Sport Sparks
As.
By RON G EMM ELL
Defense.
That .word was beginning to
Defense of France; defense of Britain; defense -of the Medi
terranean; defense of Africa; defense of Russia.
And, more recently: Defense of Wake; defense of Midway;
defense of Guam; defense of Hawaii; defense of the Pacific sea
board; and defense of Salem.
HOW ABOUT OFFENSE?
Your correspondent doesn't mean to imply that a certain
amount of defense isn't neces
sary. Qregon State's fine de
fensive play contributed large
ly in its march into the Rose
Bowl; the defensive play of the
New York Yankees was in a
great measure responsible for
their re-ascension to the base
ball championship of the world;
Joe Louis' ability to duck and
bob and weave is certainly an
asset.
BUT, where would any of
these athletic teams or indi
viduals have been without an
OFFENSE?
Never in the history of sports
was a title or a decision won on
defense, alone. Football games
can't be won if your team
hasn't the push to get across the enemy's goal; basketball de
cisions can't be gained if your team can't score; a boxer who
does all the catching and none of the pitching winds up as a
punch-drunk nobody.
'Tis much the same with WAR.
O
Naval Action Helps
Therefore, it was heartening
news Thursday that the US
navy went on the offensive. It
was as refreshing as Willam
ette's touchdown against Ha
waii or Oregon's against Texas
to learn that our forces are pitch
ing instead of catching.
Essentially, Americans are offensive-minded.
The hardest part
of any sport to teach American
boys is defense. They want to be
on the attack constantly.
Baseball In this country
never attained bigtime spectator
appeal until attack began to
dominate defense; until the
Ruths, the Gehrlgs, the DlMag
glos and the Williamses began
unloading the bases with home
runs.
Professional football had a ter
rific struggle before the offensive
part of the game was emphasized
to a degree that touchdowns be
came the rule instead of the ex
ception. It has beerl just in the last five
years that basketball has come in
to its own as a spectator pleaser.
Why? Because the fast break,
making for high scores, has been
adopted throughout the country.
Fight audiences in this coun
try have long made known that
it is the aggressive, attack-carrying
Deiupseys and Louises
they want and not the defens
ively brilliant Tunneys.
bid time grunt-and-groan wrest
ling, in which opponents would
grapple for hours without a de
cision, had to give way to rassle,
a make-believe affair stocked
with offensive action.
We can't help but feel the same
about war, if we must have war.
O
Stay on the Attack
"In LaGrande, we have to play
high-scoring offensive basketball
or we wouldn't get enough spec
tators to pay the light bills, said
Coach Bob Qulnn here Wednesday
night. Just after his Eastern Ore
gon College of Education team had
rung up 65 points to outscore Mt.
Angel college for the second
Straight night.
y Consequently," said Qulnn,
we haven't much defense. We
have to score, and score plenty,
to beat anyone."
At Salem high, where the Viks
open their season tonight, Coach
Harold Hauk actually employs of
fense on defense. For the last three
seasons he has employed de
fensive tactics that are, in real
ity, offensive tactics. His teams,
on defense, attack the ball. They
go after it as if their lives de
pend on it
Such offensive-minded defens
ive tactics have paid off. With
such hawkers as were Scottie Se
bern, Frankie Page, Bob McKee,
Don Bower, Eddie Salstrom, et al,
those tactics have brought two
Cal, Georgia
Mix Canceled
BERKELEY, Calif., Dec. 1H)
The Georgia Tech-University of
California ' lntersectional football
game, icheduled for here Dec. 27,
was called off Thursday at the re
quest of the southern school.
Kenneth Priestley, graduate
manager f California, made
the annoancemeBt following a
long distance telephone ' ' call
from Prof. A. H. Armstrong,
faculty athletic representative
. ! Georgia Tech. '.
