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i - -if.- ' Th OREGON STATESMAN. Salem, Oregon. Friday Morning. November 2. 1SU PAGE TWELVE State Prep Grid Powers Favored in Friday Contests Wedemeyer & Co. vs. Trojans Tops on Coast Grid Menu Medford, McMinnviUe, Grant f Portland, Cottage Grove, Woodburn jind The Dalles, tlx of Oregon's undefeated and un tied prep football teams are ex pected to waits throoch opposi tion Friday as the state prep pert knock ' off another leg of the Jaunt to the annual state championship. All six; are odds en favorites to win respective fames. r Medford's Black Tornado, scorer of 322 points aralnst the oppositions 7 in six fames, faces" a weak Bend Lava Bear team at Medford. North Bend's Bulldors, only team left In dis trict two with a chance of crowding the Medfords from the state title picture, are idle this week. McMinnviUe, power of district three's northern di vision, faces an impotent team at Newberg. McMinnviUe has won five straight games. In the j No. S southern district, Cottage i Grove hosts the University high : of Eugene eleven and Woodburn plays .Jit Chemawa. Woodburn. has copped five straight deci sions. . -" . j , District one's The Dalles In dians tangle with Central Cath- ollc of Portland and are expect ed to come through unscathed. Hood River's Blue Dragons, an other undefeated and untied dis trict one team, goes out of state for competition in hosting the Camas, Wash. team. Grant's Generals, winners of six straight, meet Franklin Qua kers in the top Portland game and are heavily , favored. The week's schedule:' , Salem . at Astoria, Junction ' City at Springfield. Eugene at Klamath Falls, Silverton at Stayton, Dallas at Molalla, Red mond at Corvallis, Albany at Lebanon, Coquille at Marshfleld, Sheridan at Seaside, Gresham at Milwaukie. Grant Union at Madras, Canby at Estaeada, Taft at Toledo, Baker at Onta rio, Pendleton at Hermiston, Grants Pass at. Myrtle Point, ptosebhrg at Ashland, Forest Grove1 at Beaverton, Tigard at Tillamook, West Linn at HIIls boro, Rainier at St. Helens, Scappoose at Parkrose, Sweet Home at Prineville, Boise, Ida. at LaGrande, Jefferson at Commerce (Portland), Roosevelt at Benson (Portland), Lincoln at Washington. (Portland). SAN FRANCISCO, Nor. 1 (ffWill St. Mary's Gaels col lectively and Halfback Herman Wedemeyer Individually stand the acid test Saturday? Will the little college with the big foot ball punch generated by a starting eleven that v. Includes nine freshmen, add the' heavy ' and fast Southern California Trojans to its list of victims? These Questions will be an swered th Los ; Angeles in the west coast's standout game of the day when the undefeated Gaels line up against the twice- beaten but j undeniably power jful Trojans. . Jimmy Phelan's ! youthful Gaels cantered through five wins ! practically In a jbreeae but the opposition with the exception of the University of California was not compara ble to that faced by Southern i California while losing twice jthus far. , ) j For those who like to Juggle 1 figures, the Gaels slipped fbyv 4 Calif orn!ap-13. But California (defeated Washington tl-H ! whereat Washington edged out IU.S.C 15-7. Southern Callfor- nla, since Its loss last week to Washington, has undergone a shake-up, Coach Jeff Cravath shifting linemen to produce a huge forward walL In addition he will employ exceptional speed in the baekfield. This is the formidable combi nation St. Mary's Wedemeyer will ; be asked ! to crack. The young Hawaii-born triple thr eater, the ' coast's leading .candidate for All-America hon- 1 on, wUl be a marked man. He's the nation's outstanding yardage gainer 1139 yards In Its plays which Includes 149 passes com pleted out of 50 tries for 751 yards. The Gaels; already have been - established as favorites. Whether they win or lose, their coach Is certainj they will score; Coach Phelan said, "we have the