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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (March 19, 1942)
ffot Amateur Jeff Cravatlr Here's Some of 'Dem Bums' for 1942 r - - - . - ' Ray Dumont, president of the National Serni-Pro Baseball congress, the fellow who - in vented the auiomatic home plate duster and modified the game for blind players, has now hatched another idea along the same,' 1 i n e a . as "crow's nest". basketball officiating,, which seems to be setting some : agog in the hoop world. " This, time ' Ray comes up with the "eagle's nest? method of base umpireing the arbiter - to be hoisted by , a crane at the pressing of a button and "flown' to the . scene of the play bingo just like that He's serious about it, too, but can't say that we'd like to be the, umpire who gets all those free rides on such a carnivalistic contraption. Dumont says that if initial ex periments prove successful, .his new "brainstorm! will be used in the, semi-pro tourney in Wichita, Kans., on August 14-26. ' Could be, but it's going to have to be an awfully big derrick it's quite a ride between first, second and third bases for a guy on a con traption like, that, and - 'twould have to be a fast one too. Does he get a free ride if he grabs the gold ring en route, Ray? .- O Blow to Sports Crowds Another serious blow to ath letics will be served this coming fall if they don't lift the ban on crowds of over - 5000 attending events In the coastal defense zone. .-. ih An nnn in i nn nnn f nnthaii fans who crowd into the big foot ball stadiums down in California will be a thing of the past for the duration at least. And that's not mentioning the worries that baseball moguls are having right now for fear the same ban will be put on their respective ball parks. The military hasn't officially banned such yet, but it's only a question of time if we don't start .IVM .a. V . III . UIUIQU ..111 become more offensive than de fensive out in the vast expanses of the "peaceful" Pacific. It Can't Happen Here Whether or not the military will allow the football or baseball spec tacles to be performed before the multitudes will at least make no difference to the goings on out at Waters park or the pigskin parades at Willamette. It's been a long time since Salem was guilty of massing her sports followers into such a stupendous figure as 5000. O Steinbock Still. Hoops Abe Steinbeck;' the husky little Willamette U Bearkitten basket ball player, and brother to Mike Steinbock of the Acme Auto Wrecker's Major league bowling team, is now playing basketball for his company at Edwards Ar senal School In Maryland, where Abe has been stationed for train ing. Abe was inducted into Uncle Sam's forces recently along with Johnny Oravec and Mike Balko vic, two more ex-Willamette ath letes, O . But Who'll Catch 'Em? The hurling department of this season's Willamette baseball team is one thing Spec Keene doesn't "have to worry about, as the "Big Three" Earl Toolson, Bill Han auska and 'Jack Richards are back for mound duties. But when same was pointed out to the lofty Methodist mentor, he replied, ."Yeah but who's going to catch "em?" Not one catcher has shown up in the Bearcat spring camp. When and if one does,' hell have a tough job filling Jimmy "Spook" Robertson's vacated spikes. O Unlucky 'Brazlll-Nuts9 . ; Irregardless of attempts made during the winter months to bol ster their battered baseball corps, our Rose City neighbors, Port land's Beavers, are still destined to the depths of the Coast league, as one by one, the young stars with impressive records picked up this winter are changing from the spiked shoes of the diamonds to the heavy brogans of our armed forces. ..First it was Levi McCormack, the Nez Perce Indian brought up from Spokane. The Indian speed ster was due to make it this time, but he Joined up. Then it was Pete Hughes, the home-run hitting out fielder also of the. Spokes. After Pete came orders for Danny Esco bar, ex-Wenatcheean who had the IB slot sewed up on the Beaver nine this season. And finally it is now Bob Kinnaman, 20-game win ner with the Spokanes last year. All the former, .Wl'ers were ex pected to be of great help to the "Brazil Nuts' this season; but - About the only, one left now is Henry Martinez, the speed mer-. chant also ' picked up from the Spokes. If Uncle Same