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Get out those pencils, mates
-10 11 12, 13, 14 on your calendar, as tnavs wnen xne ZJra
annual Oregon state high school basketball tournament will be
hooped off out on the Willamette gymnasium floor. . v ,
Guiding hands again this year will be Roy . S. ,Keene, better
known as "Spec" to the' sports world,. director, of athletics at
"Willamette university and the di
rector of the tournament, and L
J. Sparks, graduate manager of
Willamette, who ;wiU again be the
tournament business manager. T"
"Happy HowardMaple, , Wil
lamette basketball and ..track
coach, along with, other various
and sundry duties, such as Coun
cilman, Salem Senator . business
manager, etc., returns in the, role
of overseer in- gymnasium main
tenance.''. 1 ' r v
To these gents go the unenvia
ble duties of seeing" that every
thing progresses sm6othly,'gettingl
little credit for things done wen
" and all " the blame for whatever
goes amiss.
The Champ Thus Far
': Our Salem high Vikings lead
the field of tournament winners
since It bee an back . In 192,.
eoppins the bin- ribbon rc
' times te date, . and coming In
second a n o t h e r half - dozen
times. They came oh, so close
fa making it 7 crowns last year,
but the Astoria Fishermen flay
ed them in the' final, 35 to 32,
In an overtime heat. The Vlks
were winners in 1920-25-2633-9-40.
They "were second, in
1921-27-39-31-3-41."; :
Astoria-is next in line as
tournament kings with, five" cham
pionship wins. The Flying Fisher
men annexed the title in 1930-32-
34-35-41. and came in second
twice, 1923 to University of Eu
gene, and 1929 to Medford.
' Medford high is the only other
school f-to -have more than one
tournament winner. The Tigers
led the field in 1924 and 1929,
defeating Eugene in '24 and As-
toria In "29. The Red and Black
. Tigers have wound up in the run
ner-up spot twice 1928 to Wash
ington of Portland, and 1939 to
.Salem. They return this year with
another reportedly strong quint
Other ' winners outside those
mentioned are: including the run-
ners-up: 1921, Franklin of Port
land over Salemt 1922, Ashland i
over Pendleton; 1923, University
f Eugene over Astoria; 1927, Eu
gene over Salem; 1928, washing-
ton of Portland over Medford; I
1931, Pendleton over Salem; 1936,
Corvallis over Franklin of Port
land; 1937, the amazing Bellfoun-
tain quint, a class B'er, over Lin
coln of Portland; 1938, Baker over
Amity
Summiri .Vp
.She's all over but the shoutin'
"in the tournament next week-
seasons. Comes now the "second-
guessing" the "should haves'
and the ?bow comes.
We are still of the opinion
that if the Northwest confer
ence were a conference. Maple's
. -Meshers would have held at
least a tie for the championship.
IJnfield won It with a very
good ball club, but we doubt
that the Wildcats could have
copped two straight from Whit
man had they met during the
season. So what? So Willamette
and ' Whitman wound up hos
tilities in a tie for second slot.
They didn't do badly, ? those
battling , Bearcats won six - and
'lost two in conference games, and
had : an even 00, ; 11 won
and
11 lost, for the season. And five
uiusc 1U5SC3 were iumuw uuwu
mappy-r Howard's gang Was
the loss of two firstrstring men,!
rah frkycrT thsn frvrmol iit ML. I
cause of ill-health and the latter
lost to the service.
Come On, Boys
... i ., .,- .-.
