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Newspaper Page TextSport Sparks Uy HON GEMMELL One hundred and 80 minutes of Rose Bowl competition three full Rose Bowl games is the record at one member of the last state of Oregon team to play in the Tournament of Roses tiff. . . Even should one of Oregon State's sophomores Fullback Choc Shelton, for instance return as a Rose Bowl player twice more subsequent to playing against the Duke Blue Devils a week from Thursday, the chances of him equalling that record are dis tinctly remote. Owner of the record is Salem's own Hollis Huntington, who coached Salem high up to 1936 ViU 'Cats Even With Everett; Claw Albion Team Bag 38-30 From Win A . .. .7 ' 2 j -jfrki Take 2nd Victory on Road Trip Robertson and Gallalier Lead 54 to 38 Win BURLEY, Idaho, Dec. 20 (AP) The Willamette uni- dena push; and fullbacked the versity Bearcats won their university oi uregon second' victory of their inter which was edged, 7 to 6, by I , . . ' CJtJ :, Harvard in the 1920 Tourna- muuiiutui wut -"uuaj ment of Roses battle. when they defeated the Al- Only two others in history bion State Normal school basket have nlaved in three Rose Bowl ball team by a score of 54 to 38. games, and only one other acea y Jimmy "ooenson ana "Horse" Reynolds of Stanford Sum Gallaher, the Oregonians , , . ,, showed a smooth-working team played every mmute of three . . . . Mrlv Rose Bowl games. . . Hunting- . . . fhA n nil never ion is me oniy piayer to nave the Idaho team to threat- and who is now one of the cap ital city's leading haberdashers . . . "Holly," then a 185-pound er who, according to many who saw him in action, could hit a line with the best of them, full backed the underdog Univer sity of Oregon team which trounced Pennsylvania 14 to 0 in the 1917 Rose Bowl game; .all backed the Mare. Island Ma rine team which subdued the 91st Division team of Camp Lewis 19 to 7 in the 1918 Pasa HOLLIS HUNTINGTON played 180 minutes in the Rose Bowl with two different teams . . . Third man to have played in three Bowl games was Ken Bartlett, who played with "Holly" on the 1917 Oregon team, who played against him on the 91st Division Camp Lewis eleven in 1918 and who was back on the same Oregon team with him again in 1920. Reynolds, the great Stanford tackle, played all of the 1934, 1935 and 1936 Rose Bowl games, in which Stanford lost to Co lumbia 13-0, lost to Alabama 28-13 and edged out Georgia Tech 7-0. . . He was twice on the losing side, while Huntington was twice on the winning side. Brother "Siy" Star of 1917 Service Game Lineup of that 1917, Hugo Bezdek-coached Oregon team, which pasted a Pennsylvania team manned by all-Americans Ludd Ray at center, "Columbia" Lou Little (present Columbia coach) at tackle, Heinie Miller at end and Howard Berry at full back, was: Left end Brick Mitchell, now of San Francisco and who, according to "Holly," was a special investigator of Harry Bridges before that labor leader's recent trial. Left tackle John Beckett, now a colonel of the marines. Left guard Bob Snyder, deceased. Center Jake Risley, now a highway constructionist, who quite frequently comes through Salem. Right guard Bart Spellman, now a wealthy department house operator in Seattle. Right end Lloyd Tegart, now a doctor in Portland. Quarterback Shy Huntington, "Holly's" younger brother, of Eugene. Left half Orvill Monteith, now an osteopath in Springfield, Mass. Right half Johnny Parsons, now a dairyman in Seattle. Fullback Hollis Huntington. The scoring in that upset game: First touchdown came mid way of the third quarter, after Shy Huntington had circled end for 35 yards; he then tossed a pass over the goal line to Tegart for the touchdown and kicked the conversion point. . . Second touchdown came in the middle of the final quarter, Shy Hunt ington bucking over from two yards away after a 45-yard end run by Parsons had set it up. . . Again Shy kicked the conversion point, to make it quite a day for "Holly's" young brother. en. Robertson chalked Up 14 points on six field goals and two free throws for high -point honors Cannell, with 11 points, lead the Albion team. The Bearcats move from here to Boise, where they meet Boise JC Monday night. They play Col lege of Idaho at Caldwell Tues day night before returning to the Willamette campus Wednesday. They defeated Idaho South ern Branch Friday night, after having- suffered consecutive losses to Washington State, Utah and Utah State. WILLAMETTE (54) Ff F W Tp Toolson, 1 ....... 