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Players Ov r State is; Baker,: jNorth Bead; Place, Men On Team Four Teams Astoria Tourney KecordsBmlkeii Old Marks Fly As North Benders Turn Scoring Heat On Preps, 83 to 34 . i North Bend'? "jack-rabbit" Bulldogs' turned loose their lightning-fast offenses on a badly out-classed Mt. Angel five in the battle for fourth place in the itate tourney Saturday morning, and ran up three new records, in overwhelming the Angels, 83 to 34, to win the fourth place slot for the second straight year. I ' The Bulldogs, regarded as one of the top teams In the tourney, but still smarting from the setback handed them by Baker earlier in the meet, ran and passed over the Preps in one of the best exhibitions of fire-engine basket ball ever seen in a state hoop show, s The Individual team scoring record, held by Eugene high - since 1922 with a total of 5 points, was broken by IS points, as the "Jackrabbits" flew up and down the Willamette gymnasi m court In addition they es tablished a new all-time hifh for two-team scoring-, combining - their S3 tallies with the 34 scored by the P-eps, which totaled 117. That total marked the third time In the present tourney that the old record had been broken. Vale and Mt. An gel scoring 104 points In their earlier meeting, and Klamath Falls and McMinnville topping that with 109 when they played. The third record set in the game was the individual total for four games, the North Benders looping i 198 for an average or a snaae un der 50 per game Other scoring records were in danger during the high scoring route as Rudy Ruppe led his Bulldogs with 25 points, just six belowsthe , individual scoring record of Sammy Crowell, also of last year's North Bend team, who chalked up 31 in the 1941 tourney. Leo Grosjacques, the sweet pitching forward of the Mt. An gel Preps tent, missed setting an Individual scoring record for total tourney games by but five points, his 21 in game, along with the 55 he had scored, gave him a total of 74. The record of St points Is held by the late Leonard Gar d of University blah. Eugene, In 1933. Perhaps another record was set in the game, as the elder Grosl Jacques took 42 shots. As no off Tidal tally of shots taken in past tourney games has been kept, there is , no way of determining such a record. The game started ont slow, -. but the Bulldogs, led by Lee Weekly, caught fire midway in the period and ran to a 20-7 quarter lead. Weekly hooped 19 points In this quarter. The "jack-rabbits"' added 21 more tallies in the second quarter while Mt Angel could net but five. Third quarter firing ended With the Bulldogs just one point way from the record, 64-20. Ruppe broke the record after 43 seconds Into the fourth period with a one-handed push shot from the key and added two free throws seconds later. Weekly hit for two straight field tries, Ruppe for two, Snidow for one, Ruppe for another and Big Bud Wigant for one and a free throw in piling up the 83 point new record. Despite the terrific drubbing handed them, the Preps are win ners of 7th place in the tourna ment The North Benders had the highest shooting percentage of the tournament thus far, .479, while Mt Angel had a .179 per centage. North Bend (83) S Fg Ft Tp Fox, f : 16 Snidow, f 10 Wigant e -10 Walker, e - 0 Ruppe, g ..24 Hudson, g J. 0 Weekley, g .,......ll Miller, c , ; ;, 0 3 4 e o 10 0 0 34 1 2 6 1 5 0 0 0 15 Totals 71 83 Mt Angel (34) 8 L." Grosjacques, f ..42 Fg Ft Tp 8 3 21 Griffith, f 13 3 1 May, e ... 3 0 0 F. Grosjacques, g 11 1 0 Spraver, g ..,-,,:,. 4 1 0 Trevison, -g - 7 1- 0 Walker, g 0 0 0 Worley. C 2 0 0 Total 82 '14 - 6 34 . personal, fouls: Fox 3, Snidow 2 Wigant 3,' Ruppev 2, ' Weekley: L. Grosjacques, Griffith 3, May 4, F. Grosjacques 3, Spraver, Trev. Ison. Worley. Free throws missed: Fox, Sni dow. Wigant 2, Walker. L. Gros jacques, Griffith 2, May. 2, Spra yer." ::" )v Shooting - percentagesr i North Bend .479: Mt Angel .170. Officials: Warren and Coleman. Ilamliiie 7ins Nalional AAU . : - ' f ILAI,'3AS CITY, liarch I:i a battle cf defensive plants, i:;r.