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TedWMiams. To - Finish Where Are the Rest of 'Em, Joe? Sox.Tj oin US Forces . . - Now that our Senators haye signed themselves ' a manager, (Charlie Petersen will make a good one too,) and have an nounced fwhen "spring training will start; w can expect, to see some fur flyin oh Salem's baseball front afore long. :. ... Ward tellinir lust who will be J!TMr 2S S7n Anril 25 J&SLSS Eidnow- so thi acquisiUon of Thursday to play r one more season of . baseball, and theh enlist players and who's going to play with Uncle Sam's f ofces in the war, ;. t. ', :: ' r .z -who. when and where, are all that f. After conferring by telephone with Red.Sox. officials at the maim to be done Deiore seiung the campaign sails. -. . As to the selection of Fete as the skipper this corner told 'yon what It thought of that Ides . last Tuesday-;- I s background - and character plus his. leader ship abttity, are wen, establish ed to those 'who know the new ! There's no . question that Pete has the qualities and personality necessary to teach and lead. case ball players. Sure, it's his maiden voyage as a baseball manager, and he's never played in the major leagues. He was in the Coast wheel for a while, but was no marvel there eitherBut there have been and till are successful 'sports 'man agers and coaches everywhere that have had little, if any nauonauy renowned playing experience, whether in baseball, football. track or tiddly-winks. Major and minor league stra tegies are much the same, and upper and lower class players use the same plays, run the same way around the bases and bat either right or left handed. The only difference between the boys up there and the young fellows down here is the pro ficiency with which they up stairs go through their respec tive chores. And we ean name you any number of ex-big league and even double-A play ers who have made lousy lead ers when given the reins as a manager. . r Leadership and the ability to be a smart teacher do not come naturally Just because Joe Bloke was once -the tenth best hitter in the National league. Athletic leaders are the boys who learn quickly and never forget the boys who hustle and fight with that never-give-up snirit and raise cain with those around who show signs of "oh, what's the use" when the going acts 'tough.; They're the gents who ' use common sense for fadrement fighting for the " breaks, and for every. Inch that could be theirs. And they're the guys who, no matter how rough the road is for them, will take the time to benefit others less learned with their experi enced advice, Instilling It firm ly but tactfully. v 'We' know Pete, and he's that kind of a guy. He's been around, knows baseball and what makes n tick regardless of his never Having . ..Vm in1 sr been In the "big show." And we know that he meant his first words after becoming manager, "no predictions, but our club will be a fighting, aggressive team that will be hustling ALL the time." ' .'- j- ' - v; To the "doubting Thomases,' (should there be any,) don't for- get in this great land oi ours no one is found guilty until proven so by a Jury after a fair trial. Look Out for Lemmon AAA. a feather to those already crammed in the crown worn by Bfll Lemmon,. ex-Willamette basketballer who took; to . the coaching ranks, and has been do ing right pertly too. Word comes from Tacoma that BDl's Clover Park hoopsters "up and did it again," knocking off Bremerton hirii 33 to' 31 to wm the West Central districflaurels in Wash- mgion xourney-Douna noop piay. And Bremerton,- -.winner ' of the state title last year, was sched uled to repeat this year,' too! Bill's the boywBose Bellfoun tain bucketeefs" startledthe state tournamenlr world in Oregon a few years back by entering as a class B quint and proceeding to take both the B and A tiUes to the amazement of hoop circles. Looks like Lemmon's "War riors" are at it again, only in the Washington tournament this wme. - Spinning j. C7 By WHITNEY MARTIN " NEW YORK, March ' Z-iJP) Dont snicker too loudly at Billy " Myers announcement that he plans to give up baseball for rail roading. There's a guy who knows what he's " doing. Hefs going to -fulfill the two major ambitions of , every kid be a baseball player and ride on a steam engine. -!.V't Far be. it from "us to discour se this " Chattanooga choc-choo t.tilition,.but we have a hunch .that: when the call-boy hammers cn Xllly's C;or about 3 a.m. cf a ttcrmy rr.TT.inj the rrired shori lic? v.