The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980, October 20, 1943, Image 10

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Newspaper Page Text'Ghost Gallops Teaching f Th' Kids How By CHARLES CHAMBERLAIN CHICAGO They Jabbed pen cil? under his nose and shouted for f autographs they, tugged ; his trouser legs, climbed up his back, got in his hair, i "- . "This Is great," said the big guy who 'was the center of attention. "Never got into anything like ; it before--worse than trying to car ry the ball without interference. The big guy was Harold "Red" Grange. He was being smothered by an army of small fry kids, 250 of 'em from 8 to 10 years old. Eighteen years out of Illinois, six years an alumnus of the Chi cago B e a r s - the ' "Galloping Ghost" had returned to football as one of the "instructors of 'the Chicago Sports " association, tour ing the city's schools and teaching kids how to pass, run, block and tackle.: It's part of the program it takes in all sports to make' the city's youths ; physically fit and well-equipped for athletics. Now an insurance salesman. Grange Is one of several other sports figures helping out. Clad in a sweat . shirt and faded green trousers, Grange pied-pipered the kids around the field, tripping ov er the worshipful following and loving it. : J . , Finally he got them to withdraw Now Shows i th Kids How r" T I; -x "7; V ' 1 ; " RED GRANGE, the famous gridiron "Galloping Ghost teaches kiddies football now in Chicago. (See story at left.) ; . Stagg Says Secret Defense Beat Navyators; 60,000 to See USC-Tiger (Go STOCKTON Calif, Oct. It (-Veteran Coach Ames Alon so Stagg disclosed today his Col-. lege of the Paclfle team had em ployed a highly, unorthodox football defense as part of the tactics that defeated the power- ful Del Monte Nary Pre-Fllght eleven here last Saturday. , The 1C-7 Pacific win was an . upset i of the -first water - and Stagg admitted he had never be fore used such a defense In hit S4-year coaching career. It fea- tared a five-man . line and six men deployed In unusual fash Ion In the secondary. The boys were a bit skeptical when I first explained It to them bat luckily everything worked eat all right for us," he said. Stagg started rehearsing bis players In defense against the T-formatlon expected to be used by Southern California In the big game In Los Angeles this Satur day. Trojan formations were eat lined yesterday by Stan's at slstant, Larry Slemerlng, who . scouted CSC last weekend la San FXaaelftce. ' " ; The Pacific players came through. , last week's contest without serious injuries and the same line-up will start against Southern California. LOS ANGELES, Oct. The war cry of tht eld football matter, Amos Alonso Stagg, will be the magnet for the west coast's biggest crowd here Sat urday as his undefeated College of the Pscif is team collides with tht University of Southern Cali fornia's untcered-on Trojans. Sixty thousand or more may watch - these two great elevens settle the collegiate grid supre macy of the far west. Inasmuch as the Pacific Coast conference has been split asunder by the war, the winner " could be the Rose, Bowl game's western rep resentative, January 1. T Fortunately for Stagg , and Coach Jeff Cravath of SC, they will have Just about full strength for the combat. Indica tions are that about ft per cent of the marine trainees origin ally scheduled to be taken from both squads October It, will be called to officer camps October 11. .: , - - Bill Gray, formerly of Oregon Stat. Is visiting his family In Portland. Cravath, who was quite a center at USC several years back, says Gray Is the best defensive snapper-back he has ever seen. Coach Spike Nel son of St Mary's Navy Pre Fllght, formerly of Tale, also tabbed Gray as a standout but Southern California has Joe Wolf, an expert pass defender, to take Gray's place, and pass defense Is highly Important when yon are playing against Stagg. 