Ducks, Huskies Open Wop9. " : Hoop In Armory Mat Mainer McEtd WithMaskman Bulldogish Billy McEuin, the dead-panned Texan wholikes his t.'j 4V. m. Ttiw .Vi and Tl 1 H V side and who only this week ham mered out a surprise nod over Salem'j' Tony Ross,1 gets the du bious honor of matching muscles with "The Grey. Mask" in the headline event of next Tuesday's Ferry : Street Garden party. Wee Mac, says Matchmaker Eton Owen, certainly earned the right to rassle Mr. Stoneface by up setting Ross. As lor Anthony, he now must practically start all over again. . ... . . . : Alter the way McEuin mashed out his win in this week's bloody brawl with Ross, village crunch customers are convinced hell make a tough enough opponent lor the head-butting hooded heel. Even a more messy mix is possible. The two Drelim events, one to feature Coast Champ Jack Kiser, are to' Believe it or not divJ: Despite ritoMix with Duke Trotter's Navycats earlier In the season,! definitely dont be counting Slats Gill's Oregon Staters out of the Northern division hoop .derby. Any. similarity between the OSC quint which showed here and the one which kayoed Washington twice early this week is purely accidental. .You can hardly conceive of how much Gill's gang has improved . . . Instead of stumbling and fumbling around to the extent that even Mentor . Gill sung his troubled head in his honla h vactlv Imnrovtd team now (1) runs like the ape with the stripes, (2) drives fiercely and (3) gets any number of shots from in close, something it could n't seem to do in early-season sessions. Defensively, it's typical ly Slats Gill good. How come so suddenly? Many claim it's due to this newy from Hawaii, Ephrem !Redn Rocha, the freshman 6-foot 8-incher with the amazingly quick reaction and Johnny-on-the-spot pair of hands. The guy isV dynamite in all de partments backboard work, shooting, defense, passing and (most surprising of all) speed. More' than a few voices offered cnrh na "flad annthpr VA Twis sure as you're born! while owners watched the hawk-nosed tallie tally his 27 and then 21 points against the Huskies. Added to the 19 he got in the last Washington State tilt, that makes 67 in three .games, a, 22.4 average incidentally. . ' Rocha's. presence may be responsible for the rejuvenation the addition of one sew sparkplug oft makes a whale of difference in the old jitney but along with that a few other Items must be considered: (1) In Captain: Senile McGrath GUI has one of the best guards and leaders in the division. He's proven it in his first seven games. (2) Although freshmen fresh out jet Corvallis high, Bob Labhart-and " Larry West now bounce around as if they've, been - regulars ' for years..' 3 ) Erstwhile Center Hal Puddy is doing a bang up job at forward. (4) Ready for : action right ' now is reserve strength plus in gents like Big Ted Henningsen, George Sertic ' and. Jack Simms, formerly regu lars, and Bob Moore, halfpint guard. And (5) most important item of all-Mentor Gill has ac complished one fine job of skip pering the team into a soar-scoring outfit' :' : You can hardly believe it's the same team whicn gave off with the so-so stuff here last month. And the guys and gals in Beaver land ! are - talking championship right and left now out loud. . incidentally, Hec Edmundson chewed through 8 paocs ox gunvf during the series (gosn knows where he got it) and Scouting Coach "Honest John". Warren wore a dumbfounded expression; ' ery time he looked at Rocha he drooled. , Washington's little Bod Jorgenson oidnt exactly : maxe him smile either. . " . Hail the Champ wnavs leu or tne town's pro fistcuffing clientele . have found something to mull over of late what with the announcement from Portland that one of the old vil lage favorites, "Powder" Proctor is to box a 10-rounder Friday night on Joe Waterman's "March of Dimes" card. Proctor is to biff - with one John L