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Unbeaten macks fiks 5224 Salems Hold Own in First Half; Juniors Hoop 39-26 Prelim Win OREGON CITY. Jan- 2ft (Special) Oregon City' - rampaging Pioneers, a hot-footing basketball Dock which hasn't failed to timsn second best this season, tonight swept to its 16th (straight victory by walloping Salem high's visiting Vikings, 52-24. The Dan Jones Pio neers completely dominated play in the second hall after the hustling Vikings had held their own in the first and trailed at intermission only 19-14. At that SHS had the score tied with only 20 seconds to go in the second quarter. Paced by bigi Len Rinearson, whose 17 points were high for the game, the race.-horse Pioneers took over at the outset of the third period and literally ran away with the game. They poured 'em m from right and left right down to the final whistle. (The win was No. 2 for the sea son over Salem for Oregon City since the Pioneers turned ; in a 42-26 nod at Salem a few weeks ago. The Pioneers appeared very much to be a hot contender for state championship laurels tonight as they' raced over their No-Name league and district foe. The preliminary; was different, however, and saw the Salem Jun ior! Jayvees start on another win binge after losmg their first game in 14 starts last Tuesday. The Sa lems hooped a resounding 39-26 victory over the OC Bees after leading 15-4 at halftime. Center LaV erne Hiebert led the way with 15 markers.' JUNIOBS (39) Herman (11) -. Barloy 2 Alberta 46) Hiebert (15) ... () PIONEER BEES .F ;. (4) Myers .F L 8 Gnong G (2) Martinet -f? , (8) Ramsey G. (J) Hauck Derkebach 2 Salem subs: Close 2, Pickett 1. Ore- gon City: Kelsay 2. SALEM (24) Bellinger (11) Helmhout 40) Boaittman (1) Gibsoo 46) . Mason (0) (52) OREGON CITY .. F (8) Thomas ...F (4) Sonderen ..C (17) Hinearson . G (3) Bakkum ..G ) Jones - Gemmell 2, Cham Salem subi berlain J, Deacon 2. Oregon City Mialey 3. Larson 1. Mill 4. Peckover 4. Bulldogs Bop , 53-17 DURATION LEAGUE STANDINGS - Woodburn 0 .1000 276 134 Molalla ... 4 1 MO 132 108 Chemawa 3 3 .600 181 183 Mt. Angel 3 4 .333 203 221 Silverton . 3 4 .333 222 249 Canby . 0 6 .000 184 289 -Last night'i remits: At Canby 17, Woodburn 93; at Silverton 54, Mt, An gel 41. WOODBURN-Scoring 19 points before Canby could dent the scor ing- column at all, Woodburn s de fending champion Duration league basketballers last night walloped the Cougars at Canby, 53-17. It was 21-1 at the quarter, 24-4 at half time, and 44-10 at the third rest stop. Bie Bill Austin. Woodburn ren ter,! who is leading the league's individual scoring parade, added 19 more points to his total. Char- - ley Sauvain hemped 16. The vic tory "w a s Woodburn's sixth straight in league play sans de feat The Canby Bees won the prelim, 20-21. WOODBIRN (S3) McKee (10) F. Reed (2) F Austin (II) C. Sauvain (16) G Mattison 43) G. . (17) CANBY -- 42) Smith (1) Stein 42) Etzel (4) Ahlstead 42) Marke Woodburn auba I.inrwrt 5 Pnn. land I. Canby Von 2. Wirta 2. Gar ner -i. jfeieree wayne Bauer. Litvvhiler Still 4-F PWTT ArFT BUt A na it , Danny Litwhiler, St. Louis Car dinals outfielder, retained his 4-F draft classification today when he was re-examined at the armed "forces induction center here. Lit whiler was classified 4-F because of a knee injury. . ' Babe'. Okehs Match LOS ANGELES, Jan. 26 -(JF) Babe Didrikson Zaharias, t h t longest hitter in women's golf, is amenable to former National Champion Betty Jameson's sug gestion that they get together in match play for war charities."I think it's a fine idea; but Texas is a long way off,'- said the Babe. Leo Estey Fires Dodo on Links : Lt Estey, regular playing member ef the mashie-waving ganr at Salem golf club, yester day lofted his tee