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-3v Haiegg Coming " Dodds Going .. t . ..... Swede Due Soon, But ;! Gil l0utrf6r 1945 ' NEW YORK, Jan. 17-P)-Word ! , .was received from, Stockholm to- day that Gunder Haegg.' Swedish : ' . track stari'? had ' completed plana f for his winter trip to the United , States just a few after Gil Dodds, expected to be his major Ameri- 1 - lcan rival, . said . he would be un- ... able compete during th'elcoih- ,- -.ing season. ; - . . ; i Charles Jannson,' - secretary of the Swedish a m a t e u r athletic ffroun:'. told " the Associated Press . '. in Stockholm ;that all -the plans - had been completed for. the. jour .' r ney-'Of Haegs; and hurdlef Ilakori - Lidman to reach the US by, Febl w " ruary 2.';-; - ; - ; ' ;-;r. ' ' Dodds who lowered the indoor tjtle.time to 4:06.4 at Chicago last spring, announced his retirement ': ' ' in a letter to Dan Ferris, secre i - tary-treasurer of the ; AAU," in 1 - j hkh he said .that he expected j to leave i Boston ZSunday. lor, ixa " Angeles .1 to take up, ministerial duties with a gospel group. With Dodds out of .the "indoor : " . ' track'picture this winter, much of Haegg's competition is expected i.-.-; . to be furnished by Jim Rafferly of New York, who has done 4:11; ;' and IRudy Simms, ineligible New Bfeaver Cagers Nab' Secottd -Straight Over fWS (fa I- M t 1 ' ' , Muscles div.: Who's to do the muschng and who s not to do me 'muscling in the village bicep bin has just about been decided. And from every indication gatherable (all unofficial), the Owen ic Co. L light-heavy troupe grabbed off the gold ring on the Capital Post's re-; cent merry-go-'round. , i ': - '', ; Twas a merry-go-'round, too, since all was berserk for a spell after the Posters found out they were THE grappling promoter for aaiem, according w uic r i , ine Salem Boxing and Wrestling! Commission, and probed into ac tiori in that capacity.-Which made :the j surprised Owen' & Co. clan toss in the towel, with heat They ' had; labored under the impression 'that; the local Legion post was merely a sponsoring body, not the bossi. Being shorn of power irked Qwen it Co. no little, hence the towel. Along came heavyweight attache Ira Pilcher, certainly? not immune to taking advantage of ' openings toward the making of an honest dollar, and for a period it loojtea lute.uie Dicep oenemouis ; would do the bone-bending in our - towiiiWMle the hghtheavies mere- - ly passed through to and from oth- HEKM SCHWARTZKOPF j er circuit pastures. I ! But then came a patching up of the Owen-Legion squabble over 1 ho's who, percentages, etc., and a brand new agreement Is said to be now ready for signatures. Unofficial but reliable sources tell that Capital Post and Owen & Co. have made a mutually acceptable deal, but that no such contract has been or will be drawn between the Post and Pilcher's heavies. Which if true means that Tuesday shows will I so on as usual while the Friday offerings will just on period. The Owen outfit naturally tried to close the town to other grappling shows ' since they are to work hand in hand with Capital Post on the new deal, - but a checkup of state law reveals that no such move ean be made wtihout clashing with the anti-monopoly writ. On the the other hand, there is no law which ays Capital Post must promote the heavy shows, and Capital Post is the one and only wrestling promoter for .the city. A bitter pill for the pachyderms in that, .the Posterk, we're told," feel ; that our town isn't large enough for both heavies and lightheaviesl 1 , ' Just exactly how the eventual