The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980, September 02, 1943, Page 7, Image 7

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    Scouts to Scan
' Basle physleal ability rather
than highly . polished perform
ance is sought by the Brooklyn
Dodgers In tryout camps for
young Players such as the one
they will conduct at George E.
Waters park September ' II
through September 13.
This does not mean that boys
. who combine perfected baseball
technique with the required
physical abilities will have less
chance In the trials. Instead It
means that the , scouts will bo
NavkUFlavored Bearcats Getting Shipshape for Coining Season
pi n " i 11 ' ' 1
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It's only a rame of "touch," but these V-12 trainees at Willamette
'university who turned out this week are getting set for the coming
campaign nevertheless. Official eoUegUto grid practice Isn't slated
to start until next week, but these men, wholl be eligible to turn
A iff
i
"Just what is all thi dilly-dallying around about a Willamette
football coach? Are they or are they not going to play football,
and why can't they just come right out and appoint a coach?"
queries by mail an apparently Interested but perplexed citizen
of our : village. To which we'd
like to answer for the benefit
of ' anyone interested: ; Yes,
they're definitely going to play
.football at WU, but it's going
to be" football adapted to Uie
benefit of participants rather
than 'spectators. Of course that
doesn't mean it won't he worth
watching. The boys will still
do their running, punting; pas
sing, blocking and tackling as
they've always done, but they'll
be doing it not only for) the rah-rah-rahs
from the folks in the
seats but for the physical fitness,
coordination a n d teamwork
. which', must be theirs in the
naval tasks which lie before,
them. ' 1 -
Now about the coach By now .Dl,Kr TROTTER
you know that Professor Les
Sparks has been appointed "director" of football and that hell
have "assisting" him j on their own free time; Chief, Petty
Officers "Duke" Trotter and Lew Carroll. Here's how come:
Dr. SmUh in New York a Problem
14. Com. Spec Keene was a comparatively high salaried man
at Willamette before he got his stripes. Naturally, a successor to
Keene would expect a salary at least In the neighborhood of what
he was getting. But such can't be. The athletic committee of the
board of control allotted a budget for expenditures on physical ,
education at the school, and although It was a healthy figure a
large slice had to be taken from it to set up' the naval required
physleal fitness facilities.. Such left only so much for the hiring
of a football coach. '--.-: . j'
A couple dozen application for the coaching job are on file in Pre
sident G. Herbert Smith's office at present, but on most of them where
it asks "draft status" it says 1-A. Problem No. 1, since it wouldn't
bo wise to hire a coach who's "expecting soon. : : -
A few offers of acceptance to applicants have been made, to be
sure, but what with that "draft status" question and the fact that
considerably unattractive figure can only be paid as salary,
the right man has yet to be found. i
Furthermore, with Smith attending a naval conference in New York
until September 20, no one is left here , with the authority to hire or
fire a coach. - -!
Lack of Time Required Action
So with time requiring action. Sparks asked V-12 Commanding
' Officer LA. George C Bliss If it were possible to use Trotter and
Carroll, received an "okeh, providing they do It on their own time
and it doesn't Interfere .with naval duties at the school. and
.then placed the entire proposition in the laps of the board's ath
letic committee again. Another "okeh" from the committee.
Up to date result? Sparks appointed football director, which in a
sense Is related closely to head football coach, and Trotter and Carroll
his No.'i 1 and 2 assistants until Dr. Smith returns. ,
After Dr. Smith does return, your guess in what will transpire
Is as good as ours. It Is possible the present setup of Sparks, Trot
- ter and Carroll will continue' to "hold office' throughout the sea
' son since signing an outsider as coach seems to be so difficult.
And as It will be September t9 when Dr. Smith does return. It
seems that will be much too late to be appointing an outsider
to come fat and take over the' very large task of herding an in- .
tereoUeglato football team. j
Could Stand Pat on Present Staff
Looking at it from that standpoint, the present setup would be by
- far the most logical. Who would be any more qualifitd to handle
football designed for the benefit of participants than spectators- better
than the already : acclimated phys. ed. teachers already j in charge
In Willamette's -particular case Sparks, Trotter and Carroll?