takes him, the well-bounced .Bevos will be just about right back where they "started from. ; A couple more ex-Wl'ers are with them too Elmer .Singleton and Frank . Vclpi, ' pitcher and catcher who saw theirlast WI ac tion in .Wenatchee uniforms two years aci. " - - i' Hoi a Haps Uribe - LC5 ANGIXE5, March IMS3) C - 3 (KC) Rojo, mk, of Los- y Ir.ocked out Chato V. N ICS,' T.Iexico City, with rl' t t5 tl-.e jaw in' tiie ninth round cf their scheduled" tea t ' -1 IrA here XUZ-zz'Zzj Already Frank Stranahan, (above) of Toledo, Ohio, has wen three winter golf championships In the southland. Stranahan Is one of " the nation's leading amateurs. Albany Track, Ball Schedules Ready to Go ALBANY Baseball and track schedules for the Albany high Bulldogs have been completed, and Coach Dwight Adams' athletes are anxiously awaiting proper field conditions so that they may begin workouts in earnest. So far the Bulldogs have been rounding into shape indoors. The baseball team will be out to retain its No-Name league and district championship. In cluded en the team this year are several of last year's letter men. The baseball schedule: April 3 Corvallis, here. April 7 Salem, there. April 10 Oregon Frosh, there. April 23 Oregon Frosh, here. April 28 Eugene, here. April 30 Salem, here. May 11 Eugene, there. The track schedule: April 10 Hay ward Relays at Eugene. April 24 Dual meet with Cor vallis, there. May 1 No-Name league meet at Salem. May 8 District 7 meet at Cor vallis. May 15-16 Oregon State Invi tational at OSC. Training Camps Benjamin's 3rd Homer Helps Phillies Win , MIAMI BEACH, Fla March 18-(jP)-OutfleIder Stan Benja min' clouted his third homer in two days to lead the Phils to a 4 to S victory ever Syracuse of the International league Wed nesday. Syracuse (Int) 3 13 1 Philadelphia (N) 4 13 1 Barrett. Schultz, Harris aiwd Hartje; Podgajny, Hughes and Warren, Livingston. Conroy's 12th Inning Homer dips Cards ST. PETERSBURG. Fla.. March 18-(i"P)-Rookie Catcher Bill Con roy hit a home run in the first half of the twelfth inning Wed nesday to give the Boston Red Sox a 2 to 1 victory over the St Louis Cardinals in an exhibition game played in mid-season style. Boston (A) . 2 9 1 St Louis (N) 19 0 - ' (12 innings) Dobson. Rvba (7). Butland (12) and' Conroy; Warneke, Brecheen (4V. Lohrman (7). Krist (12). and W. Cooper, Mancuso (6). ' Tigers Finally Win- Bop Bums by 6-5 LAKELAND, Fla., March 18 (ff) Detroit's "Tigers, who lost their first five' exhibition, baseball games, pulled out of the slump Wednesday . with a 6-5 triumph over the Brooklyn Dodgers. . Although they notched 13 hits off Ed Bead and nosh Casey, the Tigers had to come from behind with. a two-run rally In the last of the ninth for the victory. . - : Brooklyn (N) 1 5,92 Detroit (A) . 13 -1 Head, Casey (6) and - Dapper; Trout, Manders (6) White (7), Henshaw (8) and Parsons, Unser (7).;,.:: . - r;-- v "-v Homers Plentiful as ' " Indians Beat Giants . . CLEARWATER, Fla,-March 18 ()-Jeff Heath's eighth-inning homer gave the . Cleveland In dians a 5-4 victory over 'the New York. Giants "Wednesday in an ex hibition game featured by a bar rage of four-baggers. ,.- "--,-'-;Two Indian pitchers limited the Glacis to six hits, but three of them were heme rata by Mel Ott, Babe Fenna and BUI Jurges, all with the bases entp? ' ty. Esss Peters, playisg Lot Bondreau's shortstop position far the Tribe, belted two f aur- izzzizrt ,ff Cave KcjlJ, wh9 gave way 4a tist.ta Ct ' sixth. , ....-' u . Detroit Tigers Evidently Don't Like 'Haircuts Dished Out by 'Boss-Barber' Briggs By WHTTNEY MARTIN ; -'., Wide World Sport Columnist ,m; . NEW YORK, Marcri 18 When you bring Up the kids on lollypops and then suddenly switch to castor oil there's bound to be a little yowling, so the squawks of the Detroit Tigers aren't entirely surprising. Those 1942 contracts weren't coated with the kind of sugar they're used to. Pat Mullin took Uncle Sam's $21 a month in preference to the money Walter Briggs offered. The Job is steady, for awhile anyway, and ho doesn't have to worry about being shipped back to a minor league. He's in the real major league for the duration. Rudy York held out until he suddenly remembered about comfortable hotel rooms and the easy hours and what fun it is to eat He then signed, possibly influenced by the order to sign, or else. As