Sullivan of the Northwest Marine Iron works in case you arent up on the dis patches. ; ! Well and good, well and good, fay these interested, but how come .1 & ..... T !.rVU,.... Champion of Oregon?" According o same dispatches. Proctor is the State's new lightheavy champ lince Woodburn Joe Kahut took ip residence at Farragut station. The answer to it all escapes us, ut the how comes" rendered by (he ' local faithful are probably due to the fact that Proctor, Re spite the fondness with which he is remembered hereabouts, : fin 4cVia4 a verv rsrw-ir snmnd tt ffents like Jimmy Garrison and Costello Cruz some months back. Now he's advertised as a champion. But then they're all entitled to a comeback ; whether starting at bottom cr top', and . here's hoping "Powder", learns to wear his new title well. -- Incidentally; ; Leo wTh Lion" Turner, another old favorite (?) here, wafts with Mickey Pease Friday night In a 12-rounder. Series on Marion Sports Polio: Drive -i' The Marion Sports Polio Fund took a $23 step; in the right di rection this week with, the receipt of a check in that amount from Willamette university, WU's con tribution as a result of her basket ball came with the Klamath Falls Marines; The 1Z5 WJtea me torn to $830.40 to date. -. . " Coming events for the benefit drive include the Veterans of Foreien Wars sports dance Wed nesday night, January 31, at the VF?t hall; the huge ."Parade of Bands" dance jamboree at t the. Crystal Gardens .Monday night, February 12, and basketball games featuring Salem. woodburn and Jefferson high schools. Who's next? H. Elliott Cap, Hi-Y. -?4? Perfection Alleys Bowlers Bill Bevens and family Salem Golf Clubbers Lightheavy Wrestlers Mill City High i 75.00 5.00 155.00 251.70 40.00 68.70 25.00 Silverton Higa Willamette University Total I S830.40 be announced as they are figned on, says Owen, Walt MTh Sneeze" Achiu will probably be the refereer what you saw when they chased f-1 "POWDER" PROCTOR Austin Keeps Duration Lead WOODBURN Big Bill Austin, blond -Woodburn Bulldog center, hiked his margin to 14 points In leading the Duration hoop loop In dividual scoring parade last week. Austin, with 74 points in five games for a 14.8 average, Is 14 up on Forward Dale Bennett of Silverton. Charley Sauvain, Wood burn's defending scoring champ at guard, is a point behind Bennett at 59. Bill Stein, Canby Cougar forward is only a point behind Sauvain In fourth! place. The 10 top scorers In the league: Player, School Austin. Woodburn Bennett, Silverton . Sauvain. Woodburn O Pf It Tp 10 74 10 60 11 59 S8 9 45 43 11 41 40 I 39 38 S 32 Stein. Canby Turin, Mt Angel rccara, Cbtmtwt Smith, Canby Charles, Molalla , ,j , 9 Ashman. Chemawa ls Nado, Silverton , . Battle Mt. Angel Five SILVERTON Anxious to re turn to the win column after four losses in league play. Coach Roy Boe's Silverton Silver Foxes Fri day night host .to Mt Angel Preps in a Duration league basketball game at the high school gym. In a previous game the Preps turned Dacx tbe Foxes by a 12-point mar. gin. coach Boe's boys have been snowing ; improvement in their past few games and point to the game with the Prefs as the turning point of the season. The game will also serve as a "perview" of unngs to come since the teams meet In the first game of the sub district tournament at Mt An eel February 28. A prelim featuring me aee squads Is set; for 7 pjn. Buliaogs Eye Wiii Over Canby I Qtiint WCODBURN , Coach Jiggs Burnett's undefeated Woodburn Blue Bulldogs go to! Canby Ffl day night in quest of their sixth straight Duration league basketball decision and will be highly favor ed to bring it back. While the Bulldogs have been wading through competition with ease, the COugars have failed to win a game. Hal McKee, Babe Reed, Bill Austin, Chuck Sauvain and Curly Mattison are the Woodburn star ters. T ' ! U.O . Court Lead at Stake 4 In 2-Game Set ' - - ' .Division