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FROM THE BLEACHERS 25 -
: To put it briefly, wot a man the navy has picked as one of its
chief etty officers for the V-12 program at Willamette yea,
WOT a man! . "
He's CPO Harry Trotter, 6
class of '34, now in the navy for
about a year and here to assist
Station Commander Lt. George
C. Bliss put the trainees through
their paces. The 6 feet 5 and at
least 240 pounds qualify Trotter
as quite a gent alone, but there's
more to him than just that load
of beef. Coast conference foot
ball, basketball, baseball or
t r a c k fans of the early '30s
might remember him as the guy
who held down a tackle spot on
Bill Spaulding's 1 Bruin : eleven,
jumped center on the basketball
quint, pitched for the baseball
nine, hurled" the discus and.
tossed the shot for the track
team and then, in his spare time,
swam 4 for the UCLA natators!
Fact is in 1932 Trotter earned
himself five major awards at UCLA in the above mentioned sports,
" and to this day is the only Bruin athlete ever to win live in one year
. even dating back to when the Westwood school was called quite un
popularly "University of California Southern Branch."
Jackie Robinson, UCLA's negro athlete up from Pasadena
junior college and brother of Oregon's bread Jumping Mack Rob
inson, came close to tielng Trotter's record, but after achieving the
honor in football, basketball, track and baseball decided to pass up
tennis, a sport he was supposedly equally as rood at as the rest.
' Managed to Be In on the Unusual r
But back to Trotter. YouTl recall the UCLA basketball team as
having beaten Southern California in that sport for the first time in
r 10 years this past season. Well, our new addition to the village had
btmsplf another sort of record until that happened," as he was at cen-
ter for the Bruin hoopsters in the game which saw the Ukes whip the
Trojans for the last time for a decade. ! .
i Then there was a "Smokey Joe Gonzales pitching for USC
about that time, the same Joe Gonzales who later fired for San
Diego Padres, Boston Red Sox and Portland Beavers. A brilliant :
'prospect with a blazing fast ball and exploding curve, Gonzales
lost only one'eollegiate game in his entire career at Southern Cal- -ifornla.
In 1933 he lost that game, 5-3, to UCLA. Yep, yon guessed
It Trotter outpitched him and batted in two of the five runs with
"a surprise bunt to help himself along.' 1 ; '
i . ' After college came radio work for the Los Angeles Coliseum, Inc.,
and as an assistant to his father. Another, remarkable thing here
Trotter's father is on the football coachJilg staff at UCLA and has been
for 30 years. And that, in our book at least, is another sort of record
particularly so for the oft-changing Pacific Coast conference grid
coaching family. - "- ; . j U': ' ' '? V '
Rosenberg, Schindler, Mako All CPO9
Trotter passes along tidings of a few other former Coast eon-
.. ference sportsters who are now devoting their time and skill for
the navy. The few: Aaron Rosenberg, USCs all-America guard in
- the days of Cotton Warhurton, Ernie Smith, Tay Brown A Co Is
now a CPO stationed at University of California; "Amblin" Amby
Schindler, another Trojan great is a CPO at College of Pacific and
will probably assist Amos Alonxo Starr with his Tiger footbaU-
en; Nick Pappas, still another ex-USC, Is a CPO at U of Kansas;
BUI Radovich, ex-UCLA, Is stationed at Great Lakes and played
on the Bluejacket eleven there last fall; Bobby Robertson, ex
Trojan backfield ace and Pete Kmetovie, Stanford's scooter back,
are both at Notre Dame now; BUI Murphy, like quarterback, got
. his assignment to St. Mary's prefllght, and Gene Mako, national
doubles tennis champion while playing for Southern Cal is now
stationed as a CPO at UCLA. t :
- Seems the navy has no respect at all for the background of some
of its men sending former Trojans to UCLA, Stanford to California,
Washington Staters to Washington, etc (And before long it'ss proba
bly be sending Oregon Staters to Oregon wow!