this Is written Buck Newsom still is mumbling in his beard and trying to think up a good argu ment for a fat 1942 salary based on a fine 1940 record, and hoping Mr. Briggs suffered from amnesia during 1941. Johnny Corsica wants Com missioner Landls to speak to Mr." Briggs for him, after not getting anywhere with that "why don't yon speak for your self, John?" stuff. But Thomas Is sulking In silence, and Billy Sullivan was sold to the Brook lyn Dodgers when he showed signs of not showing a sign on his contract. The big, happy, overfed family is no more, and the boys are grousing around wondering who shot Santa Ciaus. There are no more jingle bells, in fact, there's nothing to jingle. For Walter Briggs has decided he will henceforth pay his ball players journeymen wages, not like they were all chairmen of the board. For some unannounced reason he has lost interest in the I - pay - bigger-salaries-than-you-pay game he played with Alva Pirates Nip Sacs In Ninth, 3-2 SAN BERNARDINO, Calif., March 18-y"P)-A slashing ninth inning single by Johnny Wyro stek, one of the Pirates' most promising rookie outfielders, sent Bob Elliott home with the run which gave Pittsburgh a 3 to 2 victory over the Sacramento Sen ators Wednesday. Sacramento (PC) ... 2 4 1 Pittsburgh (NL) 3 8 2 Beers, Caplinger, Polly and Muller, Marshallo; Wilkie, Kerr, Conger and Baker. At Orlando, Fla.: St Louis (A) vvs. Washington (A) cancelled; weather. Angels Whack Cub Seconds LOS ANGELES. Califs March loHtn-A number of the Chicago Cub regulars had Wednesday off and In their absence Los Aneeles pounded out a 9 to 3 exhibition victory. Bells homer off Rust Meers with two on base in the fourth Inning started the Aneels on" their way. Chicago (N) 3 6 6 Los Angeles (PC) 9 13 4 Eaves, Meers. Raff enbereer and Hernandez, Scheffing; Mallory, Hern and Campbell. White Sox Win Again, Thump A's ; HOLLYWOOD, Calif, March 18-0!P)-ChIcago' White Sox scored their, third straight vie tory ef the' exhibition season Wednesday, five singles prodoe- ing three runs In the fifth Inn ing and the martin needed to turn back the Philadelphia A's, -4 to 2. Don Kolloways homer gave the Sox their first run. ' '. The Sox aafin got good pitch-. , ing;. three horlers limiting the Mackmen . to even blows, - one A third Inning double by Bob Johnson, erstwhile holdout, that drove In' the last Philadelphia run. - - , - . ' . r Philadelphia (A) 2 7 1 Chicago (A) 4 .8 0 . Dietrich, : Rigney, - Haynes and Turner; Wolff, Marchildoh rand Wagner. - Berbs Bounce, Brorics . SAN JOSE,' Calif,' March 18 WVThe Portland Beavers de feated the University of Santa Clara baseball team Wednesday by a score of 11 to t In a free- hittisg game. . Both dubi picked tip H hits over the nmeinning route. The Eroncos made a seven-run rally in the ninth, after trailing 11 to 1. The leading hitter was Danny Escobar,, , Beaver ,jf !rrt t ? senan, AL UGHTNER Statesman Sports Editor Bradley last year to the great de light of Newsom and Bob Feller. i The unannounced reason may be the fact the club finished in a tie for fourth place last year. We might as well announce it. That Is . the reason. Had the Tigers won' the pennant again last year Mr. Briggs could have found no reason for drastic cuts. He was paying the boys to win a pennant. They didn't. They not only didn't, as some individuals, like Newsom, prac tically transposed their 1940 records, and even Mr. Briggs, lav ish as he is with his money, can't see a 12 - win - 20 - loss pitcher as worth $35,000. To be a generous spender is one thing, to be a suck er is another. Mr. Briggs is just one thing. ' When Mr. Briggs starts trim ming the overhead, he doesn't stop with a haircut. VikS wimmers In 3-Way Meet Eugene Today Salem high's Swimming squad will trek to Eugene today where they are to participate in a three way splash attraction with Eu gene and University highs. In a previous engagement be tween the three aggregations the University squad emerged victor by a two point margin when a pair of Salem swimmers were disqualified for minor infractions. Whether or not transportation enough for the entire team can be obtained was a question as yet not determined late Wednesday. Ellington Named WSC Track Coach .PULLMAN, Wash., March 18- m-W. B. (Bill) Ellington, for merly head track coach at Stan ford university, was named track