equipment, players and plays, to gain and score against any team.' :.V---- j . The Coast conference contests also . are slated . for Saturday, Washington State meeting Cali fornia at Berkeley and Wash-, lngton playing return match with the University of Oregon. Missionaries ray Junior Kickof f at 8 1 Heavy North Eleven I Favored in Opener Salem's football spotlight turns on Sweetland field j tonight to light the lesser lights of the pig skin parade when Leslie's South ern Missionaries and Parrish's Northern" Pioiaeefs bust out in the war. The kickof f for the opening 1945 edition of their annual civil r game of the crucial series Is set ' for eight o'clock and an overflow crowd Is expected-to watch It. Possessed with a hefty gang - stocked with veterans who mop ped up on Intramural league . touchdowning this fall, Parrish will be favored to sweep tonight's opener, although not by an over whelming margin. The Northern ers will have somewhat of an advantage In that their forward . wall will scale nearly seven lie's tip-fronts, and their backs pounds per pillar more than Lea Will go at 14 pounds per post heavier than the Missionary lug gers. - i Football faithful who recall the .maV 1- . 1 A, . i . fiuuu-uwf oaiucs Between ine rivals in the past however, it . Vantages" enjoyed by one side or nore any and all pre-game Mad- the other. Not unlike all super crucial "big games," anything can happen when the village ' juniors get together, "ast year a heavily favored Pai rith team had to hustle- to take a 27-7 nod over, the Southerners in the final quarter of the only game played.,. Coach Bob Metzger's band will Doast tne classier baekfield no doubt Proved line crackers Frank Garland, Frank Osborn, Ed Baser ana Eruce Barker are civ en a wide margin over Leslie's bui sproule, Dean Bunnell, Buzz uiggenbeel, Dyle FusselL Don Ray & Co. Since both teams use the fast break-a-war "T" forma don, the lighter Leslies could out shine the Pioneers, however. Fans who watched last year's game and went home convinced they had seen the finest grid clash of the season in Salem ex pect more of same tonight Chan ces are they'll not be disappoint ed. Both Metzger and Keuscher l have respective' squads keyed to a nign pitch for this one. Leslie will be battling to get the Jump towards their very first grid title to history. Parrish Is set to defend the skein which has always kept the title , north of State street In 15 years of touch downing. Leslie has downed Par ri&h only twice in those 15 years, but never for the coveted cham pionship. '. . j The second game will be played Monday afternoon, November 12, and the third, If necessary, Wed nesday night, November II. Cadets. Gaels Lead Scoring NEW YORK, Nov. 1 - - Army's unbeaten powerhouse has had nine touchdowns called back and has been penalized 379 yards in five games but the Cadets still top the nation i major grid teams Classic - in scoring with 217 points. With Doc Blanchard aceotmtinif for 54. points "and Glenn Davis adding 42 to the totals army has run over all opposition In its bid fort second straight perfect sea son. ''I.-- : - . .; .:-1 St Mary's of California, win , ner of five straight ranks next behind the West Point lads with 204 points and has outshone the Cadets on defense by; allowing . only 13 enemy points. - Waterman 1st, SGCTourney ' - Bud Waterman, with a ilus 85 score and BilTJ5tacey. with, a plus SO. finished, one-two' In the con- . tract tourney Thursday night at the Salem '. Golf club, the play preceding the presentation dinner which saw cups awarded, to Walt CLne, Jr., and Ted Chambers for finishing .first and second, rcspec- i tively, - in the recent club . handi cap tournament '.Approximately 45 members took part in Thurs day's festivities. - r IPioinieeirs Open Grid Title War Tppighi LESI1E MISSIONAIUES: TheyU kiiu tiiamuwmiiiu Krm on nwpsuinn rvui? tvnnt rotij ia w Buck Williams, Ray