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TK OREGON STATESIIAN. Salem. Oregon. V7dntidcqr Morning. rTorombor 11. ISIS
! PAGE EIGHT
Sportie Mrtles: Best dressed
retch In Coast conference? Our
'' vote foes to WSCs Phil Sorboe.
The guy looked like a walking
' prewar Esquire ad . as he , paced
back and forth before his Cou
I gars at Corvallls Saturday. Quite
' contrast to his mud-splattered
"' and slimy . warriors . . I Speak
ing -of the . Cougar . coaches, In
imitable Buck Bailey came with
in Inches of diving headlong
from the press " box - when the
WSC's, after finally yielding a
six-pointer to the Beavers in the
fourth quarter, elected to kick ,
eff Instead of. receive. Bailey
couldn't figure any strategy in
giving the ball right back to
a red hot team that had Just
scored. Neither could the rest of
the coop clan. Just what Bailey
meant was dang near exempli
fied when the OSC's took the
kick and marched right down
to the WSC 38 before faltering.
Giving the ball to a team only
seven points in arrears just Isn't
practicable . . . Easiest three
hundred bucks ever made? The
three C's Yankee Bill Bevens
got as his cut of the world series
pie. Bev and 34 other Yankees
were sliced off $322.58 apiece
as their share for finishing fourth
" in the pennant race. When Cncle.
Sammie got through doing' a
- speck of slicing himself, the. take
was just short of the three-hundred
mark for each Yank. Sam-
Mask Outbutts
Negro Matman
i 300 Jam Armory,
Ogle Bloody . Scrap
Stonefaced Gray Mask's head
Is harder than the one adorning
Rowdy Rufus Jones' shoulders
st least it was last night at the
jam-packed Ferry Street Garden
s the two tussled off their bicep
biggie. Mr. Stoneface, thanks to
n already wounded Jones' brow,
butted ..the ..negro . into ..bloody
"submission in the third and final
fall and was declared winner, by
Wrestling ..Commissioner ..Harry
Levy when the commission, de
cided the gory gash - on Rufe'a
head was gashed enough.
... Although the third fall was as
advertised a lulu for action it
took the two gladiators the first
two flops to get tuned up. They
tried their vicious head butting
early but found , it only scram
bled the . brains of both men.
They didn't bust loose with the
1 ramming until the final heat
Jones won the first fall in eight
minutes with a full crab after
lugging the hooded hoodlum
around the ring. Stoneface came
back with an identical doseage to
win the second in 11 minutes,
rapping it off with a barrage of
head butts while the negro was
flat on his back. These started
the Jones blood flowing.
The 1300 customers, many of
whom.had to watch while stand
ing, then saw the brawl open up
. right along with Jones' pate. He
was taking a vicious pounding on
his wound, and was holding his
own in retaliation, when the com
mistioner stepped in. It's a cinch
both biceppers will have head-
aches today, big ones.
: The . prelims went - like this:
Ancient Bulldog. 4ackson, who
moved around surprisingly
sprightly, went to a fall apiece
draw with Mysterious Mr. , X in
the tpener; Ex-GI Joe Lynam
was awarded a win via foul over
lantern - jawed Jack Lipscomb
when the latter overdid himself
irf this. jwild brawl, and Canadian
Herb Parks and newly-returned
"Gust Johnson went to another
fall-apiece draw in the only all
clean match on the menu. N
Trask Returns
To Huskyi Club
SEATTLE, Nov. 20 Leo
i Trask, starting fullback of the
Washington Huskies, was back in
the training grind this afternoon
after missing yesterday's practice
because of bruises suffered in the
Idaho game here Saturday.
r The Huskies continued prepping
, today for their final Pacific coast
conference battle of the season
Saturday against -the Washington
State Cougars in Pullman.
MONTREAL, Nov. 20-TVCan-da
will challenge for the' Davis
cup in 1946, competing in '.. the
North American zone, R. N. Watt,
president "of the Canadian Lawn
lennis association saia toaay.
r.
