It
II'-
3i
With Close 53-28 Wictotfy
Hanson Loops 26 to Pace Win;
Title Game at Eugene pToniglit
Cardinals Take Heed: Cubs' SIripp er Gr imm Strums Happily on His Banjp
FRENCH LICK, In., Mar. 1C M when the bell rings" ft the ; nothing U nmc at la these Xashv Me! and George Weodead. ed IV sign , 41
I rr I
Shortie sportiest Add tourney
visitors John "Moose" Clabaugh,
- the old Portland Beaver and Sa-
lem Senator Socker.' Still a Bonne-
- ville dam .patrolman, Th Moose"
sneaked down lor Thursday' ; op
eners and looked shapely enough
to make a diamond comeback.
There'll be none of same, however,
l for Clabaugn is
now top corporal
; of the guard at
. Bonneville .and
in seniority is
but three steps
y from the top.
IvTm settin' pret-
t ty," he says. In
cidentally, if he
doesn't look oiif
J his oldest bo jy
:i will be outshad-
t owing daddy. Moot Claaaaih
I The kid is nov a junior at Hill
Military academy, is 6-feet 1-inch
' iip, hefts 185 pounds and has been
a varsity playef in all athletics at
the school jSpeaking of come
- .backs, Bill Lemon, once a basket
ball biggie at VfU and now' Clover
Park high coach in Washington is
' still eager enough to have been
picked as in honorable mention
' 'on the all-star 'five following the
recenNorthwest AAU tourney in
. Seattle To football, Salem
I -high's loss is Fresno, Calif., high's
'. " sain: and auite a gain it is. ' Bill
Day. unquestionably the outstand
" ing junior high school footballer
" in. th villaee as halfback for
Frank Brown's Parish Cardinals
fast fall, has already up and mov
- ed to Fresno, verifying the rumor
f not too long ago that he was to
leave 1 shortly. Losing a
touch-
EUGENE. Ore.. March ioWW-The Washington State Cougars
Culled a narrow 53-48 victory from thejUniversity of Oregon Webfoots
tonight to even the seriei at 1-aU in the tforthera division, Pacificfcoast
conference basketball piayoiis. - rne winners avenjea uieir ai-fi oe-
feat by the Ducks at Pullman last Saturday night, served noUce?they
are strong contender! for a berth in the Westeris regional NCAA tour,
ney at Kansas City next Friday. After tomorrow night's deciding game
here, the champion team will entrain tor Kansas City Sunday. r . ; !
Washington state , lea all t tne
way after Vince Hanson scored his
iirt of ll field goals in 'the first
miute, 15 Seconds of play.; Half-
waj through the period the: win
ners jbeld If -8 lead, -but scores by
Berg and Jim Bartelt of
Oregon cut the margin to only one
point, 17-16 with 6 minutes' re
maining in the half- The Cougars
again; boosted their lead, racing
thf count to 31-21 one and a half
minutes oetore the halitime which
ended 33-24. ; - K- J ;
fa the second half, DSC stacked
ups an 11-point margin to put the
HH&t the Sfc Louis Cardinals
take bled! There's a champion
ahlp air U the tone Manager
Charles J. Grimm ef the Chi
cago Cuba 1 itrvnunlnf on his
famed banjo. ., I f t
' Jelly Cholly, has' worked ' enly .
'a weefc jrith a skeleton aqoad at
this Mathers Indiana spa, hat
he's willing to vent we tthat Um
Cubs will be Tplenty fermida-
m i . .
iorui wartime season, i
Even thMgh he -still lacks
eaeagh players . to field . tw
teams, .Grimm likes the way his
aojud is shaping ap.' . Sach key
performers as First Baseman
Phil .. Cavarretta, Slagger ' Bfll
Kleholsoia and Pitchers Clands
rassean. Bob Chlpman audi Hank
Wyso : still are: nndeported, bat
what : material, is
worklnr .oat at Los Angeles is
times. i
The Cabs right now eonld rig
np an outfield composed of vet
eran Andy Pafks; Frank; Seeory,
ez-AOlwankeo Brewer, and; Ce
cil Garriott who brings a I
arerage from Los Angeles.'
Pitchers signed and delivered :
inclnde S8-year-old Panl Der
ringer, Ed Hanysewskl and Wil
liam Stewart f rem last year's
squad; George Hennessey from
who made a brief 1141 appear
ance with: the Boston Braves.