. They don't know football t Phooeyl: All three have already -:
had coaching experience and all three are well read ion the fats
, and outs of college football. In a sense, both Trotter and Carroll
are already coaches. They're responsible for the physical fitness,
teamwork, discipline and well being of the Y-12 trainees at the
school, exact requisites demanded by any eoach of a football team.
And if yea could see the beautiful physleal condition the chiefs
have whipped the. trainees Into already, you'd think they were
coaches, all right dang good ones. "
So it looks like the Sparks-Trotter-Carroll staff is made to order.
And after all, in these'days of manpower shortages you're supposed to
do a little doubling up now and then,, aren't you?
Padres 7, Oaks 3
. OAKLAND, Calif, Sept l-flP)-Jlm
, Brillheart outpitched j Jack
ZjOtz to produce a San Diego tri-
, umph over Oakland, 7 to 3, in a
Coast league baseball game to
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San Diego 1 131 II 0-7 11 1
. Oakland tZ9 til f S-3 la 4
Kids for B
looking : for such fundamental
. qualities as speed afoot. , onus -nal
- throwing ; arm : . strength, ;
mental and physical co-ordination
and power at i the plate.'
The. skill ; required j to . utilise
such abilities, the Dodgers hold,
may : be acquired, ! while the
abilities themselTes largely must
be part of a ball player's na
tive physical equipment.
- Scouts who '.will be on 'hand
to look for . potential major
leaguers In the try outs here will
Cubs 12, Reds 9
cmCTNNAH, Sepi 1-P)-The
Chicago Cubs Vnd Cincinnati Reds
had a sizzler today before the
Cubs rfinaUy' won, ;12-, on
three-run tenth-inning homer by
Phil Cavarretta, fteir. 22nd hit of
the day. fr;v-;,-H
Chicago L--230 121 SCO 3-?2 23 4
ClncInnaU 291 f 1 233 1- 14 2
t tr' - i
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Here for Advance Work
Include George Sisler, Wld Mat
thews. Tom ; Downey, . Harold
-j Roetger, Sex Bewen : and Mike
'Kelly. ; All ; a r e experienced
baseball men 'who have devot
ed years to finding future base
ball greatness is untried young
sters. Boys IS or older are Invited
to report at George E. Waters
park for trials. To receive try
- outs they need only to present ,
themselves at the field the
morning of Friday, September
oat for the varsity, are getting in their practice licks for an intra
mural season of their own. The gob on the right was heard to mat
ter, WelI. bom of 'em are very big but they look, pretty rugged to
me." (Statesman sports photo) ; .
Vo Casualties Amongst
Favorites in Net- Meet
: H By HUGH FULLERTON, JR.
- FOREST HILLS, NX, September MVThe first round of the
national singles 'championship was completed today with about
as many surprises as the first round usually brings exactly
none. Frankie Parker, Pancho Segura, Pauline Betz, and the rest
ex' Squares
Title Series
Slamming out 21 hits for
17
of
runs, the USS Lexington nine
the Willamette V-12 softball cir
cuits ' squared' their championship
series with the USS Augusta yes
terday, 17-3. The Augusta had
copped the first game of the best-two-of
-three series Monday, 4-3.
Slinger Ben Schaad was pound
ed hard by the Lex middies while
Garrell Deinef doled . only eight
scattered hits to the Augusta.
In a preliminary 4 u s s 1 o for
third place In the final stand
ings, the Oregon, made up of
school faculty players, tripped
the Brooklyn club, 5-4. CPO
Harry "Duke" Trotter was the
winning, hurler. The Oregon
was runner-up in the Pacific
league while the Brooklyn fin
ished second In the Atlantic
loop. J
The Lexington and Augusta
teams will play their final game
for the title Friday.