-iU v. I:h he wt.: ack short- ' stepping. ..r a with tiie-Phils,-If neccsssrr. Hires hours., cf work tzl 21 i 3 cf rc:t is a pretty ': zS..:lui. -' ,.' Ircn tha financial an-Ie, Dilly y:. '.".' f:jrer; v.hat with the t -:.: cf d-ubllng the Liccme tax . , - t , . -1 - r -.-' Says Financial Commitments When 3-A Force WiUProbablvE : ' . , - V . . ' MINNEAPOUS; March -5-VTed .Williams,' :Boston. Red Sox sluggeVrand American league Jbatting' champion, decided team's spring training . camp at Sarasota, Fla,-Williams announc ed, his decision, and prepared to leave; for the'. aouttC'; His draff classification , ?re c e n 1 1 y. -was changed, from 1-A to. 3-A. Colonel J, E. Nelson, Minnesota selective' . service director; said Wednesday t,that . WUliams ,, had sought deferment because of his dependent mower, and that he was reclassified last week by a presidential appeal board which changed his rating to 3-A. . Williams Wednesday visited the Great Lakes, EL, naval training station, "Jost to look around," he said. Returning here' Thursday he - telephoned Red Sox officials at Sarasota.' Later," wmiams saidf -' "While deferred from the draft lit a 3-A classification. I made certain financial commit ments. I must carry through with them. Therefore, despite a. strong urge to enter the service now, I have decided to play ball with the Red Sox this summer. That will enable me to fulfill my obligations to my family and make everything right all around." ' Late Thursday Williams, hav ing finally made up his mind, drove 60 miles to Princeton to bid farewell to his girl friend and his cronies at his winter home there. WUliams then left Princeton, said Frank Gag-en. hotel man ajrer, with s parting-: h "Good bye, boy, I'm on my way to Florida." Mill City Group Aids Stayton Lodge Group MILL CITY Mabel Needham, worthy matron, and Donald Sheythe, worthy patron of Mari lyn chapter 145, OES, accompa nied by officers and members of the chapter, motored 161 Stayton Saturday night to confer the ini tiatory degrees upon La Von Kriever, Mill City candidate, at the district meeting, held there. II. Faye Ambrose, Portland, grand worthy matron, and Phil Sweitzer, Independence, , grand worthy patron of Oregon, were honor guests of the three partici pating chapters, Stayton, Turner and Mill City. : .. I Jack Johnston was selected as i power of attorney for the Church m ms a. - of Christ in accordance With the new law governing church cor porations. ; . Verne Clark, Louis. Verbeck, Alice Smith, Edith Schroeder and Georgia Shane attended a meet ing of the Red Cross in Salem recently. Agnes Booth, county school su perintendent, visited in Mill City Tuesday. Registration of all people above the seventh grade, is being car ried on through the high school to determine-how much labor will be " available . for seasonal crops. This is , being r handled through the state unemploymen office. ... - T.nannn Oiifnffta Don Vmme Win. Qose Season LEBANON Coach Roy Hel ser's j Lebanon high Warrior var sity and B basketball quint wound up the hoop season with a double win at Sweet Home Tuesday night The varsity subdued the Sweet Home A's 34 to 29, and the B's tripped the host team's sec onds 38 to 3L It was a clean sweep for Leb anon in the series against the I Loggers this year, the Warriors I having won - both games played 'nere earlier In the season. The Sports JL . would be better off drawing fireman's wage. . - neadline Schoolboy Rows , has teeth polled to aid come back.; There's a guy who Isn't afraid to face the yanks. ';-; f-'-) And speaking ; of Joe Louis Barrow, his sacrifice m donating his share of the purse of the Bud dy Baer fight, as well as: bf the coming Abe Simon fight; makes that of ballplayers who. agree to take 10 per cent of their salaries in gUt-edged defense bonds, seem like a fellow sacrificing his hair in a barber shop.'; Hell get the hair