- aMestley.sald the requested ac-
4tnm vraa taken- because of . the
probability of some Georgia Tech
duty and the desire, of squad
members to remain home during
the" Christmas holidays. The game
will be played next year, If con
: ditions .warrant
Minbt Loop Needs
One More
. One more basketball team Is
needed to fill out the Citjr'Minor
league, it was announced Thurs-
, day by Carl Greiaer, pnysxcai.cu-
rector at the ywwu v
The Major-league i .complete,
with six teams. Any team deslr-1-t
entry In the Minor circuit Is
pain.
i RICHARD WILDUNG 'iSiPPr:A (Sffu A - K J V V- VS
I ( V - I WILLIAM DUDLEY ? L 1 BMMIJABR JAh'T FRANK SINKVYICH
I UJ , : j ' 'Z 'L Z& Virginia Bock f .V ROBERT REINHARD -' J??S- Georjla Bac
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state titles and one runner-up
finish in three seasons. This sea
son it's up to the swift Dutch
Simmons, Bud Coons, Don Cutler,
Rex Hardy, Courtney Jones, et al,
to continue those offensive meas
ures. And, it's up to all of us' to
help in every way we can to as
sist our armed forces to stay
on the OFFENSIVE.
That's the way we Americans
want it, be it sports or war.
Viks Open Season
Against Tillamook
Meet Cheesemakers, 7:45 Tonight;
Three Vets Among Hauk's Starters
First for-keeps flipping of
season begins for Salem high's
streets' casaba court "at 7:45 tonight, when Coach Harold Hauk's
hustlers take on the Tillamook high Cheesemakers.
A 6:30 preliminary pits Coach Frank Beer's Viking juniors
against Mill City high.
The 'Mooks annually give the Viks some of their toughest
competition, having allowed the
DUTCH SIMMONS
Grapple Finals
Open at SHS
Interclass wrestling champion
ship bouts began Thursday after
noon at Salem high with the 1
sophomores holding a slight edge
in the series that will continue!
today.
Thursday's results:
95 lb. class Bill Maude, sopho
more, decisioned Teale Conway,
sophomore.
105 lbs. Ray Sugai, sophomore,
fall over Jim Erikson, sophomore,
in 1:35.
125 lbs. Fred Brees. junior,
fall over Bob Zeller, sophomore
in 8:43.
135 lbs. Jim Lyons, senior, fall
over M. Kyona, Junior, in 2:18
145 lbs. Don Page, senior, de -
cisioned John Wehrli, sophomore.
115 lbs.-Jim Bui en, junior,
fall over Ralph Burns, sophomore,
to ;51.5.
Heavyweight Lloyd
Griffiths
decisioned John McCracken
Strangle? Would
Teach Jiu-JitSU
Dec 11-UB-
Strangler Lewis, 51, veteran wres-.
tior u r1haaiF umiiW ftf -
m. nitft Ram at
Washington, - -
"I'd like to jdve my knowledge
ox wrestling as a condiuoner lor
the armed forces, especially my
knowledge of 101-11180.' he said.
w m m
know every jap trick in that
Dusmess. x wresxiea xneir nest a;
Tokyo 25 times. It is a dangerous
science . and as I understand Is
taught 'every Jap soldier and
sailof.
asked- to contact Grelder at the
if 4 $ '
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L I FRANK ALBERT 7 ENDICOTT PEABODY 2nd O ' y MALCOLM KUTNER :f-LJ w gf,bl,rgf' G"ord j
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the baseball for the 1941-42
hoopers in the 14th and D
Salems but one victory in the
last six games over a three-year
period.
Three of last year's veterans,
Forwards Dutch Simmons and
Don Cutler and Guard Bud
Coons, are scheduled to start for
the Viks. Two youngsters up
from the 1940-41 Junior varsity,
Rex Hardy at guard and Court
ney Jones at center, make up
the balance of the starting line
up as announced by Coach
Hauk.
Others who'll probably get into
the opening conflict include Joe
Bowersox, Gordy McMorris, John
ny Hoffert, Rollie Haag, Keith
Moms and Bob Sederstrom.
OSHA Won't
Let Dalles 11
Play Memphis
PORTLAND, Dec. ll-yP)-The
Dalles, Ore., and Memphis Tech
high schools will not meet in a
football game, it appeared Thurs
day. Memphis' invitation previous
ly was accepted by The Dalles
school board contingent on ap
proval of the Oregon High
School Activities- association,
but the association met here
last night and refused to ap
prove the game.
Charles McGuinness, The Dalles
coach, said he would telegraph
Memphis sponsors that they were
at liberty to select another ' op
ponent The Dalles' unbeaten team
claims the Oregon championship.