Derbr. Now i : In Red Hot Stage P EUGENE, Jan. 25-WVWith the Northern division basketball race now in a red-hot stage after Ore gon i State's two victories, over previously, unbeaten Washington, University - of : Oregon's j leading Webfoota open their crucial two game series with the Huskies Friday, night on McArthur court The Ducks "backed" into the lead with five wins and two losses as a result of , the Beaver victories. ; Washington, beaten badly both nights I by the Beavers; ! now rest in second place a' half-game be hind the Ducks and a win Friday night , would regain , the lead for Hec ; Edmundson's quint. Oregon State is within easy striking dis tance with four wins and three losses. ! . , ) Coach John Warren, who scouted- both the OSC-UW tilts, will probably start his high-scoring five of Dick Wilkins and Del Smith, ' forwards; Ken Hays, cen ter and Captain Bob .Hamilton and Jim . Bartelt, guards. The Huskies . will rely on the j proven scoring power of Freshmen Bob Jorgenson and Ned Carnovale, sparkplugs of Edmundson's trav eling "civilian" team. !- : From 5000 to 6000 are expected to witness both McArthur games IViks, Pioneers oop ! Tilt With Unbeaten i OC on Road Tonight l Salem high's hustling 'court sters, stronger in the guard depart ment now that Doug Gibson is back, draw one of their toughest asignmepts tonight when they trek north to chase with Dan Jones' Oregon 1 City Pioneers. The . No Name league skirmish ' will pit the Viks, winners of five and losers of 12 this season, against a quint which has finished no worse than first In 15 games this season. Coupled with the 1 42-28 lacing the Pioneers handed the SHSfers'on the Villa court a few weeks ago, needless to say wholl be odds-on favorite tonight i Gibson will no doubt open up In one of the guard slots for SHS and will likely join Al Bellinger, Tuffy , Helmhout Tom' Boardman and Sunny Mason as starters. Coach! Herm Schwattzkopf s Junior Jayvees will attempt to buts ;the "13" jinx In the', prelim gainst the OC Jayvees. After winning 13 straight the Schwartz- lea were kayoed In an upset at CorvmllU last Monday. - : f v Cards Topple. IaBirig Reds They needed two overtime rer- Idda jto 'do It, but the Parrish Cardinals r finally edged their brother Reds 34 to 32 in an intra mural league hoop thriller yester day afternoon on the Parrish floor and threw: the loop lead into -a tie between the two clubs. The Parrish Greens knocked off the Grays In the other half of the twin bill. High acorer for (he dav was Ken Gibson, Reds, with 18 mark ers, i . '. Today at Leslie the Blues and Blacks clash at 4 o'clock and the Golds and Whites square off im mediately after. , -,V 1 ';...? CASDINAXS (14) (Ji) REDS Covalt (8 (lj) Wilaon Glradl SI Cummdnifs (3) 0) Garland . to) soagie (16 Gibaon unrun ibi Bouclc (10) Sub; for Cards Harbaugh 2. GREENS fn) , lg) GRAVS Bellinr f4 - ' i- Chamberlain (8) F (3 Nelswander Faanacht 4 C (7) Montali Paul (7) i G (0) Kleen McDonald 0) G (5) Russell Olticiala riesher and Croas. MaiardPekar links Winner Seven-nadicanped Millarf Pekar matched par for his nine-hole round In yesterday's Mens club sweepstakes outing at Salem: golf course and Wound up with a net 32 for first place In the weekly tournament Bill Busick with a 38-335 and Ted Chambers with a 39-433 tied for second in the field of 24. A heavy tourney coif ing slate Is scheduled to gelt under way lor tne membership o com- ingweeicend. . ft H . ,Committeemaa Clhambers ! an- nouncedthat club members would sit in on one of their prized stag feeds next Thursday night Feb ruary 1. ;,i j Beanpickers Capture , Another League TUt STAYTON The local Bean pickers chalked up. another Ma rion ' county B" league victory here Tuesday night dumping Mill CityV fjvf,t 31-17. The Stayton Bees beat the . Mill City reserves jo-o in tne prelim. j MILL CrtT (17) Poole 7 T . Meghtsch (lFZZr Wriglesworth (3) C. Farmer (S) ... -G. Sbeltoa (1) G. (Jl) SIAYTQV 1 t) Giel ' 6J Freele OS) .Nwlson (2) Johnton (0) Samples G n As Reminded Thursday: Mr. Bishop Is Nation's , By Jack Hewlns s FORT LjnUS, Wash Jan. f. -JP-Sartf, boys, but youTl have ta move aver and make room for Pvt Gall Ulshop, the clock work kid.! i 1 . In XS basketball games this year he bis Ucked eft 214 field goals and! 98 free throws for a total ef ' 524 points, 1 179 more than Dtck Wilkins ef Oreron, eurrent i leader of the national collegiate scorinc race, baa rar nered la 9 starts. Private Bishop,' playing coach f the Fori Lewis Warriors, Is a t . ' VIKING GUARDS: Slated for heavy daty tonight at Oregon 'City guards, 1 to r, Bunny Mason, Frank Bales and Eugene Lowe. They'll attempt to keep the Pioneers from keeping their season's record spotless. , y). ; i i Largest Field In Texas Open SAN ANTONIO, Tex., Jan. 25- (Py-One hundred and seventy golfers start firing tomorrow at the tight 7 par on Brackenridge course' In the Initial 18 holes of, the Texas openhe of the, larg est entries In the 18 years, of this top event' ! ; I". - v Among the big field that tees off around idawnjwill be tjt pro fessionals, 22 of them comprising the star-spangled group following the white;, tournament trail that started in November at' Portland. Byron Nelaon the Toledo,' star who got bis olflnf start in Texas, Is the outstanding favorite. . Sam Snead ; has . won threeJ tournaments to .Nelson's two, but after the . Texas open Lord Bjrron should be in the lead.' Snead has quit because of a back Injury. The. field-will ie cut.by . another after this week because Bob Han ilton of. Chicago national PGA champion, is reporting for army duty, Hamilton, 29, had been 2-A but recently' was reclassified. , Turner Wins Benefit . Tilt From Gates Five TURNER The Turner high school Tigers downed Gates here Tuesday night .17-4 in a "March of Dimes' benefit game. Lanky Ed Ball, Turner center, led scor ers with eight points. ;'t ' j GATES (4) (17) TURNER R. Oliver (1) Rush 0 (1) Shlfferer . 8) BaU (3) MesheUe WrigleiworUl (1) C. W. Oliver (0) (. Henness (0) JJ G (1; Lowery Sub for Gates BiacKDurn 2: zor Turner Hickman 2. J Virginia Garbarino, of the Keg- lettes, rcollected both ' high game (208) and high series (506) hon ors In last night's LadiesV league bowling )n the" Perfection alleys, but it remained for Jo KIrchneri of the same team, to provide the highlight of the night's pin-toppling. Jo converted the - "almost impossible" 8-10 plit a very rare performance for any bowler. KEGLETTES O) KHlls 1 s. Byer J14 11 123-353 J29 134 149413 J26 13? 14ft-09 J 97 : 114 1S138I -149 208 189 508 Klrcnner Anderson Gardatino Totals w 81S 709 718 2042 ACKXIXS BOOTERT (2) Handicap 1 - 55 55 85 185 Poasenl 1 , ' L'" i 118 " 1 405 Zimmerman 131 108 149 388 Flil r, , 128 143388 Ju Evans . , ; 65 97 108300 McEihaney -150 110 135 399 Totals a -8M 813 70S 2009 QCISEXBE&BVB (2) ' Shnner , 139 Mathia ,. .1 130 121 130390 122 112364 True love .108 134 -123365 G amour Merritt i 80 -1&5 125 106 an 157 108460 Totala . 652 659 79 1890 NICHOLSONS -INS. 1 Handicap . . j . . 10 Stephen- ., , 134 McNeal '. 115 dishing .1 103 1 r 2 19 118 117-369 120 "151388 111. 12 342 119 139353 GuFtaison alorgan Totals 85 .104 139 . 110362 .561 614 858 1831 r quiet sort and really doesn't at tract much attention util he falls' below his average ef 5-points-plus per. game. Then he makes such leadlines as this one, which appeared here last week: .