Tsack" eventually. Joe won't get the hair,' or the . , pene back. It's gone, and to. . worthy causes. What makes the sacrifice the more pronounced is that Louis, tc!2 in the army for a war of -Decision; Navy nter : .v Sap i AilffOtt, - - ij omery: o By SID FEDER NEW YOR K, March Sammy Angott, boxing's one-man quiz program, . tangles with Bob Montgomery in Madison Square Garden Friday -night, and don't be surprised if he stumps the ex perts again. ' Sammy's world lightwel ght championship isn't on the line, but his title as the No. 1 confuser of bedding odds is. Montgomery, the fast, crowding Philadelphia ne gro generally regarded as the top 135-pounder contender, has been Installed a 5 to 13 favorite. This is situation which suits c Sammy like an extra ten per cent cut of the gate. Throughout his career, the pleasant little Italian from Washington, - Pa has been the world's free-styled record hold- V..n If .III' W a .MUTT" . .. faces red. Lots of the boys and girls have even referred to him as a cheese champ, . and few . have riven him any kind of credit against bctter-than-falr flailers. Yet Sammy just goes along putting them in their .places and wondering what a guy has to do to get pats on the back. Even in his last meeting with Montgomery, late in 1940, he was on the short end. t He won that one, too, although he finished -up fighting the last four rounds with a badly injured hand. The. wise guys along the 49th street beach argue that Montgomery s a con siderably improved nose-smasher, with all the answers for Sammy's weaving, crouching style. But how much will Montgomery have to be improved to make up for the difference between himself and an Angott With a broken hand? West Salem Wk larrup Liberty : WEST SALEM The West Sa lem high school B squad won an easy 21-11 victory over the Lib erty high five on the maple court here Wednesday afternoon. High. scorers - were Trumbly of West Salem 8, and Dasch of Liberty 7. West Salem (21) (11) liberty Swearingen 1 7 Dasch Don Denver 4 2 Kubler Trumbly 8 V. . .. Sprigs; E. Denver 2 .2 Khever Gordon - Johnson Subs: WS Funk 4, Gof frier 2. Westport Wins in First Round B Tournament EUGENE, Ore, March 5.-JFj- Westport's defending state Cham Dion B class high school basket ball team came through the first round of the state tourney Thurs day night, beating Arlington 46- 41. .narrisburc registered a- mild surprise in the second game, defeatinr Dayton 31-24. The winners - led - throughout ' the second half after a see-saw contest In the ' first two Quar ters. The score was 14-13 for llarrlsburg at the half. Harrisburg 31 D. Burke 3 V.Burke 5 Isom 8 J. Pearce 24 Dayton I 3 French 4 Groth 10 Todd - -Little C Pearce 12 7 Duzan Subs: Harrisburg, Jennings 3. Dial; undetermined duration,-may ne ver be able to fight for personal profit again. He might,' heaven forbid, be too old when he gets out, and he is. running the -sol dier's risk of injury or even death. - At a time when he Is at his" peak as a drawing card, and with his ring fuftre bidden be- ; bind a hase of uncertainty, he . donates what might conceiv ably be his last two big purses to worthy funds. ?: J i - We don't know just how much Joe gathered in as his own from the ' couple of million dollars la purses he has drawn, but : when I his managers ; cut,- training ex penses and taxes are figured in u probably wasn't so much that he never would want any more. . Yet he gives away -what might be the last money he: earns with his fist'. .What a maul Montg Battle Tonigli IS V- Salem,' Orecjon. Friday Slamtriin9 St. Pete Open; Two Others ' By JUDSON BAILEY ' ST. PETERSBURG, Fla, March 5-VSamuel Jackson Snead. the crand slammer of coif, ignored the elements Thurs- day to fire a three-under-par 69 way point in the 72-hole $5000 In Coast Guard N 4 1 Si; V 7' Leu Ambers, former lightweight boxing champion, has enlisted ing of boatswain's mate, first in the US coast guard In New York and has been given a rat- class. Ambers shews "two of his new, buddies his fighting pose What's Doin' At the YMC A Basketball games in the C Church league, scheduled for the Parrish floor tonight, have been changed to Leslie's hoop court, Athletic Director Carl Greider of the