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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (March 3, 1942)
s u.-Vihs Em . IIs JlliWli Wrestling - Makes 942 BteBnilt rTdm - Already champions ff the country in football after their stirring Rose Bowl victory, the Oregon Staters have now - up and grabbed off the northern division Pacific Coast confer ence basketball title after one of the hottest races in the upper bracket's history- Of - course there's thelittle matter of knocking - off the, stupendous Btanfords, winners of the southern division, before .the Bea rers can boast the Pacific Coast crown, but if we remember cor rectly, it wasn't so long ago that Mister Oregon State met Mister Stanford's No. 1 nationality high f e a red football machine down Corvallis way, and after a bruis ing but decisive battle, sent i the Indians back to "the Farm with their first loss in two seasons. -; The clash for the basketball nwn requires winning two eat f three games that will be played down south between the Indians and the Orange, bat don't - think for a moment that '"Messrs. Mandle, Mulder, Me Natt, Valentt, Dardan et aL won't be down there digging in dorm to bufng It home to .rest right along side the football der by;. And bowt .; i Oregon State has a beautiful start toward obtaining the best athletic year in the school's his tory, and Coach Slats Gill's gang will go all out to topple the tall Stanford, who by $he way, ave rage a measly 6-feet 4-inches in height. - - We Did It Before And We Can Do It Again," would be an appropriate battle song for the 'Beavers; Stanford came to Cor vallis one day last fall as the "unbeatable best In the coun try,' but well, that was the last day that phrase was spok en; ; Now the southern scribes have Stanford as one of . the best basketball . qnlnts in the country, toe. Orr v te "IHd It Before," and GO ,saag wfll certainly be keyed to Do It Again." . . 'Little Skip9 Writes Had a letjr from the little Jer sey giant, el-Skipper Bunny Grif fiths, Saturday. The top-flight short patcher is still "Building vKIvm Knf 4fAnirsp' twwar in - sun ' eastern shipyard. . "Was offered the manager's tob of the 8an Jose dab in the California "loop," says Bunny, 'but decided to stay back here' - itid work for Uncle Sam , in stead." (Geldle Holt took Vrer the San Jose Job.) i "Please remember us to the fans and folks to Salem weH . : eertalnly miss . being out there this season." - .. - Well miss your scintillating shortstopplng too. Skip. Bad News, Unless r "Are you coming back to Sa lem this year to play ballr we asked Charlie Petersen, ace eenterfielder now working In a Portland steel company, Sunn day. ' - - -i-n "DEFIJflTELT NOTT re plied "Pete," bat emphatically. : , "Would you oomo back If you ' were offered the managership of the club, Pete? Ton know . there have been) rumors in Sa lem that yea are; to bo the next skipper down there," eamo from this end. - A grin and "Well, ' they need manager down there, and rd like to take s whack at It yes, Td come back as manager, but otherwise absolutely not,",. same .the: an- . swer. :;.