viking
Quint, '42-28;
' I-A Dept.: The Hake" end of Uncle Sammy's, "you give I
take" game is poised to cut another gap in the village's athletic le
gion, . the following ' sports citizens either brushing or getting
ready to brush up odds and ends
hearsals prior to the "you're
In, brother.' 'andsome 'erman
Schwartzkopf, first lieutenant
in the Viking athletic plant, Bee
and Cee team football and bas
ketball skipper and City league"
eager pops to on the' 15th of
this , month. Tommy Drynan,
coach, instructor, official, play
er, father and just a notch from
JL-A (he's 2-A), is situated so
that when, the school semester's
over in May, j he's practically on
his way -hey! Another is Bob
Keuscher, athletics ':. generalis
simo at Leslie, , who ' expects
"it" on or about the same time
as the Vik athletic boss. And
up at Woodburn it's said "Jiggs"
to finish coaching the basketball season, but doesn't see how he
possibly can what with Sammy's breath so warm on his neck.
BUI Magness,! shop instructor at the Villa and bean-pole basket-
bailer in the City league expects to keep one or all company in the
lineup for the latest in new suits, shoes, shirts, etc; Bill Reinhart, Sa
lem's fullback i of last fall has already been informed of his accep
tance, and we hear he doesn't even get to. finish school. Salem Golf
club's Harv Wahlgren is already
the boys Sunday "it won't be long." Plus to an these an expectant
character answering to Al Lightner. Re this last one, Sammy cer
tainly isnt particular any more
war
Pelicans Hit With "lA-itis
i ' Speaking of what's brewing in the j 1-A .department, the
I Vikings came back from Klamath Falls with' tales of a very
unhappy Coach Frank Ramsey, despite the fact that his su
per Pelicans have lost only to Rosebnrx and Salem In bas
ketball this season. Seems Wilbur. Welch, Frank's blond
" headed point-pitching; whix and Jim Conroy, his rangy and
rugged center are already; in the navy and on 21-day leaves;
so come tourney time, if Welch and Conroy can stick around
long enough to at least help the Pells get here, Frank moans 1
. he wen't have a thing." ,
Frank hadn't better kick too much, for at the rate things are
"going" nowadays mebbe he won't, be here either.
Cigar (ten-center, too) from Chief Lew Carroll, Wil
lamette V-12 division and Frosh hoop coach Mrs.: Carroll
presented! him with seven ponnds, 1) ounces of future WAVE
Saturday.! And although Chief Bob MeGuire was last week
called to California In a rush to see what his wife had for him, ;
nothing- has been heard from the former Santa Clara quarter
back. Possibly she Jnighfve had triplets, floored "Mac", and
'now heVin the hospital, j; r '? tf! "" -'-
A cheer foriTrisco Edwards he not only donated his services
to referee along with Packy McFarland during the Chemawa-Sweet
Home polio benefit punching party last week, but shelled out a
buck-fifty at the boxoffice far Mrs. Edwards and himself on the
way in. And they say umpires; are
Grosjacques Back at Mt.
Final -state hoop tourney
cementing this weekend al Portland when the Oregon High
JScheels Activities i accosiation .board of control and Salem
high's Principal Fred Wolf and tourney's "all-around man"
. Les Sparks gel together. Distrist bracketing; for actual tour
Bey play drawing- for the; who-plays-who first, how many
players each team will be allowed to carry, selection of of
ficials, new much mi cost' to sit in en the classic, housing,
feeding-rall are tabbed for; topmost roles during the confab.