-Bishop off UllJes 20." T Tea, he's the same Gall Bishop, who set the national A. A U. toornament's llndlvldaal ..e n e -game scering ' record at Denver year before last by : donklng 80 points - for the "Fort Lewis re ception center quintet He's still very, much ' at " 4t i His Warriors have trimmed sach opponents as rfeSfe4tCl 'Fat Freddie9 Will toe The Slab if Necessary PHlllADELPHIA, Jan. 25-flP)-Fred Fitzsimmons, manager! of the Philadelphia Blue Jays, says he is ready toitake his turn on the mound this year If necessary. Back home - after a USO tour of the Persian' gulf command ( and Africa, thexPhillies pilot said to day that he Is In better shape than at any time: since he pitched for Brooklyn. ! ' j - - "Both;; Carl ! Hubbell and I pitched In six games in " Persia and it must nave boiled all the soreness out of . my flipper,!, he said. "Hubbell. said : his I only worry, would - be bis legs. I told him mine would.be the National Jeagtie hitters. Marion Gets Miother .PHILADELPHIA, Jan. ll-iFf Marty Marion, lanky shortstop of the St Louis Cardinals, was des ignated r. by ; the Philadelphia Sportlng i Writers association to night as "the outstanding athlete of the year.! The Richburg, SC, youth received the award at the association's 41st anntial dinner, which attracted 11100 sport; cele brities, educators and writers. : Pep Will Defend Title r NEW YORK, Jan. 24 -fp)wil-lie.Pep of HartfOTd, Conn, recog nized in New York . as world featherweight champion, will det fend his title against Phil Teranova of New York at Madison Square Garden Monday, February 19." f WOOLWOXTB8 (2) Handicap - i 18 19 19 87 Johnson j ,..-119 157 . 137413 130 149 98375 .T 118 127 80323 illS 95 109319 ,. ...129 111 119-359 Greene Muelhaupt Senon Keener - Totals i-JL-- - 30 - 858 580 1848 WESTERN' PATER CONV. 1) 1 B. AnderefS U-122 120 148-388 KlnsweU 114 121 114349 121 ; 108 129358 134 134 ,119387 97 154 .438389 J. Anderegg Peavy Lindsay .Totals 588 837 849 1871 BBOADWAT BKAUTT SHOP Handicap. . . 17 17 McNeil L128 121 2 17 ' 81 123372 170-403 131355 176446 130417 Welty .107 ; 128 Cohen 2 107 117 Rowder -i .129 141 Bowler ,; ,119 168 Totals UlllJ .600 890 149 2039 iriRt KnmiirK CO. tit A'fthirt 1 i 149 121 145-415 Jura l 1 153 121414 Allen i 1 ' 133 138 393 Holt '-" la iiarB 1 1 Tkrush -, 135 133 ' 110377 Totals ...673 82 819: 1978 Pculin :, 124 183 158-44T 104412 159-477 120363 132408 Hubbard Whitworta Srigley Ecyd .,-,,- 173 135 5 11S .11? 128 107 169 Totals X. ,, Mi,... B1ALTO 1) . ! Handier. p . J Averill .''-. Daugherty MrRae , ';, Albricb t Lloyd .. , ,... Totals - 728 708 873 2107 S 5 Jll 130 J58 5 120 134 118 164 .157 .153 S 15 1243e5 114387 162 418 163 443 160-470 .667 681 728 2078 tup the University ef Washinrton Huskies, defending champions of the.. Pacific ..coast ..conference northern division; the Harlem Globe .Trotters and the Wright field (Ohio) air tecs, w ' In one northwest service men's league; game the Warriors', op position counted 21 points and Bishop, matched them, point for point letting' his mates provide the victory margin. In a game against.the University of British Colunbia. the U. B. C scored 43 points. Dlshop got 4S.!-i U f are ; these three Salem High hoop Betty Jameson j Babe SAN ANTONIO, Tex Jan. 25. -LTI-Betty Jameson, twice nation- al woman Si golf champion who has been virtually out of competi tion for several years, said today she would like to meet Babe Did- rikson Zaharias in a match played for war charities. , ! W Miss Jameson has not partici pated In a national or sectional tournament In two years. But she says with. few ' weeks practice she will be ready to take on the Jong-driving Babe, who has been playing golf along the winter tournament trafl. '' f. 1 would like to know what the Babe thinks of this . challenge; said Fred Corcoran, tournament manager , of the PGA' now here wth the professional : golfing troupe playing In tne Texas open. T think the logical pUce to play such a match' would be in Texas since the Babe also is a Texan. It could be played for a government hospital here In San Antonio." Oaks Whip Shamrocki f SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 24 -ijf) The . Oakland ice hockey teani evened season's series with the San Francisco Shamrocks by de feating them 7 to 5 tonight in a Pacific : coast league contest - ATNtMfNWN v x - In th9 tours of gttting Ifce Japonese situation weI in hand, th Marines have had a fcw good laughs ai tho en emy who Jos a funny way of doing things. Here are; some of tho antics, collected by Leatherneck; Marino magazine BARESKIN BRIGADE: T h r Japanese on Guam popped out of an emplacement with out shirts, paraded solemnly in single ; file, in front of Yank Jines, walked ten paces' for ward.thenback.unti! shot down. I TANK OPLNEX: During on American attack on tho Mar sha!Is, a 4 Japanese : ?tTicer hopped on top of a moving -tank, tried to pry open the. . hatch With his sword. He went about it -as if opening ' a caw. May Play Top Scorer He played twe seasons with Washington State college before entering the army a year; and a half ago and in that time has piled np 1.3 W points for 97 games. Just loafed around and potted baskets with a lacy push toss, left or right handed, as unconcernedly as be used to milk cows on his father's dairy ranch at Somas, Wash. - Private Blshep Is 22, weighs 209 pounds, stands f feet J and after the war he wants ta . ' play basketball. ' - ! Chandler for ... War-time Ball - .... - .. ' . r, -!..' Happy Thinks;4-F!s Should Get to Play- By Bos Ham - i ' WASHINGTON, Jan. 25.--Baseball Is worth continuing dur ing wartime and congress should look into its case, Senator .Chan dler (D-Ky). said -today. When work or jail legislation comes up in the senate, the Kentuckian as serted that "He will go to 1 bat" for the game's continuance. Chandler, was entering the sen ate chambers when a reporter asked him for his views. It looks as if the possibility of baseball go ing ahead has boiled down to the use of a relatively few men j who may be rejected again after being re-examined lor the armed forces, the reporter said. f J -"I think that baseball should have the right to use rejects, if that would mean keeping' the game going,' Chandler said.j Not more than three or four hundred men would be affected, he added. Chandler's ' opinion is directly opposite to that of his Kentucky colleague, Rep. May, chairman of the house military ' committee. May. recently-said that "They closed down the Kentucky derby and they ought to close down baseball also." . s Brook;s Purchase Fort Worth Club; BEAR MOUNTAIN, N. Y, Jan. 25.-P)-Brooklyn purchased the Forth Worth franchise in the dor mant Texas league today, Dodger president Branch Rickey told a group of baseball writers inspect ing the club's spring training quar ters. , 4-k- - Rickey said that Brooklyn ac quired the Fort Worth baseball holdings completely, including field, uniforms and reserve list but would not reveal the price except to say it was "an expensive move." Jeffs Trip AumsYille, -Battle Turner Friday r t JEFFERSON Coach Pat Beal's Jefferson Lions edsred out a 2Sai Victdry oyer the'Aumsville Rangers m a south Marion county B league basketball same . at ' Aumsville Tuesday night The; Jeff Bees were defeated for the first time in five games, 24-14... Friday' night the Jeffs meet :; Turner in a . league game here.' h :;" ..":" i- ifV01f mK ACMSVT1XB rlsh (8) . i . P () Gilbert Skeiton (2) -J-ZZZI. (4) Datte C (0) Homquist Sfif g (4) Ntehola Bama (4) : G (8) Busby Jefferson suos: Hayea and Allen; Aumsville: Norrisoti 2. . .... Alps Win 7th Straight SEATTLE, Jan. 20 -(tey- The Alpine Dairy team continued its undefeated way in the northwest basketball league tonight by trim- ming the Seattle Boeings, 39-27, fop their seventh straight win. i ftePaul Sweeps Series i ST. PAUL. Jan. 2i-iPU.riaTi.1i v ' of Chicaeo sweot it' rvA.nma series, with Hamline University; winnlns the second. encounter to night 49-40. ; . Esther Logan Visits i Falls Gty Friends FALLS CITY Esther Logan visited relatives here this tom fe ller, mother, Mrs. George Logan taugnt scnool Here : for several years. "Miss Logan has been teach ing in California until