-Jln3 university of St. Paul ff sated Southeastern" State ,'of Tuxtr.t, C:.!a" Z2-21 torit to -'-i rational Intercollegiate Mac Hi Downs Oregon City. For 5th Place Milton - Freewater's Mac ,HlT men of McLoughlin high school stormed over a tournament-weary Oregon City quintet 44 to 22, to win fifth place in the state bas ketball tournament Saturday morning in the final game of the consolation bracket. Both teams showed the, strain of tournament tests and turned in a raggedly played game, although the Mac-men, sensing the possi bilities of copping the fifth place spot gathered their forces after a one-point 8-7 lead in the first quarter to go on to rout the tired and wild shooting . Pioneers, Big Ray Heidenrich, Mac Hi center, unable to get under way In the first three ; tournament games, hit his stride In the pay off game, looping seven field goals and two free throws for a 16 point total, high for the game. Almos Magruder, voted to the all-star second team, hooped 13 for the Mac-men. Oregon City's scoring was well distributed throughout the lineup. Bob Freeman, center, leading with five. The Milton-Freewaters led at the half 21-13 and at the three quarter mark 31-16. The winners were presented fifth place trophy after the cham pionship game last night' The Pioneers are winners of eighth place. Mac Hi (44) Magruder, f. Monahan, f. Heidenrich, c. Yantis, g.. George, ' g. Rand, g.. Totals. Oregon City (22) S Gettel, f 8 Mills, f . 12 Mockford, c... 10 Freeman, g. ... 9 Dimick, g . 6 Mathers, f 7 Fero, c 4 Knoop, g ....v., 2 Peckover, g .. 1 Totals .59 9 4 22 Personal fouls: Monahan 3, Yantis 2, George, Rand 3. Gettel 3, Mills 2, Freeman 4, Dimick 4, Mathers. Free throws missed:. Magruder 2, Monahan 2, Heidenricji 2, Yan tis 3, George, Rand.' Gettel 2, Mills, Freeman 2, Dimick, Ferd. Shooting percentages: Mac Hi .260, Oregon City .137. Officials: Piluso, Heniges. High School Ski . Meet Date Set PORTLAND, March 14-6R Oregon's first high school ski champignship meet will be held on Mouqt Hood May 3 under aus pices of the Oregon Winter Sports association, Vera CaldwelL jun ior skiing chairman, said Satur day.: ,,, -j, - ;.. Caldwell predicted 25 teams would enter the meet Princeton Ties f Dartmouth Five PHILADELPHIA. March H-JPi Princeton tied Dartmouth for, the championship of the Eastern In tercollegiate basketball league Saturday night by beating Penn sylvania," 48 to 82. - PORTLAND, March 14-) The weather bureau announced today skiing conditions at the following winter sports areas: - Tlmberllne Lodge-Four Inches fluffy know ever granu lar crust total depth 128 Inches. Santlam Pas s Four inches fluffy snow over granular crust total depth 48 Inches. Cascade Summit Six Inches fluffy snow- over breakable crust total depth 50 Inches. .,; ' . Crater Lake Four Inches dry snow over normal pack, total depth 84 inches at Headquar ters, SS Inches at Ski BowL . Paradise Ranger Station, Wash. Powdery surface ever eommo ncrust snow stable, total S Fg Ft Tp 22 8 SI 82 0 41 14 7 2 18 ii i n ? 91 0 2 5 2 3 7 : 69 18 8 44 Fg Ft Tp 2 0 4 2 0 4 1 0 2 13 8 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 11 10 2- 1 0' 2 Ski Dope i ; : : State Coaches Meet, Adopt Resolutions The Oregon High School Coaches association discussed legislation and adopted amendments and re butals to proposals submitted by various state athletic groups dur ing their annual meeting in con junction with the state basketball tournament Saturday. The association, with President Dwight Adams, Albany, and Sec retary Vern Gilmore, Salem, pre siding, met in the Chamber of Commerce chambers. The amendment proposed to the Oregon High School Activi ties association by Eldon Jenne, Portland school district