and official' ending will read is still a mystery to us, but enough bickering, with all hand at fault, has thus far been bickered to stipply half One -thing for certain the gents (especially one we know who have been yapping all. along about an out-of-town promoter now haven't anything to yap about. Not since It's been found that the Salem Le gion post has been rasslin promoter in Salem since 1933. , Kruse vs. John$on ' f or Disputed Title 5 , Speaking of ,rassle coiiflicts, -weight clan, the barefoot gent who dubs himself as "Pacific Coast Junior Heavyweight" king, says he has a $100 war bond for any 190-vpound-or-under musclerio can flatten him. And Cal Herman, the mastodon mogul of Portland is willing to back that offer with a $500 side bet , . ', Over in the Owen & Co. stable is one Gust Johnson, also a claimant to the junior heavy championship of the coast We'd gladly buy a ringsider to see it if Johnson made and faded by the respective and hostile muscles menageries. In fact we wouldn't mind seeing any brawl between members of the " lightheavy cult and those of the heavies. Blood is bad between the two and it would surely flow should they offer differences In the same ring at the same time . , . Mayhaps Matchmaker Owen is listening - in an acceptable mood re the Kruse-Johnson meeting. Well check on that right away. We printed not long ago that likeable Frank Brown, SHS hoop ,, mentor and for over. 20 years a member of the village tutoring and Ifeoaching clique, was severing connections with the administration at j l the finish of this semester, i Frank's : - tiered.. That be admits himself. But what we didn't add was that his successor, via strong rumor, would likely be one Oral Robbira, ; .remembered as the highly successful hoop and grid skipper at Amity a few years ago before taking over at Vernonia. Being a rumor, we iwn n iw wusvh wu wonn nouung. ..1.4 . Same rumor apparently reached the ears of Superintendent Frank Bennett now it's really nothing. It's so much hooey, in fact Robbins, vas wehear it wasn't even considered for the job. ' T j j ; andsome erm Likely Successor -I f : t ;c As for Brownie's successor, and the job will likely go to Herra Schwartzkopf, the handsome gent who .has done so splendidly with the Junior Jayvees this winter. ; That is, if the draft hasn't gobbled up youthful but fatherly Herm before the appointment is finally made. He'd former Big- center with the Kansas Jayhawkers, Herm has proven this winter with the Juniors he has i something worth listening to wnen ne grasps ine megapnone. - All speculation of course. - . As for Brownie, a beaten man Tuesday night' he admitted the 53 -20 pasting handed his hustlers ' suffered to the 20-odd years he's 1 teams to do it," sighed unhappy : bunch ghi" ' - Conidiens Stop 'Ilawks . CHICAGO, Jan. 17. The Montreal Canadiens, with a three goal scoring burst In the second period, stopped a rejuvenated band cf Chicago Elackhawks 4Y to 2, in tf national hockey league gam btfore 11,803 fans here tonight - Goiliam Skier 1 5 I . ; Tall buildinrs er bo. skiing is rood these days In New York City's Central Park. Take a look; York university athlete who is the t .... national 1500-meter king. M n yx : 1: jp - wSta; a dozen rasslin cards with action. Oswego Bob Kruse of the heavy would jump in with Kruse. all bets " resignation has been already tea there must be one when he leavM. be the likely successor at that i A ; ; T by Eugene was the worst he's ever been a cage coach, "And of all tbe Frank, "it had to be that Eugehe . Seattle Gets Cue Stars ! SEATTLE, Jan. 17.