shot into the cap on No. 6 hole for the first hole-in-one la his life. Estey was playing with Lawrence "Monk" Alley. Estey now be comes a member f the select "Hole-ln-One Club." Canb Salem Golf Clubbers to Open Strenuous Tournament Pro gram Mashle waving swings - Into Ugber gear at Salem coif course this weekend wtth the begin-: sing of two extensive ' tonrna-1 tnents. Toarney Committee Chairman Don ' ' Hendrle an . Bounces that both the 72-hole Medal Sweepstakes derby and . the lengthy Eclectic meet wiQ take off today and tomorrow. The Sweepstakes will be play ed over a four -week period, one 18-hoIe round per week, and entrants wCl be permitted full use of respective handicaps. They .must announce an upcoming round at the clubhouse before playing" It, towever, and aJI scores mait be turned In on cards. . The Eclectic meet wiU consist S 19 full U-holt round, flay OG Quint MHwwMnMaMttMMB4aaiiaaaMMaaMaMaM J "Annpuncertent bureau: Villagers the Spec Keene all-around athlete to know that Jpmy Air Forces Lt second son born January zz. ratner ery, Ala, ana Wiu oe rememDer-j ed as one of the three Willamette wingmen" who joined the AAF together Kolb Marshall Barbour and Ralph Rude ... And it's farewell this morning to Travis Cross, former jVik i athlete ; and scholar, Stanford U student and Statesman sports department lieu tenant Travis lis en route to the Memphis Air Technical training center to becorfle anaval aircrew- man, iie u De tnere ai leasi uvree months and may eventually wind up with a pettyj officers rating or a transfer to V-j aviational school. Incidentally,, thi Memphis station is the one which boasts that un beatable basketball team includ ing ex-Eastern! Oregon's Ernie Rostock.- The ojuint has averaged nearly 70 points per game and : Southern opponents refuse to play it attempt at breaking into its lineup i athletic bureau publicist now walking on air since the Beavers have bounced forth, reveals that the 63 night against Washington were the highest ever) scored by a Bevo quint in a Coast conference game. Previous high was 54 against Montana six years ago. Further more, the 27 points pitched by new sensation Ephrerh "Red" Ro cha Tuesday night were third highest ever tossed by an indi vidual in a Northern division game. Washington's Don McMil lan swished 34 last season and mate Bill Morris grabbed off sec ond place with 30. The previous high for OSC was held by Lew Beck, the race-horse guard from Pendleton. Lew canned 23 against Idaho at Moscow two years ago. . . . Re this Rocha, Harris re minds that he isn't a freshman at Oregon State, but a sophomore. His freshman hooping . year was spent at U of Hawaii under Coach Luke Gill, which automatically makes him a sophomore with only three years' eligibility at Beaver ville. ... I Oliver Showed 'Em How Shortie sporties: Rassler Tony Ross tells us that Frenchy La Belle, the classy grappler who is now in the navy was wounded seriously during the invasion of Luzon and is recuperating in a Guadalcanal hospital. Frenchy re ceived a decoration for bravery some months agd . . . Hammerin' Henry Armstrong can still pull 'em in at the gate even, if he is these days but aj rusty replica of the roaring riot of half-a-dozen years ago. Last week at Oakland he packed in a $25,344.85 house, second to no crop of clout cus tomers ever to see a fight between anyone in Oakland . . . Plug for Lt, Com. "Tex" Oliver, former U of Oregon grid boss, and a big one comes by way of jthis clip from the Honolulu Advertiser of January 8: "A superbly coached All-Star Navy aggregation! triumphed over the star-studded Army Air Force aggregation, 14 to 0, in the much heralded Poi Bowl yesterday at Furlong Field in the , shades of Pearl Harbor. -The largest crowd ever to