Reinhard Gets
I A 11 fQ.P ATrv
trill VUU UlCS
CORVALLIS, Ore., Dec. 11-JP)
1 -The University of California's
I Reinnard made the strongest im
pression on Oregon State's Rose
I Bowl football team of any op
ponent this season.
He was unanimous choice for
left tackle oa the Beavers' all
opponent eleven. Sosoeff, Wa
shington State, r left end, and
FrankowskI, Washington, left
guard, got all but one vote each.
O t h e rs: Lindskog, : Stanford.
center; cox, right guard. Calif or-
Stamm, right tackle, Stan-
ff g Washington State,
1 "ght end;; Albert, Stanford, ouar-
terback; Sewell, Washington State.
left half; Mecham,;)regon, right
Kennedy, Washington State,
I w"wa
I TnmliniA Slnfort
Mfl yva 9 JLVA Vij.
I .INDEPENDENCE The
Polk
Yamhill league's annual basket
ball jamboree 1 is scheduled for
Friday night in the Oregon Col
lege of Education gym, with, Dal
las,' Monmouth and Independence
rwrYrespwHn Polk rmintv. against
Willamina, Sheridan and Amity,
Yambiu counr , teams. ' j ' v
Albert, Reinhard
On AP's
Position Plyr & College CUst
END DAVID NATHAN SCHREINER, Wisconsin.. JUNIOR
TACKLE RICHARD KAY WILDUNG, Minnesota JUNIOR
GUARD ENDICOTT PEABODY 2nd, Harvard SENIOR
CENTER ....DAROLD WARD JENKINS, Missouri SENIOR
GUARD ....RALPH FIFE, Pittsburgh SENIOR
TACKLE ROBERT RICHARD REINHARD, California.SENIOR
END MALCOLM JAMES KUTNER, Texas. SENIOR
BACK FRANK CULLING ALBERT. Stanford SENIOR
BACK WILLIAM McGARVEY DUDLEY, Virginia... SENIOR
BACK FRANK SINKWICH, Georgia JUNIOR
BACK BRUCE PHILIP SMITH, Minnesota SENIOR
Chosn for second successive year
SECOND TEAM
JOHN ROKISKY, Duquesne
ERNEST BLANDIN, Tulane
RAY FRANKOWSKI, Washington
QUENTIN GREENOUGH, Oregon
TED RAMSEY, Southern Methodist
ALF BAUMAN, Northwestern
HOLT RAST JR.. Alabama
DERACE MOSER, Texas A. & M
STEVE LACH, Duke
JACK CRAIN?-Texas
BOB WESTFALL. Michigan
Honorable mention includes: Ends Gentry, WSC; Hey wood,
Wash.; Guards Chaves, Oregon State; Halverson, Oregon State;
Stanford; Centers Harrison, Wash.; Lindskog, Stanford; Backs
Dethman, Oregon State; Durdan,
Stanford; Londos, WSC; Mecham, Oregon; Robertson, USC;
Taylor, USC; Waterfield, Ucla.
Beavers9 Greenough Gets
Berth On Second Eleven;
Sewell, Suesoff On Third
By HERB BARKER
Associated Press Sports Writer
NEW YORK, Dec. ll-J-For the second successive year,
the middle west's football strongholds gain plurality control of
the 17th annual all-America team, chosen today by the Asso
ciated Press after a nation-wide survey of expert opinion.
This wide geographical sector, where Minnesota, Notre
Dame, Michigan, Ohio State, Northwestern and Missouri were
conspicuous performers, furnishes four men to the All-America
and nine players all told to the
Trailing the Midlands are the
south with eight men on the full
squad; the far west with six, and
the east and southwest with five
each.
Minnesota's Gophers, mythical
national champions for the sec
ond year in a
row, place two
great competi
tors on the first
team Captain
Bruce Smith,
brilliant back,
and captain-
elect Dick Wil-
dung, powerful
tackle.
The far west
offers two . "re-
7ax'n . Hera Barker
the 1940 team in
Frankie Albert, Stanford's canny
quarterback, and Bob Reinhard,
versatile tackle of the University
of California.