, Out 14th and D way, v the
home of the Vaunted Vik, the
story is different in a way and
the. same . in another. For the
first time In No-Name league
history, Coach Harold . Hank's
hoopers rambled through an un-
defeated-in-leagne play season,
. thus becoming the only loop
team to be able to boast that
achievement. On top.: of . that.
regardless of the loss of wo
key nen. Guard Wally ,'GemmeH
trl Center Don Cutler, the Red
and Blacks knocked off the Ore-
rca" frosh for the .second time
Ii t-n o years, becoming the only
Crercn h;h school to flourish
t: -t t::ie. .- . 'i
The I.Tsylcmen are through, but
V .i llaukr.en, with their very sue
cctf-l en behind them, point
tui :rr.aner.t v. ay with a team that
cf 1 ccp the state crown if lit
11.; Is - the pcll-r-cll , precision : it
had in 11? rrctli but ' lost
fc-newhere between "here and As-tcria-Ust
v Equipped-with
r the have proven that
t y rats a rank. right up there
vlj the tt:.t:'s test.;-
Ilajte i'-cyll Co Jast like As
t Cll Uit year. - The riiher-
r :a wcur 1 v? tie!r season wlii
and circlethe, dates of March
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SILVERTON Baseball took on
its first interest in Silverton high
school Tuesday afternoon when
uoacn v,uy cauea a meet-
m . . .. '-m . a I
ing ox au boys interested in that
sport Coach DcLay has put out
a nnmhor nf chamnionshin toamn
for the high school as well as fori
the American Legion Junior group
at Silverton.
Turnout Tuesday was 'good al
though discussion rather than
practice - formed the-" meeting
theme. Plans were outlined- for
soring practice. ' with the league
i opening scarcely a. month away.
A , Llhurch -U'flmiA
Leslie Methodist eked out a 24
boop headliner Wednesday night
at the YMCA.
First Methodist and First Bap-
tists, current leaders of "A"
league play, - were scheduled to I
tangle, but the game was post
poned.
Les. Meth. (24);
(22) Evangelical
2 N. Hilf icker
W. Bertelson 8
D. French 4 -Ashford
4
B. French 6 ' .
J, Bertelson 2
. 1)L Hilficker
, 5 Seegar
- 8 Petticord
Pohl
Presbyterian (50) (7) Ut Saints
Frees 2 " 1 Hardy
Douris 2 I -- ' 8 Bulkley
Copenhaver" 16 f " ' S Veteto
Bowman 6 ' ,
Rossman 2 :. -'-
neddin
Subs for Presbyterians: - Hurst
15, Fitzsimons 7. ;
Referee:' Bob Smith.
a 53 to 19 lacing handed them
by the Ylks, entered the tourna
ment, were almost eliminated'
twice, but seemed, to. get strong
er with each game, and topped It ; i
off by winning the .title. Ter
haps the' Viks will proceed along
the same lines they have the
start, and we hope they'll Come;
rp with the follow through, , as
it would be brutal to let Falm-
berg's Astoria pitchers come
over here pn& snatch the title
rteht ocz from under our noses
sraln.
Mandic,Turner
Named on Loop
All-Star Team
EUGENE, Ore., March 4--
Three centers were named to . the
all-star northern' division Coast
conference first squad selected by
50 players 10 from each school
and tthe . Jive : coaches," . Bruce
Hamby, University ' of ' Oregon
athletics publieity director, re
ported Wednesday
The second team had no cen
ter.
With two , points given for a
first-team . selection' and one for
second, ballots tabulated Wednes
day gave the following ;line-ups:
'First team John Mandic,
"OSC center, 119 points; Kay
iTurner, Idaho center, 109; Mar
vin Gilbert, WSC forward, 84;
Bill Morris, Washington 'guard,
75; Gail Bishop, WSC center, 63.
Second . team: Don ' Dnrdan,
OSC guard, ; 51; : Norm Dal
thorp, Washington forward, 50;
George Andrews, Oregon guard.
48; Paul Jackson,' Oregon
guard, 32; Warren Taylor, Ore
gon forward, 29, 5
SEATTLiE, March 4-(ff)-UnI
versity: of .Washington, -cagers
picked their all-opponent team
Wednesday with Marv GQberg,
Washington State forward, the
only unanimous choice.
Center was a draw between
high-scoring Ray Turner of
Idaho and Big John Man die of
Oregon State. Mandic, however;
received two forward , votes by
Huskies who picked Turner for
center. "
Others selected were Scott
Witt, Washington State, for
ward; George Andrews, Oregon,
and Lew Beck, Oregon State,
guards. -. ' . .- . . -
On the second team were Paul
Valenti, OSC, and Ted Thompson,
Idaho, forwards; Don Durdan,
OSC and Paul Jackson,: Oregon,
guards, with the center selection
lying between Turner and Man
dic, as with the first team.