- - , " (Think yea eeali cat It, Fetef..X i ' " i - ti,' : "Til tell you one thing my . team would hustle and play ., heads-up ball." - As those are the first require ments of any manager, plus your six years' experience in organized ball, and knowing your leadership characteristics the way we do, you certainly get the seal of approval from this corner. They didn't vote you the "Most Popular on the team last year for nothing, T and - we know that the boys would "hustle and play heads-up baseball" for you. A combination like th a - (Turn to Page 10, Col. 1) . Year's First Card on Tap a .a Armory At ena Hooded Hawk Piluso In Main Event Match; New, Old Faces Show Professional wrestling , makes its 1942 debut in Salem tonight when Promoter Don Owen's first card takes place in the armory arena beginning' at 8 pan. , The debut was slated for last Tuesday, but unforseen difficul ties arose, causing, postponement to tonight Herb Parks was billed as a ma in-even ter, but he has yet to obtain proper passage from his native Canada. i - In Herb's- place, making his TONIGHT'S MATCHES: Curtain raiser- Walter "Sneeze" Achieu vs. George Kitzmfller ' (2 out of 3 falls, 30 minute limit) ' Seml-Wmdap Tex Hager vs. Sockeye Mc- ' Donald (2 out of 3 falls, 45 minute limit) -Mala Event ' The Hooded Hawk vs. Ernie Piluso (2 out of 3 falls, 1 hour limit) - At the Armory Tonight " f n l k ., V ' I I....' I ; S' ' Lv- " -.N...y : V.,-- , : v .; x ' j 4 J-fffT "fit - 1 ft - I A -X). v-: :-:-' - 'CL'CAN -CL AVCR -TAST"? nAST R W Patterson, Beal One- After 1st Round In Statesman Tourney Firing Initial appearance in Salem will newcomer In the northwest's bo the Bjooded Hawk, also a wrestling circles. . The Hawk wilr be matched with Ernie Pi luso of Portland. , This match should be one of the most interesting seen in Sa lem in years, as the Hawk comes been winning regularly in bothlrou" wwun-uuw atutUtf. '"t"1- ftt"auu pnze. M A. A. W W secona piace went w v. oau, m 1 w v bowler tfor Sundins in the CcmJalem BOWlr8 merciai league. xeai ruueu wu Pat Patterson, Copelanct Yards Salem major league bowler, won first place in the first round of The Statesman second an- Portland and Eugene. little is known of the favorite holds em ployed by the Hawk,, but Piluso has been working out during the past few ; months with "dummy heads" head shaped apparatus with heavy springs. Ernie works with the dummy each day to in crease the pressure Of his terrific head-locks. This match is slated for the best two of three falls, one hour limit route. - The seml-wlndup wtn pit Tex Hager. the speedy exponent of the flying tackle, drop-kick and flying too-bold, against the "meanest hombre to come out of the Dee, Oregon woods" Sockeye McDonald. Tonight's bout will be Sockeye's first tn Salem. He has been the rage of Portland shows recently, al though very much disliked by the wrestling boys themselves because of his rough and ready style. Hager and McDonald will be battling for a crack at a main event role next week. Opening the show will be Wal ter "Sneezie" Achieu You Disciples of Ch!7 -Uzztz Ci Ji::3 Yea Are Invited, to He!? Eat V V.: r -7-r-"7fJ " I u-llia .O, - . Cr 3 C Cvcry Tz:zli7 asi Trtffc Thnrs, 11 aja.-8 pja. owW W P.S. rrt-i Corned r , aeries,! winning $5 second prize money. The top half of the field of 82 bowlers participating in the tour- : namerit will continue in the sec ond round1 this week. Second round scores must be turned in by Saturday midnight The top six bowlers will roll the finals next Sunday night starting at 8 I pjn. ! - -Pi : Those who qualified for the second round, and their scores are: I' Do rOkeh Pt Patterson (BAW) V. Beal - iE. Garbarine George Kertson Glen Hoar Ed Talbot . Jack Putnam Walter Larson 1 Clem Kertson .