USS Lexington. 17 21 8
, USS Augusts' , : 3 S 4
'Jug' vs. Sam
For Golf Title
CHICAGO, Sept. l.-jp-Har-old
"Jug" McSpaden, winner of
the all American open, and Sam
Byrd, winner of the Chicago vio
tory national open, will engage in
36 holes of medal ' - competition
Oct 9 and 10 at the Tarn O'Shan
ter course to determine the 1043
openi golf champion of the United
States.
Little AlliAmerican Fellows Too
12 Trojan Grid
Blow by N
LOS ANGELES, September' l-45)-The navy fired a 12-gun
salvo on the University of Southern California football practice
field j today and when the smoke cleared -Coach Jeff Cravath
counted 12 casualties in ineligibilities.
Cravath was handed a slip of paper as he came on the practice
neia. xne navy was announcing,
formally and firmly,: that 12. can
didates for the Trojan grid team,
were not keeping up their studies
satisfactorily and therefore could
not report. It will be three weeks
before', they, can make up ; their
grades
: . Most Important defection, per
haps, was the loss of Jackie Fel
lows, great : halfback v on the
Fresno State college j team of
last year. Since Fellows will be
called to an active 'camp Oct.
It, his ineligibility now means
that he probably Is lost alto
gether to the Trojans. Tie was an
all-little America selection last
year and set a national scoring
7 Two other, losses are of grave
consequence to Cravath. Doug Mil
ler, Santa Monica Junior college
star quarterback and " passer, and
Jack Partee, Fresno. State's bril
liant fullback of 1942, were ruled
out by the navy's edict ' i .
- - The! others who - went ' down
before the eligibility scythe also
are members of the navy and -marine
training . program, but
probably would not have been
on the first squad. .. '' .
19, bringing - their baseball
shoes, gloves and uniforms, tim
fee - is charged; however, out-of-town
boys must finance their
trips to" , Salem and living ex
penses while here.
' Bowen,who is in charge of
promotion and advance work
for the Brooklyn camps, check
ed Into town yesterday and Im
mediately ? began laying the
foundation work for the upcom
ing school with Mrs. George. E.
Waters, owner of the park.
V
of the .seeded stars raced through
their opening matches.
Playing only-best - of - three
set matches in the early part of
the streamlined wartime tour
ney, which will be run off m
six days with fields reduced to
32 players in' each division, the
headliners quickly buckledLdown
to winning. Only sixth seeded
Sidney B. Woods. jr of New
York, went out of the tourney
and only two others had to go
the full throe set distance.
begura, wno nas won every
tournament he r entered in this
season's campaign, agajn was the
day's principal attraction. Play
ing on the stadium court before
most of the crowd of 1000, little
Pancho bounced around, gesticu
lated, snapped his fingers over oc
casional poor shots and made the
crowd love it as he walloped Dick
Bender, Princeton university cap-
tarn from Elizabeth, NJ, 8-3, 6-3.
125 Turn Out
At Klamath Hi
KLAMATH FALLS, Sept l-JPi
Klamath Falls high school, one
of the claimants of the state foot
ball championship last fall, today
foresaw big things again this
year. ' -
One hundred twenty five can
didates showed up at the first
grid drill, 17 of them lettermen.
Coach Frank , Ramsey said the
squad looked good.
Gridders for Grant
CAMP GRANT, 111., Sept 1-W)
Two newcomers joined the Camp
Grant football squad today. They
were Joe , Coomer, 6 foot,; 9 inch
tackle who saw service with the
Pittsburgh Steelers, and Bill Reed,
former Ripon college halfback.
Hopes Dealt
How: They I
STTAMffl) ....
COAST lit AO UK . -
W Z. Pet w X. Pet.
Los Ang 109 SS .ISZStn Dteg S3 7 .453
Son rran 84 S3 J613 Hollywd S3 77 .451
Seattle' 75 S3 JM3lOaklBd 89 It .431
Portland - 07 .71 asiSacramt 39 SO .283
Wednesday rcsultsT
A PorUand 3-1. Lot Angeles 0-0.