mentor at Washington State col lege Wednesday to complete" the 1942 season. College officials announced he would succeed Jack Welr shauser, his former assistant at Stanford, who waa called Into service by the navy a month earlier than had - been antici pated. Weirshauser, who guided the WSC team to a Pacific Coast conference northern division championship in his first season at the helm last year, will leave the campus Thursday. Ellington is to arrive at the end of the week. Ellington was assistant to Dick Templeton at Stanford ' for 10 years and head coach in 1940. He was succeeded a year ago by F. P. Johnson. J. Fred (Doc) Bohler, athletic director, said no plans had been made as yet for filling the posi tion next year. Baseball, Boxing Now at JB11 City . MILL CITY -Basketball season having been closed, Mill . City's Timberwolves have started prac tice for baseball. Practice Is slow ly getting under way with five lettermen from last year's team back for action this year. The five are Stan Weitman, Bob Brass field, Duane Downing, Dan Hoeye and Joe Lalack. Many new faces are also turning out -: The first league game will be f against : Stayton there on' April j, but a non-league game is slated for the local diamond on March 2. , - Coach Dimit's boxers arc also busy training for the approaching county tournament, which will be sponsored by the Mill City Letter men on March 27-28. League schools participating in the boxing tourney will be Mill City, Jeff er son, Gates, .Turner, Detroit and Stayton. New York Squad X7in$ Golden Gloves Meet NEW. YORK, March -lS-tfn Topped off by. the most spectacu lar, heavyweight . fireworks ' the competition has seen In years, the annual golden gloves amateur boxing tournament' of champions ended Wednesday night with New York's team nosing cut the strong Syracuse, NY,, squad .Vfpr."major honors. 4 x '. ' - who got four for.-four, two of them doubles.- - ' . . t - , . s Sam Barry at USC Former USF Mentor Tafces Oyer Head Grid Coaching Job 1 LOS ANGELES, March 18-UP) Jeff Cravath, ' former coaching aid and football -star at Vthe , Uni versity of Southern California and head " grid, mentor at San Fran cisco . university last, year, was signed Wednesday as head foot-. ball coach at USC. ,'-, - - ; !- Dr. Sufus B, , Von Klein Smid,' president '. of 't h e school,' an- -neuneed the appointment of the 37-year-old Cravath .to succeed 'Justin M.: "Sam" Barry.- 1 -Barry resigned several days ago to take a commission with - the United States navy. ' No mention was made of Cravath's salary figureIt was reported ' he would receive 7000 but Dr. Von Klein Smid k said he would serve at USC ."for the duration." 19 Baseballers Report for 1st 'Cat Workout Nineteen Willamette university baseball hopefuls turned out Wednesday afternoon when Coach "Spec" Keene called the first scheduled workout in preparation for the 1942 season. Those reporting were Amor Adams, Don Barnick, Bob Ben nett, Wade Bettls, Marvin Goodman, Bob Daggett, Earl Hampton, Bill Hanauska, Gib Klster, Joe Murray, BUI Mer ritt, Jack Richards, BUI Reder, Ben - Schaad, Earl Toolson, Ward Top Walker, Pat White, and Bob Walker. Keene expects more to turn out before the 'Cats get too far along In their conditioning. A long round of batting prac tice, with Bettis, Schaad and Bob Bennett trying out in the wide- open catching slot, constituted the first day's work. Lefty Jack Rich ards was the only regular hurler to take a turn throwing to the hitters. Keene announced the Incom plete pre-Northwest conference playufg schedule, which will start off with the annual game against the Penitentiary Greys, there, on Saturday, March 28. Other fames slated for the 'Cats to date are: March 210 re gen State, here.. .. .. w April 3 Oregon State, there. April 4 U of Oregon, here, (doubleheader). April 7 Oregon State, here. April 10 O r e g o n State, there. Clashes with the Salem Sen ators will also be on tap for the Cats after the Solons commence training April 12. Major League 2nd Half Title Battle Tonight Army-Navy and the Bear cubs will tangle tonight In the Leslie junior high hoop haven to decide the second round winner for the City Major basketball league; Championship playoffs for both the Major loop and the "B" church league, are sched uled to begin Monday night on the Leslie floor. In the church circuit tilt