(33 AVI .S23 Charles DeGulre Dee' Farrar Bill Lhamon against Fred Nagell George Kitzmiller. Achieu is an I John ! Doerfler old favorite In Salem, and since I Don Poulin wrestling here last has added John' Frlesen more tricks to his already tanta- Jack Kerr lizing "hold" of pointing out op- Don Hendrie ponent's nerve centers with a se-I Art Klrchner vere knuckle Jab, which fortes I Fred Karr them to turn loose and howl .with pain pronto. Kitzmiller is anoth- popular "old-timer" - in- local wrestling circles. . : Tickets for , tonight's matches may be purchased at Cliff Par ker's Sporting Goods store or at the armory. A special rate win be offered service .621 -CIS .15 -SIS .CIS .Mi .601 59S 557 -595 59S -334 S92 -590 The Capital Bedding bowling team of the Salem Women's leacue, ' and the Perfection Al ley's men's team Journeyed to Portland Sandaj and . iwept over Portland Central Alleys, eompeUtlm In both event. The Bedders won 2433 pins to 2353 la their match as Vir ginia Garb-rine rolled a smooth 51 series for Ugh. Other Sa lem "scoring turned in Maude Poulm. 114; Wilms Clark, 512; Kay McCarroIl, 459; Agnes My ers, 432. It was the best score ever . compiled by a women's team from Salem ea tho Part- land alleys. -., ; Paced by HI Haanaa and Don Poulln, tho men's team thump ed the host Ave 2945 -pins to 2619. Hamaa had a 623 series; Poulln. SIS; Ernie Garbarlno, 60S; John Frlesen, 551; Chet Groves, 545. Tho men's total score was also the highest ever made by a men's team representing Sa lem on the Rose City alleys. J5SS -5S3 Sex Adolph . , Bob Parker . i Louie Cross Harvey Page Bob Ashby Bud Straw .536 .532 -541 Ml Dick Weisgerber Vera Perry , Frank Junta Al Wattle Gene Kellogg Harold OUnger . I Mike Steinbock Herb Bureh Ben Woelke :- Geldle Beatsoa L. McCune ; J6 .573 .576 -572 .572 Angling Season Opens PORTLAND, March 2-OP) Sportmen opened the angling season on the Columbia river Sunday as . commercial salmon g-Unetters ceased operations until May 1. . . . 0 OO-: K " AL LIGHTNER State-man Cports Editor kdfl3-UtOragon. Toasdar T-Inminq, Morels 3 VX Turner i Tanks Ten More As Ducks Win: Has Good : , . - i - Chance To Better Marks EUGENE, (3re- March 2.-3-University of Oregon defeated Idaho, 50 to 33, Monday night to cinch a hold on fourth place in the Coast conference northern division basketball race, Ray Turner, six foot four, inch Idaho center threatening the division scoring record,! dropped in 10 points to boost his year's total to 178 points. j j ... ' He needs 10 more points in the final game of the season -gainst Oregon Tuesday , night to better the l-game record of 187 set by Wally Palmberg of Oregon State In 1936. . ; ! Turner, nervous and given only ragged assistance by his team mates, made four of 24 field goal shots and converted two of five free throws. i-i By scoring 13 points Tuesday, NOKTKEKN DIVISION STANDINGS i W , Pet.- Ft P OSC LH S JUt 70S S44 Wasfaincton 10 -35 131 688 WSC 7 JSa 19 725 Oregon -i S '. t .400 630 645 Idaho - u - atw ui Turner could break the all-time northern division record of 191 points set by Laddie Gale of Ore gon in 1938. I Gale's mark, .how ever, was I established in a 20- game schedule, no longer played by northern division teams. Oregon, using frequent substitu tions, never trailed. At the half the Webfoots were ahead. 30 to 15, and late in the game they held a 21 -point lead. Forward Bob Wsen was high for Oregon with 10 points. The sux-mary: Idaho (14) OFF Thompson, f , 3 0 1 6 Steele, f . 0 I ' - IV 1 Turner, c- 4-.. . 