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Wide Wftrkf Snorts Cohiiwntst
NEW YORK, Feb. 20-P-Base-
ball has done a lot for Joe Di
Maggio, -and now Joe DiMaggio
Is doing a lot for baseball. And
for Joe DiMag-
glO.
- It sounds
little confusing
to say that one j
of the top play- j
ers is doing the
game a favor
by leaving - it,
but that's just
wha t the big,
Whitney Morti.
shy guy is do
ing. He is elim-
inating one of the vulnerable spots
that would be a natural target
for malicious barbs hurled by
those who resent any . game for
profit in wartime.
He 'was a vulnerable spot be
cause he is Joe DiMaggio, draw
ing down more than $42,000 a
year. Were he Joe Blow, utility
man for a utility . man on some
roster, nobody would pay any attention-
to him and whether he
was in the service or in defense
work would be a matter of indif
ference to the critics. ' '
Bat he's Joe DiMaggio, and
his name and fame carry a pen
alty. The bigger they are the
better target they make, and
there isn't a bigger target in
baseball than the lad from Fish
erman's wharf.
Sure, it isn't fair. Joe DiMag
gio s private life should be as
much his own business as the pri
vate life of Helen of Troy. But
it isn't. He's in the spotlight, and
once there he's everybody's busi
ness. He couldn t even hide a pea
nut in a hip pocket without com
ment. ' ' .
Here Is a married man with
a family. He was placed in SA
by his draft board. The govern
ment only asks that a man go
when his n amber comes np. He
was ready and willing to go
when that time came. He could
no more be criticized for not
going before that time than a
grocery clerk, or bank teller, or
insurance man .w i t h similar
family obligations. -
. But the point is that he would
be. Why? Because he is Joe Di
Maggio, drawing more than $42,-
000 a year, and playing a game
Nobody can point -the finger at
another man and ask: "Why aren't
you in the service?" If they could
the baH players could reasonably
-stop their game and turn to their
mufti-clad hecklers in the grand
stand and ask the same question.
Every man's problems are his
own, and if the government
thinks a .man should be totlnr
a gun n win nave mm toung a
gun. If it is satisfied with what
he is doing, that's that, and who
is there to criticize?
Baseball is going to get a lot
of unwarranted criticism. Unwar
raniea Decause it nas asked no
favors. And the criticism won't be
aimed at the club owners. It won't
be aimed even at the run-of-the-
-mill players.
It will be aimed at the stars,
But when the critical firing
gets hot, baseball can point with
.- pride to a Joe DiMaggio, its
; highest-paid player, who joined
the $50-a-month boys before it
': was necessary for him to Join
them, and who asked no special
' favors.'
It can point to Ted Williams,
its best batter; to Hank Green-
berg and Hugh Mulcahy and oth
er top-flight performers who ei
ther enlisted or went when called
with no attempt to find a loop
hole. As for Joe DiMaggio doing a
lot for Joe DiMaggio, " you. have
only to put yourself in his place
to realize what his decision means
to him.
It means peace of mind and
a freedom from possible criti
cism which, no matter how n
. Just, can sear a sensitive natnre
m like a branding iron.
Joe is doing what he wants to
do and, although they, will miss
him, what the fans wanted him
to do. And we're betting ho bats
1.000 as a soldier. ,
Valsetz Girls 7m
Polk Volley Title
" BETHEL Valsetz girls won
the Polk county volleyball cham
pionship in the tournament held
here last week. Rickreall took
second .place, Bethel third and
Falls City fourth in a tie with
Perrydale.
Players picked on the all-star
team were Betty Auer, Rickreall;
Anne Turner, Bethel; Delia Tur
ner, Valsetz; Mary Gladys Turner,
Bethel; Bette Babb, Valsetz, and
Faye Mcintosh, Perrydale.
