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Sport
Sparks
By RON CEMMELL
Sords' Review of the Year
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Hospitality At DiiiAam
Bevos AlbsorB Soiiitlieriii
And a scrumptious Christmas
morning to you, too. . . . Why, I
-don't know, but yesterday I
just happened to remember
Christmas eve of 1932. . .Played
a basketball game here with
the Oregon Ducks against Wil
lamette, getting whipped, Inci
dentally, and then Gib dinger (of
Milton-Freewater) and I Jumped
in his car and started for Pendle
ton . The Columbia river high
way was jammed by a slide and
we were forced to take the
WaDinitia cutoff . . . Ran into a
blizzard, doggone near froze to
death and didn't reach Pendle
ton until 1 p. m. Christmas day
. . . Got snowbound there, had to
leave the car. and both Gib and
1 were three days late getting
back to Eugene and the resump
tion of practice drills.
"Best of the seven teams we
met on onr road trips was
easily Utah U," said Happy
Howard Maple after his return
here Wednesday with the Bear
cats ... The 'Cats, incidentally,
drove straight through from
Caldwell, Idaho, after their
game there Tuesday night and
didn't reach Salem until 11:30
a. m. . . . Ran through some
thing of a snowstorm in the Blue
mountains.
Maple reports that, wiU a little
better shooting, his casaba crew
might have beaten both WSC and
Utah State, but that Utah U had
just too much basketball team
In regard to the Boise JC game
Mape isn't talking, but some of
his team members are . . . They
aid they couldn't have beaten
Stub Allison's outfit with baseball
bats unless they'd taken 'em to
the officials first.
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Let's Sell 'Em
Buy void Rose Bowl tickets,
Pasadena variety, as souvenirs at
$1 the copy and divert returns to
Red Cross or USO as per the sug
gestion carried in Harry Leeding's
column in the Oregon Journal?
... An excellent idea, says yours
a-pecking, and, like Leeding,
hearby agree to purchase one if
the idea is carried through
The suggestion, which originated
with Lee Chilberg, Portland resi
dent, in a letter to Governor
Charles A. Sprague, is similar to
what is happening in San Fran
cisco "on a larger scale.
ThereTln the Bay City, many
of the purchasers of East-West
game tickets (before the all-star
fracas was moved to Sugar
Bowl boulevard In New Orleans)
re holding onto the ducats as
keepsakes and are asking that
all money paid for them be
turned over to the Shrine hos
pital for crippled children, as
would have a percentage of it if
the game had been held in San
Francisco.
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Stiner Predicts Close Injuns Voted
Bowl BOfttle January I Disappointment
By FRANK GILBRETH ' Q YCHF 194X
CHAPEL HILL, NC, Dec. 24.-P-K Oregon State loses the
Rose Bowl football game to DuKe at uurnam on ew xears aay, new YORK. Dec. 24-rV-At-
Coach Lon Stiner is going to put part of the blame on southern parently a lot of folks expected
hospitality. the Cleveland Indians to win the
Stiner and his squad of 31 men arrived in Durham this American league pennant or at
moraine and were greeted with open arms, and a brass band, least make a fight for it and
iur;n rkoiroc tv, nasvon1 rantain woo won mario Vip Vinn- Lou Nova to do more than talk a
orary mayor of that tobacco manufacturing city.
The squad, dog-tired from a five-day trip, came the remain
ing 10 miles to Chapel Hill a cou
Joe Uoi o??to
MAy 23
Sugar Bowl, East-West Teams
Take Time off for S. Claus
NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 24.-(;P-Even a husky football player
can't escape home-sickness if Christmas catches him far from
the family and girl friend, but the 128 gridders training for the
Sugar Bowl and all-star games will have Santa Claus, turkey and
a let-up in work to help fight the malady.
S. Nicholas himself had gifts Wednesday night for the Sugar
Bowl opponents from Fordham and Missouri. There were pres
ents also for the all-star teams from the east and west, who will
play Santa Claus in a way them
Perhaps all the 90,000 Rose
Bowl tickets which became void
when the game was transplanted
to Durham couldn't be sold at $1
each, but I'd venture a guess some
of the 20,000 or so could be if the
idea was pushed correctly . . .