1 Benson, g 4 Mandic Makes Hec9s Star Hoop Squad Si-TTLE. Mareh t-(JP) Ceaefe Hee Edmundson of the Unhrerstty of Waslungton nam ed twe of his own play ers to his aH-dir-deei sjumfet today, and as each from Oregon State, WashtngtoB State and Idaho. Unable to choose between blgh scoring Kay Turner of Idaho and John MaauUe, the OSC pewer-usev he shifted Mandle to a forward spot. Ha ne-ilnated - Karr GUaerg ' g WSC aa the other forward, with Nans Da-thorp and Bin Uor- ris of Waa-ington aa Hopkins, g Hoohing, f Fredekind, f NeweH, g Craner, g . Totals . Oregon (56) Taylor, f Wren, f .14 O Marsh ik. e . Andrews, g P. Jackson, g C-iristensen, f Fuhrmarv 2 - Anet, f .4 2 A -0 -0 -0 Newland, f L. Jackson, e Maynard, g Kirsch, g Totals . .4 -0 -0 Jt -19 0 0 12 i; 3 ,- 0 U s e o r e Oregon 10 8 4 .2 2 0 0 33 T 7 10 5 5 6 0 0 v 0 1 7 -50 20, . Halftime Idaho 15. Missed free throws Steele, Turner 2. Taylor. Newland, L. Jackson. : Field ' shots taken Idaho 73, Oregon 68. Officials-Carl T-enchitsky, Portland, referee; Huntley ; Mc- Phee, Seattle, umpire. "APROMISING - - - - By Sords .576 -567 568 -566 -565 .565 -563 -563 State High Swim Meet Scheduled For YMCA Pool A state high school Invitational swimming meet has been- sched uled for the YMCA pool on Sat urday, . March 14, according to A 4,-.l TM...In. fni of the Salem high schooL The O ChlirCU RCSUltS meet will serve as part of the en tertainment provided for schools j 'h United Bretheran, Court Street represented in the state basket-1 Christian and the Mennonites won ball tournament, which wHl end 1 B church league games played at I j Harold Steele George TJeyd 1 Walter Clin e, sr. Ken Clark Sll: 56t -553 55S on the night of March 14. Interscholastic rules ; wfll gov ern the meet in the 20-yard T pool. . ''":-"... UB 36 Entries will close on March 10, i g. Lowery 14 and are to be filed with D. R. I J. Lowery 8 Mcllem. coach of the Salem high I Martin 4 swimming team. . - I Smithr 6 PreUniinary events will start Clark 4 at 9 ajn- and four, contestants in each event will qualify i for the I CSC 61 finals. The finals will start at 4 1 Priem 22 DJn.- . 1" ISeipp l7 No awards will 'be made,' as IMacy 13; .here IS no entry fee rjharged rep-1 Smith.3 rpsentatives. Wegner 8 Parrish Monday night Priem of Court Street scored 22 points.. 24 Presbyterian : 2 Patton ' 12 Toomb 8 McDonald 1 Bates 1 Anunsen 1 ( ; i i .Tit 14 . rVr.rf v-t -, y S J Shaughnessy Back, Cut Gone Aain Mennonites 29 J. Roth 2 : 5 HerrM , Welty 3 : : I Roth 2 D. Roth 4 ' ' i t 17 F. Christian 6 Sharpnack 1 Tripp ' 5 Humphrey ' 5 Wirt .", Cooley 16 Salt Creek 2 Fast S E. Villwock 2 Buhler 1 C Villwock i Bartell i. : -t .si fi ,7 ts I S ' v - ' 1 fS . . mi in- - tsvctbaegf? S POkHAMCWS Substitute for Mennonites, Geh rig 4J, . -; Referee, B. Smith. . . PALO ALTO, Calif, March 2- V?y-C lark Shaughnessy, Stan ford football coach, whose name has been linked with a coaching vacancy at Yale university, re turned home Monday after a visit ; 0 Townsend Top In Trapshoot Clarence Townsend, secretary of the Salem -Tapshooters club. shattered 10tt. straight m the 18 yard event of the PITA registered shoot held : Sunday, at the dob grounds, winning that event.: It was the second time m recent club shoots that Townsend has had a perfect day, batting .1000. Jack Crane, also of the Salem club, shattered 83 out of 100 to cop first money In the handicap event State League Opens July 7 ALBAXT, March 2-(A-Tne Oregon State Baseball league wta open play July 1 with clubs front Eagene. Kedford, Albany and - gJlvertoB slmssl oerta-a emtrtes. ?