Court Street Chris tian and the Mennonltes will open firing in the first of a three game series .while Bish ops will meet the winner of to night's fray. " , . In Monday's contests a slight admission charge will be made, the funds of which are to go to ward the erection of the , NaT smith Hall of Fame at Springfield, IU. Seaside People Visit Sister ; - At Bueha- Vista BUENA VISTA- Mrs. Art Har rison and Joan, Seaside, visited Wednesday with her sister, Mrs. Cecil Hultman. Mrs. Hultman has been Quite ilL - ' Bea Gordon is helping her aunt,' Mrs. Harold Jordon, near Mon mouth. i Gordon Wheeler, , Ft'. Lewis, spent Saturday and Sunday, with his parentsr Mr. and Mrs, : Roy Wheeler. r '- " - Mrs.' Dixie Berson, who is em ployed in Salem, spent the week end with her family herel , Wayne Deems who Is working in Seattle, visited his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Earnest Deems Sunday. . Dorl Weigel, Eugene, visited his parents Monday. : 1 ' ' i . ; : ATTEIITIDII, - -. You Disciples of DINTY .MOORE & JIGGS Yen Are InvKed to Help tut Corned Tcsf Cat-fe5 Every Tuesday . and Thurs 11 ajn.-g pawwy "'" ri coniT st. Replace , - caooKWd's; dopes. . MS ISO 1MB aJATioaJAL . YAR, Ml 5 FIRST FMVU SSASoA lAj-mS MAJORS 16 Al&OSfA. DJeilAM i.vam a Tokle to Jump At Sun Valley SUN VALLEY, March 18-vF) Ski Jumpers, Torger Tokle, Alf Engen and Art Devlin, will ap pear In exhibition, jumping on Kuud mountain March 29. Their event will follow com petition of the slalom for the Harrlman cup and international ski races. Tokle holds the world's record Jump of 289 feet, set at Iron Mountain, Mich. Engen, winner of the national two-way com bined championship at Tosemlte recently, and Devlin, youthful easterner, are Tokle'a chief challengers. Savold Wins by KO NEW YORK, March 18-()-Lee Savold, Des Moines heavyweight, stopped Teddy Wint of Mount Vernon, NY, In the ninth round of their scheduled ten-round fight at the Bronx coliseum Wednesday night. Savold weighed 193 pounds and Wint 188. t 'A t ' t M EN ! at BISHOP'S DOII'T "LAY All EGG" x 111 TIIE EASTER PARADE ' ; '"I "- .ViV'TT'T Vinii'iTnm'T' f ... t f oappeb; FRoM tloU.'Wooty THOU6H MOT A Tx i SAodlO te M - Ant sd&mjf ft What's Doin' The annual , Salem wrestling championships, sponsored .by the YMCA, have "been set for the Y beginning April 3 at 8 o'clock. Weight divisions are to begin at 95 pounds. ' Application blanks may be ob tained at the Y. An entry fee of 50 cents will be charged with which to secure medals for the tiUists. . Court Street v Christian's UB" church league entry decisioned the "C team from the same church, 52-35 on the YMCA court Wed nesday night. i Roy Priem hooped 17 points for the winners while Bill Massey was second high with 16. Bees R. Priem 17 Seipp 10 Massey 18 14 D. Armstrong 3 Binegar 11 Tennis 2 C Priem Wegner 7 A. Armstrong 2 S Winkenwerder Referee: Bob Smith. 1 The northwest B volleyball championship tournament will be held Saturday at the Y, starting at 2:30 p. m. Teams from Seattle, Portland and the local Y will par ticipate. - . - ' " aL ' iwm.i" r. XSA -;I f 'v" ' . oil l1" i : wwywjwwwiy Dress Up for Easter Youll be a cinch to "stop the show" when you blossom out on Easter Morn In a pair of these new Jarmans. If youll drop in today, well show you pur selection of authentic Jarman styles for 1942 Spring and Summer wear . . youll agree when you see them that they're headliners In shoe news. fji HOfS FOR MEN $K5 JflE5 . !t cr "-ft -.'"""' " ' At the YMCA The local Y Junior basketball team, (Page-Woolen,) winners of the Junior tournament at Astoria recently, will enter the senior Northwest Y hoop tour ney at Yakima; Saturday. Movies are to be shown at Camp Stunt night, set for March 28, and a camp reunion is planned -for April 4th. Basketball Scores National AAU Basketball Tour nament at Denver (third round) Chicago Y Clippers 39, Midland, Mich Chemical City AC 34. San Francisco Athletic club 88, Dallas Peppers 55. Hollywood - 20th Century 19, Milwaukee Allen Bradley 53. i Denver Legion 63, Portland, Ore., Bradford Clothiers 29.. ' Bartiesville, Okla., Phillips 81, Washington State All Stars, Pull man, Wash. 20. Seattle Alpine Dairy! 45, Nav al Fliers, Pensacola, Fla., 31. Eastern' Intercollegiate lea gut playoff At Philadelphia, Dartmouth 48, Princeton 38. . i.- IU W .. I MuiStyU, I 2Ja " ) (