witness a gridiron battle in these parts, an 'estimated 29,000 that overflowed from the stands to the sidelines, saw the superior tu tored Tars, whipped into battle trim by the astute former Univer sity f Oregon mentor, Lt Com, Tex Oliver, virtually outclass the super dooper bomber machine." . . . Mr. Oliver hasn't forgotten how, apparently . . The same pa per carries an j Oliver quote: "Glenn Dobbs is the greatest pass er I ever saw. Jhe greatest, in cluding Sammy Baugh." Wyoming Wins :: ' il . - - LARAMIE, Wy Jan. 25-(JP) Wyoming s Cowboys defeated hustling Denver university team 45 to 36 here tonight in a .Big Seven conference 1 game. en will be allotted naif their handicaps and may post the best core on each hole per roond. Lowest total at the finish of the tourney will take down first prise. Eclectic and Sweepstakes play may be carded during the same round. f Meanwhile round two of- the Winter Slicker meet playoffs has been postponed pending the re turn of one of the contestants now on vacation. The National league champion j duet of lien' one and Glen Lengren la to play the Federal league Ross Coppock-Russ Bonesteele team. It has been announced that stag feed will be offered the Men's club membership next Thursday night following weekly Thursday play. Ducks iiEap.Hiiskies With mtaimg, Stampeding Webf oots Hike Lead : j As Wilkins, Hays Pace Victory i' it-,";;r ' : y . - - i :'-': v;-':Ht "'..'-A f !. : fi ! EUGENE, Ore, Jan. 26-JP)-The Washington Huskies tasted their third defeat this week tonight when they crumpled 59 to 36 before a powerful University of Oregon onslaught. The victory strengthened the, Webf oots' lead in the Northern division, pacific Coast conference backetball league, giving them six wins and two defeats. . Washington whp remember Johnny Kolb as from New Jersey might also like Johnny is now proud papa , to a jloid is siauonea ai Montgom ; - -i- LT. JOHNNY KOLB Travelling Travis anticipates no . . News via Irwin Harris, OSC's points scor4d by OSC Wednesday Cougars Grab 5641 Victory MOSCOW, Idaho, Jan. 2&-)- The Washington State college Cougars rallied in the last half tonight to defeat the University of Idaho 56 to 41 and postpone again the Vandals' first victory in the northern division,! Pacific coast conference, basketball sea son. Idaho led 23 to 21 at half time. y : 1 S wsc (, rc rt rt tp Joslin, ..5 1 0 Gregg, t .... Hancen. je , Rennick.j g Hamilton, g . Jorrison, ; t ; . .0 7 ..5 : -1 . 1 .0 1 1 ...1 22 Johnson, I I . Waller. ; Ghrett, ! g . Noteboom. g Totals 12 11 IDAHO itxi O'Connor, t ..1 Overholstr, f Taylor, 0 , Pyne. g 3 .S .2 .3 Carbaugn. g scniieri, i .2 Call, f ... 1 .0 .l ...0 .18 Finlayson, c L smith, g ... Morse, g ToUls li . 13 Free throws missed: Overholser Call 2, Pyne 3, Taylor 2, Morse Jorri son. Hansen 2. Rennlck. Hamilton. Of ficials: Bloom of Rosalia. Strieker of Clarkaton; , Foxes Outhoop Angels, 54-l SILVERTON Coach Ray Boe's SilvertoJ Silver Foxes welcomed the return of DeWayne Johnson to the lineup last night and then raced to a 54-41 victory over the Mt Angel Preps in a Duration league basketball game. Johnson reciprocated by sparking ithe win with 16 points, although t Mate Dale Bennett actually led all scor ing with! 18 markers.