-:,,y . - Clubs from Bend and Pest- tbis year, league offlclani an nounced after a lag lre.J... AH league eflktaas elected. They were George WH helm, EugtMt, presiieat; James Jenks. Albany, Latt Battle Before State Toiimai-ient Fof: ailei! Oniiiitet Best Dog Jayyees Added to Bolster 7eak . V Vilt Qt; (yeiiimen Declare i :; Out qf Tourney; lsetProIiable The Salem HA Vikinrs. fresh from a double drubhin at tho handg of .the Astoria -Ishermen, aeek their tenth straight No Name league win in the season's high school finale, prior to the state toun-unent, tonight when they battle basketball style with' UMcn jnrank Kamsey's Corvallis Spartans at 8 p. m. out at the Yik villa.:. v-tvT -f :: XJespite the dual dunks banded them over the weekend, the VIlcs wm bo out tonight fat quest ox t&eir initial unbeaten No-Name loop season since league play be gan .in 1838. r... .j,. ' ' In a previous clash with Kam- sey Ramblers, tho Bed and - Klacks emerged vktors by a 41 -to 32 count. Since : then the - Spartans have come up fast and - are flrhting ft out with Albany high for the entrance berth of district 7 fat the state tourna ment . ; s; Tonight's session may prove to be a preview of the district 7-Sa- l game which is scheduled for the opening night of the tourney next week. Should Corvallis am bush Albany In district play, it will again meet Salem on opening night of the tourney. VXk Coach Harold Bank sta- " ted Monday he would open to night's fray with Dutch Sim mons and Martin Srarverud. forwards; Courtney Janes, cen ter; Bud Coons and Gordy Mo- Morris, guards. The Bed and Black mentor also said that ho - did net plan on using Wally GemmelL stellar guard out with the mump-, during any tourney easiono next week. A quartet of Spartans who kept the capital city dub in "hot wa ter" all night In the last Corval- lis-Salem game are Bobby KnoIL' Bob Reiman, "Red" wldmer, Andy Anderson and Bobby Cole. These boys will spearhead the Spartan attack in tonight's game. The game Itself is regarded as a toss-up since the Salem quint showed so poorly against the Fish-1 Iiish Setter in ; Salem SIfow Copper - Coafs Prince , Jeff," Irish setter owned : by John I Ashton of ; Portland, ' Ore- was Judged the best dbg in the second annual Salem Lions club benefit dog show. Sunday night in the final event of the two-day show. Approximately 200 dogs Were entered in the show, sponsored by the Salem Lions dub, proceeds of which will go toward aid for the blind and other charity work. Salem and vicinity Sunday winners were: ck nt SHOW Spaniel brace. Wb-ir-Ut Kak-t and WnMlrklce Stonay by max C. BeU C Stenny Marc Boxkka Winners. fem-Ies and beat eff ard. BVs V, UrkbH, own-d by Dr. S. r. saiem. ' WINNEKS DOG. BEST OF WTMNt-UI AMD BEST Or BBXKD V. TlriB-. owned by Mz. A. rana Hayes at uroo. WINNEKS yEMAL JB AND BEST or oppositb sax Treat V. Edelweiss, owned by lira. A. roiaora -layes ox nroo-a, ure. roDiTKaa - i by Albert S. Wilson, Lebanon. SETT J-S (ENUL-SH) Albert 8. Wi) Beat of winners and best of bread. faaaawk Backet's Jack, ewned by or H n L x do Wilalia -t-Bhai edlnr Albert S. WUaon ot WBUMra female and beat at oppe- es. M--vt wuaea-a leay. by Albert S. WUeea eC X-ro- SrAKIXXJ (COCKX3I AMMUCAN a steraay altar Sunday final POKTDTO BOO Iri h Setter. Cayaer . by John I, Ashton of Jeff, owned Portland. MAT HOIDfD A-fhaa 1 Hound Kerrss raeaaaiar, aned by aba. liUlaa MUler. Seat tle. REST WOSUCIMO BOO , Couie Saat ASrua nrsw Den, awned by Mrs. Ferley I Abbey, Fort land. ; BEST ilium wtm Vac Terrier Cm. Van tr V-irB la Catara. uaiisil by Jamaa B. Har riaon. Portland. BMT TOT by Mrs. Zara Smith of Seattle. Mtf MOM-SVOUTtNO DOO BuUdoc fliliaiil r-yaiiwer r-eia. amed by IxmeUa C. and O. A. W. Mel- aoa