m iMi! jM-il a . W Shduld all the players, picked by the Western International head, Bob Abel, lor distribution to the four remaining loop clubs, return to their new owners this year, we'd say that the Tacoma Tigers came up with the cream of the crop. There's no doubt that Al Lien is one of the better hurlers in the loop, and Roy Younker and Gypsy Bonetti are certainly top bracket hitters. They had Carl McConnell, another top-flight tosser, but swapped him to Vancouver for Walt Bliss, but Bliss can be counted on to be just as efficient in his department of hitting and base-pilfering as would have been McConnell to the Tiger mound staff. Be tween Bonetti, Younker and Bliss the Tizera have three boys who will send many a pitch over the 125-foot fence of Athletic park in Tacoma, IF they come back. , Younker and Lien are two of the four included in tho condi tional sale to Hollywood. They may stick with the Stars, and then again they may not Another IF. Salem Did Okay-IF- Our Senators didn't . do so badly in obtaining the future VI services of the two Bills, Johnson and Reese, IF they come back. Johnson was in our estimation potentially the best hitter in the league last year, bat the trouble is, Hollywood mirht also be of that opinion and keep Bill down south, as lie too is In on the four player sale to the Stars. Reese doesn't have to doff his baseball bonnet to anyone as a firstbaseman, and is a pretty fair willow waver as well. Too bad Reese hasn't the hustle that's wanted by hlgher elass clubs he'd never have been in this league, let alone the draw, had he been more proficient in dash and fire on the field. Frank Koski and Orville Rich ardson are young "comers," IF they come back. Frank, the hus ky second-sacker with the Pips last season, should develop into a potent poker, while Orville, ex- Chief, showed promise as a pitch er. o Eisenman, Sueme Help Spokane picked up a fire-baller in Chuck Eisenman, and he should be a big help to the Indian mound corps, IF. Bob Knobles, the ex Wenatchee outfielder, will give the Spokes another hitter of the Dwight Aden type no power tol speak of, but plenty of one-base blows and those pesky bloops. Chuck Grier, the youthful curve bailer, and Carl Forni, infielder, will be worth their salt with the Indians, and Hal Sueme, although up in years for a ball player, would make a top-notcher behind the dish IF . O JVot Much for Caps ; '"Ruby Robert Brown, Vancou ver Capilano chancellor, didift fare so good. McConnell is a win ning pitcher, but a little story goes along with his efforts in the Vancouver park. Only last season Carl was telling us of a certain Jinx connected with such efforts. "That park is my hoo-doo," Quoted Carl, "and I couldn't win game up there if my life de pended on it. Row can they 'expect a guy to cut loose with -that 251-fMt right field fence stuck right where the second baseman should be playing." 'IF Carl returns, there's the little question of whether or not hell be able to overcome his hix. :: I: Little is known of the plans of Barkelew and Bushong, the pitcher and second baseman ac Quired by the Caps. Ronnie Bryant is the fourth player in the Holly wood deal, and this young pitcher may be sent back for another whirl in the WI before he's ready for his step up. Hell help Brown's Canadian Bombers. Salvatore Madrid, the smooth : Pip shortstop' who was. sold to San Diego by Yakima, is also : listed as tap property, but ; probably won't do them any j good for a long time. Sally sur- prised everyone a while back by Joining the army after being : deferred in the draft. Summing the Salem situation tip, of the lot we'd say that Bill Johnson has the best chance of not . coming back. He should be ready for double-A ball. Reese is work ing in a Washington shpyard, and knay figure the six seasons he's , played is enough and will hang fem up. Koski and Richardson fcre young, and IF "offense" jobs Are not too invitins at this wri finer tnay be counting the days until - Wing training. f " . : o Tacoma Best Drawer9 i Right now it's hard to say I Just who will return and who ? will not. Baseball, as well as I anything else these days, must j. shoulder its uncertainties too. . But IF all the drawees drawn return to the league baseball ! wars this seas on,, there's no , j doubt that Tacoma had her ' lucky drawers" on when the i draw was made. - bishops Winners I- Schoens - defeated t h e ' Paper Jmakers, 54-22 and Bishops dunk ed Simmons, 55-25 in major league games at iLeslie Wednes .day night i-- In a B league makeup game :the Mennonites triumphed - . over 'First Christian, 39-3 r in an over- itime period.