Schindler, Ogdahl Carbon Copied
Hearing that; Schindler Is stationed at Pacific reminds that
Teddy Ogdahl is also beading for the Stockton school with his ;
marine corps assignment. That pair will certainly have something
in common since both are the pUe-driving type of back. Schindler,
with knees practicaUy beating a tatoo on his chin, was one of the
best backfielders the.Trojans ever had. And Ogdahl; the same turf- .
churnmg (when he had turf to run on) kind of power runner, can -certainly
qualify as one of the best mail carriers Willamette ever
. had. -,J-' - ;.J;:. i .'. -:J:'
Along with CPO Lewis Carroll, formerly Gresham high football
assistant, Trotter's duties at Willamette will be to help: herd the
V-I2ers get 'em up in the morning, lead em in calisthenics, see to it
that they maneuver the obstacle course and, in general, keep em rug
ged and ready. And, Just like the trainees he and Carroll will groom.
Trotter has an option on helping Spec Keene coach the Bearcats he
says hell help' out if he's got the time.
The Sports Front 15, Years, Ago:
June 27, lMSBUly McAdams was adjudged Sunday to
be the homeuest man on the Salem postal force at a unique con
test held as part of the annual picnlf of postal employees at San
Uam park near Jefferson. As soon as the event was announced
there were some 25 or 30 entrants, 'each claiming firmly that he
was the most homely man in the crowd. As an aid to himself, how-
ever, McAdams removed his upper teeth.. , At this about half the- -field
readily admitted themselves outclassed and retired. When '
TaiHy" removed his lower teeth there was a stampede on the part , '
of aU remarainr aspirants, leaving the field free and uncontested.
Helen Brenner, daughter of Joseph Brenner, general delivery clerk '
made a sensational throw of a rolling1 pin to win the event. She -'
hurled It clear out of the field In which It was supposed to land and :
sent It through the glass window of a parked sedan. J. J. Arnold
won the horseshoe pitching title. Fay Collins the free-for-all race,'
M. Richmond and John Merits the three-legged race, Mrs. Lyman
McDonald the skinny-Women's race and John Morlts the fat man's
race.:'
Dpca'ititep-M an ititeiraimgs
. 'On the Salem Golfers
Handicap tournament tusslers
are urged to qualify today if at all
possible. Only a mediocre amount
of the 40 entered In the tourney
.turned in qualifying scores Satur
day, so the tournament commit-
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tee requests of all aspirants that
they turn in qualifying scores, bad
or poor, today.
HI Haman was one of the few
who qualified Saturday despite
a handicap other than the one
tacked onto his game. Ui hooked
up with three .unnamed links
men for his round, but the me
" thodical conversation of the trio,
plus the long periods of quiet al
most killed off ni as well as his
score. ";.v ; .'-a : r:-;'s -:
, Thursday, July U will 'offer'
an event of Interest as ECl
Goodwin and Den Young have
Hps curled and bristles up, gen
erally perturbed with the
thought that they cant get 'a
match which : will entertain
themselves, A few are consider
ing the challenge, so there Is a '
possibility that these two gents
wCl be taken on as a sideshow
Wilson Wheels
Victory Over
Southerners
San Diego Stumbles
To 4th by Half Tilt
PORTLAND, Ore-, June 25
The Portland Beavers took' over
third place in the Pacific Coast
baseball league Saturday , by de
feating San Diego 9 to 5. The loss
dropped the Padres to fourth, a
half game behind Portland.
Saa Diego, crippled by a
shortage of pitchers . this week,
struggled through the game with
Jim BrDlheari on the mound
throughout, although the Beav
ers were pounding him hard.
The Beavers, scored single runs
in the first and third innings, then
opened up for three in the fourth
and four in the sixth. '
Jack Wilson for Portland also
found the going tough, but man
aged to stay a few runs ahead of
the Padres through most of the
game. !
San Diego 010 003 1005 10 1
Portland 101 301 00 9 IS I
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Pafko's Homer
Humbles Seals
Angels Notch Fifth
" Straight. 11 Heats
LOS ANGELES. June 26 WJPV-
Andy Pafko's lead-off homer in
the last of the eleventh I inning
gave Los Angeles a 5-4 win over
San Francisco Saturday at Wrig
ley field to make lt five straight
for the series. Cecil Garriott had
homered , to tie it up in the ninth.
The Angels played without the
services of second baseman Roy
Hughes, who has been ill for sev
eral days. He was taken to a hos
pital. Saturday morning - suffer
ing from a possible attack of ap
pendicitis.' Elmer Mallory, utility
infielder, took over Hughes job.
San Fran. 200 000 020 00-4 14 0
Los Ang. 000 010 201 01-5 10 1
Xlen, Harrell (10) and Sprlnx;
Gehrman, Osborn (2) and Holm.