SEATTLE,. March '4-ffV-B
cause of two outstanding centers,
basketball coaches of the Pacific
coast conference northern division
ended their voting, for an all-di
vision quintet with a . six-man
squad on their honor list.
-The ballots, tabulated here
Wednesday shifted Ray Turner,
the Idaho center who , set a new
division, scoring record, to a for
ward spot, and resulted in a tie for
the other forward.
The first team: Turner; War-.
ren Taylor, Oregon, and Norm
Dalthorp, Washington, ; tied for
the other forward; John Mandie,
Oregon State, center; Marv Gil
berg, Washintgon State, and Bill
Morris, Washington, guards.
Second team: . Sam Dement,
OSC, and Taylor or Dalthorp,
forwards; Gall Bishop, WSC,
center; Don Durdan and Paul
YalentL both OSC, guards.
Training Camps
Liska, Brown Sign
PORTLAND, March J.
Schefter, owner of the Portland
Beavers of the ' Pacific Coast
league, said Wednesday that
.
Pitcher Ad Liska and Shortstop
Lindsey Brown had' signed their
I 1942 Contracts,
Liska was to leave WednesdayJ
night for the Beaver training camp
at San Jose, Calif., and Brown
planned to go south Thursday,
Schefter said.
A's Swamp Seattle
SAN FERNANDO, Calif, March
4-JP)-The American league's low
ly Philadelphia Athletics routed
Seattle, the Pacific Coast league's
three-time ch am p in n, again
Wednesday in a training camp
baseball game. The score was 11
to 0. The Athletics won last Sun
day's game 17-1.
While the Rainier were helrv-
less against three Philadelnhla
pitchers, wildness of Dick Barrett
Fito Results
LOS ANGELES, March 1-iJF)
Ritchie Lemos, 134; Los An
geles, scored a smashing upset
Tuesday night when he knocked
out Ray v Lunny, 134, of San
Francisco , one of the highest
rated lightweights in California,
in the sixth round of their
scheduled Unround bout.
NEW. YORK, March 4-P)-Mike
Belloise,' once recognized v by. the
LundTlnew iv oojuoxj -commiBsioa urn
ue zeauierweignt cnampiaa vi we
worldr announced his retirement
from the ring Tuesday night after
losing by a technical knockout to
Chester Ricco, MiWi New York.
Ricco battered Eelloise for seven
rounds before Referee' Billy Cav
anaugh stopped, the fight.
BROOKLYN, March 4-(Pet-
ey Scalzo,' former featherweight
king who now Is carrrstr.'-'j as
a lightwelsht, carved cut zn t "-ht
round, verdict, over Nat Litfin,
135 New York. - -
Scalzo, 134V4, of New York, bat
tered Litfin about the head ccn
stantly. to repeat a previous tri
6lon: O u
SjMostfui,
Replaces
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Appointment as Playing Skipper
Of 'Our Senators' Culminates
Six Years as Diamond Performer
. : By AL LIGHTNER ; " ,
Statesman Sports Editor -T'
Charles "Charlie" Petersen,
fielder of our Salem Senators of
was named playing manager of
Manager Howard Maple after a
George E. Waters, club president, l. ' . -
' Terms of the contract -were
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CHARLIE PETERSEN
Ted Williams
Rumore
To Join Up'
CHICAGO, March 4-(ff)-Ted
Williams, who batted .408 for the
Boston Red Sox last" year,! was
reported Wednesday to be In Chi
cago, Indicating that he may be
ready to enlist In the armed serv
ices. . y K- - : ':; V :
The Daily News said definite
ly that he was In town and the
Times quoted a close friend as
saying Williams planned to en
list in the navy. ; ; i
I Williams, previously classified
1-A by his selective service board
and apparently due to enter the
army, was reclassified last week
by a presidential appeal board
into a 3-A rating, giving him a
go-ahead, signal to continue play
ing baseball this summer. -
land Al Libke contributed heavily
nings. Henry Bushman and r Hal
Turpin held the A's In check the
rest of the way.