- Silverton trailed 17-11 at the quarter and 26-23 at halfUpe, but went on a scoring binge as the Angels turned "cold" in the third period. It was Silverton, 39-28, at the thir4 stop. Bern ing led the Angels at the net with 12 points. "Pop" DeLay's Silverton Bees copped the rough4 and ready pre lim 46-26. SILVERTON (54) (41) MT. ANGEL Bennett 4 B) r (12) Berning HarUey 11) T 46) Traeger Nado (T) ;i C . (4) Schmidt satem (2) -G j (7) BeU jonnson (is) ill) t) Turin Mr. Aneel sub Hubert 1. Official Tom Drynan and AI Lightner. St. Pauls Nip Indians, 28-26 CHEMAWA Rolling forth with a last period rally after trailing throughout the game, the St Paul Saints last night nosed out Che mawa'i Indians, 28-26, in a North Marion county B league basketball game' here. It was Chemawa's first loss of the season in the loop and dropped them into a tie with Salem's Sophomores. ; K W ; The Chemawa Bees copped the preliminary, 60-15. CHEMAWA (M) (tt) ST. PAUL Yallup (). J (4) R. Kirk Pkrard (6) P 44) SnUUi Ashman 4) n ) 3. Kirk M. Williams 44) G (4) Phillips UDerty 2) . u (o Coleman cnemawa sub Logan 2. Ortiz Hancs KO On White in 7th : i .:"V. I 4r SAN DIEGO, Calif-. Jan. 2S-UP) -Making his final start as a civil ian boxer, Manuel Ortiz, El Cen tro, Calif-, bantamweight cham pion of the world, knocked out rugged Bert White, Los Angeles negro, in I the seventh round of their 10-rdund non-title bout here J tonight I1"""1 1 Jl 'f 1 11 nu.J m.i.i and Oregon State. are tied for sec- ond, place, each with four games won and three, lost : ... , A mighty Oregon - stampede in the first 1 few minutes j of play, paced by Ken Hays and Dick Wil kins, shot 'the score to 12-5 at the four-minute ; rnarlc. Within ' eight minutes the gap widened to 22-8, and the winners kept their lead, 34-22, at the half-time, i 5 The Webf oots kept up a terri fic tempo in J the . second half, stretching their lead to 24 points within six ' minutes, .when the score stood 49-25. Substitutes then took over and kept Oregon out in front 'until the final whistle. , An estimated 5000 fans packing MacArthur court saw Wilkins tal ly 15 points to top the evening's scoring. He now holds j the top scoring position in the : -northern division, With 97 points, 'followed by . 90 chalked up by! Oregon State's "Red". Rocha.: I i! ; Ken Hays . scored all: is 14 points in the first half. Top man for Washington iwas Bob; Jorgen- sen, with lL I .: -, ., Coach f John I Warren's . team dominated ; back-board play, mak ing good Use of its height advan tage, and confused the Huskies with constant ball-hawking. The teams play her again tomorrow night iii .... ...j : -. ; WASHINGTON . : G Tt M I Crevellng. 1 1," S '22 C Carnovale.;;f i l. iS 2 5 Brooks, cu- , L 2-7 Jorgensen, a i ' S 1 11 Klna-. m ...J! i! 0 II 2 1 Blowers. t tU--4, 0 ;2 0 2 Anderson, f ; 0 't2 1 2 Mann, e i L 0 . 1 1 Moslek. g . 0 ;0 1 Bettman, g . ,. , -0 ; 1 0. Totals ....I.,., ; 10 19 12 38 OREGON ! Smith, f . 5 -7 4 3 0 2 Wilkins, f Hays, e Hamilton, g 4 Bartelt. g , Berg, t Stamper, I r Elder, e Hoffine, g Kotnik. g .1 .0 .0 .0 .0 .2 Totals . .25 20 59 Free throws missed: Washington Oeveling .i Marin 2. Jorgensen King. Oregon Smith. Wilkins 3, Hays, Elder. Hamilton 2. Referee t Emil Piluso. Umpire Paul Warren. :( No Uke Offer 1 T" i - - ii- - i . ToHollingbery YAKIMA; Jan; 26iHOrin E. Babe" Hollingbery, coach of the Washington State Cougars now on leave of absence, reaffirmed to night that he had not received an offer from: Bill Ackerman, gradu ate manager of UCLA, to become head football mentor at the Lbs Angeles Institution succeeding Babe Horrell, who 1 recently re signed. . j .-' jj- ;;' Hollingbery said he had receiv ed telephone calls from f friends in Los Angeles" today expressing surprise at news: reports ! stating that he was definitely not inter ested in coaching the Bruins. "Although I am quite occupied with business interests in the Ya kima valley at present, I have not notified UCLA authorities; that am not interested in the appoint ment," Hollingbery said. j Smorgasboard Held at Swede , SWEGLE Miss Emma Zielesch was hostess to group of 'Mends and relatives with a smorgasboard at her home, 340 Garden Road Saturday night in honor of . the birthdays of her father, Ernst Zie lesch and i sister, Margaret Zie lesch. ' :r. ,;;; ":-: ! - Those present :. were Mr. and Mrs. Ben Savage and son Robert of Independence; 5 Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Zielesch and daughter Gail; A. Sperling, Mr. ;and Mrs. Jaul Rasmussen, . Ann Schurmer, Mrs. Joe Craig,!; Mrs. Opal Patterson, Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Schaff er, the Misses Bemice and Carol Schaf fer, the honored guests, Mr. Ernst Zielesch, and Miss;; Margaret Zie lesch, and the hostess, "Miss Emma Zielesch. j- . 