YMCA announced Thursday. Presbyterian and Jason Lee will play at 7 o'clock; Christ Lu theran and Court Street Christian at 8; First Methodist and Episco pal at 9. The handball banquet Is set for the Y at :3o tonight. Fred Anunsen and Walter Winslow will be presented trophies as winners of the doubles tourna ment. Two Salem Y teams will com pete in northwest Y champion ships this weekend the Page Woolens in junior basketball tourney at ; Astoria .tonight, and wrestlers in the tournament at Tacoma, Wash Saturday. Members of the wrestling team are Lynch Jones, Byron Riley, Lawrence Pohle, : Arley Kirschem, Wayne Lundy and Louis Bonney. Fenske Works Out A Charles H. (Chuck) Fenske, Wisconsin track ace, who has run In three continents and every axis country, worked out recently before one of the planes he wanted to fly but couldn't on account of his eyes. cr.sse 13 now an assistant physical trainer for the US army flecl izZi st r.arlolr!! 11:1 J, Texas. 4 Omou0tatesnatt V : Morning. March 6; 1942 ' A Sam Leads Hogan, Disqualified and take the lead at the half- St. Petersburg open, from which Ben Hogan and two others were disqualified " at the height .of . a rainstorm. ,1 A hard rain enveloped the Lakewood Couptry club in the midst of the second 18-hole round and threw everybody . into con- fusion , except the long-driving star from Hot Springs, Va. Somehow the. rain lent magic to his putter and he put together six birdies for one of his finest rounds of the winter, breezing home with a full-blooming smile to overtake Lord Byron Nelson and others who had set the pace Wednesday. ' The. torrent of rain which fell shortly after noon disrupted the whole tournament and caused many players who already had high scores to withdraw. Hogan, . twice winner of the Garden trophy and currently the leading money Winner of 1 golf, was playing with Henry Picard of Oklahoma City, for mer PGA champion, and Tom Mehan of Beverly, Mass., when the rain began. They made the, t u r nr at the clubhouse and played the 10th hole. Then Hogan suggested that they return to the clubhouse and complain that the course was un playable. Fred Corcoran, tourna ment manager for the Profession-N al Golfers' association, inspected several holes and found that oth er contestants were continuing play and instructed the trio to return. The threesome did set out again, but not until they had consumed some coffee and wait ed out part of the storm itself. Corcoran notified them they were disqualified for unneces sary delay. Former WU Star Changes Jobs WALLA WALLA, March 5-iJf) W. G. Ledbetter, Pendleton, high school basketball coach, Thursday was appointed to a similar posi tio nat Walla Walla high school to succeed Armand R. Jeffs, who recently : resigned. City School Superintendent W. A. Lacy said a football mentor will be named later, thus splitting the work for merly handled by Jeffs. A former Willamette star, Led better has had considerable suc cess in coaching at Pendleton and previously at Salmon, Idaho. J - ..,M.......W.....M...li..Jn- ....WW...,..,...u.W ,. , m .... i i T " - "- v;mv- ..:- f ; - - :--y-'r:y.-:: ,: f- ... ; r - r . ' -t r' : i f- - ! , ' ' - JL .-. - A . . " - ;' : ; : ' ' ::m ikz : One of the two Yankee rookie catchers In camp at St. Petersburg, Fla, Ark, and Vernon "Lefty" Gomes, ace left-hander of the Tank mound staff, look over the Ituatian at camp with Manager Joe McCarthy. Unable to hold an tntra-squad practice game because most of his. players are holdouts, maybe "Slarse" Joe Is pointing to where the DtMaggios, Sufflngs and Gor dons should be bat arent. . . : :-v r Annual Faculty Vs. Parrish At 8 Tonight The Parrish Pioneers," City In tramural league basketball cham pions, ' meet their classroom su periors tonight in the annual Par rish vs. Faculty hoop tilt on the junior high floor starting at 8 pjn. ; Former Willamette university and Oregon . State college athletes form, the formidable faculty -aggregation, but whether they can still keep up with the seemingly tireless junior high school lads re mains to be seen. : Included amng the starting five for the faculty will be Tern Gnmore. director of athletics at Salem high; Harold nauk, Sa lem