There are many, unquestionably,
who'd like to have one of those
pasteboards as a reminder of "that
year Oregon State went to the
Rose Bowl," not to mention Pearl
Harbor and all the accompanying
affairs that caused cancellation of
the game at Pasadena ... Let's
sell 'em!
O
Lanny in Army
First poison oak, then boils,
came along to keep Don Bower, a
mainstay of last season's Salem
high hoop team, from making his
bid for a starting berth on Oregon
State rook basketball team i!n pre-
holiday practices, but lithe Don
thinks he has a chance to beat out
the opposition when practice re
sumes . . . Don says that Bob Irish,
: his teammate of last season, and
Erland Anderson, the lanky, slick
shooting Silverton center of a year
ago, . are fighting it out for the
pivot post.
Eddie Salitrom, all-state
member of last year's Vlks, suf
fered a head concussion in a
' fall during a scrum session of
the Oregon Ducklings last term,
and had to ult school ... Coach
John Warren had " figured -Sal-strom
-to be right In there."
too.
While San Diego figured strong
. ly on Freddie Lanifero to fill the
t second base spot in next summer's
Coast league campaign (if there
is a campaign), it now appears that
: Lashin' Lanny, who cavorted at
the keystone for our Senators last
selves Jan. 3 when they clash in
the Shriners, annual benefit game
for crippled children.
Fordham's 36 Rams came into
New Orleans Wednesday night
for a party at the "House of Da
vid" as the suburban home of
Sugar Bowl Vice-President Jo
seph O. David is known to hun
dreds who have attended his
famous parties.
The entertainment included mu
sic and dancing, with girls from
local colleges' as "blind ates."
Since Christmas eve is a Catholic
fast day, the boys had to wait un
til early Christmas morning for
their turkey dinner, returning to
it after attending midnight mass
at a neighborhood church
One of Missouri's coaches was
Santa Claus at the team's train
ing quarters at Edgewater Park,
Miss., where the 46 boys had a
turkey dinner Wednesday night
Besides the Christmas gifts the
players received gold footballs
emblematic of their Big Six chain
pionship.
Fordham, practicing twice
daily, will skip Thursday morn
ing's workout. The Missourians
will forego practice altogether.
Mrs. Bernie Bierman and Mrs.
Andy Kerr, wives of the co-coaches,
presented gifts to the 23 east
ern all-stars at a Christmas party
Wednesday night at Biloxi, Miss.
Bill Coffman of San Francisco, di
rector of the Shrine game, distrib
uted wrist watches and blankets
emblematic of team membership.
The 23 westerners will get their
presents Thursday.
pie of hours later, and worked
out Wednesday afternoon. It will
be work and no play from now on
until New Year's day, with heavy
drills scheduled daily on a field of
the University of North Carolina
here.
"Honestly," said Lon when
the ceremony at Durham was
over, "Everybody's been so nice
to us .that I just don't see how
we can politely win the Rose
Bowl game. I never saw such
people."
Stiner and his boys made a tre
mendous hit both in Durham and
at Chapel Hill.
Dinner at the hotel here was a
parade of interruptions for the
grinning Oregon State coach.
"Mr. Stiner," said one man, "I
work at the bank here in town. If
you want to cash any checks, I'm
the man to see.
"The way the boys have been
borrowing money from me on the
trip east, it looks like I'll be seeing
a lot of you," said the coach.
"Mr. Stiner," said another, "If
you want to use my car, I'll be
glad to turn it over to you."
"Thanks, friend, I've already
been given the use of a brand
new car for the duration, but
people have been so nice to me
I must be twins, so maybe I'll
need two cars. I'll let you know
if I do."
Junior Quints
Set for 'Mural
League Opener
good fight against Joe Louis.
The failures of the Tribe and
the cosmic clouter were listed
as disappointments No. 1 and
No. 2 by the 89 sports writers
who cast their votes in the As
sociated Press annual poll.
