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pore Sparks
By HON G EMM ELL
W-H-I-S-H! . . . There goes the northern division, Pacific
Coast conference basketball race as early as next Friday night,
believe it or not and who, please, is going to 'unfurl the bunt
ing when the shooting is over almost two months later, March
3? . . . Without preliminaries, this department gives you Slats
Gill's Oregon Staters as the probable division champion, with
Hec Edmundson's Huskies of Washington a close second, Jack
Friers defending championship Cougars of Washington State a
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trips the Huskies undefeated in eight starts and the Beavers
beaten but once in seven as this is written. . ."While the Orange
men have not the reserve strength of .the Huskies, now, they'll
have a bit more when Don Durdan, the Rose Bowl all-American,
dons hoop I scanties. ,
The race tees off at Eugene and Seattle next Friday, with
Oregon entertaining Washington
ington taking on Idaho at Seattle. . . Oregon States baptismal
comes a week from Monday night, six days after they return
from their current trip, against the Cougars nt Corvallis.
Corvallis Sets Celebration for Bevos
Quite a congregation of prep coaches taking in the double
dunking affair between Albany and Roosevelt, Salem and Grant
in the Vik pavilion Friday night. . . Skeet O'Connell and Frank
Ramsey from Corvallis, Tommy Swansori and Dwight Adams
from Albany, Mush Torson from Grant, Rollie Rourke from
Roosevelt, Bill Kuchera from University high and all our Salem
mentors Harold Hauk, Vern Gilmore, Frank Beer and Duane
Mellem.
Ramsey, the big guy who used to handle af load of guard
berthj for the Bevos himself, was more interested in the big stag
banquet that is scheduled for the returning Rose Bow football
champions than in basketball. . . Big Frank is firing a batch of
tickets for the feed, scheduled for the Memorial Union building
next Friday night, over here Monday for sale among Salem
backers of the Bevos.
The ducats, at $1 per copy, will be in the hands of G. F.
"Red" Chambers, president of the Oregon State alumni, here
eithefMonday or Tuesday, and this department advises all those
interested in helping bay tribute to the Rose Bowl champs to see
Chambers for tickets. . . It's to be quite an affair with programs
and all the trimmings.
Celebration for the Bevos is scheduled to begin Thursday,
the day they arrive at Albany (scheduled arrival 7 a. m., but
with trains running considerably behind schedule will probably
be much later) . . Students and college officials are to get the
first crack at the champs, rightly enough, in a day-ldng cele
bration ttiat is to culminate in a student rally dance.
Friday's feast for the Bevos will be just a starter of course
. . From then on Lonnie Stiner and his boys will be" on a ban
quet binge for months to come what with every hamlet in the
state out to show appreciation for Oregon's first Rose Bowl vic
tory in a quarter? century.
Dunkin Dutch Could Be Great Hooper
If Dutch Simmons, of Salem's Viks, had just one weather
eye open Friday night, he learned a lot of basketball from a
' slender, tow-headed youngster named "Whitey" Konstad, who
played a scrumptious bot of guard position for the Grant Gen
erals. . . Konstad gave the best exhibition of combined individ
ual and team play this observer has seen a high school hooper
stage for many a moon, and in so doing employed a few basket
ball tricks that would enable' Simmons, if he leanjed- theiHT to
become a great; basketball player instead . of-just" a run-of-the-mill
dunkCTofJjhig-THglon
jUldtKe-on5y reason Dunkin Dutch isn't the basketeer to--Tday
that is Konstad lies in the fact that he has quit learning. . .
, While the Vik speedburner should be 25 percent better than last
season, he actually hasn't shown any improvement so far this
yar. . . If sturdy-legged Dutch' would learn to fake and feint,
would learn a change of pace to go with" his swift, would learn
to handle the ball a bit better and would learn the value of using
his teammates, he could make any college basketball team on
earth. ;
The kid has all the natural speed and stamina needed to be
come a great basketball player, but thus far has been content to
absorb only those rudiments he thinks necessary, instead of all
I those his coach knows he should learn. . . He comes up with a lot
of points and is quite a hooper, now, but the point is that he
COULD be so much better if he made it his business to learn as
many of the tricks of the trade as he could learn.