The score; -
Philadelphia (A) .11 13 2
Seattle (PCL) ... 0 4 3
Besse, Fowler - (4), Abernathy
(7) .and Wagner; Barrett, Libke
(4), Bushman (8), Turpin and
Stagg, Beard (7). . .
Beaver Baseball ,
Scbed Announced
-CORVALLIS, March l-m
Oregon : State college . Wednesday
announced its Pacific Coast con
ference northern division base
ball schedule for 1942, - -
i - The Beavers open ' against
' Oregon at Eugene April 17 and
meet again the following day at
Corvallis. Other games: Wash
ington Stat at Cervallla, April
24-25; Idaho at Corvallis, April
29-30; Washington at Seattle,
May 4-5$ I d a h o at Moscow,
? May 13-14; Washington . State -at
Piulman, May 1518; Wash
lngton : ai" SeatUe, May lt-19;
Oregon at Eugene, May 23, and
Oregon at Corvallis, May 25.
Batde i ir DistrictB
Tide Ends Frday
McMBMNLLLE,- Ore,' March 4
OWUlamina high school hosed
out Independence' 40 to 38 Wed
nesday . niaht to, w 1 n a dlstHrt
eigit finals berth' and will, play
McMinnville Friday night for the
title.1' . , rt, : ; ', ' :
"Amsbury .of Independence led
the scoring with 13 points. Cove
and J.' Davis," both Willamma,
scored . 13 each,"
Entry in Pan-American
Gaihes up to Uncle Sain
1CZ - a1;GILES, March-
It's vp to the government whethn
cr United States athletees partici
pate next November in the 'lnau
guaral of the Pan American
games at Buenos Aires.
That was the word Wednesday
of Avery Erundage, president of
the American ... Olympic ; games
dReady
committee. - . ' . , ....
tf i el der.
Griffiths
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for the past two years star out
the Western International league,
the club last night by Business
conference at the home of Mrs.
undisclosed, but it is believed
that Petersen will be paid "tops"
for. Western International: loop
managers. - -
Petersen replaces John "Bun
ny Griffiths, Senator mana
ger since the team's entry Into
the league In 1949.- Griffiths an
nounced last week from his
Camden,. J. home that he
was retiring from baseball this
year, preferring working In one
of Uncle Sam's eastern ship
yards. He had been notified by
Maple recently that he would
not be asked to return to Salem
to manage the Senators this sea
son, Petersen's, appointment . c u 1-
minates months of queries among
Salem fans as to Just who would
guide, the 1942 destinies of the
team that finished fifth in league
standings; in 1940 and fourth last
season.". " ' "."
The new Senator field boss
broke Into organized baseball in
1937 with the Ponca City dub of
the Western Association, having
been "farmed' there by the Los
Angeles club of the Pacific Coast
league. U 1
He was purchased from that
organization by Yakima in 1938
and played two seasons with the
Pippins, i who recently - dropped
out of the WLL, before being pur
chased by the Salem club. Since
then Petersen has been one of the
star ' performers . on the Senator
team. s
In 1940 Petersen started out as
the - regular' right-fielder - of the
Senators, but injuries forced him
from the lineup three times dur
ing the season Hitting ,285 with
but six weeks remaining in the
season, Pete put on a batting spree
to wind up with a .297 mark. His
batting average last season was
575.' ' .: - .rr;-vv
Although never" a consistent
00 . hitter, Petersen has a WI
reputation of being a dangerous
"dutch" hitter and is one of the
most feared . batters In the loop
with men on the sacks. -.
As an outfielder, Charlie need
not step aside for any player In
the loop, and has been termed
throughout the circuit as one of,
if not the best outer- gardener la
lower-class baseball.
At the dose of the 1941 season
Charlie was voted the ''most pop
ular" player on the Salem squad.