Rounding out the all-America
backfield along with Smith and
Albert are two spectacular south-
em stars, Frank Sinkwich of the
University of Georgia, and Bfll
Dudley of the University of Vir
ginia. "' : '
-Named with"Wfldung and Rein
hard to the line - posts are two
fine eastern guards, Endicott Pea
body ' H of - Harvard and , Ralph
Fife of Pittsburgh; Darold Jen
kins.' Missouri's center and ean-
tain; and two accomplished ends
Ja the persons of .Dave Schreiner
jTTTnr-flir-rii limn i p hi iijHww.lM
'41 All-Amerkarearcts'
Age
20
20
21
22
21
21
20
21
19
21
21
Position
END BOB DOVE, Notre Dame
TACKLE BILL CHEWNING, Navy
GUARD TOM MELTON. Purdue N
State.. CENTER VINCENT BANONIS, Detroit
GUARD CHAL DANIEL Texas
TACKLE MIKE KARMAZIN, Duke
END NICK SUSOEFF. Washington Stat.
BACK BILL SEWELL, Washington Stat
BACK JIMMY NELSON, Alabama
BACK JACK JENKINS. Vanderbilt
BACK STEVE FILIPOWICZ, Fordham
Oregon State; Erickson, Wash.;
full all-America squad of 33.
of Wisconsin and Malcolm Kutner
of Texas.
Sinkwich, Wildung and Schrei
ner are Juniors; all the others,
seniors. Last year nine seniors
and two Juniors Albert and
Reinhard were named.
Virginia, Missouri, Texas and
Wisconsin never previously have
been represented since the .As
sociated Press began selecting
all-America teams after the death
of Walter Camp. Harvard and
Georgia both return to the all
America list for the first time
since 1931 when Barry Wood was
the Harvard standard-bearer and
Vernon "Catfish Smith was
Georgia's representative.
Selection of Dudley breaks pre
cedent in several ways. Qnly 19,
the Virginia triple-threat is the
youngest back ever selected by
the Associated Press and no
younger player ever has been
chosen for any position on the
team. Gaynell Tinsley, Louisiana
State's end, was 19 when selected
for ithe 1935 team. So was Jose
Martinez-Zorilla, Cornell end,
when chosen in 1932.
V The " all-America, as selected
represents s nlee balance of de
fensive and offensive strength.
The line, where Kelnhard's 220
pounds" Is tops, averages 197
pounds. The backfield, boasting
tremendous football "sawy', in
addition to alT the necessary
mechanical skilL speed Power
Repeat
Height Weight
Home Town
Lancaster, Wis.
Luverne, Minn.
Syracuse, N. Y.
Higginsville, Mo.
Canton, O.
Montrose, Calif.
Dallas, Tex.
Glendale, Calif.
Bluefietd, Va.
Youngstown, O.
Faribault, Minn.
6:01
6:00
6:00
6:00
6:00
6:03
6:02
5:09
5:10
5:10
6:00
190
210
185
190
194
220
190
173
175
180
200
THIRD TEAM
USC; Jones, USC; Younglove, I
La Prade, Stanford; Taylor,
Barrett, Wash.; Brooks, Wash.;
Kennedy, WSC; Kmetovic,
Kobltn, Oregon; Steele, Wash.;
Abel Predicts
Tough Time'
For Pro BaU
SPOKANE, Dec. 1 l-;P)-Robert
Abel, Western International Base
ball league president, said Thurs
day night every professional team
in the country would be "hit hard
by the draft."
Pausing here on his return to
Tacoma from the minor league
meeting at Jacksonville, Fla,,
and the major league session at
Chicago, Abel said it would be
unpossiDie to guess toe war s
effect on baseball "until the
draft boards have had a chance
at rearranging their lists."
The Western International
eague will be called into session
after the holidays and by that
time the air should have cleared
suuicienuy so the club owners
will know about where they
stand," he said.
St. Martin's Tops
Pacific, 51-34
FOREST GROVE, Ore, Dec 11
-(flVSt Martin's Rangers made
It two in a row on their current
Oregon basketball tour, defeating
racmc university 51 to 34 here
Thursday night
St Martin's took an early lead
and had a 10-point margin
tnrougnout.
St Martin's SI
34 Pacific
8 Reed
7Gettel
Katica 15
Van MIeghem 3
McPhe5'.