At Seattle 4, San Francisco 3. .
At San ZMeso T, Oakland a
At HoUywood t. Sacramento 4 (12
innings). '.
NATIOMAI. LXAGVK
. W I. Pet. Wt Prt.
St. lMxim S3 43 35'Chlcao SO 64 .4M
Cincinna SO 54 .Ml 'Barton M SS .454
Brooklyn 03 $$ JUA Philadel 54 70 .435
Pittsburg 07 S3 JIS New Yrk 44 7t J3&1
Wednesday results:
i At . Cincinnati 9. Chicaco 11.
At Pittsburgh S-. St. Louis S-8 (1st
Sm piayozz suspended ganaa)
, (Only games scheduled) -
AMEUCAN LEAGUE
. (Mo games scbeduled .Thursday -
val Iheligibili
averagoi
- The Dodger advance mas re
ported . that the Salem camp
would : be the 25th and ' final
school conducted by the Brook
lyn . ban club this summer. At
present a school is being con
. ducted in Long' Beach, Calif
and during the four-day. period
, preceding the local camp a tal
ent search will be held In Ever
ett, Wash. After the local school
Is finished, the troupe! will re
turn to New York. ' .-
Bevos Belted
Tvice by LA, . !
3-2 and 6-0
1 s
Gehrman, Baker Post
Wins Over ! Portland
PORTLAND, Ore., September 1
(JPy- The : Los Angeles . Angels
drubbed the ' Portland Beavers
twice today in the opening of a
coast league, doubleheader,' 3 to 2
and 6 to 0 ;
A iirst-inning Angel outburst
eave Pitcher Paul Gehrman the
advantage in the initial game- and
he clung to it although, yielding
nine hits. Oren Baker set the Bea
vers down with six hits . in the
seven-inning second game.
j: Bill Schuster and Roy Hughes
opened the first contest with
singles off Jack' Wilson, who
rave p 11 hits. A .sacrifice, a ;
double . steal . and - an outfield
fly , brought , both home.'.; The
third ': run scored In the . sixth
on singles by Andy Pafko, Char
ley English and Garriott
Portland's runs came in the
sixth on singles by Larry Barton
and - Marvin Owen, followed by a
long fly, and in the eighth on "Ow
en's double and an infield -error.
L. AJ ZOO 001 000 3 11 1
Portland 000 001 002 10
Gehrman and Holm; Wilson
and Adams. ' '
L. AJ ; 103 100 1 14 1
Portland ...000 000 00 9 t
Baker and Sarnl; Shone . (5).
. and Shea, Adams (5).
RedbirdsTake
Two From Bucs
PITTSBURGH, September 1()
The St "Louis Cardinals played 11
innings-today and gained two vic
tories over the Pittsburgh Pirates,
6-5 and 8-6-vf '''';!.;-'.
The T first triumph came : with
the completion of two final in
nings of a game suspended on July
18 when Pennsylvania's Sunday
curfew stopped the second half of
a double header at the end of sev
en innings.
The two frames played today
were scoreless and the contest
went Into the books just as it
might have been when lt was
interrupted, with Rip Sewell
getting charged with his seventh
defeat against It wins and
George Munger being credited
with his seventh victory. '
Both, had entered the game Ju
ly 18 in relief and Sewell returned
to the mound today, but Manager
Billy Southworth chose to have
his ace,' Mort Cooper, finish to
day's two innings and also to
start the regularly scheduled con
test which, followed. -
As it. turned out, even though
the Redbirds won twice and Coo
per worked in both games, he re
ceived credit for neither. :
. St Louis ... 000 100 121 S 13 t
Pitts. :'JJL 030 000 003 13 1
' M.; Cooper, Dickson 3) and
W. Cooper; Gee, Oornickl (S),
and Bakeb -
- (Final on suspended game)
St Louis 011 102 180 14 0
Pitts. 01t 012 0005 10 1
M. Cooper and W. ' Cooper;
Sewell and Lopes. '
Legion Finale i
Weathered Out
MILES CITY, Mont, Sept. 1-(P)-Weather
Interrupted the
scheduled championship game in
the . American Legion junior
world's series tonight, after the
finalists, Minneapolis and Spring'
field, Ohio, had reached the third
inning with one run apiece. "
Thev Will meet aeain tomorrow.
at a tinje not yet decided, for
junior, baseball's top pennant. Red
Mellom of Minneapolis and Harry
Amato of Springfield' each allow
ed two hits up to quitting time;
LtJ. Sewell Now .