-(ff5-A series of three-cushion billards matches will be played in Seattle sometime In May by Welker Cochrane and Willie Hoppe, it was announced today. - -" - - Randolph Grid Greats Going 'Greatest' -Eleye'ii i Leaves .Memories f SAN ..ANTONIO, -Tex.,, Jan.T -17 Uf - The -mighty, .Randolph ; J! ield team:-thatave,the4swthwest its greatest fcKbUhasJan; shat tered with key .members, hVbth-; er, assigiiments -.jj.jp in e of , them across the. ea9t boyavleft pleirtpberemembered..' r. ;A checkri4. today. revealed that the Bamblers,- 5fv'ho;swepf Jthrpugh 11 games :'undefeated and .untied and were ranked Jby.'ntfnj the top ' team .rof i'ihe natiooyt' played, before.!. 158,500. f(andctVibr uted ' 6O)0Q te'army charities. : v "Coach Frank Triticoan o&ers have Jpsedo9r'w'itqn - a it ; is doubtful if thereV ever gain flie- possibilyof j assembling -; at Randolph f e 1 JT'an. aggregation equal "io flw t44joutfit txolle up 441 ; points to i9 and' gained better than, two. mijes rushing and passirjg. - U ;:.y .j ,;' 7 xiK The squad was organized -with the idea of Contributing to army relief. In the meantime, the Ram blers showed .the i greatest 'team ever to trod the gridiron in Texas. 48- NORTHEUN DIVISION STANDINGS Orerea SUte i- J J 4e. 2U....20S - i v, -W I.- - Pet.- Pf Pa Washington X-14 ' 5 1.000 201 156 Oregon 4...4 1 JKO 217 202 WSC g 1 S . J50 14S 224 Idaho J a .0 1 4 .000 ISO? 174 Last night's result: At Oregon State . Washington State 38. CORVALLIS, Ore., Jan. ll-(JP Oregon State college snared third place in northern division, Pacific Coast confer n c e, basketball standings tonight with a 48-36 win over Washington State. The Cou gars dropped ; to fourth . position after losing 'the-two-game series on Oregon State's home floor. Coach I Slats Gill's. Beavers moved to an early lead, running the score to B-0 within five min utes before yihce Hansen's free throw gave Washington State a tally. Hal Pviddy scored for OSC on a fast break only a minute aft er the opening whistle. Oregon State's onlr threat came i close to the end of the half, when scoring began to, seesaw. Vince Hansen, : towering Washington Stater, then sank, two field goals to pull his teammates within ! 7 points of OSC at the half. The score stood at. 28-19- i ' I The Beavers piled on 'scores like clockwork in the second half, caving the Cougars in the dust 42-24 .halfway through the period. Bobby Rennick connected with several neat long shots to briefly inspire : his f e 1 low Washington Staters, who brought' the count to 42-30 with seven minutes left" Hed Rocha, t foot 8 inch Bea ver center and transfer from the University of Hawaii, Was high point man for the series with 30. He also led tonight's scoring with 9, followed ; by Hansen's 10 for the. Cougars. . . v ".lfv Before the half 1 Bob ;Labhart, who scored, 14 for the Beavers last night and. Berale McGrath, OSC guard, collided head-on. Labhart was taken from the game with' head injuries. He was sent back in twice later, but f or only a moment- McGrath resumed play with' a i twitched eye. " T A ' OUEGON ! STATE (4S O F Pf T ruaay, si ., . ,j ., , , , i 4 , 4 s Labhart. 4 : 6 Henningsen, f ' e. 4 S a e i 13 s s 1 1 s - s 1 0. 