In addition the Cubs have Ave
athletes training at Los Angeles :
wIm Will Join the clab' before
the teaMir starts. ' Others In
clade f pitchers Kay Prim, M
7 ear-Old f Loo Angeles' star -K
Catcher Len Klec of .Syracuse;
Outfielder Ed Saner, and Rookie
Charles Adams of Lot Angeles,
if all the Cubs who are expect-
thai annual
prc-season Uk, Manager Grimna
wiU have a formidable flock to
shoot at. IbAi World Champion
kodbirds. ijtut U's remembere
that last year, the Cuhs were well
; fixed In the 'talent department
before - the seasoni started, for-
got to get started themselves an
found it' too tough to-overtako,
the leaders because of that early- '
season slump.
i
Axemen Battle )
Loggers Quint
4th Place Prize;
Newberg, Hillsboro
Knocked From Meet
It's to be Eugene vs. Vernonia
this morning at. 10 o'clock for the
fourth place finish in the 26th an
nual hoop tourney at Willamette,
the Axemen and Loggers having scOre at 432 after minutes of
i i i m t m - I i :i a r; j a i i xr tt
Mfdprtf, Baker Mayped in Meet (Semifinals;
Record Slashed as 6B';-Quints Open
BrlPefitt
Firing
5 :
snatched consolation bracket vic
tories yesterday. Eugene eleim
inated Newberg's Tiger from fur
ther play, .4-31, and - Vernonia
nosed out Hillsboro, 39-35.
In getting back into . the win
groove again after seeing a 30
straight record smashed by Wash
ington Thursday, Eugene yester
day snapped to the task , in the
fourth period to trounce Newberg,
It was 12-7, 23-19 and 32-25 at the
period stops for Hank Kuchera's
club, but in the fourth frame its
fast break began to click on all
For New Mark
Citskahie, : Reetl'port
win wayio rinais
scared front the keyhole, rnakingj Highj-lighted by an fridividual
tne tally 44-37, and bod Hamilton j scoring record topping .perlorm-
J
I Dogfight
playif Midway through, Ken; Hays
soon followed with another for the
Diicks. . .. . ; -...
.With the count 43-39 and seven
arjd a half minutes of play remain-
inf, the. Cougars marked up an 8-
point lead within one and a half
minutes. JY SC. kept this margin
ance by 6-foot 3-inch Clyde De-
Witt of Reedsport high's tower
ing Braves the; state's ! top 'four
"B"- quints ; opened their private
championship war" at-Willamette
yesterday afternxn, Clatskanie's
Tigersl kayoingi . Grant Union's
uiftit the lst minute, when a shot Prospectors : 44-7. in .the opener,
b4 Wilkins Cut the lead to five I and the Braves : belting a ; small
points 53-48. Ihe final score.
fvince Hanson, nation s leading
collegiate scorer, tallied 26 points
four cylinders. Center DarreU ftf Washington State, while Berg
downer of Day's potentialities has
just about broken Tommy .; Dry
nan's heart, to say nothing of
Brown's and Gurnee Flesher's. As
a member of both the Junior Le
gion ball nine last summer and
the Parrish hoop crew this winter,
Day stamped himself as a coming
all around athlete de luxe, j Fres
no's Warriors should send the Vil
la a letter of thanks . . . Ydunger
.Brother Marion Day, a comer him
elf, went along too . 1 Hunt
Clark, a personal friend ofi Klam
ath Falls' recently-resigned Coach
Marble Cook says the reason be
hind the resignation was two-fold
(1) he didn't like the southern
pa it of the state and (2) he didn't
like the southern part of the state..
Klamath's lust for winners had
"nothing to do with it, for Cook
actually made up his mind to pull
out last December. , Incidentally,
Cook "felt out" the situation here
in Salem about the same time, ad-
G Hamilton,
Waller, f m
Killlnger. c; .
Rnnick. g
Kjpteboom, g
Jelinson, r -
irotals
Hutchinson, g
Thomwon, .
Ruth.
Denzer, g .
Miner, g ..
wutie.
Rider, f ..