1113 Gallaher, t 6 1 4 13 Carson, c 4 0 4 6 Robertson, g 6 2 2 14 Barnick, g 3 1 3 7 Medley, c 0 0 0 0 Waldon, f 3 3 0 9 Murray, c 1 0 1 2 Ragsdale. g - 0 0 0 0 Daggett, f 0 0 0 0 Lilly, g 0 0 0 0 Totals 23 8 15 54 ALBION (38) Fg F Pi Tp Matthews, f 2 13 5 CanneU, 1 5 1 1 11 Millard, c 3 2 2 8 McCombs, g 4 0 18 Knee, g 10 0 2 Sanders, f 10 0 2 BuUer. g 10 2 2 Gooch, f 0 0 1 0 Widmier, g 0 0 10 Andreason, f 0 0 8 0 Totals 17 4 11 38 Halftime score: bion 17. Rate Parsons Best Back He Ever Saw "Holly" scored one of the two touchdowns which, along with a brace of field goals and one conversion point by End Ambrose, enabled the 1918 Marine team to whip Camp Lewis. . . It was in this game recalls Huntington, that one of the all-time longest passes was completed for a touchdown, although the record book for some reason doesn't list it. "We were on our 40-yard line," says "Holly,": when "Boot Brown faded back and hurled a pass that Lawson Sanderson, who is now a major in the marine air corps and considered one of the country's greatest fliers, caught on the Camp Lewis one yard line. The pass from the line of scrimmage was good for 60 yards, and from where Brown threw it must have been at least 70 yards." Although it was Skeet Manerud and Bill Steers who did all of Oregon's scoring (on two field goals) in the 6-7 Harvard game of 1920, press dispatches on the game named "Holly" as one of the Duck stars. . . . "Steers, Jacobbergerf Huntington and Mane rud were the stars of the Oregon aggregation," said the AP game account Asked who he considered the best football player he ever played with or against, "Holly" said: "Well that depends on the position. In the line, it was easily John Beckett. In the backfield, I think Johnny Parsons was the best halfback I've ever played with or agamst or ever saw any place. He was a marvel." The obvious reason why Choc Shelton. or any of the other (Continued on Page 7) Willamette 33. Al- Whose Hoop Flips 22 to Lead Vikings Seagulls Simmons Sinks 22 to Pace Salem High EVERETT, Dec 20 (AP) Salem's basketball team avenged itself on Everett high school Saturday night byf pounding to a 38 to 30 vic tory in an interstate pre-sea-son game here. Salem out-ran, out-roughed and outshot the home team to make up for a 34-20 defeat handed the visitors Friday night Led by For ward Simmons, who personally accounted for 22 points, the Sa lem team was ahead all the way after the score had been tied 2-2 in the opening minutes of the game. Peterson, Everett forward, led his team with 11 points. V :' J 5 The Salem team, which returns here Sunday night, has a tenta tive engagement Tuesday night with Marsh field and has sched uled a double attraction Friday night The latter pits Albany against Roosevelt high of Port land in the opener and Salem against Grant high of Portland in the nightcap. Salem (38) (30) Everett Simmons 22 11 Peterson Cutler 6 Mercer Jones 1 10 Gaston Coons 4 Hampson Chapman 2 4 Tedesco Salem subs Bowersox 2, Ran som 1. Everett subs Ludwick 2, John son, Christensen, Reickn, Nelson 1, Nichols, Adams, Armistead 2. Halftime score: Salem 13, Ever ett 6. 6 v Scdtm. Oregon, Sunday Morning. Dcxnber 21 1941 30 to 27 May Sound Hoopish, But It's Ucla's Grid Score OVer Gators; Cantor Is Star JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Dec. 20.