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Had report from Operator H20 in California the other day
on, guess who, of all people. Wild Bill the Bucko Boy, William
"Bucky" Harris,! the supreme sultan of Salem Senator swat. The
tobacco-chewhY fair-haired boy of "Our Senators" "of 1940; is
still telling 'eitf how to paint some
of .Uncle Sam's airplanes in ' one
of the larger aircraft factories in
California, being night foreman
of the plant's paint pitchers Mar
ried, too, and claims to have set
tled down to the pipe and slippers.
Also doing right well on both the
plant's bowling brigade and star
studded nine in the Greater
Southern California baseball win
ter loop- Buck only hit .556 last
winter to lead the hitters in that
league, and although we have no
figures on. his hitting this semes
ter, itVsafe to: say that "he hasn't
changed a bit" when it comes to
waving that willow wand.
Hitting, che win f tobacco,
bewlinr. golfing, and smoking
a pipe have always been part of
nard Rock's make-up since
we've known him, but that
"slipper league" he's in now
. somehow we can't picture the
free and easy Harris we knew
feasting on the pitching he'll
face in that loop.
Whenever we think of ol' Hard
Rock in reminiscing WI days, any
number of things pop up to re
freshen incidents and exploits of
no doubt the most colorful ball
player the WIL has had in its
five-year span. Harris would be
guilty of anything from breaking
every training rule set up by the
club to the headaches he passed
out to opposing pitchers (outside
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a coupie 01 len-nanuers wnu win
answer when you call Isekite or
Hawkins.) But the managers' main
misery was always good for lots of
laughs during his three-year so
jurn in the league. The serious
less rolly-polly rapper never ex
tended his flabby frame through
the painful maneuvers of spring
training maintaining that, "I can
hit just as good this way; you
guys get in shape and do the run
ningI'll do the hittin'."
And that, friends, is just what
Mr. Harris could and would do.
We have always thought that if
Bucky would have seriously
trained his noble hide into top
shape,' he would be dickering
with major-league moguls today
over how much he was to get
for the coming season's work
along with the DiMaggio's, the
Keller's, and the Medwick's.
Nestled in among all the
achievements Buck turned in
while a Wl'er, is one little incident
that started out as comical but
finished in a display of just how
dangerous Wild Bill could be
when he wanted to be. It hap
pened on Tacoma's turf one night
In 1938. The score in that ball
game between Tacoma and Bel-
lingham was all tied up at the
two mark going into the eighth
inning. Bob Cole was on the hill
for the Tigers, pitching neck and
neck with Big Bill Fleming of the
Chinooks, the latter being more
recently connected with mound
staffs of the Hollywood, Boston
Red Sox and Louisville ball clubs.
Cole got the first two men out
and up strolled our hero to take
his licks. Willie had rapped out
a double and a single in previ
ous times at bat to account for
both runs the Bellinghams had;
so Cole's first careful pitch was
a low, inside fast ball about a
foot off the plate, and Harris,
bad-ball hitter that he is, un
wound with a one-handed
"mashie shot," topped the ball
and sent it smoking into the
Instep of his right foot. The
proverbial "bull broke loose in
the Chinaware shop" as chew
ing tobacco, cap, bat, and shoe
flew in all directions between
bellowing blasts from the in
jured "bull." Caressing the tor
tured tootsle with both hands.
Buck lost his balance and lit
one-point style right in the mid-
v me imk, as wie crowd,
players and arbiters howled
with glee at the burlesque be
fore them.
He recuperated, our hero did,
after offsetting the pain with an
other bite off the chewin plug,
and hobbled back to his place in
the box, not knowing whether to
be angry or to laugh it all off with
the , audience. Buck must have
been a little mad though, because
Cole, sensing a possible way of
getting the feared Harris out
came right back with another
pitch to the 'same spot. But, Wil
li didn't foul that one; OH, no!
In th Tacoma park a 50-foot
scoreboard rears itself 375 feet in
to center field from home plate.
The last seen of Cole's second
serve was a. white streak disap
pearing over the peak of a big,
black score-board. .That wasn't
quite .so funny to the; Tacoma
fang, and particularly to Mr. Cole.