- Add one more capable team to district four derbyists, this Coach
Paul Retting MtL Angel Preps. The magic ML Angel basketball name
"Grosjacques" (pronounced Gro-shock-ess with accent on "shock",
they say) kv the person of younger Frank has been added to Reil
lngs quint with' the new semester,! and after he with the tongue
twisting handle-becomes a bit for acclimated to his 'mates the Preps
will have a; fair j ta nuddlin outfit.: N f 1 V ; ; ;
Tourney, fans will remember Leo Grosjacques- in the meet two
years ago, who, along .with brother Frank gave the Preps a two-man
combination which wo potent enough to bring: tho ML Angels sev
enth place iii the 16-team scrap. Leo graduated and went to Oregon and
then into the armed forces. Frank ; dropped out of school but re-
- That'll snake five strong teams la district four now
CorvaUJo in the southern half and Salem, Dallas, Woodburn t
and -Mt, Angel in the north. "Net te mention "Pop" DeLar's
Sllvertens, who, if finding "hot" streak, could make it tough
" for alt! ' - '
Paced by Bob Ashby's se
ries, highest bowled in any Per
fection league thia season, the
Hamms quint swept three from
Woodburn in I their Commercial
league clash Monday night while
t-1 victories were being posted by
Senator Barber Shop, Nicholson
Insurance and Halvorson : Con
struction company over Goldie's,
Paulus Bros, and lHartman Bros,
respectively:;,:;-"!' "i ; '
Ashby totalled- his tall series
with games f 193, 25$ and 235,
tho 25S iob also capturing -high
single individual lmors. ,
Handicap . -
Smith 1M 1 18SS03
AustCl I4S 149 145-440
Khnr - 155 1 lOO
Wadsworth.
Zl3X 1S 115 41S
nr CHAN ... LAM
Dr..TXa J.D. Dr.O.ChaN.I.
- CISr;ES2 Cerbalists - ,
211 Kerth Liberty
upsuiira rwuira umi " , i
Co Offico open - Sturay onty
IS am 40 1 pjJUi S to 1 pj Con j
suttaUon Mood pressure nd urine
tests sr free of chars tacuced
tince 1-17 .
n-..n
; -Belted by Piqneei;
League
before reporting for dress re
HERM SCHWARTZKOPF
Burnett hopes only to be able
"GI" and Steve Kraus was telling
we thought he wanted to win the
99
heartless! so-and-sos.
Angel
plans up
for discussion and
Steele
-IS 224 14-64
Totals
.729 S31 TTI S35S
HAMM-t (I)
BV MiUs
Ashby
Schmidt
-114 15S 14S 4S4
- 251. 23S U
.133 " MM , 16S 441
141 . Ill 120443
.JWS 13S 1S4 60S
Talbot
S. MUlS
Totals '
7S7 691 S21 3309
SENATOK BAKBEK S (2)
Uauser .-.133 16S 173472
WCltT r 17 180 .. 174 SU
GustaJbon
HcCum
Uaiiiocrg
i Touis . .
14S 133 147444
-193 1S4 192 4SS
JU '. 171 : ISO 4S
.743 S3 ; S3i 2413
GOLD ICS U
Handicao , ,
Detiuir
Hart
Towo '
Herr
Benaton ,
in. 17 -17 SI
-127 SOS 16S 4SS
.137 133 ISO 390
-134 181 v 123421
-135 159 17S 470
-172 169 133 474
Totals
.713 ' SSX 7ZS 3302
NICHOLSON'S WSCBANCK (2) r
Handicap . , , , 41 41 -41123
CirceUI 173 1S1 15S 513
P. Valdex ana '.ana 160974
MlvUi , 141 14S ; 159445
Manning 141 171 - 139451
W. V aloes , - . 1M 143 141 4S
Totals
..S87 S8f 793 2371
PAUtXS BSOS. CI) -
HiU . 123 , 141 221490
E. Garbartno let ..... is JW-A2S
V. Gaxbartno 160 : 105 175440
Dullus 179 168 159504
Scales 187 171 137543
, Totals
' ; 773 . 911 2505
HALVOKSONTI CON. CO. 2 -
Wheatley 179 - 1SS 154-491
Bolton 1 15 lS-443
Merrfctt 1 " 121 ISS-KiS
1 y i Hiijwii"i "ii ""'jpij
' '- 1
: 'v : '
;
. : y $- i ;
.. . ' '
i- : ,
i V".
t -ii ir
- Tied
Salem Suffers
5th Straight
Hoop Setback
Northerners Sizzle
fb Win Easily
Hi.