ToUla
work at the Vik plant as a high
poobah . . "Noticed your piece on
Frank Backbone the other day,"
writes in a customer, "so thought
might like to know he's now
,in the Walla Walla army hospital
after being wounded in the arm
by a shrapnel blast." In case you
missed the piece, Backbone was
the Chemawa hoop whiz who was
the Gale Bishop of the Chemawa
iuint of a few years ago by hoop
ing 280 points in 14 TYVj league
games. V. S . j. ' "
A Medford Hi Beef
-And a Good One
Medford high school, well rep
resents in the current tourney,
has a beef, we're told, and would
n't mind at all having the Oregon
' High iSchools Activities associat
ion know about it ; In fact MHS
bosses may take it up with Secre
tary Tom Piggott it Co. It seems I Morrison, f
Robinson and Forward Bill Fulps
were Eugene's big guns in a 20-
field goal scoring finale.
Loren Douglas' Newbergs never
led but kept it close throughout the
first three frames. Dick "Red'
Twenge and Al Olson sparked the
Tiger attack
Vernonia and Hillsborp staged a
nip-ad-tucker throughout ' their
battle, Hilsboro leading 13-8, 24
17 and 26-25 at the quarters. But oaEGoV&y
gers who gave Medford a sur
prising battle Thursday night fin
ally tied "it in the fourth frame.
Then as the lead changed hands
five time the Loggers spurted near
the end to grasp the win. Center
Dan Rollins and Guard Jack Nance
were the aces of the winning at
tack with 14 and 13 points re
spectively. Bob Morrison, a stand
out for Hillsboro, looped 13 also
and big 6-foot 8-inchcr Bob Am
acher got 11.
KU GEN'S (47) S TO FT 99 TP
Hunter, t ..13 4
scored 15 for Oregon. A crowd of
7000 cheered themselves hoarse at
tHe game. ; ' i . I;
WSC (53) ?i
JSrrlsen, f;:.
Hinson. c : i4
Gregg. Z
TG Tt: 99 TP
...2 0 IS 4
.0
11
1
.6
.0
.0
.0
.0
-.1 1
s
4
1
0
1
o
0
0
.21 If 24 S3
Sihith, f
I Hays; c
BrteH. g
Hamilton, g
Brg. f
l ota is
0
2
3
5
18
1
0
2
3
5
12
21
Rferee: Emil Piluso. Umpire! Equin-
tjt Hunter. Missed free throwin-WSC:
Jorrison 2, Hansen 6. Noteboom, Ham
ilton,; Oregon : Wilkins, Berg 2, Hayes
2 Stamper Bartelt 2. f
Best Ball Meet
Clan
.7
14
NEWBEKO (31)
D. Twenge, f
Miller, i ,
Hess, e
Olson, g
Reynolds, g
George,- t
Newton.
N. Twence, s
Totals
rreo throws
.17
..IS
...1
17
. o
so
4
4
'
4
S
12
1
1
S
X
is
S
I
A best ball tournament has been
ticketed - by Tourney Chairman
Don Hendrie for weekend play
by Men's "clubbers at Salera golf
course today and - tomorrow, - it
Has been announced. Designed so
as hot to split up pet foursomes.
n partners 3b the meet will-be al-
and unseeded Arlington Honkers
quint 55-33 in . tlie nightcap. The
two winners . step - into f the state
fB" tiUe game . tonigM at 7:30,
while :ihe) two iwers hoop . it off
for third place;' "this morning at
9 a.mjL . ! i- -:,!:..-;.-
;. Big fDeWitC. One .thigh swathed
in bandages, erased the! record of
33 ' points notched by Springfield's
Curt Xluckey last year by pitching
in 34 from all over the paviliorr.
An 18 - points - per-game-average
eager during thf season, the biggie
canned 12 points in the opening
period! yesterdav added; six in the
second canto, four in the third and
six iri the fourth despite sitting
out most of that frame. He had
28 points when; he went out, but
pleas from the Customers prompt
ed Coach Jack Flug to! send him
back in. Arlington guarded him
closely, but yrith 2:30 left he
looped No. 30 with a tip-in, added
a free toss soon after, swished a
spectacular overhander with :4S
left aid then plopped in the record-shattering
I free throw with
:07 left. All the time cooler than
the well-known cucumber.