1 ' .; : 3 r Mrs. Joe Craig of Portland had been a week end guest at the Zie lesch home and Craig came' down Sunday. 1 v Henry Barr of LaRoche Pink Elephant rolled high series, 523, and Willeke of Western V paper Converting tossed high same,. 212, in last night's Mercantile league bowling session at Perfection al leys. ' :'lJ ;;: ';f ?;r-: -?; ';iif-ll:': STATESMAN 2) Wackcn , Staats F. StetUer ... . Bradley , . , , Hammer 1K 137 15S 13S 151 12S 138 152 422 135 40i 15 450 161440 181509 J41 J53 Totals . . .,712 726 787 2225 VINCE'S ELgCTRIC (1) Handicap j- 22 T. Albrich .j,,.,. 'V,,, ,14 D. Duncan .j, , .. ... 161 Farrar '; 1S. Vines -i 85 :' 34 148 SW 157511 ia aw 124 3I 13-44i8 106 193 10 147 188 J. Albrich 143 ToUls 711 744 6S0 2135 WESTERN PAFER CONV. (1) WUleck ... - 153 155 212 fill) Mclntir . tii 158 S4 3i1 Sale of Yanlts Seen as Example of Faith in War-Tom NXW YORK, Jan. 26-(VrVSale 5 of the New York Yankees for nearly three million dollars at time when baseball is supposed to be in a shaky condition "indi cates a wonderful faith in the future of the sport," William E. Benswanger, , president 1 of " the Pittsburgh Pirates, said today. - His Mnunent was the tenor of all the baseball moguls as they hast-. ened to congratulate the return - to baseball of CoL LeUnd Staa- ford-Larry MaePhaJL former ' ' ' - Shaw: Probably New Ucla Boss i 1 .' ' - ' ' "r ' l ' -L . -' '. t ." - " ' J Post Said Offered To ExBrohk G)acli : By -Buss Newland v SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. -Lawrence Timothy "Buck" Shaw most likely Will be the new head football coach at the University of California at Los Angeles provid ed he can arrive at a satisfactory agreement; with present .business affiliates. j ! The former Santa ' Clara men tor, with a brilliant coaching rec ord behind him, has been tenta tively i offered - the UCLA berth; to 'succeed Edwin "Babe" .Hor relL resigned, the 1 Associated Press learned today. Terms, not definitely decided upon, are sat isfactory to both sides. A long- term contract is In the offing. Shaw confirmed these j details t following a visit to his home nearby: Atherton by Bill i Acker man, graduate manager of; UCLA. Resigning from the Santa Clara coaching job last year, following two years j of marking, time be cause the school had abandoned football for ' the duration!7 Shaw became affiliated in a contracting business. His associates own the San Francisco franchise in the All America conference, professional football league not yet operative in a playing' sense. Shaw agreed to serve as coach of the team. Opportunities in ' the present business set-up, aside from; coach ing, prof essional football, are con siderable, Shaw said. For . these reasons, he will not make a dec! sion on the chance to take over the football' responsibilities at UCLA until he has conferred with his partners, r j Shaw agreed the southern col lege coaching post was highly de sirable i with j many opportunities for the future. The terms off ered him were "very attractive, he ..... 