"My first move," said Charlie
after his appointment, "will be
to contact what few pitchers we
have left In an effort to get
them; ready before the short
spring training grind starts. I
want them to do lots of running
to get their legs In shape. We
wont touch : a baseball , until
training starts, but well do lots
of the best thing In the world to
get pitchers . in Bhape-rnn-ning-.
-
When asked where he expected
to finish this season, Charlie ire-
plied,." no predictions,' but. well
have - a fighting aggressive - ball
dub that will be hustling ALL the
a M .
Duckpin
Scores
IS-.-
WEDNESDAY LEA GUI
Postal Employ ts
mnaiop . i ..1 . 23 -
S3
lis
128
116
142
110
636
128
119
133
135
139
652
IS 73
134 347
139 327
125 346
157414
199 T407
Rock os
Brewrter 60
Nieswander . , , ,. 106
Garrttt
115
M
SOI
146
, 123
m
11T
185
733
Jory
aotai .
7791916
126 400
103 340
PGE
Dugan
Olson 1
Watts
117 414
119371
G. Olson
Notdurft
146 470
Total -
610 1983
Crouch Serv
Barkus
1W
188
173
-133
, 200
i 799
'"" 88.
S3
' . 134
116'
- 192
141
...' "4
157
i7i :
189,
174
202
ess
88
119
19
62
153,
153
744
93 352
154 813
201 S62
Lane -
Bonner .
Gag i ,
Crouch
204 511
-153 554
S04 2492
88 364
Total
4 corners -
Handicap
Hershlet
119 241
108 391
MUler
Cherry
Mahrt
Keene -
, 10 404
110455
i:5 419
8 H4
Total
Major. Result
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' Army-Navy ' defeated T Schoens,
39-33 in a thrilling hoop clash at
Leslie Wednesday night in Major
league play. - . - -
- The Papermakers forfeited to
the Bishop's Clothiers, who, are
entered . in Portland's AAU- tour
nament, In - the;- other tcheduled
tilt. -
Army-Navy (33)
KolbS :-
(33) Schoens
4 Coleman
: 13 Klecker
10 Diener
4 Schafcr
7 Graham
Shinn 14
Morley 2
Skopil 13
Shod 1
Subv for A-N: Miller, 4.
., Referee; Flesherw , , .
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Salem, Oroaon, Thursday;
Nelson Leads 1st Round
In St. Petersburg1 Open;
Showing His Old Form
By JUDSON BAILEY
ST. PETERSBURG, FlaV March 4-P)-Byron Nelson, the
lean squint-eyed Texan now playing out of Toledo, (X, Wednes
day flashed the form that has
last 30 tournaments and the result was a four under par 34-34
68 to lead the first round of
open.
The former national open
Vik Racquet
Squad Named
Five lettermen dotted the 11-
man Salem high school tennis
roster alter Coach Wes Roeder
selected his racquet forces Wed
nesday for the 1942 season. .:y
Warren Downs, John Crock
ett, Jerry Williams, Bob Sand
ers and Armand Carrow are
the letter-earners retamina this '
year, while Boy Case, - Jim
Lyons, Bob Brown, BUI Dunn, ;
Murray Brown and Wally Pal
mateer complete the squad.
, Warren Downs has been ap
pointed senior tennis manager.
First matches for the Vik rac
oueteers will ' come ; durins! the
last week' of this month, prob
ably ' against' - corvams. otner
schools with, whom dates are be
ing arranged ' are Eugene, " Mil
waukie, McM innvllle, Bend,
Roseburg, ' Beaverton -and Van
couver, Wash.,' .
Basketball Scores
COLLEGE
Navy 49, Catholic U 25. -
Fordham 54, New York U 80. V
OKEOON BIGH SCHOOL '
(District 8 tournament)
Wniamina 40, Independence 38.
(District 9 tournament) : . :
Hillsboro 49, Beaverton 23
Tigard 35, Sherwood 34. -
(District 13 tournament)
Central Catholic, Portland,
43.
Estacada 33. - " '
Columbia Prep 28, Gresham 21.