Henry-Jimmy
Portland Go
On August 9
PORTLAND, June 2 -(JP)
Henry Armstrong, former hold
er of three world's boxing titles,
will fight Jimmy Garrison, Kan
sas City, here around August,
9, Matchmaker Joe Waterman
announced Saturday.
The bout, originally scheduled
for July, was postponed because
of a Up Injury Armstrong re
ceived In a fight with Sammy
Angott.
SPOKANE. June 28-WPV-Mateh-
maker Bud Oliver expressed sur
prise Saturday at learning Henry
Armstrong, one-time holder of
three boxing titles, had signed to
fight in Portland August 9.
Oliver said that "as far as I
know" Armstrong was still sched
uled to fight here August 7, two
days earlier. He said Armstrong
naq signea xor tne appearance.
Jumonville's
Debut Ruined
aimers
SEATTLE, June 26MJF)-Seattle
took the youthful Sacramento
Senators 8-8 Saturday evening In
a twilight Coast league baseball
game marrd by 11 errors and free
hitting by both teams. .
Sacramento's reformed Infield-
er, George Jumonvflle, made his '
debut as a pitcher: but was
yanked In favor of John Pin
tar in the sixth when the Ram
lers had run up a score of 7-C
Hal Turpin, the ageing Seattle
star who has been commuting be
tween the ballpark and his Yon
calla ranch, returned in time to
start the game, but retired at the
end of the fourth for a pinch hit
ter. Little Pete Jonas succeeded
him. -Sae..110
301 000 "C 5
Seattle 100 330 Olx t 12 C
JumonvUle. Plntar (I) and
Malone; Turpin, Jonas (5) and
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Goodman Inducted
OMAHA. June 28 -4JPV The
army inducted Johnny Goodman,
lormer xiauonal : Open and ama
teur ; golf. , king Friday, I the 33-year-old
one-time Omaha caddy
taking the oath of service at Fort
Crook. 1 '
to the regular Thursday round
of play.
Young must bear in mla-thn
the game should be Dlaved--ot
talked. The committee wonders if
both Goodwin and Young would
be willing to be silent and let a
little side bet do the talking for a
change. ; .
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Knott to Pitch
CAMP AD AIS (Special)
Sgt. Jack Knott, former major
league pitcher with St. Louis,
Chicago and Philadelphia of the
American league and now play
ing manager of the Camp Adair
Timber Wolves club, has been
"signed to pitch for the Army
All-Stars July 4 -In Seattle's
SIck's Stadium when they take
en the Navy AU-Stars. the lat
ter backboned by the " Power
house Pasco Air Base Flyers.
Knott wm Join. . the - army
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Headlining upcoming-sports events in the village are Keith "Luke
Crosswhite (left) and Walt Cline, Jr. (right). Cross white will pitch
for his- Portland nine against Camp Adair on the Fourth of July
here as part of the American Legion's celebration. Cline, undoubt
: edly the best golfer In the city,; leads the. Salem Golf club handicap
tournament pack away from the post this week. He's the defend
ing champ. (And note, fellow duffers, that Cline keeps .bis head
down 'while wafting at the pellet) Statesman sports photo of
"Junior." " -v ' ' '
Duck Mates, Here Comes Bulldog
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Bulldog Jackson, the one and only when lt comes to blood and thunder
wrestling, heads Matchmaker Don Owen's next grappling show in
the armory Tuesday night. A "Battle Royal Is listed for the card
and Jackson will undoubtedly i take care of himself with the other
five grunt and groaners who'll go at it with him. No, he wont be
allowed to use that club, but since he's always doing the extra
ordinary as well as the unorthodox, he's apt to be dressed -Just the
,.. way he looks here. -
Hollies Blast
Twice
OAKLAND, CaliL, June 28 -&)
Hollywood beat Oakland twice
Saturday by scores of 6 to 3 in
each case to end a three game
losing streak in the series here.
Charley Boot, manager of the
Stars, pitched his ninth win of
the year in the second game but
allowed 11 hits against the 10
Hollywood collected off th r e e
Acom hurlers.
Hollywood 100 210 200--0 12 1
Oakland 001 090 2003 7 1
Joiner, McLaugUn (7) . and
nni; Plppen, Stromme (1)
. Klelnke and Ralmondl.