head, whereas state tournament and championship games would be done away with was met with" unanimous opposition from every one of the 39-odd coaches in attendance. C The group favored the amend ment submitted by L. B. May field, Medford principal, which authorizes the OHSAA to conduct a state football championship, on a 50 per cent basis, half of the proceeds to go into the OHSAA athletic fund. Also favored was .the proposal by Jenne that boxing be abolished inasmuch as the OHSAA discon tinued state boxing championships over a year ago. ; Unanimous opposition was given the proposal that all state basketball tournament . teams must engage In a district tour- ney before deciding which team would represent the tourney the round robin schedules, etc, meeting with approval. . The Activities association was voted the power to start the time of the football season, and a com mittee was formed for opposition to Jenne s proposal. Harold Hauk of Salem, Harold Dimick of Ore gon City, Frank Ramsey of Cor vallis, Orville Bailey of Marsh field was named to the committee, with Hauk the, chairman. - The proposal of Ruf us Fox, coach at Milton-Freewa ter, whereas football and basketball clinics could be held before each season, was met with approval. A v ote of appreciation was given the board of control of the OHSAA - for carrying out : all recommendations submitted.: last year, at the close of the state bas; ketbidl tourney. . . : -. '..' 150 Nominate:! For Sentue " LOUISVILLE, " Ky, March' 14 (ff-The 1942 Kentucky Derby winner was just one of a list of 150 horses Saturday. Vv V. Churchill ; Downs f announced that the owners of that number of horses had at least $25 worth of derby faith in their hopefuls and had nominated them for what some 'quarters used to call the Al sab derbyV 'l'V:.-.'-: rtv -- " ' Alsab was fat the list of nomi nations, of course, bnt you have, 'to count down to sixth place to , find him in t h e Alphabetical ' order and off his winter form you might have to count more ; to find him la the back-stretch experts ranking of probable top finishers la the mile and a sarter kct-f oct ea Hay 2. - MacMitchell Pith 4:08 Mile; Galaxy Of Track Stars Perform NEW YORK, March lM York university campus deacon, Saturday night by trimming Gil after the preacher's son who runs 58.1 opening quarter. The duel, feature of the annual Knights of Columbus competition that lured 15,000 spectators to Madison Square Garden, reversed the decision of two weeks ago when Dodds, now a divinity stu dent at Boston, out-ran Mac Mitchell at the AAU champion ships in 4:08.7. J. Greg Rice, running as usual with only himself and the, stop watch to beat hurried through the two-mile in 8:52, his second fast est indoor time and. John Borican, the Rembrandt of the boards, registered his second double in two years by winning both the 600 and 1000. The remaining events went as expected .except for two efforts staged for the benefit of the pho tographers. " After winning the shotput with a toss or 53 xeet VVi inches, ai Blozis of Georgetown heaved the 16-pound ball 57 feet 9i inches an effort that would have erased every record had' it been made in competition. . Earle Meadows, veteran Cali fornia vaulter, won his pet event with a leap of 15 feet before doing 14-5 privately for the pictures. Trapshooters Fire Today The Salem Trapshootera club will hold a three-event match on the club .aange - today, : firing scheduled to start this, morning at 10:00 o'clock. . Event No. 1 50 16 yard tar gets. Entrance . (targets and tro phies). Four . classes. Trophies to winner and runner-up.: Event No. 2 Preliminary, handi cap. 50 .targets 17 to 25iyards. (Targets and trophies) . Trophies to 3 high guns on total score. ' f . Event Na ;3.Hiltibrand handi cap. Pursf now $353. 