4 Rocha. e S . McGrath. West, g - .3 0 Moore, g j , ..0 Totals .18 11 WSC (34) ' t ... Jorrison, f Gregg, t U i--e a a .0 o -4 S -1 . -4 1 Noteboom, f Kellingerj f . Hansen, C Waller, e Rennick, g Hamilton,, g - ? ' , 0 Gehrett , j 1 . e Johnson, :g - j 1 Totals j, , , j ; i 4 IT Free throws missed: Washington State Gregg, Noteboom, Hansen S. Oregon State Henninnen 2. Rocha S. McGrath. Officials: Paul Warren, unu rwuo. i h- Yankees Mail 33 Coiitracls NEW YORK. Jan, 17-wPres Went Ed Bartow- of the New York Yankees -dropped 33 player con tracts mto uje man today almost a full month; before the required date. ;i 4 - - - ; ,-4-A Although baseball regulations do not necessitate tendering ' of contracts on; or before February 13, the Yankee boss wasted little time in starting on sdary nego tiations, Pro Raius' Grid skipper .'.Taken cFITTSBUBGH." JarL 17 - m Aldo "Buff Donelll rsrerared to- oay to trade his newj three-year caniract as coach of the Cleve4 land Rains pro football team for an indefinite one withlUnde Sami The former Duquepe univer sity grid coach, jwhof will be 36 in. July.i passed his pre-Induction physical today and i expects to leave for the navy tomorrow or rnaay mgnt do uger Rocha Paces 36:Victo Qienum DUKATION LKACCt STANDINGS ? W " L Pet. Pf Fa Woodburn , ; 4 4 e; 1.000 174-' S4 Chemava - , ' -i S-4 1 .750 158 133 . Mttum.;,;, ;; tiw'.75o s.:..; SUvcrtaa ,-. ' 1 S . O50 13 174 r Mt Ansel lr i' JtSO 113 141 Canby ' , : -i4' .000 -141- W 1 t Thursday amt: Chmw at- Wood J burn. Friday; Molsll ; at . Silverton, Canby ML Angel. , , . . C - , ' 'J - - -' f - . ter ef not Cbemaws's jndlans are iWhas.Ve.classA Duration! I hoon .pelt ei '.their, belts along with .'the practically- conceded ; Marion county B champion-' ship ' will . be" 4)inewbat decided .acre iDjuwux. niajnt woen ' w I Woodbwrn Bnlldors host 'the' In-; I dams in a pnration! cage' ernclaX ; f The ' liidlans' have , been knock-. n .--- umors apear; ; 1 M. -i -J : SILVERTON, Jan.-17 Salem high's all-junior. J ayvees are still undefeated, in' 12- games this sea son; bt their, latest addition to ewin:hljnge camej only by the thinness" :of:thirr silk panties against Silverton high's Silver Fok varsity -here tonight' The basket ball battle, plaed 'fori the infantile paralysis ' benefit gave' the , fans one of the most thrilling finishes they've' seen here in a long time. I Coach- Herm' Schwartzkopf s kids pulled it out of the fire, 37-85, but ' nearly blew a 10point lead with four .minutes left to play. After leading 10-9 at the -quarter, 17-14 IM halftime "I and 31-26 at the third stanza, Salem' pushed In five more points before; Roy Boe's ofew went to work. ' Dale Bennetf Tom Hartley and Dick Bier took turns stealing - the ball from the stalling Juniors, and with one minute left to. go the Poxes had - narrowed " th.4 rap to' two points. ! Then as" the clock' ticked away and the fans roared, Silver-. ton gained possession of the ball again via a violation. A shot went wild and Salem took over the ball, this time to keep until the game ended; ' .: ' t i:- - ---'j 1 Tall Glen Nado was high securer. fbr the game with 17: points, mpst canned via tip-Ins. Marv Heibert of the visitors swished 12. -The win gave the Juniors a sweep pf the two-game series played be tween! the teams. In the" prelim inary Coach "Pop" DeLay's Sil vertort Bees ran -across' a red-hot Hubbard - varsity quint in the fourth period and went down. 39-36. The Score was tied at 35-35 when the final period began. j JUNIORS (37) (15) SILVEBTON Alberto (8) F ii (S) Bennett Herman (2) - T ......... 2 Hartley Hiebert ill) . C . l) Nado rarrou (0 ..o (. !). Hansen Deckebach (S) G..J- 5) Satern - Junior sub' scoriner Thoihoson , 7. Silverton t D. Bier 1- i Officials: . Tom Drynan and .Al Llghtner. 