Lt. Bud Ward,
In Benefit Golf
SAM FRANCISCO. Feb.
teur rolfer. National Champion
time out from army air service duties here Sunday to try to prove
he has lost none of his links skill. ; U '-v' '
Lt Ward, whose national title
was "frozen, for the war duration,
pairs with Bing Crosby, movie and.
radio croonerf in an 18 hole exhi
bition best ball match against two
local professional players, Art Bell
and Benny Coltrin. . The match
will be played at the Lake Merced
course and several thousand fans
are expected to follow theV.four
some.f Proceeds will be used to
purchase athjetic equipment for
the fourth air force.;, ;
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'War Time' TRacine
Opens at
Fans Flock to Oval Sans Autos;
Crowd, Betting Off One-Third
f By RUSS NEWLAND :
SAN MATEO, Calit, Feb. 20 -
Meadows Saturday in a war-tempered setting, part of the. 6,750
fans arriving by street cars, -horse-drawn vehicles, bicycles and
on foot. ' '' - -
Harvard Guts
Sports Sched
CAMBRIDGE. Mass., Feb. 20
(yP)-Harvard university an
nounced drastically curtailed in-tercoilegTate-athletic
schedules
Saturday night under which "it
is possible that some sports may
be eliminated entirely, and par
ticipation in - all leagues will be
discontinued.' -
"All neh organizations as
freshman and Junior varsity
teams will be eliminated, uni
versity officials said in a state
ment. rj$.v
The varsity competition during
the coming spring term will be
primarily contests with, nearby
colleges and service teams and
force the withdrawal from some
previously arranged commitments.
"An effort will be made to
continue varsity competition in .
a' modified form In certain .
sports, bat only those games
will be played which are Jus
tified by war-time travel condi
tions." . !;. .
Statements, similar In tone, are
expected from Yale and Princeton
universities in the near future,
The two, - along with Harvard,
make up the "big three" which
dominated eastern sports for many
years in; the past Princeton offi-
eals indicated their views "might
be made Known Sunday.
UW Splashers
Upset Oregon
SEATTLE, Feb. 20 - (P)-The
University of Washington Huskies
scored a spectacular victory over
tne university or Oregon swim
ming team, defending Northern
Division Coast conference cham
pions Saturday night.
Led by sprint ace, Pete Powli
son who bettered two Coast con
ference records, the Huskies came
through with a win in the final
400-yard free style relay to make
a 43-32 victory.
Powlison was a swimming team
in himself, winning the 100-yard
and 50-yard events in record time
and swimming anchorman in the
winning relay combination.
Russell to Head
County B Tourney
TURNER J. O. Russell
been appointed chairman of
has
the
Marion county B league basketball
tournament to determine the
county champion. The title game
l A M l n iv:. 1, H
u luuim list uu9 wcc& auu 44 fr
sumably against Sacred Heart high
of Salem, winners of the northern
half, and Stayton in the south.
, The winner will meet the Clack
a mas county champion on Febru
ary 23, : The B district playoff is
set for March 5 at McMinnvHle
Counties to be represented In dis
trict No. 1 in that meet will be
Marion, Polk. Clackamas and
YamhilL -
Ukes Trip Stanford
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 20-(P)
The University of California at
Los Angeles defeated Stanford, 60
to 57, 1 Saturday , night to remain
in the running for"the Southern
division basketball championship
of the Pacific Coast conference.
Bing Crosby
Show Today
20 - tZrVThe country's No. 1 ama
Lt. Marvin' Bud" Ward, takes
Although Bell and Coltrin have! to. attend and help boost -such
held 1 state and sectional open
'
chapipionships between them, they
will have no pushovers facing
them tomorrow. In practice rounds
recently Lt Ward cracked Lake
Merced's 72-par consistently ana
with ease. Crosby recently won
the title of his home club in Los
Angeles and off -bis best game!
should be close to par figures.
The match will start at 1 pjn.
til " .. J V
Meadows
(Vorse racing opened at Bay
- ;
Rubber Administrator William
Jeff ers admonition that automo
biles . must not be used to reach
the .track, approximately 20 miles
from San Francisco, was rigidly
adhered to so far as Bay Meadows
officials were concerned. They
blocked off the general parking
area. , ' ..