Cummlngs. avivuK, vjm f uku Martinelli vs. Jones One who is not immune to aiv ing the customers what they want, Matchmaker Elton Owen announced yesterday he had re signed the match that touched off the riot at the Ferry Street Gar den this week Angello Mar tinello vs. Negro Rufus Jones. The brawl will headline Owen's of fering next Tuesday night Which Is okeh 'by the clients. Last Tuesday 10 excitables. tops blown after watching Rowdy Rufe rough-house Martinelli in! a match which ran comDletelv away from Referee Prof Newton, stormed the ring to loose unad vertised mayhem for two full minutes. Police finally quelled the Hot hut only after a ' few noses ' were bashed and Match maker Owen had his whiskers parted by a haymaker. I The brawl went to a fall-apiece draw after 30 minutes of the test slam-bang bicepping ever seen fat the halt Popular Martinelli of fered a challenge with a $200 side bet following. Owen got the "okeh" from Jones yesterday and signed the match. ; j Either Walt Th1! Sneeze" Achiu. preferred by Martinelli, or Burly Bucko Davidson will referee this time, says Owen. " - - i Vandals Prep 1 For OSC Fray! MOSCOW. Idaho. Nov. Hampered , by bad weather, the University of Idaho football team worked feverishly today, seeking its first conference victory Satur day over the unpredictable Oregon State Beavers in Corvallis. I Coach J. A. (Babe) Brown said tackle Frank Viro still was re- covering from injuries but that other members of the team were expected to be in good condition lor the game. A : Welch Worries; Club Too Sure! SEATTLE. Nov. l-6PUHia kids. said Coach Pest Welch today, are too cocky. He pointed'to the fur rows in. his brow and announced they came from 24 hours of daily worry, over the Oregon game at His University of WashlnpiAn team, riding the crest of the Pa cific coast conference title rhaA (no one dares even mention "Rose Bowl"), took a last light workout today and will leave for Portland in the morning. Welch indicated he would start the same team that. opened against South ern California last week. j Si Ketls, BliiS Tie I The Reds and Blues battled in an 8-8 deadlock in the weekly 1 hockey game at Salem Ice arena Wednesday night. Roger Ader holdt, Jim Bradley, Howard Beii gli, Virgil Gregory and Robert McLane participated. - Tuesday! line up as follows tonight in the Fred Sprouls, Tom Faulus and ina iean Bunnell, The Record: following Is the Complete history of Muwruiua iwuiu games. TAJLMSSU Sesro Trar SO 1927'. USUI Seer 0 (ttU) so (SuiT 1927 (tie) 1938 lUe) 1938 . 1939 1929 - 1930 . 1931 - 1931 1933 . 1933 i -1933 It 2S (title) T (UU) 13 18 ttitle) 0 30 x. 30 (titie) 36 13 (tiUe) 13 1933 :,.. 1934 1934 .. . ,. 1935 1935 1936 - t -'i .....I 1938 (1st Leslie win) 1937 ; ; 1937 i 21 . S 13 (title) 0 0 3 (title) IS (UUe) 8 8 0 s (Utle) 14 (tiUe) T ZZ 13 (Utle) 1938 1938 (3nd Leslie win). 13 1939 8 1939 . e 1940 0 - 1940 8 13 (title) (no rtKoin lot (na fnnth.m (no f tball) 1943 I no footbU) 37 (Utle) 1944 T f 1945 f ' r:: t Total games won: Parrish 34. Leslie I (3 ties)., Total points: Parrish 433. Les lie 113. . Viking Babes Top Mill City Coach Doug Olds' Salem high Bee footballers, slowed to 'a fast walk by the muck and -slush of Olinger field yesterday, nonethe less counted out , a ,25-0 victory over Mill City's Timberwolves. The win was No. 4 of the season for th Bees as against as many losses. Tonight they travel to St Paul to meet Coach Lew Uhr- hammer's unbeaten Saints in a night game, i .:;;! . .- Larry Kleinsmlth and Ron Cumminirs ran over the first two Bee scores against the Timber wolves and then ' Mike - Glenn warmed up his pitching arm for the other two. Glenn scored the third and then pitched to Doug Coe for the i conversion. Glenn passed I to Don Wilson for the final Viking 6-pqlnter. i SEARS-ROEBUCK CO. (1) McNeil , ,. 121 145 108374 Cohen . , , , , ,. 85 111 112328 Roth 127 78 120325 Allen ., i. . 