St
OREGON CITY, Feb. fc-(Spe-dal)plf
it isn't good and it's gotta
happen, ItH happen to; Salem
high . hoop-suiters. : That's1 a cer
tainly. - II
The Vikings, out after a cllnch
er win of the No-Name league
"norfhem division" . chase here
last pght. ran Into a sizzling hot
Oregpn City Pioneer fivfj which
was In a basket-hitting f mood,
droped a lopsided 42-28 decision
and rame home still deeper In
theirf oss rut at five straight and
looked wearily toward the up
coming Astoria series Friday and
Saturday nights in Salem. I - '
These just wasn't any stopping
the Pjoneers last night, although
Salem managed to make a trace of
rit inlboth the first and fourth pe-
nod; The battle started out
fiercely with the lead changing
sides seven times in the first quar
ter, pC leading at the rejst, 1-9.
Firs ( avalanche of Pionee buck
ets ime the second stanza while
Salefi was held scoreless,! result
ing Si a 12-6 half time leadi ..
I Salem popped to in the third
frarrie, but the Pioneers outpopped
the f iks to lengthen the lead to
27-1 Then in the final period it
fire-engine against fire-en-
OC scoring 15 points! to Sa-
14, both teams wide open
eking.
in Travis Cross and Don
igham played major roles in
surging the Viks. did, but
Misley and i Harold Gettell.
withttimely help; from Dick Red
da way outdid all -the Vikings
could do.
Oregon City tapped at the pay
off hle for a .333 average, good in
any league. .Salem, not toofar off
the beam, hit .250. The OC 'victory
tied the division standings f at two
wins land one loss apiece for the
Salem was forced to plaV with
out e services of Guard. Doug
GibsQrn, curbed by illness. In an
impromptu preliminary . t&e OC
Bees S tipped I Salem's Soph by a
16 tcf 3 count. . Boemer of jl Salem
counted all three Soph points.
SALE
MM; tr
Cross
Bellinger. T
4- 10
BurliiWham. C
Chaprftan. G J S
Lowe.fO i .- 9
Helmifout. F ' S
Zllerl f 0
Board Run, C . 1
Mftsor&F 1
TotaS S2
OREGON CITY (42) S
Reddagray. T , S
Thotni, F 4
Bloonf ; C . S
Mislej 12
Gettl ;G
Steensbn, F ... .. 2
Mills, 1
RineaiSson. C 1
Pecko-er. G 2
Bakkian, G . 1
Jonea.tr 0
Tntoi 4S
Personal fouls: Cross; 2. BelUngar 3,
Burllngham 4. Boardman 2.' Lowe.
Chipman, Mason; Bcddaway, 7bomas.
Milla. Bloom. Peckovcr.t , ? :
Free1 throw missed: Cross 2. BurUns
ham; &ulls. Bloom, Rlqearson t"3. Mis-
Oreeoo City .333. I
omeiaia: rwcu -St. niuso.
SI
FWRMurhOp
Btgl Outlobll
STl itbUIS, Feb. S H4t T"
Sporting News, national baseball
weekly, disclosed today a letter
from iifhite House Secretarsr Ste
phen parly which indicated Pre
sident Roosevelt may. leave baser
ball's future this year to the reg
ulatioris of selective servicf and
the r$npower situation. . f jj
MI m not sure It wouldjbe in
the best interests of the-war ef
fort br the president to make a
supplemental statement at this
time,! (Early wrote. c
Liilu, Larkin
Biff
NEW YORK, Feb. S ! A
pair dt lightweights, Tippy Larkin
of Glrfield, NJ, I and Lului iCon
stantiiO of New. Yorki. wfo are
trying Into the triple - tier vl top
notchrs Beau Jack, Samnjy An
gott arid Bob Montgomery 4- oc
cupy I Madison Square Garden's
ring ftnorrow night, I
Larjdn, who drew with favored
Bobbplufiin In his last Garden
brawis the g to S choicej .