De'Vjtttt'a all-around perform
ance 4-passing, backboard work,
driving, ball-hawking, shooting
sent he 'clients home convinced
they had watched quite a ball-
gametj in action. ;;
Reeflsport had little trouble
with he wee Honkers, ruled the
boards, fast broke right and left
arid led 18-8, 29-14 and 36-22 at
the stops. DeWitt's
' v
V ? -i r T$f -uA -. t ;
i
Colonials, Pioneers Battle Off
Title Game Tonight; Bulldogs
Lose, 5141; Tornado by 4140
Spring Slates
Hit by Ruling
With all hands after one thing the ball Oregon City and Hillsboro
battlers are shown trying to get It during their state tonrney
scramble at Willamette. Keith Bakkam (4), Captain Arnold Thom
as (3) and Len Rlnearson (14)! af the Pioneers are shown, as are
Tfavfl Ban "Wipes out
60PerCent of Tilts
j Byj Harold Classen '
: NEW YORK, March loP)
Practically 60 per cent of the 142
game jon the major league string
training schedule fall into the cat
egory banned by baseball's newest
ruling, ai Associated Press sur
vey todatf disclosed. The Phila
delphia Phils, training at Wilming
ton, Del-4 saw their spring card
crumble from 16 to four games
under! the plan by which Nation
al League President Ford Frick
and Will) Harridge, president of
the American loop, recommended
to thiir dlubs that games involv
ing transportation be dropped.
Other clubs were similarly hit
as (3) and Len Kinearson (I4)i the Fkmeers are shown, as are i f- 111 O .1
Willis Stark (50), Lei Clark (behind Rlnearson) and Jack Doyle KAllC. Pattlft
(back ground) of Hillsboro. Oregon City won, 43-21. (Statesman T P ' '
Meet for Title
sports photo)
offs
Hoop Pla;
Begin Tonight
missed: Robinson
Thomasson, Twenge 1, MiUer 4, New
ton, Olson, ' N. Twenge, Keynolds.
Shootinc percen tares: Xucene .339.
Newberg .103. Officials : EmU Piluso
and Carl Klleel.
dicaps and may card results of read-f 38 hot5 12 field a"01". 10
the best ball canned on each hole.
The meet is an open affair and
re-entrance will be permitted up
on posting an additional entry fee.
Frkes go to the teams finishing!
1-2, according to Hendrie. i
NEW YORK, la arch
final count College basketball's world series,
VEBNOMA (J)
Byers, t :.S
sturdevant,. t t
Rollins, e t
Larson, g r. . , t
Nanee. is
Parker, f .J
Totals .53
HUXSBOKO 34)
stark, t
rtank. g
lit
JS
Ji
.4
.60
IS
14
1
14
IS
3
S
14
1
3
13
11
4
1
1
Haejgg Tries
Again Tonight
free tpsses (he was fouled often),
6 free ones missed and 34 . final
tallies. . It was the first record
brokeh. during the tourney.
lf Thl, Clatskanie-Grant, Union
clash was a corker for the first
half, ending 13-12 at the stop for
the Tigers and 18-18 at half time.
But then the i Coasters went to
a two-tournament ananr leaaing;
: to the crowning of the champion;
on March 29, opens in Maaison
Square Garden tomorrow ' night
with two of the first round games
in the national invitation tourna
xnent. ' '."'.' I
Rensselaer Polytechnic institute
of Troy, NY, whose 18 straight
victories comprise the pnly per
work to completely outplay the feet record in either the invita-f
Rasmussen, f
Ehelers. c
Hennings, f
Totau .
' Froo throws missed:
Rollins 3. Larson. Nance
Morrison 3. AmacherS, Laird, Frank.
Shoounc ' percent res: Vernonia .173,
Hillsboro .380. OfficUls: Carl Klicel
aomething about no ; awards to
high school athletes other" than
the traditionally known felt sig
net letters for their sweaters. Re
gardless of whether a prep team
.wins 'the state championship, as
Medford's footballers did last fall,
its players face an ineliaibDitv ran I and Emil Piluso.
if they're caught accepting other
than the championship trophy and
the mentioned letters. ...