123 110 145378 Thrush , f ., 118 141 148405 Totals 672 60S 633 1810 GOOD HOUSEKEEPING CO. 72) WhitwortH 130 133 133398 Jones ., , ,, 119 148 128 149 114 110 107 199 136369 143401 125360 129397 Peart Albrich Gibbs ToUls 674 583 6S6 1923 MTUPR'S ninvmniff ti Poulin .1..,; 118 139 158411 Hubbard ., ; , . j 132 ,133 149-414 MeCarroll 111 liu i-tAfica Srigley; , VI 132 120339 Meyer, .i . 157 12?. 149433 Totals 849 ' 664 739 2032 KEGIJCTTES 121 W. Clark Ryer j Anderson , Lloyd 1 154 .139 151 . 149 167 164 133-451 134 137410 142 120 413 148 137434 14 11)8-481 barbarino ,. , Totals ; ' 760 734 C99 2189 f LESLIE VS. iPARRlSH felVIL :::.W;-N:-;AGjilN' opening game of the city junior Ugh iiai KnhmKanA sriAKM sri.iKAM. Jim Moore. Back row: Buss Lttrren- fi - Vikings Seek Return to Win Groove 1 onight At Astoria jlvea-Steven in the betting and not at full strength, .Salem high's Vikings go after their third vic tory of the season tonight at As toria. Coach Tommy Drynan herds his clan coastward "this morning, about 23 strong. ! f Only one shift will be made In the Viking lineup tonight that wasnt made when SHS lined up against Corvallis last week. Pete Boar, a 170 pounder, has taken over the fullback post since the kick in the back Winston Cobb re ceived in the Corvallis game was; A A DICK SCOTT, rugged Navy cen ter who was lineman of the week two jweks age, could easse Notre Dante's unblemish ed record a few anxious mom ents Saturday when the Mid dies and Irish play off their anaoal biggie at Cleveland. McKUXOPP'S INSURANCE (3) Peavy 120 162 131413 Cooper 123 170 138431 Smith 118 134 125 37S Muelhaupt . 131 138 107376 Cushln- 135 161 113409 Totals' 825 765 614 2004 V - 128364 98317 88290 97310 107339 VTNCE S ELECTRIC - Harr . , 95 141 Myers : 125 96 Rodakowski - 116 86 G.j Clark .... . 88" 123 ELriidlev 129 103 ;' '' Totals 603 801 568 1770 Lions in Friday Game JEFFERSON Coach Pat Beal's Jefferson Lions, winners of four out of five Marion county B league games tMs season, meets the Sa lem Bible Institute eleven' here Friday afternoon In a 2 p, m. game. Jefferson has . scored 113 points to 13 against it to date. iy i " f : ' t . . - , , i. : , 1. ? V 1 - ; 1 x c jl - '3 I; (I;- - -Al -i 'A r:f :dU -Inr JrJ& J rUIS? PI?NRS; Tbt7ni bwwwm ueia: rroni row, I to: r: S'Sl'SSr-JT f" i TtS J"11 P"UT LOTtB Ed Baker, Frank Garland and Frank Osborn. - 1 much more serious than at first suspected. Other than that the Viks will line' up with Bill Hill and Jack Fitzmaurice at the wings, Rod Province and Bruce Rogers at tackles, Wayne Houser and Marv Strode or Bennett Nelson at guards, Bob Goffrier at center. Roger Dasch at quarter and Al Chamberlain and Bill Ready or Don Johnson at halves. . t The Fighting Fishermen. l-0 victims of Salem last season, have a veteran outfit this time which has won three and lost but one Jacobs Handed 'Ban' Threat NIW YORK, Nov. H)-Much to Mike Jacob's "surprise," State Athletic Commission Chairman Eddie ,Eagan was quoted in a copyright story in Ring maga zine! as threatening to revoke Mike's fight promoting license if he takes next June's Joe Louis Billy Conn bout out of New York. After reading the story, writ ten by Nat Fleischer, long-time editor of Ring, -Mike couldn't fig ure put (A) just how, Eagan could go about barring his punch-productions in Madison Square Gar den land St Nicholas arena for merely moving one of his fights to some other village, and (B) why Eagan didn't tell him per sonally. V Eagan himself could not be reached for verification or ex pansion of the statement ' ' Investigation Set WASHINGTON, Nov. l-fl-An investigation was promised today into 'allegations by Senator Lan- ger ? (R-Ind) that Army-Navy football game tickets are falling into , the hands of scalpers while service men are unable to pur- cnase them.: :. H -.. Trautman to Tiges DETROIT. Nov. l-WVGeorge Millard Trautman, 55-year-old minor ' league baseball executive who for 10 years has served as president of the American asso ciation, today accepted the posi tion as general manager of the Detroit Tigers, succeeding John A. Zeller who will retire Jan. 1. IolaJIa vs. Dallas MOLALLA -fSDeciall- Coach Don; Wilson's Molalla Buckaroos S'll ) be favored to -win their irth straight game and take over second place in the Dura tion league football, standings here Friday when they- tangle with winless and scoreless Dallas in an afternoon game. BUFFALO, N.Yn Nov.