1.1 y- - . v : Canadian Top . . a I u . -. . -a.. Bforic Busted DENVER Jam 17WP-Br6nc- busting Jack Wade of Halkirk, Al berta,' Canada, topped a twisting chestnut critter -this), afternoon at the national western " livestock show totake first money in ihe bare-back bronc riding contest In the saddle bronc division Tex- as Kidd, JrV stayed aboard a sun- fishing black to win" first spot and" Harold Ridley, k Bed Rock Oklai -threw his steer in 7 J sec onds ' to sit ' on 'the steer buHdog ging throne- ;N"' tN Toilmey For Linksmen I A 9-hole Flag tournament will occupy the slate for the -Thursday play by Men's club 'members at caiem goix course j today, an nounces: Dr.- ; George 1 Hoffman! tourney committeeman. The meet will be held over either outgoing or incoming nines and prizes will go to the two entries who stake out flags farthest from the start ing point Handicaps added to par strokes will be allotted all entries. Tiffer Ace Tod Scorer STOCKTON, Callfi Jan. 17-VPi --Big Stan WcWilliiiBjCof College of, the Pacific established himself as. the nation's leading basketball scorer ; tonight as - he; whipped in 20 points to give the Collegians a 59-24 -victory -ove. Mare .island navyard -and" auntior hii 254th point in IS games. "f "nnntar". : BIcQeary. Need lAma&n flag Tlwse Days -' - Evehin Sports Z WITH THE 25TI1 DTFAXTRY DIVISION IN FRANCE, Jan. 17. i (Delayed and censored) Just call this a fish and a deer story ,-i ; Lead; pipes and grenades were weapons used by Cpt Will Me Cleary, . Salem, Oregon, ef the 735th Ordnance, and SSgt lint Ileffner, Topeka, j Kans . of the 35th Eecon Troap. to supplement' I their army rations, j I " " . I : McCIeary was out fishing when .he sighted . a , deer ' swimming, threw a chain aboat Its antlers, blsck-jaeked It and Muled It ; ashore te salvage venison. Feff- Duration Crucial; Austin Top Scorer tar over both "A" and B" cem petition with ease of late and : ltom aa the bljr thorn la Wood bnrn's side for the eventual Da : rat ten championship. Ceach Jlggs f Bornetf s . Bolldecs ; have 'been unbeaten In four games te date while the Indians were tip ped once, their, only setback ef the season, incidentally, which snakes the Thursday clash strict . ly crucial. - - . In pouring on the . workout eeal earlier this week while the r league teams drew breather In ' their' iMhednles. - Coach Burnett Insisted - the , Chtmaws jiune m-ould offer the make-er-break point for -hla enint In .her jpnti ronnd ;raniesv. Oregon i Webf oots Next VINCE GREGG, veteran Wash ington State Cougar forward, pens with his quint a' two game; series at Oregon Friday and Saturday nights. The Coug ars are the eply quint te hand the Webf oots a loss in northern division play this season, i "7 : 'Mural Quints Divide Games iNTBAMTmAL LEAGUE ?.!- W. t. Pet ff' Pa Parrteh Reds . 2. a 1.000 48 35 Parrish Cards 2 - 1.80O 46 49 Leslie Blues .-.,.,.,. 1- 1 00 32 44 Leslie -Whites , 1 4 JOO 46 Parrish Grays -I. 1 1 J00 to 35 Parrish Greens 1 . 1 .500 60 41 Leslie Golds 0 2 . .000 29 66 Leslie Blacks 0 2 .000 3S 48 High seorem Ken- Gibson, Reds. 34; Carlos iHouck, Cards. 23; Bob Funk. Whites, 7; Hngh Bellinger, Greens. IS; Bill Fasnacht. Greens. 15; Jack MUler, Blacks. 14; Ray Turner, Whites. 13; , Bill Day, ' Grays, -13: McDonald. Greens, 12; Harry Culbertson, Blacks, u. -, t ': i '. :,- Games today; Capds vs. Grays.' Beds, s. Gseens, -at Parrish, -4 p.m. Games Friday: piues vs. Whites, Blacks vs. Golds at; Leslie, 4 pjn. . -.