- 0?u666 'VSSZLVBEX WUXMXk MOM Solon JIMMY ROBERTSON Jim Robertson Signs Salem Senator Pact Jimmy "Spoo k" Robertson, Willamette university baseball and basketball star who com pleted his coUegiate sports ca reer on the Pacific university basketball floor Tuesday night. signed a Salem Senator contract late yesterday, according to the front office of the Solon ball club. Robertson thus becomes the second Senator signer for 1942, Johnny Kolb, another ex Willamette athlete, having signed with them a few weeks ago. With two seasons behind the bat for Spec Keene's 'Cats and a few more in semi-pro circles behind him, Robertson should be ready for his fling in pro fessional ball. His addition to the Senator roster swells the catching de partment to four members. Eddie Adams, Cliff Barker and Jack Warren are also Salem chattels. Perryclale Schedules Tourney on March F PERRYDALE The second an nual Polk county grade school basketball tournament will be held here Friday, March 6. Play has been limited to two sessions, Friday afternoon and evening. The four schools participating are Grande Ronde, Bethel, Val- setz, and Perrydale. Each school will bring a girls' volleyball team which will engage in single elim ination games between the halves of the boys' games. Prizes for winning teams will be purchased with gate receipts, and will be awarded Friday eve- ening by Wayne Jordan, Perry- dale principal and coach. Bears Expect Large Early Grid Turnout BERKELEY, Calif., Feb. 25-yp) Spring football practice gets un der way at the University of Cali fornia next Monday, a week earlier than usual, and attaches expressed belief Wednesday it would produce the largest turnout in the history of the school. Head Coach L. B. "Stub" Alli son, urging students to come out "in force," said backfield and live positions were wide open. Ward Takes Time off To Play in Tourney SPOKANE, Feb. 25-(P)-Private Bud Ward, national amateur golf champion whose time now belongs to Uncle Sam, will return to com petition for the first time since he entered the army in November when he visits Clarkston Sunday for the opening of the inland em pire golfers' sweepstakes tourney season. . Ward received permission Wed nesday from the, army t play in the tourney. Duckpin Scores WEDNESDAY LEAGUE Crouch Tcxac Crouch . 164 Bonner 158 Lane . 168 Barkus 119 Gage : Ml Total 750 160 134 . 89 144 123 650 S3 62 134 127 108 432 158 450 108 366 100 363 143 407 182018 35 105 102 239 PGE Hand lean 33 75 118 108 134 Olson Watts Dug an Ewm Notdurft Total 119 371 114 349 144 376 177 470 691-1310 98 187 106 637 562 Pstal Employe Handicap Rode Brewster ,,- Nieswander Garrett , 25 T3 430 398 124 392 154 449 130 351 Jory i i i Total , 1 1 ii i 7213065 4 Coraera . Miller . McCracken . 23 . 162 127 IIS 162 120 714 123 US 132 157 188 ,718 25 124 127 . 150 133 101. 64 84 114 134 149 164 665 106 313 136 368 144 430 125 431 104 454 .613 19M Talbot Mohrt . Gill Concocts Special Potion Idaho Mix Turner & Company En Route for OSC, T Oregon Final Games CORVALLJS, Ore., Feb. 2S.-() -More speed and less height was Coach Slats Gill's formula Wed nesday as he prepared his Oregon State college basketball squad for the crucial weekend Idaho series in the northern division champi onship race. In the final workout Gill used Sam Dement and Paul Valenti, forwards; John Mandic, center; Lew Beck and Don Durdan, guards. If it requires height to win the series to assure the Bea vers at least a tie with Washing ton State for the title, Gill can call on Doug Martin, Glenn War ren and Jack Mulder. MOSCOW, Idaho, Feb. 25.