Travel on trains and basses
was disconragea to tne extent
the public a till ties ran adver
tisements asking racing patrons
not to rase their accommoda
tions. Street cars were crowded from
early morning with riders scramb
ling for seats and standing room
as vigorously as customers at ' a
bargain counter sale in the de
partment stores. : '
At San Mateo, hundreds of fans
waited for horse-drawn accom
modations provided by Bay Mea
dows to haul them to the track.
mile and three-quarters distant.
Among the antiquated roll
ing stock acquired for the pur
pose was a Wells Fargo-Over-land
mail coach, recalled from
"pension" after pony express
doty following the gold rush
days of '49. Hundreds of others
footed the nearly two miles In
a banlon derby nnparallelied In
California racing.
The size of the opening day
crowd indicated transportation fa
cilities from the street car termi
nus snouid nave been doubled.
After the fifth race of the eight
race card, about a hundred track
patrons were still waiting in San
Mated. . '
William P. Kyne, general man
ager of Bay Meadows, said the
crowd was approximately one-
third off from normal times, near
ly 7000 as against 10,000 on the
October 3 opening day of the 1942
fall meeting.
The pari-mutuel handle drop
ped about the same proportion.
The handle for the first race
today was $14,683, as compared
to $20,000 on the inaugural last
fall. The total handle for the
day was expected to be slightly
over $200,000, compared to the
last opening of $303,000. .As it
turned oat Saturday's total han
dle exceeded the expectations.
It amounted to $226,818.
Liquid Lunch, 3-year-old choc
olate fuly, won Saturday's fea
ture race, the six-furlongs "inaug
ural purse." Time for the race
was 1:11 45. Iron Barge and
Super Justice, running as an en
try of H. N. Isenberg, Riverside,
Calif., finished second and third
respectively. Otto Grohs of El
Calif., rode the winner; weighed
at 113 pounds, and paying $3.70,
sz.60 and $2.70.
ine second and third place
horses paid $2.70 and $2.70.
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I WIoAillOOp 1 OUmey
Plans Cm no- AhA
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BELOIT, Wis Feb. 20-tfi
Plans are going ahead for the na
tional intercollegiate I basketball
championship, Louis E. ; Means.
athletic director of Beloit college
and president of the NIB A an
nounced Saturday.
All 32 districts have indicated
they will send teams to the meet
scheduled for ansas City March 8-
14, Means said.
The title will be defended by
Hamline university of St ' Paub-
Means announced district chair
men including: , .
1. Coach Robert Brumbley, east
ern Washington State, Cheney,
Wash, Washington and Idaho.
2. Coach Jean Eberhardt south
ern Oregon State,' Ashland, Ore
gon.- ;'. ' V-, , i ,
Jefferson Plans Red
I Cross Benefit Game'
JEFFERSON A Red . Cross
benefit basketball game .between
Jef ferson Albany Hi-Y quinU
will be played here Tuesday night,
February. 23.; Everyone is : urged
S.. tt
I wormy cause.
j
;
A preliminary between, the Jeff
seconds and the Methodist' church
team-of Salem -will start the pro
gram off. Entertainment- between
halves T bf; both games is planned.
J. T. Jones,, local JRed. Cross chair'
roan," and r Pat Beal, J e If e r s o n
coach are in charge - of the pro
rram. Jim Pate will donate his
services as referee, u
Salem 24, Albany 42. ; :. r ' ... -Oregon
31, Oregon State 4L'
Portland 45, Willamette SL
Western Washington 35, St
Martin's 34. -
Central Washington 52, Eastern
Washington 51.
University of California at; Los
Angeles 60, Stanford 57. , v.
Pepperdine 56,' University Sou
thern, California 51. :
Occidental 64, San Jose State
53. ' .
Pomona 56, Redlands 41.
Chieo State 55, Laverne college
29. . -. ; " --
San Francisco State 44, .Neva
da 35.
Kent State 46, Perm 31.
Tri-State 60, Concordia (Fort
Wayne Ind.) 47.
Emory and Henry 46, (jarson-
Newman 41.
Mississippi State 46, Mississippi
45.
Portland 45, Willamette 31.
Springfield Teachers 40, War-
rensburg 31. -
Fordham 39, Manhattan 3L
Harvard 53, Columbia 52.
