Sport 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
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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,
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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
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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
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15
16
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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:'."
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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
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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;
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Joe DiMaggio, who was v4ed the athlete of tho year In an AsaocUted Press n fv vu w.Mw.n j.t..