Peck's good boys, who had
come very close to the top in their
unhappy 1940 season under Oscar
Vitt, figured to do just as well
last summer. Instead they wound
up in a fourth-place tie, 26 games
behind the New York Yankees
That failure was listed as the
Parrish and Leslie made final
preparations this week- for the
City Intramural league opening
which is slated shortly following years greatest disappointment by
me apucays. 31 writers. Sixteen favored the
Parrish, where Frank Brown non-arrearanee of Nova' msmir
begins his 18th basketball year, punch and Ground knock
out at the hands ot Louis for the
top rating. One split his vote be
tween the two.
This is not a wrestling match. Lew Jenkins, the New York recognised
lightweight chamipon. has picked up Sammy Angott and seems aboat
to toss him from the ring during their New York bout. Bat Angott,
the NBA champ, stayed In the ring and easily outfought Jenkins,
thus gaining the undisputed lightweight championship crowm.
has a big, rugged aggregation
while Gurnee Flesher's quint is
composed of smooth, lanky hoop-
Santiam Skiing
Conditions Good
LEBANON, Ore., Dec. 24.-(P)-Skiing
conditions at Santiam
Lodge were reported good Wed
nesday, but slides on the South
Santiam highway closed that
route to the lodge and to Hoodoo
Bowl at the Cascade summit.
The ski area can be reached
for the next few days only over
the North Santiam highway.
ers.
Ed Brandie, Bob Mentier,
Eldon Farlow and Loren, Helm-
hout returned as Iettermen to
the northend school while
Flesher's fleet outfit has re
turned the crack eighth grade
team of last year Including Earl
Clark, who was second in the
Intramural scoring race last
year despite playing only at in
tervals; Jack Slater, tail pivot
man; Eugene Lowe, husky
backboard man; Bud Smith,
speedy up court youngster and
Deb McLoughlin, side shot
artist.
For one of the few times in
'Mural history neither Parrish nor
Leslie is the defending champ.
This time it is the sophomore
Giants of whom all but one is
Lon thinks the eame with Duke
is going to be mighty close "Lots now on the 3unior varsity, includ
closer than folks around here
seem to think.'
"We've got a fine team and we
are used to playing under pres
sure," he said. "Sure, we've been
beaten twice, but weve never
looked bad and we've been play
ing in an awfully tough league.
Someone asked if it were true
that Fordham was the No. 1 choice
on the BeaVers' hit parade when
Oregon State prepared its invita
tion to the Rose Bowl.
"No, sir," he replied. 'Teeters
were sent to Fordham and four
or five other schools, including
Duke. Our boys wanted to play
an undefeated and untied team.
Minnesota was their first choice
and Duke second. Minnesota,
of course, was ruled out by the
regulations of its conference.'
ing one who has seen varsity ser
vice.
Heart Attack
Takes Yarr,
Ex-Notre Dame
From there on, the voting
apparently went according to
how much the writers had ex
pected. A baseball player,
Louis "Bo bo" Newsom of the
Detroit Tigers, and two foot
ball teams, Texas and Stanford,
wound np almost In a dead
heat for third ranking.
Newsom, who pitched the Tig'
ers to their 1940 American league
pennant only to become a 20
game loser in 1941, was the first
choice of eight voters. Seven
chose the Texas football team,
which suffered a tie by Baylor
and a defeat by Texas Christian
after giving every indication of
being one of the nation's best
gridiron combinations. Six cast
their votes for Stanford's Indians,
the top team of 1940 and pioneer
of the publicized "T" formation
who lost three games last fall.
Lou Novikoff, who finished
the baseball season with Mil
waukee after getting a great
sendoff as the rookie of the
year when he joined the Chi
cago Cubs, and Tulane's foot
ball team, which could win
only every other week, receiv
ed two votes apiece.