Vik ball-handling, on the whole, was greatly improved in
the Grant game over what is has been heretofore this season, and
the team gave indication that it is on its way to becoming anoth
er of Harold Hauk's driving outfits. . . It has quite a way to go,
yes, but the indication was there for the first time. . . Little Mar
tin Svarverud, with his quick-handed, ball-hawking play, has
helped impart this indication, and Bud Coons has begun to play
" the hard-drivirtg, aggressive
season. , . The Viks may be hard
Beaver Bowl Victory Considered Triumph
For School of Hard Knocks hy Martin
By WHITNEY MARTIN
Wide World Sports Cojlumnist
NEW YORK, Jan. 4-(Special to
The Statesman )-S ports trail's
short tales: i
Good old Georgia! The Bulldogs
saved us from
drawing a total
blank in our se
lections of the
winners t of five
. bowl games. The
other, four cross
ed us up. in oth
er .words, four
out of five didnt
have it The only
victory that re-"
. ally startled us
was that of Ore
con State over
Whuaey Mrtl
Duke. The other games we fig
ured might go either way, and
that's what happened.
Given their chance, they went
the wronr way.. The Oregon
State victory was a triumph for
the school of hard knocks. The
Beavers took their lumps
through a touah schedule while
the Vine. Devils had many, a
breezy Indicating you're going
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not-so-bad third, Hobby Hob
son's Oregon Ducks j consider
ably off the pace in fourth and
Guy Wicks' Idaho Vandals in
the fifth hole, but definitely,
period.
Predicted finish:
W. L. Pet.
Oregon State ..........12 4 ,750
Washington .10 6 .625
Washington State -. 8 8 .500
Oregon 6 10 .375
Idaho 4 12 .250
. The race looms as a two-way
one" between the Beavers and
Huskies mostly, with Gill's
gang having the edge in first
line firers but with Edmund-
son's charges probably possess
ing more reserve strength. ; .
Both teams are proving their
worth on eastern barnstorming
State at Eugene and Wash
brand of ball he put out all last
to handle by tournament time,
to have trouble with the steak
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If yoa try to sharpen your teeth
n cream puffs, i
Notre Dame, a little ruffled be
cause .much fun has been poked
at the fighting Irish due to the
fact 'some of the teams showed
lots of fight but little Irish, is
fisting the pedigree of its basket
ball players to show that 15 of the
28 on the roster have Irish blood
in their veins. Some pf It. is pret
ty well diluted, however...'.. V.
' Andy Kerr Isn't s keen about ;
the UT' formation with man In ;
motion because he figures it
leaves two men out of the play .
the man in motion and the
quarterback. Wonder why thai
nine-man Chicago Bear offense,1
works so well. - '
When Fred Corcoran visited
Craig Wood in his hotel room the
night before the national pen at
Fort Worth last year he found the
champ-to-be, clad In pajamas,
chipping ' balls from the carpet
onto a divan. Which, Corcoran
points out, gives an idea of the
Return
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Willamette university hoop team which rets back Into action here
Vikings Play
No Name Loop
Clash Tuesday
No Name league competition be
gins Tuesday night here for Coach
Harold Hauk's Viks of Salem
high, when they meet Fritz Kra
mer's Eugene Axemen.
The Jayvees are slated to play
Eugene Bees in a 6:45 preliminary,
with the varsity clash going on at
8 p.m.
Hank, who has coached two
state champions and one runner-op
In the last" three yean,
Isn't folly decided upon his yiT"
sity squad at yet,-tut It Is prob
ablethatlion Cutler will pern
at -tne pivot post, with Dutch
Simmons and Martin Svarverud
at forwards and Bud Coons and
Don Chapman at guards.
Friday and Saturday night of
this week the Vikings are to be in
Medford, to tangle with Russ Ach
eson's Medford high team.