11 t to the' sidelines. He ran, punted and passed until it was almost too dark to see and until the shrill yells from . the background were noticeably hoarse. Then one little kid waddled out on the field and stood before him. He reached out a dirty hand and touched Red's arm. , . . "Just wanta feel ya," mumbled the tyke and scampered back to the crowd. Grange wiped a sleeve over his eyes. Sweat must "have gotten in to them. Or it could have been tears. ; : 1 - y " "Young America,' he smiled as he walked away. v Mystery solved by Joe Ly tie, .our Scio correspondent No, our Bill Morgan is not THE Bill . Morgan of Oregon and marine corps fame. Scio high's coaching job is a war casualty and, in lieu of a regular coach, the said Bill Morgan, a high school senior is as sistant student cdach as well as a member of the team." . . . "How come Oregon was penalized that add nine yards Saturday against Willamette particularly so since penalties are always gen erally five or 15 yards?" we've been asked. Here's how come: No collegiate team can be pen alized nearer its own goal line than the one-yard stripe pro viding the foul doesn't occur on the one-yard line.- In the Oregon case, the ball was on the five when the" Armyducks were called for offside. Result, a four-yard penalty to the one instead of tlje usual five-yard jaunt. Tough one this particular four-yarder, for the Navycats had used up their four downs f JOE GORDON and had Oregon escaped that penalty the Armyducks would have taken over the ball on their own five. As it was Little Del Davis bucked over for six points on the gifter . Should a collegiate team be penalized within its own one-yard line, the penalty snail te no more than half the distance to the goal. "Collegiate is designated because high school football rules are somewhat different No high school team shall be penalized at any time more than half the distance to Its own goal no matter where the foul oc curs So in either case a penalty may result in a toll of only half a yard or even a foot We'll admit it does look rather odd to see where a team was penalized nine yards, but hope we've .explained it ac ceptably. y-: y, Strictly Militarized, Those Armyducks In cheeking over notes en the Saturday game we find one thing completely overlooked, which if nothinr else at least tends to bear : t Just now how militarized football teams can be these days. . This In reference to the Armyducks when thev came mU th fold. Usually the players gallop on single file while the crowd roars, but iw so me .uucjcs. Jbea by the army band playing a stirring military tune, the Ducks marched on but formally four abreast and in step to a man. Big 268-pound tackle Captain George Patterson was squad leader off to one side and barked the. "squad rights", etc. Reaching the center of the field, they "right dressed" at arms length, whipped off helmets in unison at a command from Patterson and then went into warmup calisthenics. , Quite an impressive ceremony. The school's trainees, between " Set and 160t of 'em, also came on In squads before breaking ranks and hustling to the seats, and reminded of how the West Pointers do It before an Army game. An example of what transporting a football team can be like in war lime was also in evidence Saturday as the Navycats traversed the SO miles via tram, bus, private auto and hitch-hike. Two players and a manager hitch-hiked and Jack Sias. who started at right end, bounced around under the turtle-back of a coupe all the way. Grounders, Pickups, etc.: 1 x'ff "They'U 00 " Every Time: Loud and long the KirUand Field f Albuquerque, NM.) football citizens heralded the coming of Jarrrn John" Kimbrough, former ail-American at Texas A & M. and what he'd do when he donned the KirUand moleskins. Jarrin5 John