recently. She left Tuesday for Burns where she-will visit her parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Logan for a few days." Editors Tour Front ! WITH THE THIRD TJS "ATtXTV Jan. 25-(P)-Th American Socie- ty of Newspaper Editors commit tee on world press freedom be gan a tour of frontline areas In the Third army sector todav an was given an off-the-record brief - tag by Lt. Gen. George S. Patton. - 'SBBBMBBaiBiM-. wwm iJUUm, irtilliUUiu DOBSE JOB BATED TnUCII -'-. DISTHEDTOIl with SSSolS orSI ,S 7 mechanical work, Prompt courteous service with reaonahVr.r?e. -We specialize in aU types of tniSYenice P : STATI BlffiEn rmrr :&z t-hemeketa iSU Red Cochrane Says Boxing Most Popular Welter Oiamp Finds Natives Like FIils . .... ; . . . , I. Br Jack Hand-, ELIZABETH, N. J, Jan. 25.-JP -Boxing will come out of World War 2 as America's most popular sport In the opinion of Freddie (Red) Cochrane, the welterweight champion , who recently was boni orably discharged from !the navy.; was on 54 different islands and every one of them, had,, a home-made ring and a boxing tournamentn the 29-year-old Eli-; tabeth; battler said. Those .kids really took to boxing and in many places that was the only sport they could have. Some of the . is-. lands weren't as big as StiUman's "We followed the Seabees In and got to work right away to keep the kids occupied in their spare time. -You dont hear much about those guys, they're too far away. And they don't hear much from the outside ... no world series, no fibts. iust a score ' now and then, a couple of month-old news bulletins mixed in with some Ha waiian hula music." ' , Cochrane wasn't sure when he would be ready to go to the post again. He has had .only four fights since ne won tne uue irom j-ru-zie Zivic in Newark. July 29. 1941.' He'll start work at Bey's Summit N. J, training camp MSnday. . "Teaching 200,000 kids how to box Is 'some different to getting In shape for a fight" the ex-sailor remarked. "I used to soar with some of the dots but I found my self pulling my punches and that wasn t good. When I cut loose and hurt somebody, that , wasn't good either. So I gae it up." Do (Ids Through With Running LOS ANGELES, Jan. 23.-(ff-Bespectacled, 26-year -old Gil Dodds, (America's premier miler, who recently was graduated from Gordon theological school of Bos ton, Is through forever with com petitive racing. I "I am devoting the rest of my life to the services of the Lord, and that's a full time job," Dodds told newsmen today. He Is here under the auspices of the Los An geles Bible Institute for a series ofisermans. "I'm stil in favor of athletics," Dodds said. "Our body is a tem- Tslia tlriifH Warn V-a nn Alaom and Ct ' v . Uragous Spill Silverton Ewe I DALLAS - (Special) - Leading all the Way, the Dallas high Drag ons defeated Silverton easily her Tbuy ' night, 39 to 18,' With forward ; Richardson; bitting ;the ""f." iuini, f victors rolled to a 1S-4 half m. m, and built, up their lead steadily in - the final periods. Richardson led scorers -.with IS points, while Nado, Silver Fox center, got 10. i DLLA !J8) Y " 18) 8U.VEKTOV Richardson 18) Y (1) Bennett Si!r iH T-HS ' Hartley VI I") Nad. a.auu Suba for niiai xl m Jr (4) V w 1 tor gerton - lUaT "1 YalePaddler Beats Records NEW HAVEN, Conn, Jan. 24-(ff5-Alan Ford, Yale's swimming captain, continued his assault on American 20-yard pool swimming records tnav mnvi t.n. ... v-j, .uuommi uoui mm 100-meter and the 110-yard rec ords. Ford lowered Weismuller's 100-meter record. of 0:57 seconds tO 0:55.7 ' and alaeh .. nn yard record of 0:57 to 0:56.4. . Builflv Ym.n. TJ-. ' , .. uiuucicu -r CHICAGO, Jan. 24 -ff)-Claude (Buddy) Young, University of Illi nois football and track star, todar was Inducted into the navy he and willbegin boot Great Lakes BX) naval trSnirS center tomorrow. . WINTER TOP COATS S & Clothiers 45S State Salew j b -' Phone 4119 j