- r. Two. more;, teams dropped from the undefeated ranks in' the jun ior high casaba league yesterday . ..',. . - - i i , afternoon -as", teams from .Parrish nnd Leslie, rplit a twin biH on the latter's court The Parrish Cards pulled away In" the last period to hand jthe Leslie 4 Blues their first defeat ; 22-9,i and ; the .. Leslie Whites led all -the way as they knocked off " the' Parrish Grays 24-16 in; the nightcap. f . A The Opening tilt' was a tight checking affair " and ' closely con tested until midway ' in" the ; final, period. The Cards led 4 to 3 at half time and 12-9 at the end df the third period but poured in 10 points in the" final stanza to win going away. Bob Funk's 11 points paced the Whites hi the finale. They led 11-9 at the half way point and 18-12 at the third period, fvv '.:.:- :': - v. Games today pit the Parrish teams against each other in their own backyard,' with both game rated tossupsl OA Friday the four Leslie quints square off on the Missionary boards. . : WHITES'. 24) Johnston: (2) . Funk iU . Turner (7) ' -OO GHATS F (1) Nierwandet J- . .. (1) Klein -r - () Morgsli G 6)"Day coon 3 KJeinsmlth 0) G- (0) RusseU 'Sub dor Whites R. Johnston' 1. BLVES (9) PtreT-9)T Glenn- U) Jones -tU , (22) CARDS - , -12) Gtroa .. (2) Cnruh -F. (3) Cununings Forster- (2) H) Hart Kay -0), fin Houck Sub tar CUrds YUrkcs a -OfflcUls! Ciirtift Flenher and Trsvit Crow.1" No . Ammunition - Gls Do ner sa-- schools ef dsn in a streair ide Troyes,' stunned them German masher rre : nades.'and all bat shovelled the fish oat! ; - - CpL MeCleary. who swears his ' Is no teO tale, lives at 460 Bosh Street, Salem, Ore- while SSrt , Ileffner, eaually emphatle about his fish story. Uves at SOS West 2nd Ave, Topeka,' Kan. ; - Next time you're out bunting ; or ' fishing t yen might try the methods used by the corporal and the sergeant, both due Friday night, the as piring Molalla Buckaroos re te SUverton while Canby tries for her first win at Mt AngeL The Molalla-SIlverton session looms an eren-Steven tecsup, but Paul Selling's Preps will be odds-en favorites te hand the Cougars their fifth straight setback. Sil verton has yet te floor her quint . at full strength for league play this season. Illness : and Injury f ercing Key j Bee's " entry te dip Into the . vntrled ; reserve bar fniestly.;':c'iV' !';; V-:-V W b ira will' have the league's leading scorer te toss at 1 .v.-. - i - : , - . i the,' Indians .Thursday nirhW- Center Bin Anstln Is se far tak- Monmouth High, 2 Wins MONMOUTH The Monmouth high Wolves copped 1 memselves two Polk B league basketball wins by trouncing Pendale here, 28- 11, Tuesday night after , edging out Falls City there Friday night, 30-27.; .1 , b ... 'i : Next Friday, night, the r Mon mouth- team - and Coach Jensen will Journey to Eugene to engage the Eugene .high Bee team and then, witness . the Oregon - Wash ington -.'State .Northern .'division battle.'-. AIM tir T fXi 3) MONMOUTH Nlst (11) -T (4) Partlow Martin 2) , ' T ' " 12) Petty Cooper 2) C - 4 McEroy Wilson (4) .G (2) McLean Uvlmrston ..G (8) fresh PERBTDALS (11) t"J auHmuum K ester (2) i w riraow Rninmlt 1 lF : (2) Petty Reimer (2) i -C . ' ; (8) McPror Vanderhooi (l G (10) McLean Grizzlies Face 'Zags , MISSOULA, ilonUI: Jan.' ilAPf Basketball trouble is piling up for the Montana university Grizzlies, who must face "Gonzaga univer sity's .tossers here Friday and Sat urday. ''! ' ; j . Karr's nabbed three from Capi tal Bedders, Acme Auto Wreckers dropped two to Bamage's 7-UP and Cline's .Coffee Shop tool? two from Salem" Hardware in Major, league bowling at Perfection last night Only oneeoffj series was rolled, a 614 high by Joe Coe oi Bamage's, 'and the 224 single game also, tossed by. Coe was tied for.; high by .Thed of the Hard wares. s:rA.')lt :- CAPITAL BEDDING CQ () HandicaD - . t 61 ' 61 183 138-452 16S 51S IS-461 Larson 154 194 Zahar. J55 WelcH-Poulio-Pa 158 -14S 16S IfiS 11S 4S 158 151 .143451 Totals J60 873 S8l 1814 KAII'I (1) Handicap 58 58 S8 174 22 -168 ; 1SS 580 .171 191 ' 164528 15? 