1 ( s ... ! . said. .. ; ! . i 1 TrTiitman Bows To Zag Quint WALLA WALLA, Jan. 26 -IP) Gonzaea went one ud on Whit man in their V four-game ; series with a ; 44-39 win here tonight and the teams - face each' other Saturday for their final go. i Whit man took an early lead but trail' ed 20-17 at! half time. Dale Bly, Gonzaga , . forward, collected 20 points, six from the foul line. Each team hit for ; 15 field goals, but the visitors added 14 free throws against Whitman's nine. Oma Outbif f s Baksi; in Upset ; NEW ; YORK, Jan., 26H?3)f Hea vyweight Lee: Oma of Detroit, less than a year ago small time w the boxing world, scored a major up set tonight by decisively outpoint ing Joe Baksi in a 10-round bout before a packed house at Madison Square Garden. ; - Monmouth Club Women Support Donors Unit MONMOyTH Mrs. R. E. Der by entertained the Sunbeam Ser vice club Wednesday afternoon. A letter. was read from Mrs. A. B. Starbuck of Dallas explaining that a drive will be held in March, an annual affair to raise money for promoting the work of the mobile I blood donor service. - i - The 1 Sunbeam club members voted a 5 cash contribution in December to help this enterprise. and now; at Mrs. Starbuck's sug gestion, the money will be held by i the treasurer!; until the, ; March drive. ; Mrs. A.5 H. Craven will en tertain the dub Feb, 28. - ' KeMer . Peavy Miller 1 Totals 131 16S 158447 T14T 15C w 100-411 189 133-437 .881 807 70S 213 KEITH BKOWN CO. Z1 Handicap -,. , - j t,. 4 Lcwellen --. i HI 4 Hi u 11 131 132 145 81374 153435 Jpmirut ,-,, , i " lea Woodcock .137 .129 187455 I Alderman , HiUbora 169 43 133 404 Totals .712 671 738 2121 RIGDOVS 2) W. Valdez . Coker Rodngutts Mercer ,;j ., ,. Donovan . , ..185 -150 .182 173 -128 158 .157 120 173 178 158-497 154463 181483 187-513 1S3 49S1 WahrL';V: J,. ..Sit- 7S4 85J 3455 T R(trHK.PIMl ELEPHANT 1) Handipao A :.i IS 18 18 54 LaRoche i-J 177 155 127-459 Talbot i 19s 140 149414 Shaw 10S 87 2S8 Welch -155 21S 147520 H. Barr " 191 160 528 ToUIa 754 S29 689 2274 Cincinnati and Brooklyn general manager who becomes president and general manager of the Yan kees under the new setup. - "Wheat an experienced base bail man Uko MacPhail buys Into a club, tt shows an almost un bounded -confidence In baseball."1' Benawanger continued. "I have every respect far Larrr Mae- PhaU's baseball ability. He's one of the very; best and I am glad that Ed Barrow is staying- to rive Larry the benefit of his exoert ' . .... . , ..:.,! j Wew drkankees For Reported -"-- "i is R -- -- i '- -.- Texan Gafford In First Round By Harold SAN ANTONIO, Tex., Jan. 26 - a double dose of Texas into the Texas open today as the Fort Worth professional slipped in with a five-under-par 66 to lead favorite Byron Nelson by a stroke at the end of the Turner, Pease Fight to Draw j Proctor Knocked Out By John Sullivan PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 26-UPr- Leo (the Lion) Turner, 160, Port land, held his state middleweight title here tonight against Mickey Pease, 159, Portland, but only through a 12-round draw decision. The headliner topped three bouts on Matchmaker Joe Waterman march of dimes card that proved to be thrillers throughout. There were no dull rounds. . The match was lively and both Turner and Pease went into the final stretch trying for: a knock out to win. John L .Sullivan, 168, Portland, I ,ked. ut 1 PrPC! Portland, in the semi-windup. Ai ter being down for a nine-count in the first round, Proctor was pol ished off quick in the second. The 10-round opener saw John ny Suarex, 142, Portland,; beat his heavier opponent, Eddie: Weller, 147, Portland, all the way to take a clear cut decision. 1 Au,mgville High QuitU Ups Polio Fund $20.08 A cheek in the amount of $20.08 has been received from SnpL Roy E. Hough of ' Aums vllle high school, the Rangers' contribution to the;; Marlon Connty Sports Polio Fund as a result of their Tuesday basket ball game with Jefferson. The donation bikes the fund total to date to $650.48. MUSICAL' FOE: One doy on Guam, a Japanese with trumpet appeared en the! crest off a hill 1,400 yards from the American lines, took a stand, , and tootled euay brovoly until he was silenced very abruptly. 