-(P-The Bruins from the University of California at Los Angeles outlasted the Florida Gators, 30-27, Saturday, in an mtersectional grid thriller be fore a scant crowd of 8000. The Gators started off like a brush fire to build up a 20-8 lead and the fans resigned themselves to a walkaway. Then the Bruins came out of their hibernation and pushed over 24 points before Florida could recover. The Bruins had plenty of stars. Halfback Leo Cantor sparked I the drives for the tying and win CITY MAJOR LEAGUE W L Pet. Pf Pa Schoens 1 0 1.008 27 191 Army-Navy 1 8 1.000 42 20 Simmons o l jn i rt Papermill 0 1 .500 29 42 Leading scorers OS Money. rM, 15: Johnny Kolb, A-N. 13; Otto Skopil, a-n. 10: rankle face. Simmons. 6; Coleman. Schoens. 8; Russell Satter, PM, 8; Graham, Schoens, 7. Dutch Simmons, Salem high forward, who fire Id 72 of the 38 ooints the Vikings amassed In whipping Everett at Everett, S8-30, Satur day night Mecham's Mates Vote Him Hoffman Award "A" CHURCH LEAGUE W L Pet. Baptists 2 0 1.000 First ME l V l.UUU Presbyterian 1 1 500 Leslie ME 1 1 500 Saints 0 1 500 Evangelical 0 2 .000 Pf Pa 89 8 32 IT 4Q 32 36 17 20 LeadinK scorers Allen Hurst. P. 29: Bert Broer. B. 24: Bruce Robins. B. 19: Fred Broer. b, u: Tomiu. f me. 10; man on the team, took the nod over two strong contenders Ray ST shoemaker, f me. and Gediusi 1 Segale, guard from Seattle and Bill Regner, end from Portland Cougar, Husky y units Sweep Midwest Teams SEATTLE, Dec. 20-P)-Wash-ington State college and the Uni versity of Washington made it a clean sweep Saturday night of their intersectional basketball ser ies with Kansas State college and the University of Missouri of the Big Six conference. Washing-ton State won the opener of Saturday nirhfs donbleheader from Kansas State, 47 to 22. Washington de feated the weak Missouri five, 52 to 31. Friday night Washington State beat Missouri, 62 to 23, while Washington was winning from Kansas State, 45 to 32. In Saturday night's second game Washington took a 2-0 lead on the first play after the open ing tipoff and ran it to 11-2 in the first five minutes. After play ing half of the first period the speedball Washington regulars re (4 LEO CANTOR STANDINGS among the BOWLERS MAJOR LEAGUE Clines Acmes Copelands Ramages Karrs Friesens Saints, 8 apiece. CHURCH LEAGUE W L Pet. PI Pa I F. Christian 2 0 1.000 60 S2 CSC 2 0 1500 74 34 Salt Creek 1 1 500 87 60 1 Mennonites 1 1 500 S3 S3 Presbyterian 0 2 500 al 71 Bretheran 0 2 .000 37 70 i Leading scorers welty, M, 31; Fast, SC. 27; Voth, SC. 22; Priem. CSC. 19; Pattan. P. 18: Massev. csc. 18: a. Lowery. UB. n; copennaver. r. n: Simmons. M, n; Llnd, re. IB. C" CHURCH LEAGUE W L Pet Pf Pa Calvary BDt. 2 0 1500 103 40 CSC 2 0 1.000 71 33 Lutherans 1 1 .500 SS 54 Episcopal 1 1 500 48 72 Presbyterian 0 1 .000 17 37 Jason Lee 0 1 .000 25 39 Methodist 0 2 .000 37 86 Leading scorers Don Armstrong. CSC. 41: Stan Wilborn. CB. 40: Bob Schunke, CB. 27; Red Battalion, CL. 22: Bob steeves, . 19; Bob Barber, CB. 17; Meyer, cl. 16; Acton, T ME. 14. EUGENE, Dec. 20.-(-The Hoffman football award, a hand some gold wrist watch given annually to the outstanding Uni versity of Oregon football player, has been won by Curt Mech w jam, right halfback on the 1941 Webfoot squad, according to an of- tired, with a 14-7 lead, and the I i 11 a i i I eArn4 foam -r i i ah V 7i I iiciai announcement maae nere jaturaav nisni. , m-mc m The 21-year-old Bakersfield, Cal., youth, the only married J 10 .?u 1 mc nau- uou aiucu wiui uk score stand ing at 24-17. The big- WSC team, cham pions -of the west last jear, pulled away during- the second half of the game, holding Kan sas State scoreless for 12 min utes while running up 18 points on its own. With that IS. plus the 19-lt lead WSC held at halftime, the western cham pions were safe enough so that the second team played the rest of the game. Pete Reiser First Rookie Ever To Win Major Loop Bat Grown By JUDSON BAILEY NEW YORK, Dec. 20 (AP) The first rookie ever to win a major league batting championship is Harold "Pete" Reiser, the sensational centerf ielder of the Brooklyn Dodgers, who hit .343 last season in the National league. The long-necked St. Louis. boy came up to the Dodgers for the last six weeks of the 1910 season as a shortstop, but in his first full season as a big leaguer he became the out standing middle gardener of the circuit and collected a variety of batting honors. league ' regulars who played hi more than 100 games were the Veteran John Cooney of Boston .319; Joe Med- wick, Brooklyn .318; Stan Hack, Chicago .317; John Mize, St Louis 537; Floyd (Arky) Vaughan, Pittsburgh, .316; Nick Etten, Phil, adelphia .311; Fred (Dixie) Wal ker, ter, v r u u E.