Athletic Boss
BOISE, ldW Sept.. J-WVLL
WUUam "Billy" Sewell, 27, of Ta
coma, Wash, today .was- named
athletics , director at nearby Gow-
en field. f ': ;
Sewell, former Washington
State ace passer, was named to
the Associated . Press all-coast
football team in 1941. l.
SPOTIT
COATS
Y and
SLACKS
S fi N
Clothiers
451 ftate
Third 'Chief
OnVUStaff--
t McGuire to Assist "
With Football, Too
" A few days ago Willamette uni
versity had a football team but
no coaches. Now it's gone to the
opposite extreme.' . ... '-' . ' :- '
j Yesterday It was announced
Acting Director of Physical Ed
ucation Les Sparks would serve
In the temporary capacity of
football "director.'' and would
. have Chief Petty Officers Har
ry Trotter and Lewis Carroll as
his assistants since both volun
teered their services. ,
Today the Bearcats have a
fourth "coach." He's Chief Petty
Officer Bob McGuire, who along
with Trotter and Carroll Is as
signed to the V-12 program at the
university. 1 . ' - ,'
McGuire is a graduate of ;
Santa Clara university where
he : played quarterback for the
Breacs aadtr Maurice CUp-
per" Smith and Buck Shaw dur
ing the 1834-17 seasons. He volr
i unteito';servlees:;'alsob'-A.:;;-.
.The chiefs .'have been granted
Bete Hit Three
Sueme's Blow.
Beats Seals
SEATTLE, Sept l-(fl1-Catcher
Hal Sueme's double -down the
left field foul line in 'the ninth
inning drove in ' the deciding run
tonight to i give Seattle a 4 to 3
baseball .victory over San Fran
cisco, i . . . " . ....
One home run figured in the
scoring of each team. Lloyd Chris
topher drove one over the fence
with no one on , in the third.
Henry Steinbacker of San Fran
cisco tied j the score at 3-3 with
his four-bagger in the sixth. . It
scored Charley Petersen, who had
singled for the third straight time,
ahead of him. -1 , "
San Francisco 100"002 0003 S
Seattle 020 010 001 4 f Z
: Joyce and Sprlns; TInenp and
Sue me.
BIG SIX
In Baseball
By the Associated Pre
. Batting (tare leaders and tfes in
cadi leafna)
ruyer and cms o as b H Pet.
Musial. Cardinals ISO 814 SB ISO .350
Appling. White Sox 134 409 40 158 J37
Herman. Dodgers 134 474
60 ISO 434
75 1M J32S
Wakefield. Tigers
133 511
Elliott. Pirates
Vaugnan, Dodgers
Witek.. Giants
133 497 C7 150 J14
130 490 100 154 .314
.120 478 4S 150 J14
Curtright. WhiteSx 107 360
SO 109 .298
. Bans hatted to:
Asaertcan Leagne Natlanal Leagns
York. Tigers 98 Nicholson. Cub 103
Etten. Yankees 90 Herman. Oodg 83
Johnson. Yanks SljEUiott. Plrataa 81
Home ms:
American Leagne National Leagne
York. Tigers 30 Nicholson, Cubs 21
Keller Yankees 24 iOtt. . CianU 17
Heath. Indians lSjDiMaggio, Pirt IS
Stephens. Brwn IS) - r
Bears Pass in
n ,
BERKELEY, . Califs Sept -4JP)
Coadh Leonard "Stub" Allison of
California; put his 1843 football
candidates through a passing and
receiving session today in the first
practice of the season. . ,
While 96 prospects have signed
the practice list,' only 66 took
gridiron togs from the storeroom
today. The remainder are expect
ed to appear later, most of than
being marines and navy students
who must; obtain their command
ers' permission for practice.