It war Buck's turn then, and in
his 'inimitable lyay, he took that
turn in: stride, even though as he
. laughed he limped his circuit of
Leaves for ' Seattle ' - .
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BRUSH CREEK Mrs, Raymond
. Reed, who has been a' guest at the
home ' of? her I grandmother,' ' Mrs.
, Anna - K. Jensen,' plans j to leave
this week for; several days'; Visit
with' her mother, Mrs. Marie" Bu
ness, Seattle. Mrs. ReeJ will re
turn here to await word frorn her
husband, who is in the navy, ,' ;
- LOUISA, Ky. fyfV- Farmer Tom
Miller boasts of rt?deiving a price
cf :St3 each, for his. bens.-- -..it
Entering, his hen house, Miller
discovered 3F fine fowls gone, .but
lying on the ground was a pock
etbook containing $136. ' . "
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BUCKY HARRIS
Ballgamcr-Pro
Tourney Under
Way at Miami
Ex-Catcher Leads
Prelim, Derringer
2nd; Dodgers Ready
By JOHN WILDS
MIAMI, Fla., Feb. 10-P)-J. W.
Monahan, a bull pen -catcher for
the Boston Braves as long ago as
1912, drew a low-scoring partner
for a pro-amateur preliminary
Tuesday to show the way to the
present-day baseball players tun
ing up for their championship
golf tournament Wednesday.
The portly Monahan, who can
smack a ball 300 yards when he i
lays into it, teamed with Harry
Adams, professional at the tour
nament course, to win the 18
hole best ball event after two
extra holes.
They were tied at four under
par 68 with Al Lopez, Pittsburgh
catcher, and Bob Barnett, Miami
Beach pro, but Adams fired con
secutive birdies to win the play
off. Of the players favored to
come through in the 54 -hole
championship medal play tour
nament, Cincinnati Pitcher Paul
Derringer fared best Tuesday.
He had a 75 with his own ball,
and paired with Leo 'Walper of
Washington for a best ball 9
to a tie for third.
Defending Champion Merv
Shea, Detroit coach, carded a 79.
He and his tyiro partners were well
down the list in the pro-amateur.
Shea and Charles McAllister of
Miami teamed for a 74, and Shea
played with Bill Gobel of Cin
cinnati for a 75.
Wes Ferrel, the temperamental
former big league pitcher and a
former ball players' champion, got
a team 73 with Clarence Doser of
Syracuse, NY.
Heinie Manush, one-time De
troit slugger now m a n a g i n g
Greensboro of the Piedmont
league, and Frank Walsh, Miami
Beach pro, were around in 70.
Manush is the southpaw threat.
A mixup over the participa
tion of Brooklyn players was
settled Tuesday. Manager Leo
Durocher and Scout Ted Mc
Grew were enroute here from
Sarasota to join the Dodgers al
ready on the scene Johnny
Rizzo and Argy Vaughan.
About 35 competitors will tee
off Wednesday. The second and
third rounds will be played
Thursday and Friday.
Mt. Angel Nips
Woodburn, 34 to 29
WOODBURN Coach Hal
Chapman's Woodburn Bulldogs
took a 34 to 29 beating at the
hands of- the Mt. Angel preps
Tuesday night. The fray was list
ed as a district game, and now
leaves the Bulldogs with two
wins and two losses in district
play.
Leo Grosjacques, All-state
Catholic, high school hooper shot
23 points for the winners, who
won the state Catholic high school
championship at The Dalles re
cently. Leston Dunton, big Bull
dog center, was high for the los
ers.
Woodburn (29) (34) ML Angel
Burlingham 2 23 L. Grosjacques
Hammond 2 2 Griffith
Bun ton 11 2 May
Medwick Says Terry's Giants
Won't Beat Out the Dodgers
SARASOTA, Fla., Feb. lMVThe Brooklyn Dodgers are
looking for another National league pennant, says Joe Medwick
and Bill Terry can chew on that a while.