Sta Receives Award
STOCKTON, Calif, Feb.! g-Ofp)
The If aUonal Football Writers as
sociation award, given annuklly to
the rkrson who contributes the
most fb: the gridiron game, wUl be
formap t'y presented Thursday to
Coach? A. A. Stagg of the College
of the Pacific It r
2
135447
ITS 523
Prince
Zeller i.r
.139
.ITS
154
16
Totals
.738 - 744 too 2302
HART33A.N B&OS. (1) -
Handicap. . 14 14
K. Bart i ....14S ! 13S
14 43
13443
1428
1& 37S
1 0-45
.US 433
Hartmr 147 150
Albrtrtt 'T 143
Welsh 5 m V 154
H. Bar( 182
Tot& ;
-733 , 773 . TS 2333
was i
gine
lem'.
ap
Burlhi
what:
Bob i
rg :!. TP
111 2
ll i i
r . i
i i o a
0 I fl: 0
0 j 9 9
13 f: 2 28
FgfiFt To
3 "
1 it l 3
I ft 1 1
S h 1 11
s li i ' ii
1 11 2
M o
f
1 -2
M
aft o
IS i 10 41
m o u
; x omgnt
Astoria, Salem tn Hot Hooping Dee Friday, Sdztrday T!k?it
Another Fisherman Powerhous
Hoop, : hoop, hooray! Ceaeln
Wslly Palmberg won't be with!
1, 'em when they
to chase up and .
down the Tu
la's court with
Salem high's
Viks Friday
and Saturday
nights of this
week, but As- ;
toria's Fly ing
Fj: is h e r .
men and
they're V flying
araln this year
will bring
WALLY - '
PALMBERG .
along a quint which ts practic
ally sure of being ooe-elgMh of
the entry list eome March 11-17-11.
when the sUtes Wu' rib
bon hoop classic Is played off on
the Wlllamete court Navy-fled
Falmberg, whose bench antics '.
were one of the tourney hlah
lishts, wont be here for either .f
Achiu Flattens
Lipscomb, Gets
4Sleep' Hold Win; jf
Jackson, Hager Draw
ItH be Walter "Sneezie" kchiu
against Paavo Katonen for the
coast lightheavy rasslin' title at
the armory next Tuesday njght-H
that is, if the champ comes out
the winner in nis present spume
with a southern California ! draft
board and gets back to the north
west in time. j ;
I Popular "Sneezie gained - the
coveted role last night by flopping
Jack "Bash 'Em" Lipscomb two
siraignt iaiis in tneir eiumnauon
rnatch, and before the corking
crunch session was over Achiu
came near physically eliminating
the Indiana basher. . I .
Achiu gained the first ball via
foul when Lipscomb persisted on
cutting and slashing illegally. A
tremendous airplane spin with
Ljipscomb as "pilot failed to flop!
the Chinaman in the second! heat,!
so when the pair finally descend
ed in a crash landing "Sneezie")
hjad Jack at bay with his "sleeper?!
hold ju Jitsu stuff connected
With neck arteries namely, taps-'
comb's. The ruffian was-helpless
and easily pinned. ! ' '
jBulldog Jackson grunted,
growled, kicked, gouged, bashed
and moaned while Tex Hagerj tried
the scientific angle in their piece,
each gaming , a fall ' and winding
up in a 30-nunute draw. j j
. Both the main event and semii
windup were well accepted by the
customers. . li
j Toughie Porter proved too tough
a i gent for Jack Poppenheimer in
the opener, taking the match; two
lalis to one. "Poppy" subbed for
Ivan Jones, who did ref ereeing
chores.