&S.)iuii nrv.inui aiata.it 11 1 I Thirty squad members made the selection. It was the third annual award. Previous winners were "Lefty Bob" Smith, halfback from Medford, and Dick Horne, end from Long Beach, CaL, in 1939 and 1949, respectively. Mecham, a transfer from Ba kersfield, CaL, Junior college, was the leading ground gainer on the Pacific coast last year, his first season with the Oreeons. The Webfoot blossomed out this sea- Black Hawks Win son ana was me leading punier TORONTO, Ont., Dec. 2HJfy- on the coast,- kicking bo times for a surprise goal on a long shot a 41.1-yard average, carried the half way through the first period ball 97 times for a net average of Eave the Chicago Black Hawks 4.7, passed 36 times, completed 15 the necessary momentum that for 230 yards and a 41 percentage 1 carried them to a 2-0 victory m compieuons, ana scored seven over Toronto In a National Hock touchdowns. ev league contest Saturday nizht. Tex Oliver, his coach, said. ning scores with speed, powerful line smashes and flashy end runs. 21 n 21 21 2 24 24 24 21 24 15 53 W L Cline. ir. 193. Coe 193. Haman 191. Poulin 190. Tope 189. Murdock 187, Kertson 187. Page 186. Olinger 186. Cline. jr. 18. LADIES LEAGUE Capital Beddinc . Hubbards Keglette Coca Cola McKay Royal W 28 27 .27 22 18 .14 L IT 18 18 23 27 31 Wilson 1S8. McCarroll 153. Poulin 153. Garbarino 151. Clark 151. Kennedy 151. Meyer 148, Foreman i43, Bowlsby 140. uoya 138. CHERRY CITY W L Boalers 18 5 Paulus Cubs 13 8 Statesman 11 10 Salesmen , 8 10 Outdoors 5 7 Relnholdts 7 11 Thompson 177, White 176. Obei man 168. Dulrus 165. Harmon 163. Giod 160. Warner 160. Dibbern 158. Fan len 158, Beigler 156. COMMERCIAL LEAGUE Sundins Straws Masters Parrlshs Paulus Taggers Hartmans Cookes Pittsburgh Woolworths Generals Nicholsons State Street Tope 187. Krrch 185. Beal 183. Perry ITS. Peterson 175. McMullen 173. Scales 173, Garbarino 173, Kenyon 173, Groves 173. H. Barr 173. W L -.28 17 .2 19 -.28 19 -.25 20 24 21 - 23 22 22 23 21 24 -21 24 19 26 18 27 -17 28 Fullback Ken Snelling's ac curate kicking accounted for three extra points aftrtouch downs and the fourth-quarter field goal that proved to be the margin of victory. Florida drew first blood early in the game as Halfback Tommy Harrison passed to End Forest Ferguson for 28 yards and a touchdown. Paul FJler, Florida's plaeekick specialist, booted the extra point. The Bruins retaliated quickly. They recovered a fumbled Flori da lateral on the five-yard stripe and Fullback George Phillips bucked across for the touchdown on the second attempt Snelling's conversion attempt failed. Halfback Jack Jones threw a touchdown piss to End Carl Mitchell, good for 44 yards In the second quarter. Eller failed to kick the extra point to put Florida ahead. 13-6. Jones then tossed one to Halfback Fondren Mitchell good for SI yards and another touchdown and Eller's kick was good. The Bruins came right back for their second touchdown as Al Solari brought the kickoff out to his own 45, Bob Water fie Id pass ed to End Milt Smith and Smith lateralled to Guard Jerry Grubb who ran for a touchdown. Cantor caught fire early in the third to spark a drive to the Florida 15. Waterfield again passed to Milt Smith, putting the ball on the Florida one, and Can tor bucked over for the touch down. Snelling's kick tied the score. Cantor's 25-yard end rua carried to the Florida one In the fourth quarter. Fullback stay Plerson plunged over to put UCLA ahead