played his first game Saturday, fumbled four times, made very JitUe yardage and bowed with his mates 20-0 to little Colorado col lege . . . Eugene Reg ister-Guarder Dick Strlte reports Joe Gordon home again after the series and that "Flash" looks upon the KurowsU LtadeU crackup in the eighth inning of the third game a. the turning point In the series. IindeU'i "football" slide opened the gate for five Jt "fi0 Top thro,1h' u Wll recall . . . It was a play at third base in last year's series which was looked upon as a turning point also remember. Swift. Tuck Stainback was running for Dick ey a base hit to right-Stainback tried to make it to third a bulls eye throw by Enos Slaughter-the Yanks were choked off right there and the Cards went on to win the series . . . No more Coast learue twIrUng for "Phdn Pete" Jonas tin the wart over. Peter ha, ben duraUenised and la now In training at Farragut naval station. Idaho. r l?d n0opm a "d A"J ball Prospect turned chief petty officer is also at Farragut in charge of tralXg . battalion of rookies ... - . . -, . Joe Threatens To Quit Ball Plans Conditioning Program, However EUGENE, Oct lMflJoe Gor don, second baseman of the New York Yankees today said he may quit baseball next year, but few took him seriously. ' For Joe, who made similar statements last year, also said he planned to play basketball and handball this winter in Eugene to aeep in condition. i ; Obviously tired and discour aged from a long and not too suc cessful year, Gordon left on trip to central and eastern gon, where he intended to deer, bear, ducks, geese pheasants. : 1 a Ore-hunt : and A "Private" Affair GoldenjBears Lose 5 Stars BERKELEY, Calif, Oct 19-(JP) university of California's hopes for a winning finish of the football season were knocked flat as a pancake today when two backfield men and three Standout linemen received orders to report soon for active miHterv Hnfv , ; vlf The recipients were Bill Joslyn, first-string 'fullback 'currently on the Injured list; Ed Welch, half back; Fred Boensch and Jim Cox, No. 1 tackles and Vernon Crosby, right guard.- I All but Welch ' were transfers from Stanford. Jefferson Sextet ? Loses to Tangent - JEFFERSON -The"; Jefferson high! six-man football team was defeated' Friday, by Tiingent at Tangent by ;a score of 20 to e. Bub Foster was referee. The Tan gent. Trojans will play a return ame with Jefferson here Novem ber 8. Jefferson's lineup for the game Included: Weddle, .end; Cole, center; . Hayes, end; : Bruce, righ half;JCnIght, fullback; Fish, quar ter.: j, rrxy z:--p: : s. itj- r-i : 5f i 1 Other boys out for mfi. in clude Thomas Pilcher, Ronald Al len, Vernon Harris, Haivey Mar tin, Alvin Ebbnett. oGrdon Smith. Wayne Wallace, Dal t- Hopper, Dean" Abney, Robert Laitrie, Clar ial Hayes, Eugene Pilcher. Cliff Wallace, Jim Monroe and Wayne Page; :y"'ftyi fc&rtt: Irish-'Lakes Game Shifted i GREAT LAKES, EL, Oct 19- (JP)The Notre Dame-Great Lakes football game, originally sched uled for Comiskey Park, Chicago, Nov. 25, today was shifted to Great Lakes and will be played Nov. 27 in Ross field.' y : The field has a capacity for 22,000 bluejackets. There will be no ticket sale and the general public will not be admitted. Bowlings Scores-i All Monday night Commercial kegling engagements at Perfec tion wound up in 2-1 victories as Hartman's, , Goldie's, - Halvorson Construction and Woodburn tripped Paulus. Taggers, Chuck's Tavern, Nicholson Insurance and Senator Barber Shop, respective ly, by that margin. B. Mills of Chuck's Tavern rolled high series, 571, and Ash- by of the same quint tossed high individual . game,, 237. PAULUS TAGGEKS (l 1 Garbarino .. , , ... 