One vote each went to Bill De
Correvont, Northwestern half
back, the Rroolclvn nnH
on Knute ,-, .T"" r "
iuuicm, me iiu lennis cnam-
pion; Dolph Camilli, Billy Conn
Salem. Oregon, Thursday" Morning. December 25 1941 t
Big 7 Members
Hard Hit by
Denver's Loss
DENVER, Dec. 24 -ijfy- Uni
versity of Denver's withdrawal
from the Big Seven conference.
although hardly a surprise, came
as a far from welcome Christmas
present for the rest of the circuit-
The schools that win be the
hardest hit by the move are
Brigham Young, Utah State
and Wyoming opponents Den
ver has been compelled by con
ference rule to play bat which
very likely will be cut off the
pioneer schedule after 1942.
It is these three schools that
most need the shares of gate re
ceipts they now get from playing
Ihere. Their games with Denver
here usually draw two to three
times as many customers as at
Provo, Logan or Laramie.
money in 17 of his 13 starts this
year.
Blue Warrior, traveling the
mile and one-sixteenth in
1:47 45 under 114 pounds, re
turned $9.30 for a $2 mutueL
At XS
CHICAGO, Dec. 24-(P)-Thom
as Tfarr, 33, center
Rockne's last Notre Dame foot
ball team, in 1930, and captain (in the 13th round), Frank Ko-
vacs, Fritzie Zivic, Debs Garms,
the Sacramento baseball club, the
Nebraska and Alabama football
teamms and the gallery at the na
tional amateur golf championship.
COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Utah 35, Wabash 34.
Johnny Gets a Gun Again This Christmas,
But Hope (Ours, too) He Gets Ball Soon
By WHITNEY MARTIN
Wide World Sports Columnist
NEW YORK, Dec. 24-(Special
to The Statesman)-Johnny has a
gun again this Christmas. He
didn't exactly want it, but shucks,
there are certain things a fellow
can't help.
Sure, there was a time when
Johnny wanted a gun for Christ
mas. More than anything else he
wanted a gun.
He was J u s t a
little tyke, tag
ging along with f
his mother
through the Joy
ous confusion of
a big depart-
ment store, up
on the crowded
elevator to the
floor marked
"Toys," jvhere a
jolly ole fellow k. Martta
in a red suit wno
seemed very real unless you
looked too closely at his whis
kers or noticed the tired look in
1
X
his eyes asked what you wanted
season, will be making his double
plays with the army . . . Ditto Bill
Brenner, Vancouver's catcher of
last season, who has joined the
army air corps.
Stop unwrapping your gift fust long
enough for us to say "Merry Christmas'
and "Thank You." . . , We hope you get
everything you my longest for and .
Santa Claus to bring you and if
you had been a good little boy.
And then through the crowd
ed aisles until you tugged at
your mother's dress and pulled
her over to a case full of toy
guns, and tanks, and lead sol
diers, and your eyes were as
big as Saucers' and you thought
that if Santa Claus would just
leave you that machine gun
that went tat-tat-tat-tat when
you pressed the trigger you
wouldn't ask for anything more.
WelL didn't all kids like things
like" that? What could be better
than to grow up into a big, brave
soldier. Or maybe just a little pis
tol that you pointed and said
bang" would do if you couldn't
have the machine gun. You could
play cops and robbers, or cowboy
and Indian, then.
But there came a time, so sud
denly you didn't realize it, that
you didn't care about guns, and
tanks, and lead soldiers. You
wanted a ball. A football, or a
baseball, or a basketball. Or may
be a bat with Ty Cobb's auto
graph on it, or shoulder pads so
you wouldn't get all skinned un
in the big nightly games in the
pasture back of Bradley's barn.
And without knowing it you
had grown up and found the
American way of doing things.
viean games in wnien you
learned fair play and didn't try
to hurt the other feUow. Just
trying to win fairly, and when
It was over maybe you and the
fellows on the ether team could
wheedle some of those good Ice
box cookies from Bill Smith's
mother.
Heroes no longer carried guns.
They had such intriguing names
as Babe Ruth, and Red Grange,
and Grover Alexander. Guns were
all right if you wanted to doa
ttle hunting, or pot clay pigeons,
but otherwise they were for peo
ple who were bullies, and should
be in jail. .
You would have liked to have
gone along that way, havingVour
the following season, died Wed
nesday night, apparently of a
heart attack, while at work in the
office of a finance company,
which he managed.