HoDywood - SCO 030 0 I 2
for Army All-Stars; Wolves Join
team managed by Morrle Ar
novlch, former National league
outfielder, who now plays left
field and skippers the Fort
Lewis Warriors.
The Camp Adair team. Idle
for the past two weeks " since
most of . Its players . have been
on furlough, will enter the Ore
gon State Semi-pro tournament
at Portland this week. It has
been announced. Commission
er Ray Brooks - tendered . the
Timber Wolves an ' Invitation to
Portland to See
Hammering Hank
PORTLAND, Ore,' June 2SHIP)
-Henry Armstrong, former holder
of three world's boxing titles, will
fight Jimmy Garrison, Kansas
City welterweight, here early in
August, matchmaker. Joe Water
man said Saturday. ; :;
Waterman said he was schedul
ing the bout tentatively for Aug
ust 9. Originally scheduled for
July, the bout was postponed be
cause of a Up injury. Armstrong
suffered in a fight, with Sammy
Angott.
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Hot and Brensel; Lots, D ar
row (S), Stromme(7) and XUl
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reslace one of two Portland
War Industries teams which
have withdrawn from the tour
nament, and the Wolves accep
ted. Just when they will play
their first tournament game has
not been announced. - 1
The Timber Wolf manage
ment will request of Brooks that
a few tourney games Involving
the soldier team be played in
Salem's Geo. E. Waters park.
The Timber Wolves have also
definitely arranged for; -two
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i Lowly- Cubs Squash
Cards Again, 5 to 2
. Bruins. Bounce -Cousins' Seven th
Time This Season, Slash Margin
- CHICAGO, June 26.-(P)-The Chicago' Cubs, self -designated
stumbling blocks in the St. Louis Cardinals' plans for a repeat ti
tle, humbled the world champions for the third straight . time
Hughs
on
Cousin Yanks
Tex Keeps Up Habit,
Turns Back Bombers
BOSTON, June lA.riFrC e c 1 1
Tex" Hughson, the New York
Yankees No. 1 jinx, beat the Am
erican league champions for his
third straight time this year and
his eighth in-a-row over, two sea
sons Saturday as the Boston. Red
Sox took a 4 to 1 decision. .
- In hanging up his ninth victory
of 1943 as compared to three set
backs, the Sox's ace right-hander
tossed a seven hitter "and fanned
six to bring his total strikeouts for
the season to 62. When he whiffed
Joe Gordon In the ninth inning, it
marked the 44th time that the
Yankee baseman' had struck out in
56 games.' -":"7 'v';'; ' ' ;
New York 100 000 000-1 7 2
Boston .O0O 012 10 4 t
' Donald, Turner ; and Sears: ?
Hughson and Conroy. -
Owen Seeks More GrapplerS
For Tuesday 'Battle RoyaF
Matchmaker Don Owen Is still
seeking two more suitable wrest
lers to m out his "BatUe Royal"
grappling party card at the arm
ory Tuesday night. So far he has
Bulldog Jackson, "Terrible Tony
Ross, Milt Olson and Coast Light
heavy Champ George Wagner
signed for the riotous '"royal," and
is after two more to make it a
aixsome.
The popular grunt and groan
premotor ' has put up $280 In
war bonds to go to the winner
of the slam session Tuesday. All
six will enter the ring at 2:30
"every man for himself." . The
first pair pinned, knocked out
or fast plain eliminated will re
tire for the evening. Next two J
Semi-Pro Tournament
games with the Fort Lewis War
riors next month. On July 19
the two army teams will meet
In Portland's Vaughn street
park, and on the night of July
11 they will again meet at Al
bany. They will play no game
in Salem as at first announced.
Portland interests begged for
a Camp Adalr-Fort Lewis game
and Lt. CoL Alvle MerrilL Fort
Lewis athletic directory pre
ferred to play one there,
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within a week and reduced the
Redbirds league lead to a half
game as they, converted Paul Der
ringer's six-hit pitching into a 5
to 2 victory Saturday. ;
A three-run sixth inning into
their eight hits off Howie Follet
and in which Lou N v I k o f f
poled the ; key double to break
his four-game slump, gave the
Cubs their seventh victory over,
the Redbirds In 12 meetings this
year.
Derringer,' turning in his third
straight winning start in ten days
for his season's fifth victory, fin
ished with a flourish, retiring the
last 13 batters in succession. -. ;
St Louis iOOl 010 000 2 2
Chicago 000 103 01-S t 1
Pollet and W. Cooper; Denin- -ger
and McCoUough. .