Vandals Whip
Montana Five
MISSOULA, Mont, Jan. 3iP)
-Idaho's Vandals moved away
from Montana as George Steele
looped two baskets to start the
second half and extended the ad
vantage with effective sharp
shooting to whip the Grizzlies
Saturday night, 42-29. Last night
Montana won 55 to 35.
The score had been tied four
times in the first half, Montana
moving into a 12-9 lead late In
the period, only to have three
free throws and Benson's shot
gain Idaho a 14-12 lead at the
intermission.
mental strain under which tour
nanient golfers continually labor.
They are afraid to take their mind
off the game for a second, and
above all are afraid they will lose
their putting touch. This is, if
they have it That's why the pros
always take "their clubs up to their
hotel rooms.
They are fearful .that the
touch might leave them while
they sleep, and many a player,
tossing : restlessly and prodded
br fearr has got up In the mid
dle of the . night to tap balls
across the floor toward an imag
ilnary cup. "
. Did you take a gander at those
Alabama-Texas Aggie statistics?
It'st ten : to ' one that if you saw
them before' you knew how the
game came, out you would have
figured the score about 33 to 0 in
favor of the Texans, instead of 29
to 21 in favor of "Bama. The Tide
registered one first 'down, gained
only 75 yards. The Aggies got 13
first downs,- gained- 309. yards.
Which only goes to show, etc.
to Bearcat Basketball Wars Tuesday
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Tuesday Against Pilots
Holidays for Happy Howard
Tuesday night, when they meet
crew here.
The 'Cats, who have been searching for a center since Bob
Carson was called into the army air service shortly after their
return from a barnstorming trip, went back to practice sessions
Thursday of last week.
Joe Murray, husky 6-foot-2
fensive player, and Bob Medley,
6-foot-1 sophomore, who has the
edge on Murray offensively, are
currently working at the open
pivot post
Either Murray or Medley- will
probably team with -Sum Galla
her, Glen Waldeh, Jimmy Robert-
Son and either Orville Ragsdale
or Bob Barnick in the starting
lineup.
The Portland team is strength
ened this year by Freshman Paul
O "Toole, who may be remembered
as the outstanding player of last
year s state nigh school tourna
ment, when he was hooping for
Columbia Prep. '
The Bearcats are also sched
uled for an appearance at Cor
vallis against Oregon State
Thursday night of this week,
but the game may be moved up
to Wednesday night so as not to
interefere with the celebration
to be staged there for tha re
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'Jitter' Bugs
Win Last Mix
The Jitterbugs eked but an 18
to 17 win over the Caterpillars in
the last day of vacation basket
ball league play at the YMCA
Saturday. Allan Bellinger and
Jim Monaco tossed in six points
apiece for "the winners.
Results:
Junior league Jitterbugs (18) Gem-
mell 2, Haege 2. Bellinger 6. Monaco
6, Evans 2; Caterpillars ( 17 ) Campbell.
UUman 4, Zeeb 4, Yocom 1, Mason 6,
Wonder lick 2. Termites l4)-Dunham
3, Knight 1, Smith 8, Mason, Bales 2;
Grasshoppers (12) Hartley 2. Shattuck
4. Yeater 6. Wade. Wonderlick. Bed
bugs (34) Cook 2. Pickett 2, Heibert
10, tuuminstem is. tsradlora 4; cock.
roaches (15) Boucher 2. Mase S, Mc
Gee 4. Lowell. Schwartz 3.
Senior league Doodlebugs (33)
Helmhout 12, Weston 4, Langan 4. Hof
fert. Farlow 12; Bughouse- Gang (18)
uowery z, ranon z. valencourt, chase
10, ciarK, J. Lwery . Junebugs for'
feit to Jeeos.
Cut leaiue Fireflies (25) Mase 11.
Lowell. .Yocom, Boucher 14, Forrestel:
BeeUes (7) Osborne. McLeod 3, Paul
2, Duval 3, Harbaugh.