for the first time. Snelling kicked the extra point. A short time later he booted his field goal from a difficult angle to give the Bruins a 30-20 lead. Harrison's 23-yard pass to Fer guson and one for 15 yards to Andy Bracken set up the last Florida touchdown. O'Neal Hill ran the final 11 yards. Eller's plaeekick again was good. MERCANTILE LEAGUE Semlers Richfield Glenn Valleys Boalers Labish . Board Walk Monmouth Scio W .36 .23 -24 -23 -Z3 SUyton Peppers Capital City 21 -19 .18 -16 .16 -IS L 16 16 17 18 19 19 21 23 14 28 26 27 165- C Brown 161. Schrunk 161. Col well 180. Kirch ner 180. DoerOer 159. Densroore 15. T. Brown 158 INDUSTRIAL LEAGUE Salem Brewery Coca Cola Standards Uoyd Sears W 27 .26 .25 .23 Pink Elephant Go kites Rices Mary-Doc State Printer Horn T3 .22 .21 .20 .16 .14 12 L 15 16 n it it 20 21 21 22 24 Schwab 175. Thompson 171. Ohlsen Chet Groves 169. Edwards 182. Klfrminr ITS SI) 178. Bone 177. Rlcketts 175. Larson 171. Dahlburg 173. Cooley ITS. Graham 169. CURT MECHAM Tre never coached a better or more conscientious player. Curt played better football with a lame ankle than many good players at top condition. As far as defense ability is concerned, Curt was Sa fine tackier and op ponents made few long gains in his territory. The record of his many intercepted passes vouch for his lfess defense. He Is also a good blocker." 'Say, Look at Tliat Grip Says Cliamp The official National averages released Saturday con firmed the end-of -season figures . that showed Reiser not only the leading percentage hitter, but falso first in scoring runs, 117; hits for most total bases, 299; most three-base hits, 17; and tied for most two-base hits," 39. He had the longest batting streak of the season 18 games in mid season. Except for the fact that he was hurt and . did not play the last ' couple days of the '. campaign, Reiser also might have led in to tal bits, for he finished second to Stan Hack of Chicago, 186 to 184. , . Keiaer maintained a steady , pace at r near the Up of the " bitting leaden throughout the season and was an important . , - cog. naturally, la propelling U. Dodgers fa their' tint. pennant "wwvtav 11 years... V-l..'-. -, : Actaved behind him among the .vix'vjsS:'." Use PETE "25ETSER: V Portland Buys Bob Kinnaman SPOKANE, Dec. 20-P-Bill Ulrich, owner oi the Spokane In d 1 a n s of .the Western Interna tional baseball league, said Sat urday he had sold Pitcher Bob Kinnaman to Portland of the Pa- tXi. T;mm-nJv leash transaction. : , St Louis .311; Jmimy 3rown, v.,rtyr,an VW w liVMA 17nnViHi4 SL Louis 06; Danny Litwhiler, -4n:. ZZL. T' PliiladelpMaOSr Johnny W r? St Louis .303; and Dick BartelL 1: rtT rt. 17. ZrlJri.f 7 1 diana last season, pitching 246 years. - The; amount of the transaction was not disclosed. " rTrTa Mrf inmm A right bander, he was ll. S2 Used to a relief role In previous AAA nV UU6w V JKVaW SVUVVIliUW lWy jped the . 00 leveL . Dolph Camilli, Brooklyn first baseman and the league's most baseball writers, hit .285, but Joke Hoopers Here collected the most home runs, 34. 1 GERVAIS Coach. Carry j Man- Mel Ott newly-named manager f ion hat organized a comic basket of the Giants, bit 27 to bring hislLaH league composed boys who fContinued on Pse 7, Column 2) An ru-t ply r"nlsriv wb the l Beavjers Best - MAC, 47-31 PORTLAND, Ore Dec . 20-) -Oregon State college opened a transcontinental basketball tour Saturday jnight by defeating Multnomah Athletic club of Port land, 47 t 31. The Beavers, paced by Dement with 11 points and Valenti and Mulder with 10 each, led all the way. I OSC47 i 31 Multnomah AC 11 Garber 7 Johnson 0 Bohlman 3 Sitton Valenti ldf 1 McNutt 4 j r Dement 11 . Hall 6 i Mulder 10; Rugg . Substitutes--0 r e g o n State, Beck. 3, Wasiren 2, Martin 1; Multnomah, Young 2, Logan 2. team. Tbey play at noun. ; They are; Superman. Little Abner, Pop Eye, . Major Hoople, Alley Oop nrd Rtiw Google. in rx; o Joe DiMaggio, who was v4ed the athlete of tho year In an AsaocUted Press n fv vu w.Mw.n j.t..