1 1 SABER SILLY: A Japanese troop loader en Saipan whacked his saber down en a Yank's pos terior, broke a bottle of mos quito repellent In his back pock et. Socond Marine used same saber to cut Japanese throat. LAZY WARRIOR: A- Japanese artillery afTker who didn't like foxholes was found relax ing in a hammock between' two trees en Saipan. He con trolled gunfire with a radio set conveniently placed at his eU bow. The Marines soon got him. 1 ence," was the comment of Ford Frick, National leagve president. Branch ,tlckey, who became general manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers when MacPhail entered the army two years ago, I said The American leagne will dell-' nitely . know there Is a elub In the stadium now. Larry knows bis way arooaid." - Jack . Zeller, general manager of the Detroit Tigers, said he welcomed MacPhail back to baseball and "Larry and Daa Grabs Lead of Texas 0pen! V. Ratliff P) - Slender Raymond Gafford put first round Nelson, the ; war bond wealthy I transplanted , Texan now getting his mail out of Toledo, O., had sprayed six birdies on tough Brackenridge course for a 67 an hour before the tall, easy-talking Gafford came in jvith a 32-34 that stood up under the bombardment of a field cut to 150 players by first day withdrawals. Gafford, little known outside this state and winner of no major tournaments, had. five birdies and not a bogey and he didn't miss a green. He had only 32 putts. Tied for third place were Tex Consolver of Wichita, Kans, and Frank Stranahan. amateur from Maxwell Field, Ala each with a 68. Next in line with 69's were Sam Schneider of Corpus Christ!,' Ice land Gibson of Randolph Field, Toney Penna of Dayton, O, Sam Byrd of Detroit and Harold (Jug) McSpaden of Sanford, Me. Craig Wood " of Mamaroneck, NY, National open champion , and one of the top-rated men in this tournament, had "spectator trou-1 ble" that is his ball hit a couple of spectators costing him heavily and he came in with a five-over- par 76. Bob Hamilton of Chicago, Na tional PGA champion, shot a one- over 72, the same score posted by Johnny Revolta of Evanston, 111 defending Texas open champion. Basketball Scores HIGH SCHOOL: Oregon City 52. Salem 24. Salem Juniors 39. Oreeon Citv Jva. Silverton 54. Mt. Angel 41. St. Paul 28. Chemawa 36. Woodburn S3. Canby 17. Washington (Portland i 28. Grant iforuanai zz. Benson (Portland) 38. Roosevelt (Portland) 30. Lincoln (Portland) 38. Jefferaon ironuiM) ' Commerce (Portland) 47. fiabln troruana; jo. Central Catholic (Portland) 40. Rill Milliard (ronunai zu. Eugene 40, Albany 27. Scappoose 28. Rainier 24. Clatskanie 43. Seaside 29. McMinnville 52, DaUaa 29. Lebanon SO. Toledo 38. Milwaukee 32, Corvallta 19. -Pendieton S3. LaGrande 31. COLLEGE: OreKon 59. Washington 38. Washington State 58. Idaho 41. UCLA 41. Southern California 38. March field 47. San Diera MarinM VJ. j Chf!" Guard M VBiv- univarsny or uxan ai, byu 46. I... as . . Lakehurst Naval Air 57. Fort Dix Illinois 43. Iowa 42. - North Carolina 81. NC State 4C OWama 43. Missouri 27. Portland Skaters Win PORTLAND, Ore- Jan. 2-P) The Portland Eagles went into a tie with the Seattle Ironmen for the lead in the northern division hockey, league by defeating th San Francisco Shamrocks 13-5 ,iv,-; c. w mm nere tomgnt in a zree-scoring con test full of fisticuffs. Albina Kayo Victim t SPOKANE, Jan. 2HP)-Fran- kie GimbeV159, of Spokane, won the Washinrfon stat mMi the Washington state middle weight boxing title tonight with