JFho'U Win? :
; ALBANY N.Y June 26 -hP)-.
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey approved
a report suggesting a 30-day har
ness racing program and the hold
ing of the Hambletonlan at Em
pire City Saturday, but at Gosh
en, N.Y William H. Cane, spon
sor of the Bich race, said he still
was hopeful of holding the event
at his own Good Time park. - -
to go out will return for a spe
cial one-fan 26-mlnute go but
will -not" be eligible for the
bonds, and the final pair left
- In the "royal" will ) take up
bashing In a "mau event," two-out-of
-three falls, after the spe
cial event. The winner of the
final match will receive the
; bonis.-.';:.;,...- ':"'.- : ;-"
Since the 2200 prize Is in addi
tion to the ordinary stipend, ac
tion should be nothing short of !
fierce. And the return of Jackson -and
-Wagner, who bopped each
other with everything but the
chandeliers last Tuesday, shouldn't I
slow things down a bit. f I
First-baseman Bean Bell.
Shortstop Gus Gregory and
Outfielders Paul Armstrong and
Gene Connors have been away
on furlough, but with their re
turn to the post this week prac
tice is due to start,
According to reports circu
lating here, the Timber Wolves
will soon be without a catcher.
Both Lowell Calhoun and1 Ray
OTJouI are said to be leaving
'Mate Shut Out; Don
- Bingo Lag Behind
NEW YORK, June 28 -(P)- The
"wrong horse" from Mrs. Payne
Whitney's barn did it again Sat
urday. Devil Diver, so lightly re
garded alongside stablemate
Shut' Out that Jockey Georgle"
Woolf ignored him, won the 55th '
running of the Brooklyn handl
' cap at Aqueduct . Saturday,
' while Shut Out was-shut out
- of the money. . -
- Of course it didn't make much
difference to the 23,150 custom
ers at. the closing day of the
Brooklyn - racing plant's meeting
because' the two Whitney horses
were hooked up as an entry, and
no matter . which' you liked, you
got back $3.90 for each $2 in
vestment. : ' i
Although his time of 2.-03 25
didn't threaten either the track
record of 2:01 25 or Whirl
away's stake record of 2:02 25, '
the Diver was under a full head .
of steam and on the express
track at the finish of the mile
and a quarter.
Ularket Wise, best 'of the others
as he closed from next to last, had
a half length margin on the fad
ing Don Dingo, while Shut Out,
after running into all kinds of
pockets in the stretch, finished
fourth, four lengths in back of
Crooner Bing's pride and joy.
Best Seller
Upset Winner
Whirly Winds Up 5 th
In Equipoise Mile
CHICAGO. June 28 -iiP)-Best
Seller, at odds of 18 to 1, gal
loped to ah upset victory in the
$10,000 added Equipoise mile at
Washington park Saturday, with
Thumbs Up second and , Some
Chance third. Whlrlaway, 6 to 5
favorite making his second start
of the season, finished fifth. In
a field of twelve.
It was a repeat performance
for Best Seller, who won the
same race a Tear ago. -
Whlrlaway, all-time leading
money winner, never was a fac
tor. .
. Best Seller ran the mile in 137
and returned $38.20, $13.60 and
$10.60 across the board. The price
on Thumbs Up was $7.80 with
$5.40 to show. Some Chance, an
other outsider, returned $13.40 to
show.;,;,- ''
Haegg Rambles
Against Time;
(Shli Secret)
Gallops Very Fast'
Mile Says Officials
" KANOVER, NIL ' June 2.-f5P)- ,
For the f ust time since his arrival
in Hanover, - Gunder Haegg al
lowed himself to be timed Satur
day as he raced on Dartmouth's
cinder track but when the timers'
report came out he asked that it
not be released. ; f , .
However, the mile he ran
against Don Burnham was very
fast, especially for a practice
I ran anil mttm I . .1
Swedish star did not appear to
have exerted himself toe much.
Despite the heat, ha ahnwori n
fatigue after the run and was rea-
ay ior more action.
Harry Hillman, Dartmouth
track coach, expressed the m?n.
ion that Haegg probably could
oeai on uodds by 25 yards. -
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Ignored Devil
Diver Grabs
Brooklyn 'Cap