Rider 47, Haverford 30. ,
Temple 47, LaSalle 43. '
Franklin-Marshall Naval Ca
dets 59, MOlersville 45.
Susquehanna 50, Elizabethtown
40.
Swarthmore 64, American Uni
versity 60.
Elmhurst 39, Concordia 35.
Platteville Tchrs. 51, Concor
dia 35.
Whittier College 46, San Diego
State College 42.
California 40, Olympia Club 32.
Dartmouth 60, Army 46.
Seton Hall 45, Rutgers 31.
Springfield College 58, Harvard
Naval Training Station 55.
Vermont 48, St Lawrence 45.
Ohio State 46, Michigan 44.
North Carolina 50, South Caro
lina 27.
rerm State 32; Pitt 13.-
St Josephs 66, Gettysburg 23.
Cornell 35, Pennsylvania 30.
Akron 55, Hirman 40.
Findlay 95, Defiance 70.
Otterbein 76, Heidelberg 47.
Purdue 49, Iowa 35.
Indiana 51, Minnesota 39.
Dubuque U 48, Upper Iowa 39,
Illinois 50, Wisconsin 26.
Texas A & M 67, Arkansas 52.
North Carolina State 56, Wake
Forest 32.
Davidson 61, College of Charles
ton 54.
VMI 48, Richmond 30.
William and. Mary 52, Washing
ton and Lee 42.
Clark 49, Boston U 42."
UARD academy 54, orwich 34.
Washburn 40, Wichita 38.
Drexel 78, Johns Hopkins 20.
New York U 77, Lehigh 36. ,
Washington and Jefferson 48,
West Virginia 47.
West Liberty 66,, West Virginia
Wesley an 53. . ...
Arizona State at Tempe 50, New
Mexico 40.
Creighton 45, Washington U 26.
Stevens 46, RPI 33.
Colby 51, Bowdoin 40.
Louisiana" State 46, Tulane 40
Tennessee 44, Vanderbilt 22.
Yale 47, Wesleyan 37.
Connecticut 82, Rhode Island
State 58.
Wofford 46, Clemson 36.
Muhlenberg 62, Boiling Field
(Washington) 37.
Albright 75, Lebanon Valleq 48
Lafayette 44, Fort Monmouth
35.
Westminster 56, Carnegie Tech
42.
Georgetown 46, Maryland 36.
Washington college 61, Dela
ware 48.
Kansas State 43, Fort Riley,
Kas., 29.
University of Detroit 57, Wayne
3L
Uc Turn Paper
To Health
Yes, that's literally true. We
take that bit of paper upon which
your Physician writes a prescrip
tion, and transform ft, with skill
and care, into something that - is
"just what the Doctor ordered." .
"in bringing your prescription here
to be compounded, you're assured
of the service of capable, regis
tered pharmacists. Our drugs are .
always fresh and, potent We fill
- every' prescription with . precision
.and care. And our prices are fair
. to everyone" in .every- case. , v ,
.-. May we have' the .pleasure of.
filling -your- next prescription?
vCcpild Ditj S!:rc
Or. State Liberty - PImm 3113
:
Detroit Tech 68, Grosse Be Na
val Air Base 5L
Selfridge Field 48, Dearborn
Naval Air Base 27. .
Central 34, Wartburg 27.
Eastern r (Ky.) State Teachers
52, Union college 46. -
Southeast Missouri Teachers 52,
Carbondale (IU.) Teachers 48.
DePaul 53, Kentucky 44.
Eureka 64, Wheaton 52.
Marquette 50, Syracuse 48.'
Texas Christian 49, .Texas 44
(overtime). V. 5 -:
Wyoming, 45, Utah 1. '
Georgia Tech 39, Georgia 20.
Mitchell Field 49, Brooklyn cd-
ege 41. ; . ". : , .. "
Canisiiis 47, St Bonaventure 34.
Swarthmore 64, American uni
versity 60. .', - - v
Colorado Mines 48, Regis 35.
Brigham Young university 63,
Utah State college 59. -
Fort Warren (Wyo). 39, Colo
rado State 35. ;
-Fairmont 62, Salem 54.