144 ; 177 138 439 EOwards 14 1C3 160 471 v. Carbarino 17 .'170 lSJ-i 499 HU1 : 171 173 179 523 wsaies : 1SS : 191 Trojah-Pacif ic Weekend Clash Nation's No. t Ramblers Reign as'. Country's Best 11 ; NEW YORK, Oct 19-(P)-Fol lowing the same : mathematical formula that ranks Notre Dame as the No. 1 football team for the thircl consecutive week, Saturday's clash between Southern California and the College of the Pacific must be listed as the outstanding grid game this weekend. It Is the only scheduled meet ing between two teams that are ranked In the' first ten In the season's third weekly poH con ducted by the Associated Press. CoUege of the Pacific, coached by Amos Alonso Stagg, manned by navy and marine trainees and paced by Johnny "Presto" Podesto, former St. Mary's star, moved up to sixth place this -week after whipping the highly regarded Del Monte , Pre-fllght school team. Southern California Is listed seventh. -. While 98 ot the 114 experts cast their first place votes for Notre Dame, which wasn't lower .than third on any ballot and polled a total of 1075 points, the College of the Pacific drew four first place votes and 438 points and Southern California drew - two firsts and 326 points. - ,; - Here's how the leading teams were ranked on the basis of ten points for a first place vote, nine for second, etc. (First place votes in parentheses): ; v Notre Dame (98) 1975. Army (5) 928. Navy (9) (43. Purdue (19) 913. ; .' " t Pennsylvania (4) 438. CoUege of Pacific (4) 438. Southern California (2) 328. Iowa Pre-fiight ) 301. Duke (9) . 2914. ; - . Michigan (9) 289. - The second "ten" Is composed of Minnesota, 1814: Southwest ern of Texas, 71; Texas A ft M, : 41; Northwestern, 34: Colorado college, 18; Memphis Naval Technicians, 12; and Camp Grant, HL, 8. Kirby Higbe Banned Totals -77 SS3 HAKTMA2TS Handicap ' K. BarT I Albrich Hartman Welch H. Barr Totals 74 J57 J5 ass .188 J75 160 142 131 160 157 SIS SOI 24(7 i 74 321 134 4S1 149 450 137 393 140. 488 188 S20 -S78 . 829 8231324 CHUCK'S TAVERN lS B. Mills . 17S 194 Ashby . 159 129 Schmidt 164 129 Hiesins 180 211 S. Mills 156 Zll 189 871 257 545 155 448 171 862 158 &2S Totals -838 874 9302651 GOLD IKS f2) Handicap . ueGuir Hart -Tom , Cady Benstoa - m . 44 -220 -145 .148 .135 .153 44 159 210 183 154 445 142 : 149 528 185 540 180 511 173 462 137 435 -845 893 8782618 NICHOLSON'S IKS. fit Handicap 1 . is P. Valdex .187 137 cole ht its W. Valdez "1 ; 150 Melvili iM 14 Henderson 133 163 13 39 123 447 152 464 141 418 173 476 149 447 Totals -778 734 7312431 HALVOnsOW ?iwarrrr rA s Z 151 171 , 171 493 Curtis -153 137 ' 144 434 Reminrton 15s in in iu Hendri 134 1M 12S 412 wneauey 145 142 Totals -735 782 149 434 762 225S wooDBCiN rn Handicap - - ' 84 Perd i Austin - Snwrey WadsworUi Steele -. -100 .193 54 169 174 139 173 Totals -151 '160. -824 899 162 138 471 138 470 183 422 - 127493 187 4S8 823-2316 SENATOR BAKBITK tun it ' - Hauser-. -143 147 I89-J470 WeltT " S Mm ' in. Gust&o i J03 13 132 471 McCuiM 141 ' 162 13ft 49 Danlberg .151 163 1S 802 Totals Sports Rules Used by Army By WHITNEY MARTIN NEW YORK, Oct. 19-(ff)-We didn't know the army had athle tic eligibility rules until Kirby Higbe was banned as a ringer in championship baseball game at Fort Jackson. It always our understanding that if a soldier wasn't in the po key or on KP or some other spe cial detail he could do what the other soldiers did, from playing baseball to shooting "craps. The reception center - team had planned to get Higbe in the lineup for Its big game with the 199th infantry, team, although he was still on his induction furlough and had never . so . much as seen the reception cen ter team, let alone played en It There was a natural squawk from the Infantrymen, with , the result that Higbe just watched the game, possibly wondering why on earth he had cut short his fur lough, which stni had a couple of weeks to run. ' w ; This little - eligibility gremlin which bobbed up at Fort Jackson only serves to emphasize the change in, or rather, the disap pearance of, eligibility