a fifth-round knockout of Joey Albina, 164, of Portland. GimbeL a relative newcomer to the ring, used a Jarring right-hand punch. WWCE Noses EWCE BELLINGHAM, Jan. 26 fl Rallying from a 10-point deficit at the half. Western Washington college " defeated Eastern Wash ington of Cheney, 59-55, in an overtime .Washington .Intercolle giate league basketball game here tonight DOESS JOD IlilTED THUGS DISTBEDT03 - Prompt courteous service with reasonable prices. : Was aT-vwi , 1 ie in aT1 . a i a ijycm ix STMI BMEI1 i:0TGS 525 Chemeketa SU i . Game. Topping are go im be a credit to the leagne. W , aren't acq.uaiea """ V r bat Jure certain he Is OS, too. . CHICAGO. Jan- tM-Amer-Ican League President Will Oar ridge said today he waa eonfl dont other league owners "will Welcome Larry JlacFhafl and hi assoeUtea Into oar organlxatlon" lew owner, of the New York " ' " ' I $200,000 MacPhail&Co. Get Ownership j r - ' -.' Entire Yank Chain Included in Deal By Jack Hand , i NEW YORK, Jan. 28-tyft-Con- trol of the vast New York Yanket baseball empire today passed into the hands of CoL Larry MacPhail, p.-. Daniel R. topping and Del Webb of Phoenix, Arix, for an estimated purchase price of $2,- 800,000. Real estate including the Yankee stadium and Ruppert sta diums at Newark and Kansas City were IncludedTln the deal as well as their Tespective franchises and those, of Binghamton, N.Y in the Eastern league, and Norfolk, Va-, in the Piedmont league. . -! Almost 400 players, i 269 of whom are in the service on the organization's - national - defense v list, went with the deal,' which was concluded shortly before late afternoon press conference in the swanky press room of a 52nd . street restaurant, The 86.88 per cent of the stock administered by the Manufacture -, ers Trust company in behalf of the three heirs of the late Jacob Ruppert brought $2,500,000 in cash, "according to Wilfred Wot- trick, vice-president of the trust company. ;. ' .. ' MacPhail said he concluded the deal for the 10 per cent owned by President Ed Barrow for an in- . definite sum ' "between . $300,000 and $ 500,000,' but that George EL Ruppert, brother of the former owner, did not sell his holdings, amounting to .12 per cent of the stock..:i . Barrow will continue as chair man of the board of directors and ' will continue to be acting presi dent until MacPhail is placed on the army's inactive duty list Feb- iv. wnen we coionei is out -or uniform he will . become president and general manager of the cHib. Manager Joe McCarthy will continue to boss the club on the field and no changes are antici pated in the organization's per sonnel. McCarthy signed a three year contract in 1944 and George war - r 1 W v.!.. m . " D"7 o. Wie C1UD and head of the vast farm vKfm has a mntrar) nomll.l,'.. t rows, which has three years, to anu luaEAixiai raio run. -r - . . ; Since the death of Runner m Jan. 13, 1939, there have been many persons reported interested m ouymg the Yankees, who have won more pennants and partici pated in and captured more world series than any other club. James - uiinx . postmaster ren- I'flVlAW - a 1 . T . " dames IJOX. CX-ffOvernnr OWo' and JosPh Patterson, neWs- I uuujuier, were amonsT I " "-"uiieu. Gehrineer Gels 'Move' Orders ST. MARTS COT.TT.1P T m r. 1 "t rW-r JL' tTT . 7 aaaajaua Mi M 9 J'I'h I V - IhatKT. Mm l lXIFj' Tl - - . -v"wt er oase . I . " urawn a . new as a maaa m iaa I signment at the naval air sta tion, JacksonviUe, Fla, Comdr. Clyde W. King of St Mary's navy pre-flight school announced to day Lt. Gehringer, an Instructor In the athl- . . . baseball coach tZTZ.? na here, wfll leave week S- ?!! n w - weelc for kI new post WINTER TOP COATS S & N Clothiem State . . . 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