- Charles Leo (Gabby) Hartnett for 19 years a catcher and man ager 'of the Chicago Cubs, today was "signed by Stanley (Bucky) Harris to serve as field manager Of the Buffalo baseball Bisons of th tTntArnutinnal Imiti . rvo-rt spring. . , ... " follow tonight In the opening game of the city Junior high Ducks, Beavers For Saturday's Grid Battles By the Associated Press j ' The -Universityfof Oregon iWebfoots wept through a final hard scrimmage session on defense Thursday in - . . - w r-"- uatUIUJ I Portland. game against Washington. Only a light signal drill is plan ned for today. . . " j .1 The 39-man squad will entrain Bulldogs Set For Indian 11 WOODBURN Expecting ihe" toughest game of the season! to date Woodburn s undefeated and untied Blue Bulldogs invade Che- mawa this afternoon for their Dur ation league football cmciaL The game is clocked for 2:30 p. iai Coach Jlggs Burnett in drilline his charges overtime this week, expects much trouble from the vaunted Cnemawa "T formation and its operators. Cal PicarO. Chet Ashman, Terry Francis and Buddy Kaiama. Against this quartet Bur nett is matching Al Zuber and Dick Mason, his two hieh seorin lads. A win for Woodburn today will practically clinch the third straight Duration league pennant for the Bulldogs. Probable lineups: WOODBUHN t Ends Harper and Corey: tackles Lan and Kuna: ruardi Hall and Sargent; centerGay; backs Mason. Zuber, Bifler and Uranek. CHCMAWA: J. MiUer and Orrutt ends; O. Miller and cbocktoot. tackles: Jackson and Brown, guards: Charley, center: Francis, Kaiama, Plcard and Ashman, backs. ty's Davis Bi st Gainer DALLAS. Nov. 1-tfV-The Cali- fornia comet Glenn Davis of Mighty Army is traveling at the most! meteroric , pigskin packing pacelin modern , football history. fNalipnal collegiate athletic bu- ran Si ctaftie th rm ltrfi fimM n hOctober 20. show Davis has netted 606 yards in (our contests al though, carrying the ball only 42 times, which is an average of 14.4 yard! per effort That betters the all-tifne record set last year "by Davil with 11.5 per try when he made 667 yards on 58 rushes.! Bop Fenimore, blond bullet of Oklahoma A. anii M, is close on Davis1 heels in yardage witti 603 but he has carried 69 times.' i " W. Series Dough I Gut Generously I , 1 CHICAGO, L Nov. 1 -WO- The generosity of the Detroit Tigers end Chicago Cubs In dividing the lush world series spoils prevented any chance for new records in in dividual player ;splits. Leslie M. O'Connor, - special . assistant to Commissioner A. B. (Happy) Chandler, : annoiiiiced today that the Tigers received $199,743 and the Cubs $133,162 as team shares from the record series receipts of $1,592,454. 1 Thev Bengals sliced their melon into 26 full shares of $8443.34 each, and, the "Cubs, split their take into 31 full chunks of $3930JL Lea Jerry Schaeffer, Gerald Unllman. Spence- row: iBn.ee Barker; - I - i Taper Drills early Saturday morning for Port- lamca- me contest ! Oregon's 38th meetfne with Washington in : s years, finds the Huskies quoted S to 2 and 15-point favorites. Wash ington, on top of tthe conference heap and angling i for the Rose BowL overpowered!: the Webfoots 20-6 earlier this season. Thirty thousand! fans sr . pected to jam Multnomah stadium, mny 01 mem anxious to see Jake Leicht Oregon's candidate for ail American left 'halfback. Leioht has starred, in every game, win or ose, except the first Washing ton clash clayed hetnr rival. - - ; s... : In Corvallis, thel Oregon State college Beavers strWscM Hth in tensive and defensive practice in readiness for Saturday's rsm with Idaho. The OSC souad wnrU ed on ways to chefck speedy Jih? Hatch. triDle-threat Vandal half. ". 