Ducat Refunds
Set by Locey
- CORVALLIS, Jan. 3.-OPV-
Football .fans who bought tickets
to the Rose Bowl game at Pasa
dent will get their refunds in a
short, time, Percy Locey, 'Oregon
State college athletic director,
said Saturday.
In a telegram from New Or
leans, Locey said he would stop at
Pasadena to confer with Tourna
ment of Roses officials and would
arrive here January 9. Issuance
of refunds will start the next day,
ne said.
: Locey.; Indicated that .he had
been besieged by requests for re
fund information since the gamej,
was transferred to Durham, NC.
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Tuesday night after a week's holiday,
ing Portland university Pilots. .
Start Work
Maple's Bearcat hoopers end
Portland university's crack cage
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sophomore, who is a strong de
Few Changes o-
ted in
Grid Rules
PHOENIX, , Ariz., Jan. 3-JP)-
The chances are ten to one that
the nation's gridiron fans will see
little change in the 1942 college
football rules.
Thai was the general Impres
sion gained from a nationwide
survey as the National Colleg
iate association's official rales
committee prepared to go into
session at Camelback Inn Sun
day. The policy f this distinguished
group is conservative as far as
writing new laws into the book
is concerned. These masterminds
of grid technique move slowly,
deliberately.
In Detroit last week the ad
visory rules committee of the
American Football Coaches as
sociation handed down its recom
mendations. They too, were con
servative. Often a hatching ground for
new ideas, some revolutionary
In style, the coaches group ad
vanced only minor suggestions
for revisions. In the main they
said the 1941 ratebook would be
Just about good enough for,
1942. :
All Tof the recommendations
those made by the coaches, the
grid, officials' group and the rule-
makers themselves are tossed
into the mill. It's a small' per"
centage that come out with the
official stamp of approval.
Smith Receives
Captain's Cup
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NEW ORLEANS, Jan. S--Bruce
Smith, Minnesota's mighty
halfback who didn't get in the
East-West game because he was
injured and unable to play, Sat
urday was presented the Cap
tain's cup presented outstanding
all-America players by Chnsty
Walsh of .the: All-America board
of football. . , -
Basketball Scores
COLLEGE "
Bradley Tech 47, Oregon State
Idah 42, Montana t$.
Stanford 14, Arizona 1L .
Washington State 89, Gonzaga
SO.
HIGH SCHOOL .
Tillamook 29, Illllsboro 2L
Junction City 36, Roseburg 14.
Astoria 47, Woodland. Wash. 2L
. Columbia Prep 31, Forest Grove
29. . . - ' - - - r
Hood Elver 42, Baker 23. '
Ilelix 25, Beaverton 13.
- Grants .Pass- St,- Klamath Falls
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The 'Cats meet the high-scer-
Celebration
Slated for
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OSC Gridders
CORVALLIS, Jan. 3-)-Ore-
gon: State's victorious Rose Bowl
football team will be welcomed
home Thursday in a day-long
celebration.
Albany," jCorvsllig, Sae&' and
Portland fans have planned to
greet the squad at. the Albany
railroad depot at 5:15 a.m,, when
the Beavers arrive from the
south.
Flayers will be guests of the
Albany chamber of commerce
and Breakfast club at a break
fast in Albany.
Then private automobiles
will bring the squad to Cor
vallis for a parade through dec
orated streets. A student as
sembly will follow at 11a.m.
A rally dance will be held in
the afternoon and a banquet at
6:30 p.m. when plaques will be
presented each player. Pacific
coast governors and mayors of
principal cities have been iinvited.