Hope college 61, Grand Haven
coast-guard 27.
Selfridge Field 48, Dearborn na
val air base 27. -
Indiana Central 81, Hanover 70.
Manchester 59, Huntington 57.
Camp Grant 43, Michigan State
DeKalb Teachers 55, Macomb
42. 1 .. : .
North Central 61, Augustana 30.
Murray State Teachers 48, How
ard college 43. : ' .v-
St Ambrose 50, Grinnell 27.
Hamline 55; Augsburg (Minne
apolis) 34." 1
McPherson 45, Bethel 39.
St Louis 55, Tulsa 52.
Nebraska 56, Missouri 50.
Colorado college 44. Greeley
State 42. -
Ohio Northern 66, Camp Perry
36.
Ohio U 41, Miami 40.
Oberlin 54, Berea (Ky3 53.
Toledo 81, MarshaU 47. :
Muskingum 53, Case 33.
Northwestern 63 Chicago "29.
Monmouth 52, Coe 41.
Culver-Stockton 33. Westmin
ster 32. -
Iowa State Teachers 50,'Morn-
ingslde 42. ,
North DakoU State 41, North
Dakota U 38.
St.' Johns 51, St Thomas (St
Paul) 41.
Lawrence 47, St Norbert 45. -
Gates Cagers Topple
Mill City, 28 to 26
MILL CITY Gates high took
a hard-fought 28-26 win from the
Mill City Timberwolves here Fri
day night in a . South Marion.
County B league basketball game.
Don Carey, Gates center, led all
scoring with 15 points. Hoeye of
Mill City and Knutsen of Gates
tied for secondary honors with
10 apiece. .
The teams were deadlocked at !
13-13 at halftime. , The Mill City
Bees tripped 'Detroit 34-18, in the
prelim.
Mill City (26) (28) Gates
Hoeve 10 T 31 Sears
Ualack 4 F (0) Oliver
Toman (5) C (15) Carey
Peters (0 G (0) Mobley
Rogers (7) : G. - (10) Knutsen
Golf Loop Proposed
PORTLAND, , Feb. 20. - (P) - A
war industries golf league is sla
ted to begin competition . here
April 5 under sponsorship of the
Oregon Public Link Golf associ
ation.
The league is open to all golf
ers employed in war industries.
War bonds and stamps will be
awarded winners. -
Hockey Scores
Montreal 6, 'New York .l.
Toronto 4, Boston 2.
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Annual Meet
Of Red Cross
Set Wednesday
- Annual meeting of . the . Marion
county chapter of the American
Red Cross will be held Wednesday
at 8 o'clock in the floral room
of the chamber of commerce. A-L.
Schafer, manager of' the Pacific
branch office; in " San ; Francisco,
will be " principal speaker. J
-Miss Elnora Thompson, . super j
visor " of nursing; instruction at
University of Oregon medical
school, Portland,' will talk on the
necessity for educating the public
to care for itself in order to re
lease the doctors for emergencies.
iThe meeting, comes just before
the opening of the war fund
drive on March 1 and it comes
at a significant time ; for the di
rector, : Mr.1 Schafer,; to- explain
the drive's importance to the com
munity. - - ; - " :':
Judge George Rossman, chair
man of Marion county Red Cross,
urges all interested in Red Cross
work to attend the annual meet
ing. . . '
Pleasant Hill Cops, '
Lane B Hoop Tourney
EUGENE, Feb. . 20.-ff)-Pleas-ant
Hill high school defeated St
Mary's of Eugene, 41-30, Friday
night- to win the Lane county
class B basketball tournament
Both teams will enter the dis
trict meet at Junction City March
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Investing
in Real
Estate
Washington
RICH!
Dear Sir:
Not having heard from you in "Some time I
am desirous of knowing whether you have pur
chased any of my Berkley or Frederick leases?
And if not, whether the probability of doing it is
so favorable as to amount almost to a" certainty
of acxxmplishing the measure? '
If neither, I desire' you would give up the idea
of purchasing and let me have the money you
have collected with the names of the persons from
whom ithas been received as I am in -want -and
have only deprived myself of the use of it from
the hope of its laying the foundation of a better
assurity which my heavy expenditures very much
need.