50. targets. Entrance v (including :. targets). Welty trophy on "1st 25 targets." Besides Mrs. Al Sabah's some what deflated king of the two year-olds, the list contains these which also graduated into three-year-old ranks with records fit to paste Into their owners' mem ory books: -r- ' ' . -" B. F. Whltaker's Bee.uestedr Warren Wright's Some Chance, Sua Again "and Mar-Kell, a" . fCly; ' Greentree stable's Devfl Diver and Shot Out; Charles S. Howard's fKly, Chi(ulta Mia; Milky Way Farms' Black Raid er and Dogpatch; C. H. Jones' Phar Bong; Eclair Stud's Apache; Lavann stable's Chuck le, Sirs. K. McNilvaln's ' Bright Willie; I T. D. BuhTa Sweep. Swinger, and the K. C stable's Radio 'Joev' v. - ' - . --a -,s ,.-. ? . t- Comes Back - Leslie ; MacMitchell, j the New avenged an earlier mile defeat Dodds by three yards in 4:08 like a demon, had tacked up a And So He-Set Up the Drinks $232.75 Worth, HOLLYWOOD, March 14 (Wide L World) -Richard Arlen's hole-in- one on the Lakeside golf course cost him a pretty penny. For 17 years Arlen has been playing golf In this country and fat Europe, but never, had be been able to score a coveted ace. - Recently, while playing with John Carroll, however, he got the golfer's thrill of a lifetime. His tee hotsank into the old can ker-plunk! Later in the clubhouse, Arlen got so v elated over his rare achievement that he presented his caddy with a $59 check and called for drinks for the house. When be picked up the bill he discovered the price of that cher ished hole-intone had amounted to exactly $232.75. Re Frankowshi . .!.-' . . : TahenbyNavy SAN DIEGO, March 14-6P) Ray FrankowskL University of Washington's all-coast football guard In 1940 and 1941. Saturday completed Indoctrination at the naval training station and was appointed to the navy aviation machinist mate's school at Chi cago. .V?: : ; - ' FrankowskI will report to the aviation school April 3. : The big Polish gridder from Hammond, lnd., held a first-string berth on the Washington varsity for three years, and was named to several all-American elevens last season. His last gridiron ap pearance was with the West team at New Orleans New Year'a day in the annual East-West all-star contest ' : - - . ----- ; Since i Alsab's : mid-winter fall from Grace there hasnt : been enough hornblowing in behalf of any single horse to elect a stand out favorite for the 68th running of the big race, if you except Re ouested's romp In the Flamingo. The derby purse now stands aV $78,750, including $73,000 put up by the track, and the 150 jiomi nation fees of $25 each posted be fore the bocs 'closed February 2L If the derby starting field con tains 15 horses a, rough average of the last dozen years or sothe kitty will be upped by $503 start ing fees for each horse, making $88,250 to be divided among - the owners, trainers ' and breeders of the top - finishers. The winning owner will receive $84,730. HauserNamei To Bierman's er Post MINNEAPOLIS, Mirth 14 The University of Minnesota board Of regents Saturday "ap pointed " Dr. George Ha user aa ; head ' Gopher football ' coach for the duration" to jfUI the i vacancy eaWd by Head Coach Bernie Bierman's call te active duty with the United States ma rines. . The regents also named Louis F. Keller as acting athletic di rector, replacing Frank MeCor mick, now a major In the army air corps, and appointed Charles "Bud" Wilkonson, assistant football coach at ' Syracuse,, to the' Gopher coaching staff. Both appointments are "for the du ration." . Leaves of absence were grant ed Blerman and McCormlck. - - NEW ORLEANS, March 14-W) Dr. Rufus C. Harris, president of Tulane university, announced Saturday night that Lowell "Red" Dawson has resigned as head foot ball coach to go to the University of Minnesota as chief assistant in football under Dr. George W. Hauser, acting head coach of the Gohpers. ' " Trojans, Rutgers ' Coaches Taken' WASHINGTON,. March 14-6W The navy department announced Saturday that Justin M. "Sam' Barry, head football coach at