Syl Johnson
Named Coach
SEATTLE, Jan. 3-flVVeteran
Moundsman Sylvester Johnson.
who cracked a bone in his el
bow last September, is not end-
ing ms oaseDau career, it was
learned Saturday. Johnson will
coach the Seattle Rainiers rookie
flingers next spring and if his
arm is in shape will be assigned
mound duty. ,
Dr. William A. Glasgow, the
club physician, predicts Johnson
will be, as good as ever when the
Pacific Coast league season opens
Little Eddie Taylor, the Rain
lers'j coach for four years, has
turned in his signed contract,
giving Manager Bill Skiff one of
the best coaching staffs in the
circuit. i
Cougars Crush
Zags, 60-36
SPOKANE, Jan. 3-(JP)-Wash-ington
State's western . collegiate
basketball champions smothered
Gonzaga in . a blanket of points
Saturday night, 60 to 36, con
founding the Zags with a 'cross
over play that opened the way
for lay-in shots. . . - '
Forward Al ' Aklns, rated by
Mentor Jack Friel as the fastest
man he ever coached, tallied four
times in succession on the play
andGuard Owen Hunt counted
monotonously. Hunt bucketed IT
points for scoring honors.
Bowerman in Service ,r
MEDFORD, Jan.. 3-iff")-Med
ford's high school track .and foot
ball coach. Bill . Bowerman, will
leave Sunday for active army duty
at Fort Lawton .Seattle, He is a
reserve first lieutenant,;
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Match East's
With Aerial
Jacobs Evens Count oh Touchdown
Toss to Bobby Robertson of USC
' By MORTIMER KREEGEG .".
NEW ORLEANS, "Jan. 3 (AP) The Eastern stare
and their powerful line exactly balanced theWestfs jinx and
passing attack Saturday as the all-star teams; battled to a!
thrilling 6-6 tie in sKck mud before a disappointing ani
shivering crowd of 35,000. ' ; ! .
The game, transferred here from San Francisco because
of the war, was a ding-dong battle all the way and far more
spectacular than the score would indicate. The clubs battled:
up and down the field and were constantly threatening each
other's goal line.
Bill Dudley of Virginia, the
nation's ' highest vscorer last sea
son, proved himself a great score
preventer. He intercepted four
passes, two deep in the East
team's territory. .
The smashing play of the East
ern line dominated the scene for
three quarters. Hut in the -final
period Indian Jack Jacobs of Ok
lahoma begatf passing and run
ning to gain a til and come close
to victory in the final minutes.
The East, with more "name"
players, was favored to win but
GAME STATISTICS
East West
First downs 16 11
Yds. gained, rushing 141 7
Yds gained, passes 49 US
Yds. lost, passes 19
Passes Intercepted by 5 4
Yds. rnnback passes 25
Punting average .i 34 35
Yds. all kicks returned .... 30 58
Fumbles recovered 1
Yds. lost, penalties 63 32
the same has been true in almost
every game of the 16-year-old
series for the benefit. of the
Shriners' children's hospitals. The
East has won five, the West ten.
This game was the second tie.
The Easterners took the second
half kickoff and drove 67 yards
to their touchdown in nine plays.
The line opened up huge holes
as Bill Geyer of Colgate and Bob
Westfall of Michigan rammed to
the West's 23-yard line. Then, af
ter two plays gained only a yard,
Dudley faded back and tossed a
screen pass to- Geyer.
Geyer took the baU on the
25 near the west side line, fol
lowing fine blocking for half
the distance and stiff-armed
two tacklen to score standing ,
up. Dudley missed at place kick '
for the extra point. - , j.. -
The West capitalized t on a
fumble by' Bob Glass of Tulane
which Center Brad Sheafe of St.
Mary's recovered on the East 21.
Jacobs completed a pass to Vike
Francis of Nebraska on the 10
and then tossed to Bob Robert
son of Southern California on the
goal line. Ralph Fife of Pittsburgh
blocked an attempted place kick
by Frankie Albert of Stanford.
A few minutes later Jacobs'
running carried the ball to the
Eastern 26 but a fumble ended
the thrust.
A passing attack by Bill
Smalts of Penn State carried
the ball to the West's nine-yard
line in the second period but
Eso Naranche of Montana in
tercepted a pass.
In the third period a Western
drive sparked by passing of Wash
ington State's Bill Sewell carried
to the East nine, but the thrust
was hurled back by Alf Bauman
of Northwestern, John Rokisky
of Duquesne and the other East
era linemen.