-(P)-Ray Turner & Co. the University of Idaho basketball team wiU leave for the Wil lamette valley Thursday to wind up the season against Oregon State Friday and Satur day and Oregon Monday and Tuesday. Turner, who leads the north ern division In scoring with 154 points, will meet the only man who has been able to check him effectively in the OSC series. The man is John Mandic, who held big Ray to 20 points in two games here. Turner Still Paces Loop Scoring Race SEATTLE, Feb. 25. -(if) -The straight-shooting hands of Ray Turner, University of Idaho cen ter, kept him in the lead of nor thern division, Pacific Coast con ference basketball scorers this week as he added 30 points to his total. Turner now has 154 points in 12 games slightly less than 13 points a game. Moving up into second spot and displacing Gail Bishop and Marv Gilberg of Washington State was big John Mandic, OSC star center, with 134 points in 14 games. Bishop is now third with 133 points and Gilberg fourth with 130. Both leaders, Turner and Man dic, will face each other in a two- game series at Corvallis Friday and Saturday night when Idaho meets Slats Gill's Beavers. The Top Ten G Fg Ft Pf Tp Turner, Idaho 12 87 40 33 154 Mandic, OSC 14 46 42 39 134 Bishop. WSC 14 57 19 2 133 Gilberg-. WSC 14 55 20 33 130 P. Jackson, Oregon 14 36 43 27 117 Andrews, Oregon 14 36 43 28 118 Taylor, Oregon 14 46 20 33 112 Beck. OSC 14 44 22 20 110 Dalthorp. Wash. 14 44 22 20 110 Lindh, Wash 14 31 40 22 102 Ducks Favored In Sivim Meet EUGENE, Ore., Feb. 25.-(rV The University of Oregon was considered a slight favorite to day to dethrone the defending champion University of Wash ington team in the northern di vision swimming and diving championships here Saturday. Other teams entered are Washington State, Oregon State, University of Idaho and Mon tana. Frosh Splashers Win EUGENE, Feb. 25.-(i?)-Univer sity of Oregon freshmen swim mers trimmed Eugene high eas ily Wednesday afternoon 49 to 17, Al Peterson, frosh sprint star, took three firsts for 15 points. Backstroke Star of 'Cody Kids9 J i - Ann Cooney ef Portland's Moltnomah Athletic elnb la read to mdd her r name w ine long use oi jacs VMy-eoacned swimmers wht have wet . national ana world's records. Iter backstroke performances in winter meets' have shown steady Improvement, and last Sunday In the Oregon AAU state championships held in the elnb peel. Miss ioney easuy wen in ner ewn Polk County B - - ..V My Iv3 , i ,--f t-" ?l Monmouth high school's Wolves county B tournament held last weec m xaonmouin, engage strong SUyton Packers, Marion county champions, tonight on the OCE court in district B 2 play. Bottom row, left to right, Delmer forward; Norman Jensen, guard; Dale Crippen, center; Robert Crook, forward, and Arno Cooper, guard. Back row, Robert Lor ence, guard; Paul Thompson forward, and Ted McLean, forward. Monmouth High, College Ready For Tournaments MONMOUTH The Oregon will be the scene of another when four 'B' teams, representing Polk, Marion, Yamhill and Multnomah counties, square off in district B-2 clashes for the right to represent the district at the state B tournament at Eugene next week. Corbelt, Multnomah county winner, plays Dayton, champions of Yamhill county at 8 o'clock tonight Stayton, Marion county titlist, tangles with Monmouth, Polk B champs who gained their laurels here last week, at 9 p.m. Friday night the consolation teams will take the floor at 8 o'clock, and the championship game will start at 9 pjn. Tonight's winners will compete for the ti tle tomorrow night Along with the right to represent, the play ing ball will be awarded the win ners. Coach Al Cox and his Wolf- pack basketballers will leave for Portland tonight to enter the In tercollegiate tournament there. The Wolves first game will be against the winner of the Port land U-Mt. Angel college game. The OCE aggregation has shown a great