arrett Best
Departed CnL Lor en Garrett of
Mayflower Milk- took with him to
Texas the City basketball leasue
scoring championship, figurei re
vealed today. The Milker whiz
canned 31 field goals and.' 19 free
tosses for 81 points, in the eight
games he played. His 19 free
tosses were by far hih in! that
department. , ' ; c j
Second honors went to j Keith
Morris, General 'Finance center,
who swished 75 markers in bine
contests. Third place was captured
byjstu Compton of the Financiers
with 58 and fourth by Bill Juza
of the Page-Woolens with 56i
With the regular a e a a o n jnow
over the Milkers, Financiers, Wil
lamette Frosh and Woolens j win
now engage in a double-elimina
tion tourney to decide the cham
pionship. First games are hilled
ton Wednesday night, February
Those who scored 20 or more
points: , . ; '
Marer- Team . " O FO- FTi TF
Garrett. Milkers .. . 31 - IS h 81
Morris. Gen. Fin. 3 33 fl t 73
Compton. Gen. Fin. t - 28 S3
Juza, Woolens i 13 8 1 88
Magness. Milkers .. 13 1 - S3
Yocum, Woolens 34 - i S3
Fcdge. Frosh a is
8
Rinehart. Frosh
18
17
18
,17
14
IS
13
13
13
13
13
IS
18
18
10
18
. 8
'e
1 41
: i f -r 38
34
Reeves. Frosh 7 '
Schwartzkopf, Milkers -S
Drynan. MUkera S
Sheldon. Gen- Fin. '. S
Jacob. Air Base 7
Phuiips. Cavalry s
Boise. Gen. rtn.; -. ; , -
Oekkert, Frosh ,
Wanac. Air Base ;4
Ranaorn. Gen. Fin. , M
Peters. Milkers
34
34
34
33
30
28
37
27
23
4
Jllii
LigbUier. Milkers 7
Farnum. Woolens 7 -
Smith. Woolens -
Frank. Cavalry " a
CarOwcU. Air Baa
Btnhart.Gen. Fin. a
24
24
23
Session Open to Public
Spies to df
- Kenneth n. 8ples,' acting state
, sanitary engineer, will be the
principal speaker at Eagles hall
tonight, where the Salem Hunt- .
ers and Anglesr thzh will held
their regular meeti&sr. It will be
an "open" affair with all inter
ested townspeople and state and.
municipal government officials
. urred te attend. ' I : I ,
Spies will outline the.staie's
. position with reference te
stream pollution and sanitation,
especially as it afreets tis Wil
come te jtewn;
i i
City
tho annual and awaited Salem ,
series or the tourney, but the
Finn carers are acting up under
the tutelage of Coach B01 Bow
ers just as It Palmberg were still '
around. Theyre winning. : ;
, In If outings this campaign
the Fishermen have eepped the
duke 14 times. It could well
have been 1 straight, dapllcat
lng fetes of a year age, had the
Finns not "let down against
little Seaside and little bigger
Hood Klver. But amongst those
14 wins are two ever Salen
two ever Tillamook, plus
sided "revenre" victories 'ever
the tew teams which toppled the
Fishmea this season. The pair
ever Tillamook. Astoria's No. 1
district S hurdle. . indicate the
Fishermen will be bedded and
watered down la a local hostel
ry eome tourney, time. And the
pair over Salem, although both
by only three-point margins, in
Baskets
AIJLEN ANDERSON, crack freshman guard at Oregon SUto ts set to
help host' the Jdaho Yandals in a northern division cage series at
Corvallis Friday and Saturday nights.'
HIGH SCHOOL, i i
Oregon City 42, Salem 28.
Sandy 43. Hill MiUkary Portland) 31.
: Beavcrton 30. West Linn 34. '
: Nawbcrc 39. Tigard ZS Monday),
. Washington 38, Franklin 33 (both
Portland! , 1 ... . j '
Grant 27. Jefferson 22; (both Port
land). -
RooMvctt uctnmiHi a tootn
Portland). -
Dotison s. sidui as looxn reruamr.
Sucene 83. t Mary's 24.
Junction City 37, Cottage Groro 17.
Corvallis 37. ToMeo 38. t
Albany 3S. LcbankOB 14. r -
MoiaUa SS, Uthrauklt SO.
Crafatm 37. Central Catholic (Fort-
land) 37. ' - ' I - 1
Miiton-rreewater 34,- Wsna waoa sr.