In fact, the Dodger outfielder things Terry might do well to
stay-home and tend to his plow
ing at Coogan's BlufA instead of
cracking . wise about, Brooklyn.
; . "He's got enough t do to
take care of his awn ball elab"
says Medwick; "He hasnt dne
hot with,!t Utely.
'- As for the St- Louis Cardinals,
tabbed by Terry as the team to
beat, Medwick thinks they have
fa good young team" but" also a
lot of boys who are subject to
the draft like Howard Krist,
Terry Moore and - Howard ; Pol
lett" . I think we've got a better ball
club," continues Ducky-Wucky.
"We've , got a more experienced
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Idaho Quint
Topples UW
To 3rd Place
Steele, Turner Lead
Win as Vandals Stay
In Front All the Way
NORTHERN DIVISION STANDINGS
W L Pet. Pi Pa
WSC 7 4 .636 ' 512 468
OSC 8 4 .600 '440 425
Washington 7 5 .583 513 501
Oregon : 3 5 .375 348 383
Idaho 2 7 .222 310 347
MOSCOW, Idaho, Feb. 10-OP)
The underdog University of Ida
ho Vandals came out of their cel
lar Tuesday night to keep' the
University of Washington Huskies
from the lead in the northern di
vision, Pacific Coast conference
basketball race by taking a 39-32
victory in the final game of the
series.
Halftime score was Idaho 24,
Washington 13.
The game left the Huskies in
third places with seven and
five, with Washington State col
lege on top with seven wins and
four losses for the division lead
ership, and gave Idaho the sat
isfaction of defeating the two
leading teams, once each in its
only two wins of the season.
Idaho jumped into a lead with
a basket by r orwara ueorge
Steele in the first 15 seconds of
the game and was never behind.
During the early minutes Wash
ington tied the count at 2-2, at
4-4, and again at 6-6. After that
Idaho led all the way.
With 12 minutes gone, the
Vandals spurted from an 8-6
lead to a 19-8 advantage, ring
ing up 11 points while the Hus
kies counted two. They closed
out the half with a 24-13 edge.
The second half started slowly
with both teams playing cautious
ball but speeded up as Washing
ton increased the pressure in an
attempt to pull even.
The terrific pace set by the
Huskies gave the Vandals sev
eral, chances for setups, though,
and after Washington had
closed the gap to a three-point
32-35 margin, the Vandals slid
ahead again to win 39-32 on
the final count.
The early lead gave Idaho
Coach Guy Wicks a chance for
the first time this season to slip
in his unseasoned sophomore re
serves and give the first string
a breathing spell in the second
half and the trick paid off in the
final drive.
Steele with five field goals, all
tip-ins or set-ups, and one free
throw was the scoring ace of the
night.
Norm Dalthorp, Washington
guard, led the Huskies with eight
points, all from away out on the
floor.
Idaho (39)
Steele, f
Thompson, X-
G F PFTP
S 1 2 11
F
1
0
0
0
2
6
0
0
0
9
3
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
4
0
0
0
1
3
1
0
0
7
1
0
0
4
1
2
2
0
10
8
0
0
10
8
2
0
0
39
7
6
1
4
4
2
8
0
32
Frederkind,
Hoobing, f.
Turner, c...
Hopkins, g
Benson, g .
Craner, g...
f......
Ryan, g 0
Totals 15
Washington (32)
Lindh, f 2
Forde, f-. 3
Leask, f. 0
Gilmur, c 2
Gilbertson, c.... 2
Morris, g I
Dalthorp, g... 4
Bird, g 0
Totals 14
Halftime score: Idaho 24; Wash
ington 13.
Free throws missed: Steele,
Thompson, Turner 3, Benson.
Lindh 2; Forde 3, Gilbertson.
Referee: Dwight Aden, Spo
kane. Gustafson 10 3 Walker
Keftel 2 .4 Worley
Subs for Woodburn: Miller 2,
Erwart, Hugill.