Fish TroUera 7ill
Feel US Herniations "
, PORTLAND, March 4-)
Sportfishermen who troll for sal
mon will feel some governmental
regulation this year, Lieut. W. L.
Sutter; coast guard, said here
Wednesday. . ' - ' -
All owners of outboard motors
are required to obtain identifica
tion certificates from coast guard
registration - headquarters here.
Their boats may be operated only
between sunrise and sunset and
guns, cameras . and . binoculars
may , not be carried In defense
areas, Sutter said. ; , , - .
v - '5
AL LIGHTNER
Statesman Sports Editor
Morning, March 5, 1342
made him a money winner in his
the 72-hole $5,000 St. Petersburg
:y:
and PGA champion uncaged an
eagle three on the 490-yard 13th
hole and apparency was shaken
by the feat as anyv of the small
gallery, tor ne tnree-putted the
next green for a bogey four. '
Hewever, this lapse en the
short 14th hole ' was " his lone
, bad shot, - His chip , shots were
close te the pins time after
time . and be hid three; easy
: birdies, besides missing three
: others.- , .
The big field spread out be
hind Nelson like a dam, but his
tine performance : was only one
stroke better than that of' the
veteran Billy Burke of Belleair,
Flan also a former national open
king, and Al Brosch, the bespec
tacled , pro of Farmingdale, NT,
who holds the Metropolitan PGA
title. Burke missed a 30-inch putt
on the 18th for! what would have
been a birdie and a tie for the
lead. . .
Paul Banyan of White Plains,
NT, twice t P G A champ; : Bill
Nary of Eancho Santa Fe, Calif-,
and Jack Patron!, Manchester,
TU had sparkling roonds ef It
and another raand at ten. In
cluding such stars as Sam Saead,
Ben Tlogan and Jimmy Thom
son, had to be satisfied . with
par 739.
Hogan missed a chance to land
among the leaders by four-putting
the fifth green.
The top ranking amateur in the
tourney, string bean Fred Haas of
New Orleans, also landed in this
bracket along with Pros Ky Laf
f oon, Sam Byrd, Bob Shave, Harry
Adams,' Ed Brook and Herman
Keiser.
Henry Picard, . Kalph Guldahl
and Harry Cooper were well back
with, 74 s.
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CPS Will Ask
Curtiulment
Of Athletics!
TACOMA, March HPVCur-
tailment of College of Pugei
Sound's Intercollegiate . athletics
program was announced Wed
nesday. ;. V v :
Bursar. Charles. A. Robblns,
Paget Sound's faculty athletic
representative to the North
west. Intercollegiate conference,
- said his college would ask to be
released from all of Its confer-
ence football commitments for
next fall, and that the de-emphasis
inight .also; result "In;
abandoning, a major portion, of
this spring's sports program.
Bobbins' said the war had left
the college's athletic finances on
shaky ground because of a falling
off in . enrollment and a result
ing decrease in student fees ne
cessary to carry on the athletic
program.
' He said the current basketball
season had -produced a large
deficit.
Bobbins said he had requested
Prot Paul Murphy, of the Col
lege of Idaho at Caldwell, Idaho,
and conference president, to call
a meeting of officials to discuss
curtailment of athletics at Puget
Sound.
Mandic Second
In Score Race
:y- V.. ;. 1 '
SEATTLE, March 4-A-Ray
Turner's record breaking 192
point season - total for Northern
Division Pacific Coast conference
basketball scorers, leads his clos
est ' rival, Big John - Mandic of
Oregon State, by 25. points, scor
ing records for the division re
veaL ; .
Mandic, with 187 points, also
had a considerable lead on third
place, Gail, Bishop of Washing
ton State, who had 148, and Marv
Gilberg, also of WSC, with 144.
Final scoring standings:
Turner, Idaho
Mandic, OSC
Bishop, i- WSC
Gllbers. WSC
Dalthoro. Wash:
P. Jackson, Ore.
Beck. OSC
Taylor,' Ore."
Andrews, Ore. .
Thompson, Idaho
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