COLLCGI , -t
Collego of Idaho 38. Wbitmao 34.
Southern Mthouat 84. Baylor 41.
BainbridS Navy 44. Ft.iBelvoir (Va)
3S. . . V ' 1
Canisius 40. Long island vniversuy
3t. --.'iv.,.H;
Univ. of Richmond 48. Univ. of Vir
ginia SS. . -
nana canuna a. umimio" w.
Bocbaster 44. Now York; Univ. 42.
Rice 87. Texas Afgles 33. .
Elliot
With Trisco
L SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. SVF
Ray Elliott of Portland. Ore., who
had been playing in the Portland
Industrial, league, signed v today a
1944 contract to play with - the
Coast league San Francisco Seals.
! Elliott previously played with
the Salem, Ore team In the West
ern International league. . -;
Riibino Defeats Amico
I NEW YORK, Feb. 8VFrank-
ie Rubino, 130V4, New York,
knocking his opponent jdown for a
count ofnine in the . fifth round,
went on tonight to win a 10
round decision over Joe ' Amico,
138, Philadelphia. .; 1 : -
Tonight at Eagles Hall'
Signs
Meeting
lamette river, the . Columbia
river : and their tributaries. As
the - cleanlnr ' up of : Oregon's
streams will likely be ene of
Oregon's chief postwsr rrejscts,
affecting every part of the state,
this meeting- wilt be of vital In
terest to an. '
i The II & A dab wishes te co
operate in every way with the
program ef cleaning Oregon wa
ters for the preservation of fish
and wilt, life and rnsklag the
streams ' and rivers " CrsiraUa
Comes to Village This Week
dicate the capable buC takable
Viks have :twe large evenings .
upcoming this week. . : ; . '
: j, Coins; back a year to the wan
lag days of the Palmberg re
gime, Astoria clipped the Vikings
five straight tunes. Going still
farther back the Coasters grab
bed three of four, consecutive
ly. The two this season make it
If straight wins for Astoria ever
Salem, a cTuesomo habit for
yiklng quints. Furthermore, As
toria reared into the tourna
ment last March with an un
defeated record behind them for
the season, but left rather meek
ly; after both Baker and Pendle
ton finally relerated em to the
states also-ran - division, Bdt
this' year theyre back strong as .
ever and .willing, to say noth
ing ef being ready te make it an
even . dosen strabjht ever : the
Vlklnrs. tlf s; :- fVV'VW
! Starting with the ltia season.
Vandals
' v.;
LesKe Downs
Parrish Twice
Leslie junior "high 'school cagers
established a new record, that of
winning four straight basketball
contests from Parrish outfits, on
thei home hoop pavilion Tuesday
when the Wildcats and Panthers
earned victories over the Parrish
Wolves and Bears., respectively.
In ) the opening tilt, the Leslie
'Cats; took an early ; lead and re
tained it throughout the fray to
dunk Parrish's :Welves, 32-24,
with Rodney Province potting 14
points for the south-town 'Cats. .
' The Panther-Bear mix was a
nip-jand-tuck, tussle ' from opening
whistle-rot out, with Leslie's Pan
ther; staging" a final quarter ; hot
streak ; to - emerge 23-20 victors.
Forward Everett Greenup led the
winners with nine tallies, high for
mslpame.''-;';-.'" -:Kf ;-. ...- :':',.
' Two Parrish teams will , play
host j to a couple of Leslie aggrega
tions jtoday in the final contests of
this ihoop series. The first engage
ment between the varsity fives of
the j wo schools is slated for Feb
ruaryi 18 at Leslie. ' : 1 "
WILDCATS 32 t (24) WOLVXS
PnilUps (8) . FL (3) Vurcher
Simmons I) F , (1) Bormaa
Wauae (S)
Alt Brown
Provsoee 14
Goffrwpr (1)
FAWTHT-RS (23)
Valdes 7)
10) Boggs
.(3) Graham
(28) BEARS
(3) uiu
Grecatrp (8) - -
v..2 Craig
.() Hcndricka
.. ,. 8 Bacon
(2) Hauser
HUflekcr )
Bartiett (7)
Cocking (0)
.G.