deal of Improvement during the course of the season since Lyman and Maulding en tered, school in the winter term. Both are good scorers and have added punch to the quintet Coach Cox will start Maulding and Mohler, forwards; Macnab, center; Lyman and Kernes, guards. West Salem Team Goes to Tourney WEST SALEM The local grade school boys' basketball team will compete in the Gold T hoop tournament at Pacific college in Newberg, which starts tonight and continues throughout the week. The tournament Is sponsored by the Gold T club of Pacific college. West Salem will play its first game with Dallas at 8 p.m. to night Boys on the team are Dale Parnell, Neil England, Jim Bar low, Jack Lutz, Lawrence De Lapp, Eddie Lawrence, Gordon Richards, Larry Sullivan and Dick Swearingen. Parents and teachers will ac company the team and will fur nish its transportation. Elmer Burnham Purdue Coach LAFAYETTE, Ind., Feb. 25.-UP) -Guy (Red) Mackey and Elmer Burnham today were appointed athletic director and head foot' ball coach, respectively, at Pur due university. a n 4 r ' 7- private event toe 168-yard back League Champs (above), champions of the FoUc college of Education gymnasium tournament tonight and Friday Beaver-Idaho Series, KSLM Radio station KSLM, Salem, will broadcast both Friday and Saturday night's Oregon State Idaho basketball games via di rect hooknp with the college gym in Corvallis. Friday's game will start at 7:30 and Saturday's at 8 pjn. Wot Drugged, Just Waxed9 The Salem Chess club met defeat at Portland, 15 V to 2Vi, in the annual lnter-city battle Tuesday night with the Port land Chess clab. In answer to a reporter's in quiry, the president of the Sa lem club denied charges that members of his team had been dragged. Said he, "Apparently some one merely assumed that the Salem players were drugged, after reading the score. We were treated royally with ex cellent food after the contests, not before." The Portland' club will come to Salem for return contests en a date yet to be decided. Whitman Whips Whitworth Quint SPOKANE, Feb. 2i.-(JP)-A one- man scoring splurge of 24 points by Steele of Whitworth was far from enough to match the smooth play of Whitman Wednesday night and the visitors from Walla Walla trounced Whitworth, S6 to 46, in a fast basketball game. Bowling Scores MAJOR LEAGUE Acme Auto Handicap 29 156 162 199 157 135 838 73 153 187 159 189 152 913 29 174 182 159 175 193 912 73 198 193 166 180 139 949 29 87 Coe Tope I, 190 520 161 505 250 608 194 526 179 507 10032753 73 219 Larson Lhamon Stein bock Total Friesens Handicap Frlesen Nufer Thompson . Kerr 149 500 193 573 151 476 164 533 189 480 Evans Total 9192781 Ran .get 7 t'p Handicap 39 39 39 117 Olinger 182 212 Perry 164 266 193 587 192 622 200 627 168 969 193 606 9853128 Adoipn . ZW4 323 Foreman 179 222 Young 202 211 Total o in cline. Coffee Shop Handicap ze zo 26 78 223 657 197 569 184 680 148 512 187 549 9652949 HartweU 211 223 Cline, sr. 167 205 Sullivan 219 177 Cline. Jr. 178 186 Poulin 213 149 Total . 1014 966 Karri Handicap 54 177 170 164 182 151 898 34 186 194 in 183 183 897 , 84 163 158 172 175 182 904 48 160 201 200 158 210 977 54 162 132 472 Karr Barr 143 471 Miller 151 487 175 532 Kellogg Pape 172 50S Total 8272629 Copeland Tarda Handicap , 130 Patterson Kertson Thrush Nelson Garharino Haman 181 527 157 952 .... 117 130 447 218 559 142 535 8762750 Total LADIES LEAGUE Royal Desserts - Handicap . DeM arias Lindley FeUea 21 122 134 95 132 100 604 '5 181 132 161 128 697 21 122. 17 130 31 63 134 378 140 449 120 349 Trick : 141 141 414 Craven .-, , , 142 112 354 Total 731 130 159 147 118 126 679 6682003 11S 337 128 464 126 405 128 407 159 409 Hn.bard Motors Dummy Boyd Hubbard . Peterson Putnam , Total 6492022 Capital Be-dinx Poulin ; Clark ' 158 99 114 139 177 687 . 39 ; 178 174 157 121 128 156 736 29: 153 483 139 399 134 369 112 379 rHorner :, - ; , , Welty Wilson Total Keflettes ' Handicap Bowlsby .. Weisgerber Mills. Ryer Anderson Total 127 460 6632088 39-. m 115 153 438 101 316 111 360 144 387 , J1S -;-100 127 122 . 