the University of Southern California, and Harvey Harman, head foot ball, coach at Rutgers" mrfversity, would be commissioned shortly as officers in the navy's physical fitness program. . . , Barry Will serve as the navy's director of amletics at St Mary's college Califs and Harman will hold a top position at the .'pre- flight training school at the Uni versiry of North Carolina - J; Iloouiam Hich Wins - SEATTLE, . March - 14-Ho- quiam won the Washington state class .. A. high h school' basketball championship Saturday night tak ing a viciously-fought final game from Bremerton, 38 to 34. . There's a . horse colt list that's almost sure to carry m fair wad of Kentucky money. This one b Bless Me. He's from the Idle Hour .farm up In the Bluegrass, whose horse flesh products have wen lour Ken tucky derbies far CcL ' E. J. 4 Bradley. Keutucklans long "hay e shown a fondness for backing' ' Bradley horses en derby day. Unless they're still npset by the let-down- CimellCh gave them In finishing second , to Gaila-, badion la 13 13, U't Liely . the ; hardboot cash wCl ride again on the Bradley green and white. '"; Cot Matt J. Wiim, who heads Churchill .Downs, points out that the list of 150 -nominees this year is the bluest since -1523.'- Goph Derby ia.the Grosjacques, Caviness,; MagrudeiV r Wigant, Parker 'Make Second Teani;" First Quint Smallest Bunch Ever I , ' Astoria, Corvallis, North Bend and Baker highs olaced men on" tiie 1942 state basketball tournament official all-star team, a result, of balloting by the tournament officialsroechef ma members of the press after, hamber of commerce chambers The 'Flying Fishermen of laker Bulldogs town Medf ord For 3rd Place Baker high's Battling Bulldogs, aced by their all-state guard, mmy. Holman, -came from - be- d. a .17-14 half-time' count to a 'itubbbrn' a n d fighting Iedford,;Tiger, 39 to 29,- to-win f aird jIace: to :the 1942 ; state bas Y etball tournament last night on rsbe Wfllamettetmiversity gym ncuum noor, v- '- itf ithet; team had ,the powerful drive "each showed in "previous games during the first half,' but after? the rest . period, both came out to put up a stiff battle for the umber three spot Both quints showed signs of tournament ear and tear. Backets, by Henry Ilennan, ill Wall. Dale Neldermeyer and Don - Fawcett gave - the Tigers their half-time lead, but the dynasale - Holman, held to two' free, throws In the first half,' broke , loose In the second to . pot two free throws and three, field goals to lead his mates to victory.- : ,. Wall, ..who was doing a very effective job of guarding " the high-scpring Holman, left the game, on fouls- midway fcr the third period after; the Bulldogs had taken a 20-18 lead on Neider meyer's flip from the corner, The eastern .Oregonians ran It to ,25 to 21 at the third rest stop. .- : , Holman hit. with a long one bander to start the last period, the Baxter, Van Beverea and Nledermeyer followed through while the. Medf ords shot wildly and Innef ectlvely. ; - ! Herman of Medford led the scoring with 12 points, most of bis tally-gathering shots coming after twisting pivot shots from outside the foul circle. Holman was next with ten. T : " vRegardless of : the defeat Med ford won sixth place spot in the tournament. ; : . Baker (39) Miller," t L Spence, .f SowersXf 8 2 2 FG FT TP 1 0 2 1 2 1. 2 3 1 3 14 1 0 0 2 4 2 2 11 3 12 4 2 6 Van Beveren, f . 3 Baxter, c ;,;; ...4 Holman, g 112 Bagsdale, ' g 1 Derrick, g J.:.LL 6 Totals ...42 10 4 8 39 Medford (2J) Herman, f JlL Montieth f Niedermeir,'f WalL c Fawcett g Webber, g Reynolds, g 18 2 3 S 1 1 2 3 0 0 0 12 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 5 12 2 4 4 6 4 12 5 . 