Referee: Noble, Jones.
team and a better-hitting lineup
of; batters. " I think , we led the
league last year in everything" to
do with batting Roubles, triples,
nips-batted-in. I may be wrong,
but fI' also believe5 the Yankees
only beat us In ' home runs. ' It
will be, a great help to have Arky
Vaughan .and Don Padgett 'with
us. - i
; -All-ln-alL I think the Dodg
ers have a swell chance of re
peating this year, Terry r so
, Terry. And at any r a t e, we
-wont be beat out by the Giants."
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32
Parrish Wins
To Tie Up
Mural Loop
Brandle Hoops 12
To Give Northern
Quint 31-27 Victory
Before a roaring crowd of 1250
fans, Coach Frank Brown's Par
rish Pioneers took a close 31 to 27
basketball win from the Leslie
Missionaries in the senior high
school pavilion last night to throw
the Intramural loop standings in
to a tie between both teams. Prior
to last night's battle, the Leslies
had not met defeat.
Big Ed Brandle, Pioneer cen
ter, took personal charge of the
scoring, looping 12 points for high.
In the last two minutes of the
game Ed sent the final margin
of victory pouring through the
hoop for the winners, when he
scored two goals from the field.
Jumping off to an early 5-1
lead, the Parrish five appeared
headed for the races, but bas
kets by Slater and Lowe tied
the count midway through the
first quarter at 5-all. Helmhout
and Lowe exchanged buckets as
the quarter ended, tied 7 to 7.
McLaughlin, Slater and Lowe
got hot through the second period,
and the Leslies left the floor for
the rest on the long end of a
15 to 9 count, and appeared as
though they were going to keep
that slate clean.
Mickey Tamiyasu and Bran
dle evened the count once more
half-way through the third
quarter, and Brandle, with a
pivot shot from in close sent
the winners into the lead again.
The third quarter ended 19 to
17, Parrish.
With three minutes left and the
score knotted 23 to 23 the fire
works began. Farlow hit from the
key, but McCaulley made good
two free ones. Tamiyasu swished
one from the side and followed
it up ,with agift throw;, Qark
brought the margin close with a
long howitzer, but Brandle broke
loose for a lay-in followed by a
another push shot from the key,
and the victory was won.
Both teams showed splendid
team work throughout the game,
which Was tied seven different
times.
Parrish (31) FG FT TP
Helmhout, f 3 0 6
Tamiyasu, f 3 3 9
Brandle, c 5 2
Farlow, g . 1 1
Mentzer, g'. 0 0
Zeeb, f. ... 0 1
Weston, f 0 0
Langen, c 0 0
Garland, g 0 0
Totals .12 7
Leslie (27) FG FT TP
Smith, f 1 0 2
McLaughlin, f. 1 1
Slater, c.... 2 1
Clark, g .. 1 0
Lowe, g .". 5 1
McCauley, f 1 2
Boardman, ..c 0 0
.Totals 11 5
Personal fouls: Helmhout 2,
Zeeb, Tamiyasu, Langen, Farlow,
Garland 2, Smith, McCauley, Mc
Laughlin 2, Slater 4, Clark.
Free throws missed: Helmhout,
Brandle 2, Farlow, McCauley 3.
Officials: Bob Smith and Hunt
dark.
Yankees, Giants
Win Mural Games
The Sophomore Yankees hit
the win column for the first time
this season in Intramural league
basketball play by downing the
Reds 23 to 22 in an overtime per
iod Friday on the high school
floor. George Gottfried, Yank
forward, looped the winning bas
ket in the last seconds of play.
In the other Mural game played
at the high school Tuesday af
ternoon, the Giants edged the
Greens 34 to 31. Kurtz led the
winners with 19 points. " ..
Yankees (23) ' (22) Reds
Tompkins 5 - Skopil
Gottfried 3 6 Steed
Zahara 8 , ' Morgan
Busick : 2 DuVal
Vogel 4 ' 8 Jusa
Subs for Yanks; Wilks 3.
Giants (34)
Lowery 3
Kurtz 19
Kroghan 6
Montgomery
Deacon 8
(31) Greens
5 Orth
8 Page
. 8 Steeves
8 Zeller
Brazie
. Subs, Greens; Stone 2.