Yarr remained at Notre Dame
in 1932 and 1933 as assistant line
coach and in 1934 played profes
sional football with the Chicago
Cardinals. The following two
years he was head coach at John
Carroll university, Cleveland, O.,
and then gave up football to en
ter business.
One of Yarr's teammates on the CHICAGO, Dec. 24 -UP)- Em-
Notre Dame teams was Frank mett "Red" Ormsby, after calling
Leahy, present coach of the Irish, 'em as he saw 'em for 19 years
Born at Dabobo, Wash., he at- m the American league, has been
tended high school at Chimacum, retired although he's only 46.
Wash., which named its school The famous redhead, father
athletic field Yarr stadium in his f 12 children, has laid away
Blue Warrior
Miami Winner
MIAMI, Fla., Dec. 24 -P)-Blue
Warrior, consistent three-year-old
son of Blue Larkspur,
was much the best of his rivals
in the Christmas eve purse at
Tropical park Wednesday as he
chplked up his third straight vic
tory and a record of being in the
y cu&v
For a Happy Holiday
Season to the friends
and customers of this
firm ... and a hearty
thaa.lt you for your pat
ronage during the past.
PEARSON'S
CASH STORE
294 N. Commercial
Illness Forces
Umpire Ormsbyl
On Retirement
honor.
Silverton Sets
Hood River Go
the tools of his trade ... his
chest protector . . . spike shoes
. . . blue uniform . . . indicator
. . . after officiating in more
than 2200 games since he broke
into professional baseball in the
. Three-I league back in 1921.
Physical ailments these last
three years forced Oftnsby to
agree to retirement offered by
ill
II I HQ
tonight Ormsby would receive a
pension.
Valenti Tops
OSC Scorers
Herman Krammer, former high
fun in sports, and then watching school principal at Silverton but Hl" m TT
Bom, i mh. . virX u;,, a u,a WlU Hamdge, president of the
son, havinghis fun. Living in Davis, now principal at Silver-lZ- "J
peace, and with a grudge against ton, got together this week and
no man. I arranged a basketball came be
But suddenly the world caught tween the two schools, the game
fire, and they handed you a gun. to be played here December 29
You didn't want the gun, but that Both Coach Mandic, former
didn't make any difference. You OSC basketball star, and Coach
nad been attacked, and there is Gerald Burnett, known to Wil
such a thing as duty, and love of lamette U fans, are busy putting
country. I their boys through paces.
And you suddenly realized that Silverton's startin lineuo is CORVALLIS, Ore, Dec. 24.-WP)
there are nations that still put listed as Peevey. Seeley. Day. Ken -The traveling Oregon State col-
the gun and the sword above Anderson and Simmons. lege basketball team, which plays
everything else, and never have St Bonaventure at Buffalo. NY.
learned the lessons taueht bv I 1 Friday en route to a Madison
sports because their sports have I Siletz Trina Jeff Square Garden appearance Dec
not been conducted as such, but! . 1 29, has shown a consistent scoring
only as a means to physical fitness JEFFERSON Siletz defeated eye in its first three games.
so that unfair advantage can be I Jefferson high's basketball team Willamette was defeated 44 to
taken of someone weaker. 37 to 25. at Siletz Saturday. The 34, Multnomah club 47 to 31 and
So Johnny has a gun again, team was overnight guest of Utah State 48 to 30. Paul Valenti.
through no will of his own, but Coach Pat Peal's parents. with 35 points, leads the scorers.
now that he has It he will learn
to shoot a little straighter, and
to endure a little more than
the ether fellow. That's part of
the sports training. The Idea Is
to win.
Some day, we hope soon, John
ny will get a ball again for
Christmas. 1
May this Holiday bring you the
utmost of joy ard may the New
Year bring with it success as a re
ward for your every effort. You
have been very considerate of mis
institution and have made possible
our continued growth. For your
kindness we wish to express our ap
preciation and to pledge anew out
policy of even greater service to
the community which we serve.
A merry, merry
Christmas and
may your NetO
Year bejhe ;
'f: best 'ever I
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1 - let. more. too.-;.. ,V
and Best Wishes for the New Year
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