Unless business should require my attendance
at the seat of government sooner, it is probable
I shall remain at this place until the end of Sep
tember. - .
With great esteem and regard and best wishes
to Mrs. Lewis in which your aunt and I join,'-
' I remain.
Your affectionate uncle,
G. Washington.
Mr. Bob Lewis.
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HOMES; FARMS;.
INVESTMENT REAL ESTATE
STILL -A SAFE AND S URE INV E S T ME N T
Investigate Salem's best Real Estate opportunities, which are
. -. --. offered DAILY in J: i - .
Dallas, Baptists
Win Church. Games
Dallas and First Baptist quin
tets took wins in the A Church
league basketball games last night
at the Y. : . '
DottM (M 1S) CaL Bayttat
Hiebert (Si .
(St Dowd
B.Friesen 44) .
. (9) Houck
4) Siefarth
(4) Thomas
(0) Blantozv
J. Frieaen (4) .
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Olfert () - - C.
Substitutes for DalUa: WaS 2. War-
ken tin X. -. r- - -'- ,;.. -
W. Salem (12) (S3) first Baptist
Hogan (5) T (11) Brocr
Kelsey (2) (13) Palmer
Benuner J) C (f ) BraadM
Leek (J).G (S) Lindstrand
Wells (0) O (0) Parker
Grangers Quilt . 1
MACLEAY Finishing quilts
for the Red Cross was the bus
in e s s - of : the 'afternoon at the
meeting of ; the Macleay grange
home economic club held in the
grange hall Tuesday. Six quilts
were completed. An all-day Red
Cross sewing meeting will be held
in March. Mrs. J. L. Amort, new
ly elected president was in
charge. . . , -. .
Fall Injuries Fatal i
r PORTLAND, Feb, 20-VEm-
mett Hutton, 48, died Saturday of
injuries suffered in a fall from a
30-foot scaffold at Swan' island
shipyards.
WSC, Idaho Boxers Tie
PULLMAN, Feb. .20-ff)-The
Washington State college, boxing
team salvaged a 44 tie out of a
meeting with the University of
Idaho Saturday night, thus mak
ing up to a degree for a previous
5-3 loss to its state border rival
ML Vernon,
July 127. 1795.
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CLASSIFIED REAL ESTATE
DIAL 9202
John He Jonsburg, I
Native of Russia, ,
Dies at Home Here
Funeral services are to be held
Tuesday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock .
from the W. T. Rigdon company
chapel for John Henry Jonsburg,
who died Friday at his home on
route three at the age of 74 years.
. Born in St Petersburg.. Russia,
he came to the United States at
the age of 17. In 1896 he came to
Brooks and married Nora D. Rid
inger, who preceded him in death.
While a resident of the Brooks
area, Jonsburg was at one time
known as bean king in the Quin-
aby community. .
Moving in 1921, he took over the
management of the Oregon Hop
ranch on route three, where he -!
continued to reside until his death
last week. r::
" Survivors include daughters,
Mabel Jonsburg, Mrs. R e a t h a
Johnson, Mrs. 1 Annabel Clements
and Jewell Mitchell, all of Salem;
sons, Otis Lee Jonsburg of Inde
pendence, and John H. Jonsburg,;
jr., of Portland; nine grandchil
dren and one great grandchild.
Captain, Family Move
MONMOUTH C a p t a 1 n and
MrsPaul S. Rutledge . and child
ren left here recently for Fort
BeaL Calit, where he has been
transferred. Capt Rutledge was
one of the few officers of Camp
Adair who . bought a home here.
He purchased the Nothstein house
on South College street which
occupied during their stay.
As a young surveyor,
Geor g e Washington
realized the great pos
sibilities of American
realestate. -Most of
.. ' "
his early earnings
went N into the pur
chase of real estate
equities.- Even in his
later years most of his
days were spent in
real estate trading or
developing the vast
properties which- he
had acquired.
This Letter
. . . 1 Vta Washington's
wa handwriting, la pre
served among other price
less soavenlrs, at Mt Ver
non, on the Potoi
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