Athletic Awards Made
SILVERTON The girls ath
letic association letters were
awarded at Tuesday assembly by
Harold, Davis, principal of the
high school, Margaret Midfflemiss
won a. two-year award. One year
awards went to Edith Spencer,
Lela Todd, Audre Skipper and
Betty Hemdenstrom. .
Pilots Downed In
Rough Fray As Bob
M
edlev Makes
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Mapleinen Even Series Against
Rivals; OToole Stopped Cold
Willamette university's battling Bearcats swept over a rug
ged Portland university basketball quint last night on the col
lege court 57 to 35. Taking to the floor with avowed revenge
for the 44 to 34 beating they took from the Pilots at Portland
last week, the Maplemen fought
through the .visitors, with' a flurry
of baskets to run up the lop
sided Iscore in the flagrantly rough
game.
Not only did the 'Cats stop the
Pilots but they did a good job
of stopping the Portland pitcher,
Paul O'TooIe, holding him to
seven points for the night.
OToole started the scoring
with a long one-handed push
from the side, but Sum Galla
her evened it with his one
hander from the key. The lead
see-sawed with baskets by Wag
ner,! Huntsinger, Friedhoff and
OToole, matched by shots from
Toolson and Medley. With the
score tied at 12 to 12, Medley
looped one from the fide, fol
lowed by three straight hits by
Jimmy Robertson to run the
'Cats into a lead they ' never
relinquished.
Half time ended 24 to 17 for
Willamette.
The game began to get really
rough after the opening of the
second heat, but the 'Cats kept
connecting with some tall tank
ing on the parts of Bob Medley
and Sum Gallaher. Midway into
the half, the 'Cats were on the
long end of a 44 to 27 count, and
were running the game into a
rout.
Coach Howard Maple gave the
go sign to all the subs on the
Willamette bench at this point,
and the contest turned into a
"you block 'em and 111 tackle 'em"
mix.
Bob Medley, opening at center
for the 'Cats, had a great night
from the floor, sending 17 points
homeward. Jack Friedhoff led
the Pilot pitchers with 13.
Thursday night the 'Cats tangle
with the fast Signal Oil team of
Portland on the college floor.
Willamette 57 S Fg Ft Pf Tp
Gallaher, f 9
Toolson, f 2
Daggett, f 2
DesJardin, f 2
Murray, f, c 9
Medieyi?c 1 16
Robertson, g.... 9
Ragsdale, g 5
Lilly, g 1
Barriick, g 2
White, g 2
Totals 59
Portland 35 S
Carlin, f 12
Friedhoff, f .... 8
OToole, c 12
Wagner, g 10
Huntsinger, g .. 8
CurHe, g 1
Bruning, g 1
4 1
1
2
1
4
7"
3
i
l
0
0
24
Fg
1
4
3
1
1
0
0
10
0
0
1
1
2,,
i
i
i
0
0
0
9
Ft
3
6
1
0
4
1
0
15
3
3
3
2
2
1
3
1
0
1
1
19
Pf Tp
2 5
3
2
3
1
0
0
11
Totals 52
Halftime score
Willamette 24,
Portland 17.
Foul shots
4, Portland 9.
missed
Willamette
Loder Shows
Fishing Films
HAC Tonieht
Since fishing in any manner is
of universal interest, President
James L. Loder of the Salem
Huntres' and Anglers' club has
chosen several of his finest col
ored movies to present before
members and guests, following
tonight's business meeting, to be
held in' the Eagles' hall on North
Commercial street, starting at 8
o'clock.
The Anglers report many
new members have joined the
elab recently, attesting the in
terest shown by sportsmen In
the efforts of the club to con
serve wildlife In Oregon, main
tain its clear-flowing streams
and preserve its forests. V
Members of the Women's aux
iliary will hold their first regular
meeting tonight also. After . both
business meetings have adjourn
ed,! the group will gather in the
hall for the showing of Loder's
pictures and lunch.
