon. Montana at Oregon State. NOVEMBER 14 Oregon at Southern California. Oregon State at Stanford. Montana at California. Washington State at Idaho. NOVEMBER 21 Stanford at California. Washington at UCLA. Oregon at Oregon State. NOVEMBER 26 Idaho at Utah. NOVEMBER 28 Notre Dame at Southern California. wasningron :suue at Washington. DECEMBER S Montana at Southern California. DECEMBER 12 UCLA at Southern California. Outright Release CHICAGO, Dec. 9-;P)-Robert "Lefty" Grove, 41 -year-old pitch ing star of the Boston Red Sox, his outright release Tuesday night at his own request. No reason for Grove's retire ment was given by the club in making the announcement. Monmouth Sets Hoop Schedule MONMOUTH At a recent meeting here the Polk-Yamhill county basketball league was or ganized with Larson of Amity named president and Egelston of Monmouth secretary. A Polk Yamhill jamboree will be held here Friday night in the OCE gymnasium. Polk representatives will be Dallas, Monmouth and In dependence. Yamhill's represent atives: Amity, Sheridan and Wil opponents will be selected by a lamina. Yamhill's representative drawing prior to the contest. Last year Polk won the jamboree. Monmouth's schedule: January 9 Independence, there. January 13 WUlamina, here. January 16 Amity, there. : January 20 Sheridan, there. January 23 Dallas, here. January 27 Falls City. here. January 30 Rickreall. here. February 3 Independence, here. February 6 Willamina. there. February 10 Amity, here. February 13 Sheridan, here. February 17 Dallas, there. February 20 Falla City, there.. February 24 Perrydale. there. February 27 Valsetz. here. L. - - - i r, - ... . -V PAUL VALENTI r " 1 1 " 1 ' " wi A-;-'.' i '- ' MERCANTILE LEAGUE Board Walk Miller 127 126 Absent 117 90 Sachtler 123 156 Junta 139 131 Ohlson 243 188 Total 749 691 Stayton Handicap 31 5 Morgen ... 154 170 Tuel 145 133 Bryant 144 90 Schuktrich 117 180 Christensen 146 113 Total 737 691 Semlerg Handicap 16 ynaiey 181 Smith MitcheU Dye Burton Total Boslers Henderson Riches Rif fey Walton Matheny 138 145 158 131 .. 769 149 109 143 128 147 Total 736 Glenns Handicap 74 Duckpin Scores TUESDAY LEAGUE Waters Schooley 29 Griffin 138 LitwUler, M. 110 Litwiller. B. 135 Beardsley 201 Total 713 Hnbbards Meyer Walker Bramel Dull Ashby Total Richfield Schwab MdLaughlin Kellogg Hammond . Brown Total Handicap Mielke " Dethman Bacon Keniield Wood Total Msg fins Osborn Johnson, L. Yackey Esteb Gale Total State - Employes . Handicap. - Wilkinson Dirks ' . - Hog an , -;,,;., Hartley Page. It Total 4 155 154 160 155 111 739 160 125 147 169 169 770 . -70 . 103 .139 - 103 124 -151 -689 204 141 175 106 166 792 4 162 163 112 155 191 787 88 132 191 119 141 671 70' 168 99 98 145 175 755 145 478 Scio Handicap 127 406 Densmnr 141 426 Rayburn 353 zander 169 536 Bates 6942199 I Schrunk Total 12 Vallev 159 476 Thompson . ioo i Misson 149 421 Farrar 118 428 Doerfler . 200 502 ColweU Z292 1 Total 149 124 203 138 154 842 221 156 140 141 154 812 52 130 112 151 144 181 770 207 137 145 133 186 . 808 Monmonth 157 405 Handicap . 185 442 1 Stump 154 492 Tompkins 123 411 Cooper 187 497 1 Partridee 806 2247 HaUer Total 70 210 Capital City 95 365 Kirchner 136 374 I Sundin 91 292 ChaDDel : 160 429 1 Wallace ; 156 482 Woelke 7082152 1 Total 56 141 162 161 84 128 732 166 122 143 139 137 137 Dyers - ? Handicap . Dyer, P. Woodward Bahlburg , Cooley, Hi Grabenhorst, Total .Z. Stiffi Moriey Callahan Pero Clark Stiff Total" 40 40 Hinrilnn in. ibu lixi 34 1 Takayama . 147 4 133 1fi 44.-1 I Tmkiiruilfl . 171 JZO 104 393 I Tanakm .usi 128 128 v 147 -401 1 Ofura. . - i n zu9 108 4891 Yada 808 6653242 Total. . 769 , 165 114 135 101 . 139 660 PeDDcra 133 140 438 1 Ertsgaard 104 132 330 I Simmons 187- 1091431 I Don Chapel 178 163 446 I HoweU 136 ' 161 436 ' Jarvis 13 Total 57 . 145 210 133 99 143 767 178 136 169 163 179 824 16 120 157 161 174 150 778 125 135 108 162 126 656- 74 138 117 147 157 120 753 209 137 206 199 130 881 52 166 159 147 122 172 818 213 129 151 149 196 840 56 134 132 117 116 146 701 173 156 162 135 167 167 37 165 174 157. 161 139 833 237 144 155 114 165 815 183 436 111 318 129 408 113 383 199 30 7352175 7 43 139 463 164 442 141 375 152 449 111 370 7142142 16 48 146 447 142 437 130 436 158 490 162 443 7542301 169 443 111 415 157 408 168 458 133 406 7382130 74 222 132 419 113 354 148 498 180 475 150 424 7972382 147 577 141 434 180 526 115 455 181 465 7642457 52 156 162 458 152 423 131 449 168 434 168 521 8532441 197 619 181 447 162 458 161 443 193 575 8942542 56 168 175 450 123 417 . 99 377 80 280 156 430 6892122 181 520 134 413 153 460 177 451 160 464 160 464 37 111 204 514 138523 161 451 166 "426 145- 427 8513451 110 525 164 444 185 509 - 158 434 158 602 775-3414 Feller Enlists Reserve Navy CHICAGO, Dec. 9-;p)-Bob Fel ler, star pitcher for the Cleveland Indians, applied for enlistment in the naval reserve Tuesday at the Great Lakes training station. Commander Gene Tunney, for mer heavyweight boxing cham pion, received Feller's papers. He said Feller was seeking the rank of chief boastwain's mate in the reserves and would probably be placed in the physical department if he passes the routine mental and physical tests. SAM DEMENT Idaho Hoopers Bump Montana MOSCOW, Idaho, Dec. 9-WV The University of Idaho Vandal tramped on the Montana Uni versity Grizzlies, 49 to 18, Tues day night in a fast preseason bas ketball game. . The half time score was Idaho 22, Montana 11. Exceptionally food eyesUht for so early in the season and a food man -to -man defense plus helf hth to keep control of the backboards cave Idaho the twit. Ted Thompson, Idaho junior, was the high point man of th game, ringing up six field goalj for 12 points in the nine minutes he played in the first half. For Montana co-Captains , Bill Jones and Bill De Groot, led th way, Jones gathering nine poinU and De Groot eight. Tribe Star Works as Engineer W yf - . ! .4- , An engineer who starte.oa the baseball iuu.j i .v. work tn a Cleveland defense pUatMat -wtlJTt stars at lf4i. , ' - - - ?' V