169 . 163488 209 172 191572 Thrush : Karr , Trotter . - Bone Cliae, jr. 192 179 165 536 Totals .1001 937 932 2878 ACMX WBECKCKS (1) -Handicap - S M Kay i 201 98 168 157515 197537 169470 HartweU i ' Woodry 1 i AT FIRST 31GNCFA Q14 Pieparatiovs qjtldlzected. I v i 'r'Yfjr'i S (27 usE666 ing ever from where Charley Sauvaln left off last year at the top ef the point-pttehUr Pk and has tossed In 51 points In the four games te date. Dale Ben nett ef Silverton is foar steps be hind with it and Bob. Stein ef Canby is next with 49. Sauvaln. unable te hit the stride which brought him the. title last year, Is fourth with 45 points. ' Indi vidual scoring: g rs TP .4 IS S .4 - ae is M .4 '11 IlS ? 4 ."; a-- s 44 .4 U . S.T3 .41 14 T. 35 .4 H 11" S3 Austin, Woodburn Bennett Silv. : Stein. Canby Picard, cbemawa Ashman, Ctiemwa Turin. Mt Jmx.- rharlM, MoUlla..i4 14 -,- Bombers' Boss timistic - Seattle Grid Prexy -'Uopes for 1945 SEATTLE, Jan. llAjF)-Al Da vles of Tacoma, president of this Seattle Bombers of the, American Professional Football league, said today he had high hopes that , the professional grid game : would be able to continue on "the Pacific coast next year. ;..' J: , Davies, .who will. leave tomor row on .a business trip to South America, said " ttte Bombers1 ex pected to operate at j least on a Sunday basis as most of the coast players would be working in war plants during the week. . " The" Seattle president said he hoped to return from South Am erica in time to attend, the league meeting two months hence in Cal ifornia. " " ' " ' '" Zurita -Thomas Tiff Called Off LOS ANGELES, Jan. 17.-tflpy-The 15-rpund bout between NBA - lightweight champion Juan Zurita . of Mexico and '.John Thomas, Los Angeles negro, is off." The fight j was scheduled for Feb. 27 and Zunta's title would have been at stake, but Uncle Sam called up Thomas last week and he has de parted. - , Zunta's status is up in the air, for the NBA has notified him he must defend his crown by Feb. 27 pr forfeit it Matchmaker Babe Mcuoy is puzziea arxut a . re placement for Thomas, but might get Bob Montgomery, recognized in New York as .the champion. Sacred Hearte; Trip HiUibard I. Coach Joe Herberger's - Sacred Heart academy, "quint toppled. a visiting Hubbard team in a North Marion County.- B league basket ball game -at St. Joseph's hall Tuesday . night, 25-21. It , was SHA's first win of the league sea- san. y-i it. :'.'f;" j Center Christiansen and Guard Volk, both with .11, points, paced the winning attack. "Red? Ostium looped seven for - the losers. In the Bee game Tommy Johnson's 14 points paced , the SHA seconds to a 29-16. nod oyer the Hubbard Bees. ' :V '. v :. y.;: ; v - SHA S5 (11) BUBBAKD Balrey (0) .: J 5) O'Brien rree (4) 4 F q. (S) Morgan Christiansen 11) C , (?) Ostrura Volk (11) G ' 3) Lemen Wiese (0) . G (1) Midden SHA subs: Schwartz 4, Dalke 6. Garbarlno 111454 Stein bock 191556 : ToUls -909 904 8312700 KA If AGE'S 1-tr (2) Handicap 10 70 19 210 192 : 213 169 S74 Ken yon , ,: r DeGuire ' , Holt ' Walters Coe, 'iii , .145 163 147455 .120 139. 181440 J61 , 158 171498 168 324 224614 Totals -854 961 968 2789 CLINK'S COFTEE SHOP (2) - Handicap : w 59 59 171 Cline. sr. .,,.171 173 .169519 rrieaea 189 192 172-433 Xirchncr j , 119 167 183469 Kins 183 177 180-840 Ma this -, -,,.,194 165 179638 Totals 901 933 942 2778 SALEM HAKDWAIE fl Handicap .. '. 50 .89 8tt 150 Thede 160 T48 r24 532 West . ; 184 159 163508 Hoar 163 177 -163492 Krejd ; 179 ; 130 .167476 riaman . 