131 UJ . 137x133 718 -621 171 441 7192059 McKay Chevrolet . Handicap Doerfler Oats ; " Ficklin Mchaney v -, Total ; ., , Ceea Cola r Garfoarino . 40 . 46 S7 . IIS 138 136 103 109 168 133 946 543 130 .130 346 106 380 98 310 US .419 4961989 133452 132 430 . 106 437 153 437 . 178 . 162 . 144 u. 149 136 187 148 5S8 Lloyd 'Gas Housers Have Plenty Holdouts Yet Creepy Crespi Listed As No. 1 Worry; Only : Eight Inked so Far .. ST. LOUIS, Feb. 25.-(5-The St Louis Cardinals have contract tooublesand lots of it ' .Only eight of the team's 16 in- Celders and outfielders have signed for the corning season, Branch Rickey disclosed Wed nesday, They are Jimmy Brown, Ter ry Moore, Estel Crabtree, Stan MnslaL George Kurowski, Bob Blattner, Bay: Sanders and Er vin Dusak. Harry Walker has agreed to terms bat has not yet signed. The Cardinals vice-president and general manager, expressing confidence over the outcome of negotiations, said none of the re maining players could be called holdouts until Friday, when they are scheduled to report for spring training at St Petersburg, Fia. A special case is that of Wel- wood English who retired from baseball In 1939. English is making an effort to arrange his business affairs so he can re port, Rickey said, calling that "the best bit of news Tve had in some time." Rickey named Frank Crespi, second-baseman, as the team's most serious problem. Crespi, who lives in St. Louis, said he deserved more money than he had been of fered. Oregon College Tourney Takes Off Tonight PORTLAND, Feb. 25.-;P)-Four teams will open play Thursday night in the three-day Oregon in tercollegiate basketball tourna ment at the University of Port land. Southern Oregon College of Ed ucation and Albany college will meet in the first game, followed by the University of Portland and Mount Angel college. Byes were drawn by Eastern Oregon College of Education and Oregon College of Education. They will play Friday night. The Crow's Nest type of offici ating will be used. Cougars Invade Husky HutiWitk - Trick Defense PULLMAN, Feb. 25.-(;P)-Seat- tle basketball fans may get a peek this weekend at the trick defense Coach Jack Friel of Washington State used in upsetting the Uni versity of Washington in two straight games here and for which nobody has yet offered a good descriptive name. It's sort of a combination man-to-man and tone defense designed to break the rhythm of the speedlined Washington attack. There's nothing in the book, of course, to prevent Washington's Hec Edmundson from springing something similar on the WSC Cougars, who had that thought in mind as they entrained Wednes day for the all-important, season ending series Friday and Satur day. State must win both games to repeat as northern division champions and finish in a tie with Oregon State, which winds up with a pair of tilts against Idaho. 'A' Church League Results Presbyterian eked out a 26-25 victory over Leslie Methodists in an A church league thriller at the YMCA Wednesday night Other victors included First Methodist and First Baptist. Presbyterian (26) (25) L. Met-. Bowman 5 4 Owen Freese 3 7 Downs Copenhaver 12 8 Ashford Hurst 3 8 Bertleson Fitz-immons 2 McKenzie Subs man 1. for Presbyterian: Ross- lit Met-. (Si) Kurita 7 Timothy 2 Hall 10 Baldwin 4 . (22) Evangelical 2 Pohl 2 M. Hilfaker 11 E. Hilfaker .... ' 1 Dorn Tomita 2 6 Seager Subs for First Methodist: Shoe maker 10, Achor 14, Olds 2; Evan gelical, Hedges. Saints (34) Bulkley ft Burson 2 Hardy 13 Veteto 6 (40) lit Baptists 9 Broer 8 Clark Morley 13 Goffrier , 2 Smlther Lundy 8 Subs for Baptist: Fox 10. Referee, Bob Smith. ' .; Yon Disctplesrof ' . DINTY koOlU. i JIGGS Tv Are Invited to Help Eat ;j Ilincm'sl;'- Corned Beef and Cabbage Every Tuesday and - c Ihnrs 11 a-i jn.Owv ' 47t COURT St, -l - -:1 CCS U Terry in Camp MHI(.W.I,M ll I For the first time in 27 years. Bill 0 the New York Giants' farm Giants' training camp. Terry's York club now Is held by Mel shown conversing with Terry at Ju Jitsuin' Japs v;t:;A:-:-:-:-,.-y-x--.