Dayton ; Scores Sweep ?;
DAYTON The Dayton union
high; school boys basketball team
won la 51-20 victory at Carlton
Friday night. The second string
copped its game 56-18. Even the
Dayton girls won, i downing the
Carlton, gals 28-1$ in a volleyball
game-!', ' T ' :"
places to live In or by."
The-dab's auxiliary will also
meet tonight ; and women en
thatiastls are also; urged to at
tend. It 'has been announced that
neat month's meetlnr- wIU be
given over to the progran ef
reforestation and its, effects ca
fish and wild Lfe, and the per
petration cf ecr forests'
thro ash on t the state. " r
Tcr.I;tfs cect'nj cpfnn it 8
'di.k.
the one which actually started
the two arch-rivals en their doer-die
hoop binges, Astoria has
- won 19 times te Salems" 12. An
other Salem bad habit. 'U
. Coach Frank Brown's outfit
won't have the brilliant record
Astoria boasts when the two
major engagements eome te pass
Friday and Saturday, bat there
Isn't a prep team In the state
which will be trying- any harder
' te whip . another as will Salem
be trying. Much face-saving can
be accomplished by two Salem
victories and the Tiks know It.
Quite naturally, the series
looms as a sellout both nights.
.The "Salem vs. Astoria angle
In Itself Is enough to lure suffi
cient te fill the seats,! and the
advance i ticket sale ' through
both Farrlsh and Leslie junior
highs will take care ef all avail
able floor, waU, window and
rafter space. It ouhta be quite
-a series as usual.- - j , !
This Week
But Not OuM Frisco j
. . ,, . ; j
Rowland Fires
FourUmpires
LOS! ANGELES,: Feb.' B.-(JP-President
Clarence Rowland of the
Pacific Coast baseball league an
nounced tonight that contracts
with four umpires who worked in
1943 games would! not be renewed
this season. ' , 1:
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- Those affected are Wally Hood,
who had officiated in the league
for nine years; , Jack McDonald,
with two: years service; Ed Borski,
with one and Jack Rice, who saw
part-time "Service during the past
two seasons as a fill-in. . i "v
, "We are trying ? to establish the
best . possible umpiring staff, and
we could see ho reason for offer
ing . them contracts," said Row
land. j
Eldridge May
FUIOSC Post
CORVALLIS, Ore,' Feb. 8-P)
Don Eldridge, freshman left-hander
from Nyassa, was groomed to
day for the reserve forward post
of Dale Hiatt, lost to the; Oregon
State college basketball squad by
an appendix operation during the
weekend r Washington series in Se
attle..; i'l -.-v 1 - f- r7;r
Coach Slats Gill said he plan
ned no other changes In the line
up which will face the Idaho Van
dals here Friday), and Saturday.
He said his men played 'good ball
against ; the veteran Huskies de
spite the lopsided scores. : i
Colons sign
1st Receiver
SACRAMENTO, Feb. 8 Hh
Manager Ken Penner of the Sac
ramento Sol oris announced today
that the club finally has a catcher.
He is donald Leroy Wolfe, 23-year-old
i Los, Angdes semi-pro.
Penner said Wolfe throws right
handed and bats left and, what's
more important, is 4F. - i i ' !
Up until .Wolfe's Signing, Sac
ramento was without a catcher on
the roster.
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Joe Tinker Improved M
ORLANDO, Fla , Feb. 8-W)
Joe Tinker, famed shortstop of a
bygone baseball era, showed slight
improvement tonight at Orange
General hospital where he is ser
iously iiy attendants reported. i
Red Grange Still Gallops
From Home to Brokerage Biz
CHICAGO, Feb. MV-Harold
Red" Grange, the University of
Illinois immortal Galloping Ghost
of the Gridiron, confines his gal
loping these days., between his
north side apartment and his in
surance brokerage business In
dowtown Chicago.. . . - f
V His interest in . the game that
made him is as sharp today as his
touchdown runs of a generation
ago were sensational. :..!,' .