high football, basketball and baseball coach; Gurnee Flesher, Leslie Junior high men tor; Tom Dry nan, Parrish foot ball and track instructor; Duane Mellem, senior high swimming coach and former Concordia hooper, and many other, well known teachers. Coach Frank Brown's Pioneers will probably open with the same five which brought the Intramural pennant to the school after the last Leslie game; namely, Mickey Tamiyasu, Ed Brandle, Owen Gar and, Loren Helmhout and Eldon Farlow. j The teachers whipped both the Parrish and Leslie pupils last year and the younger hoopsters will be after sevenge tonight A preliminary game between Coach Loren Morts Leslie 8th graders and those of Parrish is on deck for 7:15.. . , ' ' Simmons Quint Loses in AAU ! The Simmons Insurance basket ball quintet, Salem entry in the 'A division of the Oregon AAU hoop tournament in Portland, was defeated by the Latter Day Saints, 02 to 30, Wednesday night ! Center Sigmund of the- Sim mons squad hooped 10 points to lead his team,' but Jones and Burtch, with 22 and 19 points re spectively, ran wild to subdue the Salem entry. LDS (52) (3C) Simmons Moore 4 Jones 22 ' Burtcfi 19 4 Alley 8 Metzler 10 Sigmund 8 Burrell Emerick 0 Rygg 2 5 Hobbs Subs: LDS Gregg 4. Reming ton i: Simmons Clark 4. ? Oilers Win Again TACOMA, March S.HJPWIhe caruesvuie 60 Oilers from Okla homa, former national AAU has ketball champions, made it two straight Thursday night by troun cing the Tacoma All-Stars 63 to 32 in an exhibition game. Basketball Scores CPS 39, Pacific Lutheran 38. Oregon AAU Bkb at Portland Class A L & L, Oregon City. 41-Mc- K.ee s, springxield, 32. Signal Oil 48, Packards 37. Eugene Rubinsteins 54. Latter Day;samts 42." r Class B ttk: P--: ' '"A -St Eugene Rubenstein Juniors 45. western iiectric 31. : Oregon nigh School Basketball Corvallis 48," Toledo 34, ' (District 7) - . B Tourney at Eugene Harrisburg 31, Dayton 24.; Powers 34, Mohawk 32. First round , Westport 6, Arlington 41. . Tourney at Ashland Chfloquin 40, St Mary's. Med ford, 2L - . ; - Quarter-Final Round V Bonanza 23, Central Point 20. Gardiner 50, Sutherlin 13. District 14 at St. Helens Parkrose 29, - St Helens 28 Overtime) " District 9 at nillsboro . Beaverton 24, Tigard 23. .; District 8 at Cottage Grove Eugene 33, Cottage Grove 29. .Tourney entry) : Court try's Scho ols A 11 Eye Fro sh By ORLO ROBERTSON NEW YORKMarch MflVThe move to permit freshmen to participate in varsity sports is try with several major conferences due to settle the problem at spring meetings. , .. Generally speaking, the smaller schools were the first to approve . the playing; of freshmen . on varsity teams but four, mem- bers of the Ivy league Dart mouth, Harvard, Yale and Prince tonrescinded , their rules, short ly after the United; States enter ed the war. Since then they have been joined by another of the cir cuit's members, Cornell and such ranking eastern universities as Georgetown, Boston College, Holy Cross, Brown, Rhode Island State, Wesleyan, and Carnegie Tech. . The Western conference has the subject up for discussion this week. The Pacific Coast conference will take action at its spring meeting In Portland, March 23, with the major inde pendent west coast schools due, to adhere to whatever rule is passed by the circuit The Cali fornia College Athletic associa tion, an organization of smaller schools already has dropped .the frosh rule, while the Southern California conference, will eon- -aider it shortly. The southern conference has twice voted down the matter but Football . Coach Carl ; Yoyles of William and Mary said Thursday he planned to ask permission to play freshmen next fall against Dartmouth, Harvard, Navy and Oklahoma. The Southeastern con ference has the , matter on the agenda for its meeting this month. The SIAA : with some 30 mem bers, has dropped the rule. The Ohio conference meets March 31 to consider the question. No major school in the south west or Rocky Mountain areas has dropped the freshman rule, although the Big Seven nay consider it at Its May meeting. In the east Duquesne has de ferred action, Syracuse expects to decide one" way or the other with in a few weeks, and the matter will be submitted. to the Colgate athletic council . with a decision within a week. Pittsburgh of ficials' said it would only drop the rule if it is done on a nation wide basis. West Virginia also Training Camps Southwortk Names White for Yanks v ST. PETERSBURG," Flai, March S.