And that's where Medford's beef
comes in.
southern
1 t. t i. oa i m a v
prouuer scnooi iiseu ana wcn ai PORTLAND, Ore March 16
Simpson, want to give each of the jpv-Tbhv Mrtri mnHa' tn
football champs one of tliose prac- the Portland Eagles, ran wUd in
CHICAGO, March 16-JPj-Gun-
der Haegg, who set 10 world rec
ords in 100 days three years ago
but. who has . trailed American
Prospectors. .Another big club, the
Tiger ran riot with it sharp eager
in Cd-eaptain f Allen Van leading
the way. Like DeWitt, Van stood
2 -I it J .in v
wui in u-rouiia aomiy, auuiougn
xaiung 10 score dui iu points.
tion or the NCAA tournaments
tangles with Bowling Green o:
Ohio in the : opening encounter.
Tennessee's d e f e n s i te-mmded
Southeastern conference five
meets the razzle-dazzle Rams of
With Van: Milt Philbrook' and Rhode Island State! in the second
Wayne Erickson on the payoff! game. " ? ' ' !
The otner iour s xeams in me
runners twice in the Hast two I ends of the Clatskanie fast breaks:
s keeks, will make another! -effort the figers went out tront 30-21 DePaul playing West Virginia and
to ! regalj some of his lost pres- at te third f period, fj Vera La-1 invitation tournament fcome tor
One-man Rally
Sturdevant, I tie here; tomorrow night. I - - I Founjtaine got 5 in his Clatskanie
3: stark, I Haegg Will run in the fiankers' licks' alSo in the nennerv Hrive.
mile, feature of the ninth annual GlenJ IMdy and Gordy Wilson.
Chicago relays, against three of were standouts in defeat for ttie
the runners who showed him their Prospectors.
spixes uie last two weeks in New
York.
tether Monday with top-seeded
St John's, winner 1 the last two
years, taking on Muhlenoerg.
Snead Enroute
To 7th Title
Aiiolher Turnaway CroWd Watches Thrillers
At 26th Classic Hits. Showdowtt Department
f . - . . . - ' . -., -. 1 - - '
The 26th annual hoop classic, "A" division, hit the home stretch
Jast nlghtjal another jam-packed Williamette Unfvers ty basket bin,.
and jvpenj sizzling hot semifinal sessions were over! Washington mgn s
heighfdrobling Colonials and Oregon City's hippefy-hopping Pioneers ;
had hand! on the jack-pot handle. Coach Ted Schopf's Colonials, one:
of the; premeet favorites, made their bid for final bono rs by outracing .
41, and then Dan Jones Pioneers,
the host-team of the - meet, did :
what no pthei Oregon team has -done
all seasoif in 7 games out- '
blast Medford's Black Tornado
This one was 4-40 for OC, and she :
was a thrill-dripper ' practically
from bell to bell. '
By virtue of the r stunning .vic
tories, the Colonials and Pioneers
roll forth agaii toriight at 8:45 to
try for wKat Ashland high's Griz- '
zlies aren't here t defend this -year
the coveted I championship. ,
Baker and Medford, no disgrace .
theirs after lolingjlast night, will"
lock horns foe third ; place this
morning at llajn. . . "
As it was fopeiing night, - an- ,
other, estimated 500 clamored but
failed to sardine ihemselves into
the arena last night. And those
who didn't roakelit, worse luck,
missed two wale-sjized ball games. :
. The rafter-nibbijig Colonials, 45
32 winners ovr Eugene Thursday, .
again counted! mostly on their su-
5 . t ItAA ! 1L. !- .
perior neigni io conquer we wtx .
eastern Oregdnians in last night's
starter. That and the fact that
Baker couldn't find any semblance
of a stride in the first quarter.
Wtih her Big All-State Center Jer- .
ry Krafve and twoj fire-department ..
guards in Bob I4vey and Bob
Maxwell leading the "way with
speed-burning' fast breaks, Wash
ington ran to a soaring 17-5 first
period lead, j it wasn't known at
, l ,. , . . . uie ume, oui mai margin actually
coin ynx, first team to represent roke e fiakcr back
Seattle id a state basketball tour- . Althouffh Gerald Mark' Bull
dogs gathered; momentum finally
I 1
SEATTLE, March l-fP)-BeU-
ingham's Jted Raiders and the Lin
CHARLOTTE, i NC, March
(ifJ-Samuel Jackson Snead, gun
ning for his seventh triumph in
the winter golf tour, fired a course
record 65 today to set the pace
in the first round of the $10,000
Charlotte open. Using only a driv
er and a wedge on most of the
par fours, the long hitting pro
1 i
nament, won their way to the fin-
16 als tonight, Bellingham downing
Snohomish 34 to 29 and Lincoln
crushing Everett 45 to 37.
i
getner tunes or. zi ana 32 against i morrow
par 36-36 to keep a stroke ahead
of Harold "Jug" McSpaden.