-X':-;-;-;-:- - V l I f t.t t - ,L - ' - - t " Match for McArthur's Yanks FORT COLLINS, Colo., Feb. MacArthur's infantryman who have had wrestling training tan gle hand-to-hand with a Japanese jujitsu expert, bet on the American. That's the way Julius . (Hans) Wagner, wrestling coach at Colorado State college, would bet, anyway. Wagner, whose teams have won 14 conference grappling titles in 15 years, argues that "jujitsu is inferior to Ameri can wrestling." "No good jujitsu wrestler ever defeated a good American wres tler," he said. "The Japs developed jujitsu because of their Inferior slse and strength. Jujitsu makes use of the opponent's slse and strength to disable or In jure him. Against big, green kid it is very effective." Scientifically applied American wrestling can do some disabling of its own, said Wagner, snapping double wrlstlock on big Bob Hites, a sophomore from darks- dale, Ariz. "You grab him like this, then you tear his arm off," the coach explained. He didn't go quite that far with Kites, though. The double wristlock, used with restrictions in amateur wrestling, could break a man's collarbone, dislocate his shoulder and tear out . a flock of ligaments. Wagner said this held Is par ticularly effective against an opponent armed with a pistol because once the hold Is applied, the gun can't be pointed at yea. Camps Training MIAMI, Fla, Feb. 25.-Up)-Add Billy Jurges, the New York Giant shortstop, to the list of baseball's holdouts. General Manager Bill Terry said Wednesday that the infielder and the club are far apart on the matter of salary. At New York Jurges said any announcement of his position must come from Terry. ANAHEIM, Calif., Feb, 25.-(n -uutttelder Alike Kreevich hand ed his signed contract to Connie Mack Wednesday, leaving the Athletics with only two holdouts First Baseman Dick Siebert and Outfielder Bob Johnson. . The Athletics acquired Kreevich last year In a trade for Wally Moses. SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 25.-UP) -Pitcher Ed Stutz settled his sal ary differences .with the San Francisco Seals' Wednesday and signed his 1942 baseball contract. : ctes era ' AyP.-J AL LIGHTNER Statesman Sports Xditor On Sidelines Terry (left), new general manager system, Is on the sidelines in the 1941 Job as manager of the New Ott, the. outfielder-third baseman, Miami, Fla. Would Be No 25-(JP)-ln case any of General Independence Downs Dallas INI?ENDENCE-- Th?' Hop- sters of Independence high won their way to the district tourna ment at McMinnville, hanging a 33 to 24 defeat on Dallas Wed nesday night on the neutral OCI court at Monmouth. The Hop sters led 18-18 at the half. Independence plays Newber in the first game of the tourna ment Monday night, Independence (33) (24) Dallas Smith 3 Boydston Hartman 3 Riggs Maret 9 Hauk 8 Fox Voyce 3 Smith 3 12 Richardson Subs, Independence: Emsbur 8, Peoples 2. Dallas: Hiebert 8. Referee: Riornan. Detroit Downs Jefferson 5 JEFFERSON Detroit's soutk Marion county B basketball team defeated Jefferson's quint here Friday night, 32 to 29. The visi tors had a 28 to 9 lead at the half. Coach Pat Beal's bov l on a 20 point Scoring spree in the last helf, hcJding Detroit to six, but the rally fell short. Han son of Detroit scored 19 for hish, while Bruce, Jeff forward, gath ered 10. Jefferson (29) (22) Detroit 19 Hansen 3 Jones 2 Farrow 3 White 3 Montgomery Gilmour 4 ' Bruce 16 Harris 3 Barna 5 Weddle Substitutes: Jefferson, Costelow Referee: Shelton. Four Eugene District 5's Enter AAU Meet EUGENE, Feb. 25-(a)-F our basketball teams which will rep resent the Lane-Douglas-C o o district in the annual state AAA tourney; at Portland March 2 -7 were announced Wednesday. Rubensteln Oregcmlans of Eu gene, 1940 state champions, and the McKee Bakers of Springfield will represent the district in the A division while Miller Lumber company of Monroe and the Ru benstein Juniors of Eugene will seek B honors. Foreman Kennedy ,.T0Uk. 8MNIU 8KW1N9 C SAN fMNCtSCA CM Total ., . ... siroKein i;i.9. I 524 1736 .-:."