46 Aspirants
For Madigan
IOWA CITY, la. Sept L-JP)
-With 46 men In football togs,
Coach Slip lyfadigan opened prac
tice today by giving the Univer
sity of Iowa squad its first ; look
at 1 the : Notre Dame system he
plans to usei The Hawkeyes, al
most wholly a freshman aggre
gation, open the season Septem
ber 25 against Great Lakes na
val training station. - f. t
YounkersT Homer Wins
: HOLLYWOOD, Sept
Roy Younkers home run with one
aboard and one out in the twelfth
today enabled Hollywood to make
ft two straight over Sacramento,
6 to 4:-;:v-v-;:-cs-
I ' Try in of ' CUtnese tosMoiM
Asaaztas SUCCESS for SOM
years to CHINA. No aaatte mtt
what aUneat in are AFFLICT
EO disorders, slousWs. oearC
loaf. Uer. kidneys, stentaea,
ras. eoasupauom, ; nicers, eoa-
Setkv terete skis, female
Chinese Cerb Co.
Office ' Beora Only
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123 M. CsraX Ct Calem, Cra.
com
Tillie Goes
Spectators crouch as B&l Dicker New York Yankee catcher, stretches
over the rail of the stands at Yankee stadium to go after a foul off
tfce bmt ml Jios Tabor, Btow third b rmmm. W1I1U mined and U'
was merely '"strike, one. j- . .
permission to assist' Sparks by
Station Commander Lt George C.
Bliss providing such r assistance
Gallop Copped
By Sun Again
CHICAGO, Sept 1.-P)-Calu-met
Farm's Sun Again, - coming
from well behind the pace, ran
to a sizzling victory in the $5,000
added Drexel handicap at Wash
ington park today. The winner'i
time for the mUe was 1:36 45. -r
San: Again scored by half a
length over V a 1 d I n a Farm's
Ronnders. with L. B Mayers
Thnmbs Up another half length
back In third. The Drexel was
a prep, for Monday's 350,000
Washington park, handicap, bat
Son j Again ts not eligible for
that race.
The winner's prices were $12.-
40, $5.80 and $3.80. Rounders paid
$5.60 and $3.20 and Thumbs. Up
paid $2.60. Sun Again earned
$4,225.
Pirates Hire
Three Players
PITTSBURGH, Sept LP)
The Pirates have purchased Jim
Hopper, 'one of the minor leagues'
brighter jitching prospects, anoth-
TPX -CHEER UP YOUR J
7 HOME FOR THE LL.
wid cheer up your family, tool 1 i -. ;
i During the winter everyone spenaS more
,! tfm indoors. Make theso indoor months
, more pleasant with fresh, new color on walls
and woodwork.
IT VOIl'T COST MUCH
. . . to do ovor that room that
has lost .its style. Cover up
the drabness with the spar
kling colors of . -
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t 1 i 1 i i t
PAINTS, VARNISHES LACQUERS
TkoM ore tfco ootiit pred'ocH ifcat oi olort prefer b-
essso they ore osty to sppty kord woriog Jpeafble.
. . .- nw invj ere
323-315 Center St.
palza.
After A Foul
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twill In no way interfere with na-
I val duties at the school. They'll
help during their free time only.;
Bevo Once More
ROT IIELSER. former Salem Sen--ator
who had three tries at
pitching in the Coast league. Is
back again for, a fourth - whirl
with Portland. Ilelser signed
yesterday after a highly suc
cessful season In the Portland
1 HTa InilmirlM iMru '
tr nitfhr. TJk-k Strlncevich. and
Infielder Lee Handley from Tor
onto of the International league.
..The players were acquired for
undisclosed cash.
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