ef Seattle, Waah. tae T UCI IN BHOOT nnrker SDeniel brace, owned by rrank C BeU of Salem. BEST DOO IM SHOW Ir-th Setter Ceapert Caat Jaff. awned by John Portland. Ore, L. Ahtoa of retary It's Mac High- NoiHood Rteer im.TON-I---WATlt, Ore, arch IHJPHZZto-Tnvnter high aclsoot earned a With hi the Oregon state class A basket ball tournament at Salem by defeating Heed Elver fat. the ie- eldmg oontesS of a three-g llomday night. ZS-2. Spring Training Opens For Coasters, but It s Not Like It Used to Be :- LOS ANGI-LES. March 2.-0?VSpring training for Pacific Coast leajrue clubs went into full swing Monday as infielders and outfielders Joined batterymen at the camps, but several of the teams were unable to get a regular lineup on the Held. At Ontario, llantrrr Arnold (Jigger) Stats had only half a regular lnOeld for his Lm' An geles team and Just one stand by from last yearn outfield ta prospect he's u In camsv Listed ua holdouts are Boy Hughes and Phil Weintraub, sla ted to play second and first base respectively. Johnny Moore, the only player who seems certain of an outfield post is en route to camp 'from his Florida home. Catcher Al Tod d, purchased from liilwaukee, stilt hasn't been heard from but the club, expects him in camp soon. ; Out at Riverside.' Oscar Yltt was taring trouble wlli hii Ilinywood SLsrs. EU ef kit - Blayers have been lost ite the armed forces or eant,report be- . escse f 1 cyrr.flry ladactioa - calls. -, Three more Outfielder Carry . r. earn berg. - FXrsf . X-sse- attte Rainfers, was carrying a double load as the league cham pions went into serious workouts at San Fernando. Skiff is coach ing an army ball club that works out on the same field. . llauk a-a-Mmeed Monday with rales, which call far a ten-maa roster, he has electee! Lotis Cecrh and John ny. JihusiB. u frson the Jay- - o nn eat his la additiwn to ios-gnrs start-, lag free hi the Corvallis game, these boys Join Carl Butte. Bex . Hardy and BUI -Uu-som, form-. mg the tea Salem men far the""', boo festival. fa OCE-Stanford Games Dated FALO ALTO, Calif, March . x(ffr-The Stanford board of! athleUe eontrol decided Mom- : day thai the PaciiTe Coast eeei fereaee basketbstt champion ship playoffs between Stanforel and Oregon State eollege March 13. 14 and If weald be played ta the SUnferd av-uoaw Thera had bwan talk thai at least one of the games sightt be transferred to the dvk audi tstimn ta San lYaatfdaoo. which eapaetty of the Stanfard vfl-oa. . - . West Salem Wilis " r Tourney Laurels : WEST SIAIJEM-Tho West Sa lem boys basketball team ,was s-owered. with laurels as a re sult, of Its showing at me recent Gold P basketball tournament at Padflc college la Newberg hut week. v;5-:;V-. 'rl'.l The team received a gold cup for third place, ' and placed two rnembers on the . all -star ' quint picked from over , 200 boys who participated m the tourney. Nell England . and Dale Paradl wert the West Salem boys chosen,' -, ' The hoopers ; won ' three tflts before dropping out of the run ning for the c-ummionship. Dal las topped. them by a one point iBJrgia after the West .8 a lea Quint had already put away Beo verton, Newberg and Gaston. The 'players Include Parnell, England, Jim Barlow, Eddie Law rence, Gordon : Richards, ' Larry Sullivan, ; , Lawrence D e L a p p, Dick Swearingen and Jack Luta, V r K nsa Ezte ncrna -J Caicxr holJoutsJ ' r :it 'Xiii Uci b Hew. York, but left ...isJ- Ad:Iil!oasI Sp6rt3 ; : LL-U-tci ty Ciieoa :i:.Co. ' 4,?v- tn an Stanford off if "'" s. ' vIl , H Ein EilI, mana-er cf the C-