rules in practically all fields of sports. Only a couple of years ago a youngster couldn't play on a big college football team until his history -had been traced back to the cradle. They had resi dence rules, and transfer rules, and classroom attendance rules, 'and woe to anyone who at any , thne had received as much as a dime for using his athletle ssJH, even If it was to win a ple-eat- ' ing contest. Now what happens? A' high school graduate can matriculate at a big school and immediately 4 -(Continued on Page 11) win f f V v I''fA' f "rv) l;u CMON POPS 1 - i i : 'it v "VLVS 1 fcb& MIKE SVENDSEN, 7, gives his father. Bud Svendsen, center of the Brooklyn Dodgers grid team, a uttle help in practice on the dummy machine. Bruiser Kinard works at the right. Ducks to Face Potent Eleven I --- - . ' - - J " .-4..-"- -" X EUGENE, Ore., Oct. 19-(P)-The 104th Cavalry eleven of Marsh- field which meets the University Of Oregon Army Ducks here Sat urday is a veteran outfit with two years' experience in the eastl . The lineup includes several ex college stars. But the Ducks are expected "to present a much mi' proved team over the one which bowed to the Willamette Navy- cats, 25-6, last week. Bob Pinnick, ormer Northwestern university freshman fullback, was the only casualty. He sprained an ankle. Booker TKO Winner Over Van McNutt SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 19) Sharp punching by Eddie Booker, Baltimore, opened a deep cut over Van McNutf s left eye and gave the San Francisco middleweight technical knockout in the fifth round of tonight's scheduled ten- round main event at the Coliseum bowL-? W ' - -"r f Booker weighed 164, McNutt 60. ' Birds Ajdenty In East State PORTLAND, Oct JMJPHEast- ern Oregon is enjoying its best duck and" pheasant hunting in years, Stanley Jewett of the fed eral fish and wildlife service said today." ? " ' The weather Is mild, and food plentiful," consequently the birds are not leayingXor the lower" yai ley s ; of " western 'I Oregon,; . Jewett said. ' ' . ' 'i . Gasoline rationing has cut down the number of hunters and limit bags are common, he said. Jug McSpaden Gets Army Call PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 19-UPl Harold "Jug" McSpaden, unoffi cial US golfxhampion of 1943, re ports to his Winchester, Mass draft board for his army physical examination November 2, it was disclosed tonight. . - The Philadelphia Country club pro won the Tarn O'Shanter ail American tournament this sum mer, and defeated Samms Byrd In a special match for the unofficial US championship this month. : Present Arms Meadows 1st SAN MATEO, Calif, OcL19-(JP) Present " Arms traveled one mile in 1:40.40 on a damp track to take the $1200i Ruth Mitchell pu rs e feature at Bay Meadows today. : Aboard .the winner,' Owned by Mrs. C. Gregory, of New Orleans, was Demise DuBois, also from the Louisiana big. city.' Second to Present Arms was Get Off, with Riverlaff third. Prices were 4.10, 30 'and 2.60; 4.20 and 3.10, and 3.40. y'',--:-yy- ::.y-:r The California Jockey club which operates Bay Meadows was granted nine extra days of rac ing this season by the California horse racing board at the board's meeting today. Mauriello Posts Win NEW HAVEN, Conn, Oct 19 (Ay-Fast - stepping, hard - hitting Tami Mauriello, New York heavy, won an easy decision over Mike Afano of Bridgeport in ten rounds. Mauriello weighed ' 1&4, Alfano 208. Scliisslermen Injured for Battle Husky RIVERSIDE, Calif:, Oct 19-UP) Coach Paul Schissler of the fourth army air force eleven said today four of his regulars were doubtful starters in next Saturday's game in Seattle against the University of Washington. , ' That close scare we had In rtiM f-. ,w - 4- s a lot of good." MaJ. Schis sler said. "Sit Jimmy Nelson, tailback; Corp. Don Avery, tack ier Pvt. 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