A crowd of more than 10,000
made the University of Washing
ton pavilion bounce with noise in
these -two semi-final games. - The
after 3:30 elapsed in the second
period, they had too far . to go to
catch, the backboard-ruling Port
landers. ; Lylf Peterson struck up
a hot scoring streak to snap Baker
into it, but the Colonials managed
to keep just about 10 points to the
front. With! Peterson and Dick
) Ballahtyne doing the glitter work,
from Hot Springs, Va, put to-1 victors will meet at 9 o'clock to-1 Baker actually outcounted. Wash-
night for the 1945 state
championship after the losers col
lide at Sjfor third and sixth places.
The four windup games tomor
row to decide eight positions will
be strictly a west-side urogram. '
TORONTO, Mar. le-iHrank Ingew and Lake Washington
McCool, 26-year-old former spons meet at 2:10 p. m. to settle fifth
Leaf Goalie Honored
writer and a Canadian, army dis
chargee, tonight .was named win- np BXMi
ner of the Calder trophy as tne
year's outstanding rookie hi the
National Hockey league. . He i
the third ; consecutive Toronto
player, so honored.
and eighth places, and South Kit-
Hoquiam meet at 3:10 for
fourth and seventh spots. -
Joe
Medvick
Oregon State Tonra Joins Giants
Proud citizens of the tiri TllOir TTl sT-f S6 Sorry, FolktNo
city, not to mention a XliJ.
M. VUI f TJ X UUUJ
Peppers Meet
lically valueless but deeply covet
ed gold football charms as tokens
et their pride and appreciation
.'They'd even settle for giving the
kids jackets with "State Champs'
. : u ... 4V t... ,i : amp .
law says nix in as many syllables, I . tkI
threatening ineligibility for the
kids if such happens, m
'. The law does drip in rather un
fair proportions at .that, wot?
.You'd think at least a few minor
amendments ' could be " made
Whereby deserving kids are re
warded with such really, insignifi
cant things as athletic sweaters or
gold-plated charms. Things which
shouldn't be measured in mone
tary values but 'in the priceless
inesfs with which most kids win re
f ad em'the rest of their lives.
the last period, chalking up four 1
oi rortiand s live scores to give
his team a 5-4 win over the Se
attle Stars in a Northern Division
Pacific Coast ice hockey playoff
nigty.
The Eagles appeared sunk, with
Seattle ahead 4-0 as the second
period ended, until Morin spark
ed the Portland rally and pulled
the game out of the fire. The vie
tory puts Portland ahead 3-2 in
the playoff series, with the next
game slated Sunday in Seattle.
Ti -sr Jck Fox Wing
SPOKANE, Wash March 16
(Jryris&c Jack Tox, 189, of Spo
kane scored a first-round knock
out tonight over George Ecks, 175,
cf p.Iinneapolis in a Victory box
ing club card.
' " r'.-;"
AcIcrs Await Smelt :
PORTLAND, March
Eports fishermen said today they
aren't disappointed that the smelt
- haven't appeared in the Sandy
ivrr ss vet Six times since rec
ords were started i-i IS23, ' the
smUt run began alter rii-I-Iarch.
There will be no state toar-
! nament tickets sold for to-'
; night's finals of the ' meet
not even general admission
ducats excepting to qualified
rooters of the four school par-
i : ticipatinr, announced I ; Tour-
; ney Director Les Sparks last
, slight, The tourney, smashing
: all existing attendance records,
ts a complete sellout for the
finals.' Washington, . Oregon
City, Clatskanie and : Reeds-:
port : tooters must see' ' their
School principals for ticket res
ervations. "f
"A" DIVISION
Loyola Quint,
KANSAS CITY, March 16-iJPi-
Loyola university from New Or
leans and Pepperdine college, a
Los Angeles entry, won their way J bakes (i
into the finali of the National in- Henderson, f
tercollegiate basketball tourna
ment tonight Loyola squeezing
out hair-raising 37-351 victory ov
er Southern Illinois and Pepper-
dine) overwhelming Eastern ' Ken
tucky State Teachers 52 to 34. The
championship game will be tomor
row night in Municipal auditorium
with, tonight's semi-final ' round
losers playing for third ! place in Maxwell, g
QOX SCOEI1ES
ing, 16-12, in: the period, but trail
ed 2-21 at the half.