The East gained 151 yards rush
ing to the West's 71 and the West
erners led in passing, 118 to 49
The West led 11 to 10 in first
downs. Westfall. was the day's
leading ground gainer with 94
yards in 90 tries,
Endlcott Peabody n of Har
vard, who had said he wanted
to see whether he was really an
all-American guard, proved that
to everybody's -satisfaction. His
running mate, Bernle - Crim
jnins of Notre Dame, was equal
ly great, as were the East tack
les Bauman, Ernie Blandin of
Tulane and Urban Odson of
Minnesota.
Bruce Smith, . Minnesota's all-
America back was unable to play
because of an injured knee.
EAST m WEST
Rokisky. Duqes. -LE.. Younglove, Wn.
Odson, Minn. l. i Kemnara. i;ai.
Peabody. Harv. XG Thornton, S. Cla.
IngaUs, Mien. -u junasjcog, is tan
Primming. N. Da. RG Conley. Wn
Ringer, Minne. RB Kutner, Texas
CouDoee. Iowa U. Francis. Neb
Dudley. Virg. t.H Sewell. WSC
Geyer, Colgate RH Robertson, USC
Westfall, Mich, Wilson, Baylor
East . -A.9 : -1 - s
West ..t S
East aoorinv: Touchdown. Ovrr.
West scoring :Touchdown, Robertson.
Substitutions: East Ends, Gervalis.
Pittsburgh: Mackinney, Harvard:
taeues, aumn, Nortnwestern; uan
iell. Ohio State; guards. Fife. Pitta-
center, seenner, - Syracuse.
DeCorrevent, Northwestern:
Krouse. Penn State: Smaltz. Penn
State; Class, Tulane; Wood, Columbia.
West: . Ends Gentry, Waabincton
State; Stanton, Arizona. Tackles, Ea
son, Oklahoma; Herrero, California.
Guards. A Del. JNeoraska: FrankowskL
Washington. Centers. Sheafe, St. Mary's.
Barm, Axoen,, auiniora; iirumiey,
Rice: -Caaanega, Santa Clara; Jacobs,
Oklahoma; Naranche. Montana State.
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Bierman Gets
rise uraer
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MINNEAPOLIS, Jan. 3-(flV
News that Coach Bernie Bierman
of the I University of Minnesota'
had been ordered to report to the
United j States marine headquar
ters at Quantico, Va., by January
15 exploded like a bombshell at
the university Saturday, but offi
cials wjthheld a formal statement.
President Walter C. Coffee
declared he would have to with
hold official opinion until con-;
firmatlon of Bierman's status
had been received from Frank
McCormick, athletic director
and Bierman's direct superior.':
McCormick is in Chicago; ex
pected to ' return here Sunday."
General university sources
meanwhile were debating the ef
fect of Bierman'; recall Sh the
Gopher! coaching situation. If
Bierman goes on active duty, the
general; opinion was that the rule
of succession would find Dr.
George Hauser, next in football
command and head line coach,
carrying on until Bierman's re
turn. . 1
Williams Waxes
Enthusiastic
Over Draft Call
rzINCETON, MiniC "Jan. J-i
(.7)-Tei Williams, Boston R e d
Sox slugger, cut loose with a
burst of boyish enthusiasm Sat
urday, when he learned that he
had been ordered by his draft
board to report for preliminary
physical examination in Minne
apolis January 8.
"Say," he shouted. "I just
hope I get in Hank Greenberg's
company) Boy, would we have
a heluva hitting club! We'd Just
blast 'em right out of the league.
"Maybe they'll put me in com
pany B. That would be swell,
you know be there when they
go and B there when they come
back.?
Carolina Stater
Wires Congrats
Secretary of State Earl Snell,
who won a dinner from Thad Eure,
head o the North Carolina state
department, when Oregon State
college- football): team defeated
Duke universir-at Durham, NC,
New Year's Vday, Saturday re
ceived; the following telegram
from the eastern official:
"Congratulations. Beaver meat
too tough. Hope you have enjoy
able dinner from Thad Eure at
Raleigh Near."
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