4 M 217523 Totals -885 1, 8J1 983 2879 Clothiers i&M Mate IsOd ; J7S 158 . 179 18S WINTEU TOP' COATS Pst9 N j 'Iippy'&Co, Returns From 'o- ' ' j 3 No Cowboy Moyfe $o. I Br Jack Hand , NEW . YORK;JLn.P)TVe Durocher and the other maU)ers . Mii.iran-USO-iaseball troupe got wclose to "ihe.ront T lines that once.e erna turedttheir Jmoyiviecjtorj. 'and generator. -r:' .t-.--ws.."-'-f)ijherl manager of theBrooJci lyn: lagers,: was' a'Aembepf th group, led, hysporw.; writer n Meany the jwspapT p ibat traveled r20,00(miles in 4i-days and :reted,.efo jtay, first , rjort todav. t if j U '. c v -Li ? , v Others ; in tegrouD. ;were outr fieldes Joe . Medwicn pt :jine ew Vork". Giants ' and - first -basemaa - Nick Etten of'he '"New- York Yan- fc press-J conference having 4ef t . for his home iii ChicagcC; " -r' Meany, said- .audiences, ranged from .9500 to 20,000 aKhHigh one show drew - an audience .of "ex actly ero because the mud t was waist-deep, and the boys. j u s t couldn't get .through..-'; -. "AlthoughV the ' usual , routine called for a .'showing of the 1944 world series movie and -a. general sports"etiiz and question .session,! said Meany, . ? there - wjas one .GI group in . northern Italy .that "was cheated out of the picture." When we arrived for the "show, "which was held in a pitch, dark . tent - wt were' told the film could not be shown "because .the Germans bad captured the projector, and .gener ating Tequimes hat afternoon.. '.It -was alter.that blacked our show that Meany .quoted Etten as commenting "I'm not si,'r ""t 'l. think'; that' VsCfCtZ' ? tiaU to was Kesselririg',,,(thf Ger man, field marshal 'H. . itaiyj. " A . : ' : ""Who's going to succeed Lan dis? and "what happened to , the Dodgers?" were common questions but the query most often repeated was "is it true about the cigarette shortage?" Meany. said when he please.'- '. 1. .... . - -t ' The - only . ."disappednting phase of the visit was the day .several British soldiers crowded into the theater, waited patiently? for ; 30 minutes without cracking a smile or , asking a . question, and then walked , out ; t ; - . '' : They had .been told all Ameri can shows included a cowboy pic ture. - . . . . i . . Ironmen leers Take 10-1 Win SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 17-(ff) The Seattle Ironmen easily de feated the Oakland team 10 to 4 in a fast, -clean Pacific Coast Ice Hockey Jeague contest at Winter land, 'tonight' V..-. .': . : ) The Seattle team - scored L four times -1q the tint period, Jthree times in the second' and- Shret more in- the third perloi l Pete Wywrot Ironman forward, popped the scorers with four, goals and twjo assists, three, of .the . goals coming in succession in . the sec- i ond period. J 5 v. , .- ! Good for Mexico City . MEXICO CITY, Jan. 17 -(iP)-ighty athletic fields will be con structed in Mexico City this year, wayor Javier . Rojo Gomez an nounced today. In addition.: the mayor, said, an. $800,000 municipal field with baseball, soccer and basketball courts and other facili ties will be constructed adioinin the cite, of a huge "sports city" now under construction. Seals Not Bad Off . : SAN FRANCISCO.' Jan. 17 The San Francisco Seal baseball club announced today the sisnin of a 17-year-old catcher, Nick Ma- nuicn, of San Mateo, Calif. Paul Bowa, third baseman recently re leased by Sacramento, also was signed by the local club, wh.rh now has 73 players under contract '.V.'V ' V if' ' i - Hono . .Snoalaeion- SAYZS t'P TO X3- mfvzl com " - J rvi s , 2 .5TIMATB Thoae tl44 -Cor. Uberty A Center St. War "vfM