The ball-hawking Colonial
guards, a true pair of swifties,
continued to team with. Krafve .to
keep up the .Washington attack in
round three. But: Baker had her.
fast breaking; offense rolling now '
alsa and again kept pace, 12-12, in
the frame. The Colonials lost Wil
lis Urban, her season's high scorer, :
with five minutes gone, in this can
to, and it seemed to give the Bull
dogs a break on retrieving: re
bounds.. It Was 41-33 at the end. -Ballantynef
practically took over
Baker scoring in the finale, but
the Bulldogs ' simply couldn't catch
up. The Colonials matched their
rallying baskets bucket for bucket.
For Washington hi scoring it was
again Big Kfafveiwith 16 up front
with the twtf feather-footed guards
Calderwood. f
Johnson, c
Peterson, g
Ballentyne. g
Lemmon. X
Carpenter. I
Borgab, I
Caroler, t
Gerry, g
Totals
-LIS
g tg rr pf ft
S 1 1 S 3
11
0
...7
J69
I a curtain raiser.
Bettiria Gains
WASHINGTON (M) I
Cowan, 1 . --
Urban. X
Kraxve. C -i
is
.50
i
1
7
3
1
O
SO
o
2
15
11
lLarey. g
Keller, g
S trader, 1 .
Taggesell, t
Totals
2
.3
9
8
SI
KEITH BXOWK CO. (1)
LeweUen : 127 , 13 140 408
Jernlgan 125 1S5 121 491
Woodcock J, i 141117 132 3SO
AMtmwa 10 120421
Hiliborn 117. 155 134 40C
Totals
STATESMAN
Wacken
Staats
C. StetUer -Bradley
Hammer
Totals L-
S62 737 SS9S05S
-127
-14
-129.
-14
-1
149
185
ICS
114
144
133409
149-460
103337
12S 588
157 46S
-713 STl 670 2060
WF8TEBN PAPER CONV. CO. (2)
Wlllecke 173 , 141 167481
Gerhart , 10S 119 131 358
Frey 135 159 146440
Peavy 135 123 .135-392
Miller -i 15S 138 124420
Totals
-751 721 145 J217
in is? 138-497 or t" 61 on' Sothpaw Me- gSkSST,
DrawonRaUy
, NEW YORK, March 16 (P)
Knocked down in the' fifth round
v tvtmwi missod:. Calderwood
Johnson 3. Peterson S, BaUantyne. ar-
well, i-avejr iu -. r . -
cen tares: Baker .23, Washington .430.
Officials: Hal EusUc ; and : Cnapp
King. if f ;
OKEGON CITT (41
Tbonuu. X ... i ..
Miatey, 1
12 iS
.11 1
Rlnearson,
l4kXOCBE-P. ELEPHANT '
K. War.i. it -
LaRocbe . 14 127 131 404 ho iBettlna. 191. of Beacon. NY. 1 Jones, g .
Shaw IPS "lia sit ; - v- ,.tj . n v I Holman. I
Welch
., i ..
totals
Larson, t
WGDOK-S
Vi Valdes
Eastain t
Rdriquei
Coker
Donovan
-109 "119 96317
11 1U 'IU,U
jo -163 203 605 1 closing rounds tonight to igain a I sonoeren. e
- VI ' VICVHcUiU. " Mh nuuusuu I TOUil
Sflliar riarrW . ' .. MDFOD (49)
130 4M 1 T: T'T. i .. I Hayes, t
.145-464 'ne DOUt, OU11 I0r Uie Iim BVe I Ross, f
.14
-IS
1
-165
.150
JZQQ
1163.
ns ;
-S3
3
:li
ii
9
;
14
t ga
13
rotalsf5
.197 124
-1 1?
XVCES ELECTRIC ()
137
133
151
155
144
CaUasher .
rarrar ..
V'Jnce . i
J Albrteh.