1 ? Oregon State's new hMw 9V.v. field combine quafterback John Karamanos. left half Boh KtnD right half Bob Reiman, and full back Garth Rouse4-continued to improve and was fisted likely to start . i ' Brown Bomber id , Box Exhibition SAN FRANCISCO. Vnv 1 Heavyweight Champion Joe Louis who will defend "his title against chief challenger Billy Conn next June, will box four rounds In an exhibition here Nov. 13 at the Civic auditorium. Promoter Frank Scaler, who made jthe announce ment, said the brown omber would take on two opponents, yet ' w u namea, ior two rounds piece. We are now prepared iiu cumpieie lUDncauon-services for at night as well as daytime. Evoryi Night but Scrturdcnr and Sundciy wuiuiuay uwu J Shifl 5. 465 Center St ! - " ...1 ;"' ; ll- . 01dsmebHe Sales and Service- i t "Onr 17th Tear; In Salem; Ore- - -Home of Good Used Cars- nrvo otf Few sue IDiraft i - Beaver Player Taken by As: LoutoPliils Only Nines '(Gamers J Grabbed in Move By Charles; Donkley v CHICAGO. Nov. 1. -iJPi- Tun major league castoffs, outfielders Lou Novikoff and. Frank Demaree, topped a slim list of nine mmnr league players grabbed "in the an nual baseball -draft today. Only seven of the 18 mainr league clubs, gambling a total of $62,500, sifted a selection of more than 5000 minor j leaguers at an eight-minute meeting overseered by Commissioner A B. (Happy) Chandler. Of the nine selected- four are in military; service. Besides setting some kind of a record for 'brevity, i th flntinn was the smallest sirice.four playn ers were picked in 1932. Last year, 21 players were picked involving an outlay of $151,000, - Demaree. 35-year-old veteran of LPortland in the , Pacific coast league, was the No. 1 selection, being picked bvi the last-nlar Philadelphia Athletics of the American league Demaree batted -306 last season,! his 15th in pro fessional ranks. I He crashed the major leagues in 1932 with the Chicago Cubs and I reached his peak with the same; club in 1936 when he batted .350.! - Novikoff. who batted - .318 for Los Angeles last! season before entering the army. I was nickcri second by the Philadelphia Phil lies, National league tail-enders. ine Phils earlie this year had been among the severest critics of th Chicago Cubs foir shipping Novi koff .to their Loi Ahgeles farm club via the waiver route. Five other players selected from class AA at the istandard $7500 price included: Gene Handlev. in. fielder with Sacramento, (Pacific coast league) by j the Athletics; Charles Alton (ArTcy) Biggs, sec ond baseman - of i Milwaukee, (American association) by the Chi cago White Sox pitcher Earl Reid of Indianapolis (American associa tion) by the Boston Braves; pitch er Mike Budnick jof; Seattle (Pa cific coast league), by the New York Giants; and! outfielder Ben GuintinI of San Francisco (Pacific coast league). by f the Pittsburgh Pirates. The four j players on the national -defense service list in clude Novikoff, Reid, Budnick, and Wilson. ( . i . - Foxes vs. ! SILVER TON Stayton coach Hay Boe M Sllvrtnri Stlvar n,jii be seeking elevation into the Duration league'sj iirst division Friday when they travel to Stay ton to. play the Packers. Both Sil verton and Stayton have won once and lost twice in league play to date. ) -- .'is - WASHINGTON Jk i i Lieut Ky Aldrich,! an outstanding pre-war center, today signed a contract with Washington Red skins football team ! for the re mainder ijftf - that iOAK XT-.:. i league season. Aldrich is being processed out of the, navy. to render limited repair your car r. JW. to & P. M. P.II. la 1 A.II. .1 i- LUL JP J a - - -I- , ; ,7" "," v - 5 i