-t-Manager Billy Southworth indicated he would call, on Ernie White, a southpa w, for duty Thursday against the New- York Yankees irajthe opening of the St Louis Cardinal exhibition series. Benton, Trout Sign LAKELAND, Fla., March 5.-ff) -Big Alton Benton, top ; Detroit Tiger pitcher last year, agreed to salary terms Thursday and there was sound evidence that the club's bitter holdout battle was break ing up. Benton's signing, following the acceptance of terms last night by Paul (Dizzy) Trout, reduced the Tiger holdout contingent to eight players.. Vince DiMag Signs SAN BERNARDINO, Calif, March SHyPhY I n c DiMaggio patched up contract t differences Thursday with President wiuiam Benswanger and participated in the first regulation practice frol ic at the Pittsburgh Pirates train ing camp. He got a "substantial" boost over his 1941 pay," he said. . ... . . '.i ' ' Dom DiMag Inks Pact SARASOTA, Fla, March 5-() Outfielder Dom DiMaggio came to terms with the i Boston - Red Sox-late Thursday, and saw. the tag-end of his teammates work out from the stands.- Neither the player nor Manager Joe Croain would reveal the salary . agreed upon but previously DiMaggio had said "the club and I are about $1000 apart" . . Ken Sears, (left) up from Ne Eligibili ty rapidly spreading over the coun - .: . 1 j. waidna on action taken bv its next fall's football opponents. Columbia's athletic heads said the Lions definitely would not use freshmen this spring and probably not this fall. New York university, which recently dropped football, also will not permit freshmen to play on spring sports' varsity teams. Robertson Makes Second String on Pacific All-Star FOREST GROVE, March Pacific university's b asketball squad Thursday named its North west conference all-opponent team, placing twj men, from Whit man and one each from Linfield, college, of .Puget Sound and Col lege of Idaho. I - . The first team Included Al Marr, Whitman, and Tom Cross, CPS, forwards; George Herrin, Whitman, center; Eldon ' Diet- ' ricks,' College of Idaho, and Enoch Jangling, Linfield, guards. t . Don Hansen, conference scor ing leader of the champion Lin field club, was placed on the second team as forward with Jim Robertson, Willamette. Center was Doug Bourland, Col lege of Idaho, and guards were Dutch Sherman, College of Ida ho and Don O'Dell, Whitman. Sun Valley Slates International Meet v SUN VALLEY, Idaho, March 5. " --The first International open downhill and slalom champion ships ski meet will be held on the slopes of Mt Baldy March 28-29 along with the sixth running of the Harriman cup races, officials of this resort announced. Thurs day. . . I ' . ' SpeeceSline Sign PORTLAND, March 3HP)-Rol- litf Schefter, business manager of the Portland Beavers of the Pa cific Coast league; said Thursday Byron Speece, veteran pitcher. and Lee Stine, right-hander ob tained from Los Angeles, had accepted-terms for the 1942 season. Player-less Yankees vs. Cardinals Today ST. PETERSBURG Fla, March 5.-)-The world champion New York Yankees are slated to open their exhibition season Friday against the St Louis, 'Cardinals and any resemblance to the lineup that faced the Brooklyn Dodgers' in the last world series is purely comddentaL-;-..-'-"--.--' ::' Some ' of : the l mighty athletes who will be .romping around In those f amuiar grey uniforms that have New York, proudly lettered across -the front ? will be fellows you never have heard of and who are not even listed on the Yank ees. training camp roster. t . . . Because six of his regulars are' holdouts, , Manager Joe" McCarthy hasn't yet been able to hold an Intra-squad practice game. 1 . ' -The army has taken other regu lars. .. ' 2 More Brownies in .' DELAND, Fla, March-t.-iPy Two more veteran pitchers, Denny G alehouse and John Niggeling, have Joined the ranks iof. satis fied St Louis Browns. They signed their contracts . Thursday ; and took part in the afternoon workout . . f