ToUls
164-444 rounds, wound up with plenty of -
157479 lVj I Watson, g
jDjjittuuu ui me lasi live, xiiveiis, ailpawcett. g
j -i j zavorite, tried hard for a
973 823 SOS 2438 t Wyv,,, t -,-k .-.rAnK
125453 but although he had Bettina hang
f2 1 io on, he failed to put over the
107 402 finisher and was rtaggerinir him-
-8
-S
.9
S
3
,199
160.
105
140
170
Bos t wick, g
House, e
Wnillock. g
Totals
2
s
3 t
1
.10 4 3
i-i e ; 1
!Li I i
. 55 i 18 19
1
31
S
.774 s: 774 m
8
I s
FS
11
9
1
9
9
9
41
I
is
s
, 1
!.!
i 1
23 40
Free thrown missed: Larson. Rinear
son 5. Jones 3, Mlsley. Thomas; Hayes
2. Ross 5, Riggs 3. House 3, Watson
171 4S5 I Hfi; v-niA4 .....or, 4V, I Shootinc - DercenUges: Oregon city
xaaw uucs tuuuu.
King and Hal Eustis.
"B" DIVISION
GRANT UNION (IT) S TG TT TT TP
Mitv. f 11 i
Beisnaw, z
Wilson, c
MuUenex. g
Trowbridge, g
Cleason,
Livingston, g -Borce.
g -
Totals
.16
-10
7
1
:
-48
CLATSKANIE (44)
Erickson. f
LaJTountalns, f
Van. c
Philbrook. g
Erickson. g -
Parker, I
SomQetn. X .
Totals
.13
7
-.8
.18
-S
19
1
.55
as
13
IAKEWOOD. N. J. March 18
-M-Jo Medwick, who hit". 337
in 128 games last season with the
SfY.I at 12 for Layey and 11 for carrot-
nrf i v P J f T MaxwelL ; Peterson canned
aonjlf hour workoutunder 14 tot Bakerwith BaUentyne three
a hot sijn. Manager Mel Ott an- kb.v .1 11 i wrv.
nounced that Bobbv ibnh.w 7rjv" T ' rmr""
j AJA TT. j . TT r , " ""verusea as a lasi-Dreasung bail
AUSLS, nght-handed Club, certainly was one of same-
rvcia, uau signea con- and a gooA one-in the entira
game. . 'I - -" '
ani
rookie
tracts.
19
91
The Oregon City-Medford mix
was the donhybrook of the tourney
so far. A more thrilling ending
Just isn't. I Medford started out
as if she was to jsplatter the hosts
all over the court, coolly and me
thodically making fas t-breakins!
WASHINGTON, March 18-(vP)- basketball pay off with, a 6-1 lead
Sblons Find
1 . - ; :
. Outfield. Help
wuSn rXneTi Ertek P.7-' graduate, who took his first work-
ker 3. LaFountaine a, van.anooons; out. e Datted J74 last season.
ESf o3k:QiaS.. S Wdrd received that another
and carl KiigeL ; t . i ouuieiqer, ueorge Chippie, who
bi for Montreal in 1944, will
report Hariand Gift, veteran
third baseman, wired that he is
travellirig hera with his family
from Washington state. "
today in George Binks, Milwaukee
9 I Som rlifif fmm mit;1 .. I nf (ha 9-9rt narlr ! tS.. "... J
I came to tne Washington Senators den lapse took over the Tornada
(Continued, on page 7)
ARLINGTON (13)
Clough, f ;
Jewell, t , ,
Crewtter, e
Sosey. g
S my the, g
Clark, t
Roberts, e '
Pearee, e
Totals -
8
...8
OS
-6
3
7
S
9
-43
REEDSPORT (M)
DeWitt. f 1
Mooney, t
Thornton, ...
Smith, g ,, ,
CoUver. t
Henderson, e
Pinnion, t
Jenkins, f .
Delhi, g
Morris, g
. Totals
.19
.S
.0
-9
0
..9
-.9
-89
13
12
30
19
IS
4
3
a
4 -
I
3
1
V.
1- 8
23 33 1
9
14
34
9
61
-
3
0
9
e
- o
85
" Free throws missed; Clough. Jewell I
I Crowder S. Sosey 3. DeWJtt 8,
Mooney. Shooting percentages: Reeds
port .290. Arlington .302. Officials: Carl I
Kligel and Chappie King.
All-Troei
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