Asked to name football's great
est all time star. Red said.-4 T11
stick to players Tve seen," then
unhesitatingly named Bronko Na
gurski, former University of Min
nesota and Chicago Bears 11ns
buster. IIe was the greatest and
toughest I've ever seen," Red de
clared with finality. . j . ' !
For an aH-time.backfield lied
selected Dutch Clark, one time
oCloraao college and pro star, at
Quartechack; Tornmy Harmon of
Michigan -and George McAfee of
Duke and the Bears at halves; and
Zi'agurski at f ulL !
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Dodgers liter5
Meet Wish
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Brooklyn Stock Faih
To Change Hands
' By JACK HAND ' '
NEW( YORK, Feb. 8-JPf Ev
ery pal and gal in Flatbush has a
"sold" sign hanging on the Brook
lyn Dodgers but all official sour
ces cohected with the stock of the
national league dub say not a sin
gle share has changed hands or Is
under option. ;
This was the latest development
as visiting baseball moguls packed
up and headed home today after
the national league concluded its
spring meeting by granting full
approval to all recommendations
of the postwar planning commit-
In the complicated Brooklyn sit
uation the latest development is
that Max Meyer, who has been
named as heading a syndicate' to
buy the franchise, does not have
any definite option' on the 25 per
cent of the club owned by the .es
tate of the late Edward J. Mc-
Keever, according to Steve Ryan,
Brooklyn director; and adminis
trator of the McKeever estate. '
Ryan-3 admitted he had talked
with Meyer but said he "was not
bound in any way at all. .
American league owners scat
tered without a meeting but na
tional league owners held a three-.
nour session alter wnicn rresi-
dent Ford Frick announced ' the
April. 18 opening day pairings as
Boston at New Yok, Brooklyn
at Philadelphia, Chicago at Cin
cinnati and Pittsburgh at St Lou
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For the second opening, April
21, New York will be at. Brook
lyn, Philadelphia at Boston, Cin
cinnati at Pittsburgh and St. Louis
at Chicago. The season will end
on October 1. i
Baseball Will
KeepOn-Mack
ELMIRA, NY, Feb. S .-(-Base
ball will continue to be played for
the duration of the war because it
Is necessary to maintain the mor
ale of our fighting forces, Connie
Mack asserts.-; i ' i,"
The 81-year-bid manager of the
Philadelphia Athletics said:
"Baseball ; is j necessary lor tne
morale of the men in service, and
despite the handicaps) of the man
power shortage, teams will go
ahead and do the best they can to.
provide baseball, if -only for that
purpose." - 1
By C. qf Idaho
WALLA WALLA, Feb. 8-VA
last minute fidd coal by Center
Alan Hubinger gave College, of
Idaho its 36-34 margin of victory
over Whitman ionightj to split the
two-day, basketball series. The
Missionaries had won 63-33 last
night. J li j' '
The Coyotes led 12-9 at the half.
Whitman, Zags
Vie This Week
SPOKANE, Wash, Feb. 8-jT)
The Whitman college navy-manned
varsity, only basketball team
to stop the red hot Gonzaga Bull
dogs so far this season, will havo
a chance to check Mother Zag win
streak in a two-game .'series here
Friday and Saturday. - ' '
; Last tough hurdle for the-Zags''
after the Whitman series will be
a February 18-19 two-game brush
with Washington at Seattle. "
Dickeyilnks
Yank lontract
NEW YORK,5 Feb. 8-(;p-Bill
Dickey, who was given a plaque
Sunday by the New York Baseball
Writers' association as the out
standing player, of 1943, has sign
ed his .contract : for the coming
season, it was announced today by
Ed Barrow, president of the New
York Yankees. 1
,1 The greatest coach?
That's easy, said Red. "Bob
Zuppke. Rockne was great, of
course, and there are others. But
111 stand by Zup. His genius was
in his personality, his ability to
key a team up 'without the boys
ever realizing it."
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