Men in uniform are extended
a standing .invitation to attend
regular monthly meetings of the
club. K , . . ,
Indeps Rally to
Down Dragons
3 INDEPENDENCE Breaking a
22 to 22. tie two ; minutes before
the game ended, Coach Scott's
Independence high hoopsters
downed the Dallas Dragons 28 to
22 Tuesday night. Dallas made a
great" comeback after trailing 15
to 6 at halftime, but the final
diiVe by the 'Hopsters was too
much for the Dragons. Mart of
the winners, and Richardson - of
Dallas tied for high with 11 points
apiece.' '" - " ' " .
Independence (2) (22) Dallas
Mart 11 . V . 8 Smith
Hauk 2 . t - - . Denn
Boples Boydston
Smith . 7. 2 Riggs
Boyz 2 11 Richardson
- Subs for Independence: Sohn 4;
Dallas: Hardman 1, - .
. Referee, . John Kolb. '..' " V
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Pros, Stars
Ready to Tee
Off in Texas
RecLCross Benefit
Slated Today; Top
Women Also Play
DALLAS, Feb. 10-ttP)-Thirteen
of the nation's top golfers and
three movie 'Stars who can do all
right for themselves at driving the
little white pellet around will tee
off Wednesday in the first of three
Texas exhibitions for the benefit
of the Red Cross.
Heading up the golfers will be
those mighty men of the pro
fessional ranks: little Ben Ho
gan, Vardon trophy winner and
the money-makingest man of
them all; Byron Nelson, who
has won most of the top prizes
of golf, including the national
open; stocky Lswson Little, who
vies with any of them for links
awards, and that colorful, smil
ing pride of Houston, Jimmy
Demaret
Four star women golfers also
will play. Betty Jameson, former
national champion, will not be
here because of the death of her
mother. Louise Suggs of Lithia
Springs, Ga., southern women's
champion, will replace her. Mrs.
A n i e 1 a Goldthwaite of Fort
Worth, former Curtis cup player;
Mrs. Dan Chandler of Dallas, one
of the best of southern women
players, and Mrs. Merryl Israel
of New Orleans, Lousiana cham
pion, are the other three.
Then there will be five of the
nation's leading amateurs among
the men Johnny Dawson pf Chi
cago, Howard Creel of Houston,
Jack Munger of Dallas, David
"Spec" Goldman of Dallas and
Jack Tinnin of Houston.
The three movies stars and
they're helping bring out the
largest crowd ever to see a golf
exhibition in Dallas are Bing
Crosby, Bob Hope and Johnny
Welssmuller.
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Vikings
Dutch Dunks
Thirteen to
Lead Haukmen
Viks Lead All the
Way in Rough Came
MILWAUKIE, Ore., Feb. 10 (VP)
Salem's Vikings increased .their
lead in the No-Name basketball
league Tuesday night by wallop
ing the Milwaukie Maroons, 42
to 24.
Paced by Dutch Simmons, Sa
lem took an immediate lead and
smothered MilWaukie's offensive
until the third period.
Salem held a 12-4 advantage
at the end of the first quarter
and a 19-9 lead at halftime. De
fensive play was relaxed in the
next quarter, but the Vikings
wiped out Milwaukie gains with
an 18-point flurry of their own,
and led at the end of the period,
37-18.
Yoa
always.
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Win 7th
Thirty eight fouls were called
in the rough game, and three
Milwaukie players were ejected
on personals. A fourth was forced
to sidelines with an injury.
Salem (42) (24) Milwaukie
Simmons 13 9 Gribble
McMorris 10 6 Seamster
Cutler 3 1 Meaney
Coons 4 1 High
Gemmell Sawyer
Substitutes: Salem, Svarverud
3, Jones 1, Beittle 1, Ransom 7;
Milwaukie, Huffman 2, Ober
statles 5.
Trappers Pop
Away Sunday
The Salem Trapshooters club
will held a ham and bacon shoot
on the local Turner road range
next Sunday, February 15, It
was reported Tuesday. Threo
sets of matches will form com
petition; 25 bird mates, fire
bird matches, and backer-up.
trust fits ;q-c!ity
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