4 1 0 Weir, g Totals 0 0 -48 29 Personal fouls: Herman 4, Mon tieth, Wall 4, Fawcett 2, Webber 4, Reynolds 2, Sowers 3, Spence, Van Beveren 3, Baxter 2, Holman; Bagsaaie 2, uemcx 3. . ; v ; - Free throws missed: Hermans, Niedermeier 4, Fawcett 2. .Web ber 2, Sowers, Van. Beveren," Bax ter 3y.HolmaivRagsdaIe 2, Der rick 2. -- Shooting . percentages J, Baker J33; Medford 50.. Officials: Paul x Warren and Frank. Heniges. . Reds Look Good in Downing Dctroijt TAMPAj rFla Alarch 14 rCffV- The Cincinnati Reds put . on an unseeming display of hitting pow er Saturday' and hammered down the Detriot -Tigers of the Ameri can league, S to 2,. In an exhibi tion game. Led by Bert HaasT. rookies third baseman who pounded out a home run and triple; the Beds made their best showing f the spring season so far. - Detroit (Q) : ' ," ,. . J2 6 0 Cincinnati (N) :..8 9 0 v Mueller, . Fuchs K (5) and Par sons; Vander Meer, Moore (5) and Hemsley.- K-. Deaver Star Turns Pfo V ; f CORVALLIS, Ore, March 14- "-Oregon State college base ball : players . learned Saturday that Dick Johnson, strong-armed sophomore, expected to be a var sity starter this year, has signed a contract .with-the Boston , Red Sox and has left for spring train- ir cc?;v t:- -. - vn dso to V the annual noon luncheon in the Saturday. . - Astoria high, 1942 champions, placed . two men : on the- team. Stan Williamson, diminutive guard, and Ruben iWirkkunen, forward. Tommy Holman, spark, plug Baker guard, Wayne Fox, pint-sized , North Bend forward, ana Jason Widmer. red-headed Corvallis guard, comprised the other three positions. t Second team berths were won handily by Leo Grasjacqnes, Mt' Angel forward; Bab Cavi ness, McMinnville guard: Al mos ' Magruder, Mlltoa-Free-water .forward; ' Bud V IFIgaat, North Bend renter, and, Eben Parker, Astoria center " i .Tommy V Holman,- . one . of last year's ; second team selections. came the closest -of- -any- of Jth first . five to V gaining I unanimous choice. Out of a possible 168 points, Holman Igarriered 64; WUUamson . was next in that department net ting 63 out of the 68. A total of 33 ballots 'were cast with places being awarded on a two points for first and one for second basis. Votes were not cast according to positions, but : io ; how each player- performed in the tourna ment. i , Shifting the five AU-star se lections arosutd so as to make, a mythical starting team, Baben Wlrkkunen would have to b moved to center, as he Is by far the taller of the team, meas uring 8 feet 1 Inch. The other four . comprise probably the smallest All-star quint la tour nament history, averaging only S feet 74 Inches. Holman Is 5 feet 10. Fox, S feet 7; Widmer 5 feet 8, and Williamson b list ed at 5 feet 4 inches. On ; the . second team, Grosjac ques, Magruder and Caviness wen by a large majority, while it was close between Wigant nd Bud Rieman iof CorvalUs, and Parku and Herman of Medford. Tre were no honorable men tion votes cast - The annual All-star team and various "masts" selected each year at the Hl-Y banquet by the players and HI-Y members was a UUle different than the offi cial All-star. The player voted . Leo. Grosjacques ' of Mt Angel to the team instead of Widmer of Corvallis, and also elected Bud Wigant North Bend cen ter, a tie with teammate Wayne Fox. The players' poll was Tommy Holman, (unanimous), Stan Wil liamson, (lacking only one vote of being unanimous), Ruben Wirkkunen, Leo Grosjacques, and a tie between Fox and Wigant. Holman" was voted best all around player in the tournament, and he and Lea Grosjacques Were tied in the vote for most valuable man to his team.' Don Fawcett and Bud Wigant were tied in the vote for "best sport" in the tournament Whew! t x ., . t Officer ' Jack , Cutler, pictured above, holding the remains of a . "confiscation' at the scene of the final state basketball game ' Saturday night, in which Astoria . defeated CorralUs.- A group of 7. youthful "partisan" fans wero : waving the "decidedly dead", . fish to and fre from the blcach 1 ers, evidently endeavoring to , feed them to the Astoria Fish- v jtmrU;;,' p .... .4-tv i r . ? ' .'t . . . s. ! t- L