Anderson 5
3 Newby
7 Ireland
McCarty 8
5 Haller
Substitutions: St Martin
Hausman (2), Hoene (2); Lozeau
(8), Fuller (1), Sinclair (21- Pa-
clfic Brusco.(2), MathU (2). .
ana .versatility, averages 182
with Smith tha heavyweight at
zvv pounds.
Orang.
Willamettes Fail to Hit Shots;
Gallaher Tops Scorers, With 12
By RON GEMMELL
SUlem&n Sports Editor
Those rugged, sharpshooting basketball Beavers from Ore
gon State, rated number one contender for northern division.
Coast conference championship honor this winter, made their
season's debut here Thursda
over our Willamette Bearcats,
hitting their shots in the first 10
lot closer.
The 'Cats, unable to hit in the
saw their taller, heavier opponents I
. mark up a 13-2 advantage with
10 minutes played and it wasn't
until the second half got underway
that the Salem collegians began
to shake the net with a sufficient
number of shots to whittle down
that early lead.
With both teams employing a.
close-checking man-to-man de
fense and using t locks to setup
their shots, the game was rough
ly played. Thirty-six fouls were
tooted, and Willamette was as
far off from the free line as
from the field. The 'Cats missed
10 of 18 gifters and the Beavers
but five of 19.
Two free tosses by Sum Galla
her, the night's top tosser with 12
counters, were the only points reg
istered by Willamette at the end
of 10 minutes, while Jack Mulder,
George McNutt, Sam Dement and
Paul'Valenti had piled up 13 for
the Beavers.
The 'Cats, in fact, were held to
three field goals in the entire first
half, two by Gallaher and one by
Joe Murray, and quit the floor at
the intermission trailing 20-12
Jimmy Robertson, poking
home four field goals on one
handers along the baseline, led
a Willamette rally that whittled
Oregon State's lead to five
points, at 29-24, with 10 min
utes left in the game.
But the Beavers, paced by big
John Mandic and George McNutt
pulled the count up to 38-28 with
five minutes left ani it seesawed
around the 10-points -difference
mark from there.
The Staters looked good in their
initial appearance, and they had
to in order to whip a Willamette
team which drove hard and
played its defense tightly for the
first time this season.
Valentl the Beavers' deadeye,
and McNutt divided scoring
honors for the visitors with 10
points each Valentl getting
five goals and McNatt netting
four from the floor and
from charity channel.
Robertson, chiefly on his four
second half field goals, was num
ber two tanker for the Bearcats
with nine counters.
It was the last home appear
ance for the 'Cats, who leave Sun
day on a barnstorming trip
through Washington, Idaho and
Utah, which sees them at Wash
ington State Monday night for the
first of the eight-game road sched
ule.
The Beavers play one more
game In Oregon, with Multno
mah club la Portland, before
entraining for an eastern swing.
OSC Loses Coach
v.
TlJTr 2TZ"
CORVALLIS, Dec
lln
Stat cclleM twimmln tem
port for active duty. Re will leave
here Friday for an undisclosed
en Outfire
44 to 34
night with a 44 to 34 victory
but if the Willamettes had been
minutes it would have been a
opening minutes of the game.
SUM GALLAHER
WV Grid Par
riiie, oil Duty
Phones Keene
Willamette university's football
party, of 30 plays, coaches and
managers and 21 accompanying
fans, "are all fine," said Coach
R, S. "Spec" Keene in a telegram
conversation .from Honolulu to
Governor Charles A. Sprague here
lnursaay night
Keene told Gov. Sorarue all
hand were on special duty in the
isianas dux aid not reveal the type
of duty nor mention anything
about the possibility of corning
back to the mainland. He asked
that all relatives and friends of
members of the party be advised.
Jarner Thursday. Mrs. Tula.
McKay received a radiogram from
Senator Douglas McKay, who is in
nonoiuiu with the party. It said:
au wen and happy."
Whitman Wins, 56-37
U.WI5TON. Ida- Dec 11-UP-k-
Vlctor Kelly Doured 17 nint.
through the basket to lead Whit
man college to a 56 to 37. victory
over Lewiston Normal Loggers
here Thursday night
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