Oregon State Hoop Team
OREGON STATE COLLEGE,
Nov. 21 -(Special)- With the
opening of the p re-season sched-
le less than a month away Ore-
gen State's varsity' basketball
squad is beginning to take defi
nite shape. Coaeh A..T. "Slats
GUI cut his squad U 25 men
last week and plans a final slash
to 15 within two weeks. A fur
ious dally battle is raging among
the 25 remaining players for
spots on the 10-man squad that
will make the eastern road trip
the latter part of December.
Four letterWn appear to have
the iusfle track for starting Jobs
at present - They are Ephrem
Red". Rocha. C foot 8 Inch cen- ,
ter who finished second to the
Northern division individual
r
j pm i ii i
MARV OWEN
my must have his bites, youf
know ... Re these' baseball pay
offs. If "Pants" R .viand is to
make the PCL into a third major
league, as he says he'll do, he'd
best start c right out on remodel
ing salaries for' the loop's man
agers. Portland's Marv Owen Is
to get $10,000 next year as com-
Keene Home, Plans Vacation
' By Gil Lieser
WILLAMETTE UNIVERSITY
Under cover of a low hanging
fog Tuesday morning, Lt. Com
mander Spec Keene. USNR,
slipped quietly Into town on the -first
leg of his trip from a navy
uniform- to civilian life. First
port of call for the former Wil
lamette university coach, on:
'leave of absence with the navy
for " the past 28 months, was
Howard Maple's sporting goods
store, where he stocked up on
a plentiful supply of fishing
tackle, preparatory to pursuing
the life of an angler during the
lengthy vacation he contem
plates embarking upon this
week.
Spec stated that he would be
released from active duty fol
Ing two months of terminal
leave which he began enjoying
Woodburn Titlist
Duration lis
In Final Heat
Dl RATION LEAGUE STANDING!
W L T Pet. PF PA
Woodburn
Molalla .
Canby
Silvtrtort
Chemawa
Stavton ..
Dallas
.401 l ooo
115
112
31
...4 1 1
.311
...2 2 1
.2 3 0
...14 0
.0 5 Q,
at to
19
47
48
58
92
217
.750
.500
.400
.200
.000
M
117
58
43
0
WOODBURN, Nov. 20-(Special-Duration
league football
teams square off this week in the
final round of the season, but
the games will mean little as far
as the 1945 championship is con
cerned. Woodburn has already
salted that away for the third
straight undefeated year.
The Bulldogs were scheduled
to play Stayton here Friday, buri
the announcement that Stayton
has quit football for the rest of
the season leaves the Blue Bull
dogs at the end of their Dura
lion schedule undefeated. Stayton
lost to Chemawa last week via
forfeit.
Other league games this week
find Canby's Cougars, seeking a
tie for second with Molalla, going
to Dallas Wednesday night to
meet the winless and scoreless
Dragons. Silverton, which tied
Woodburn 13-13 last week, hosts
Chemawa Thursday afternoon at
2:30.
Jefferson 11 ;
Vs. Estacada
JEFFERSON The Jefferson
high Lions, winners of seven foot
ball games in eight tries this sea
son and scorers of 225 points to
25 for the opposition, close their
season here Wednesday afternoon
with a 1:45 p.m. contest with Es
tacada high. The game will be
played on the high school field.
Coach Pat Beal of the J'ffer
sons reports that Jstacada s
strong team, one that beat Sandy
last ' week, and that the visitors
will be favored in the Wednesday
iinaie.
, scoring race last season; Bernle
McGmth, two-year letterman
and sparkplug guard; Ted Hen-
' nlngsen, foot 6 inch forward.
and Johnny Moore, 5 foot 8 inch
guard. Two other lettejmen in
the battle for positions on the
squad are George Sertic, f foot
2 Inch forward, and Jack Slmms,
6 foot long shot artist. Both men
are two-year letter winners but
are receiving hot competition
from a host of promising fresh- -men
and other new-comers to
: the' squad.
Probably the most outstanding
- freshman prospect is Jerry Kra
fve, twice all-state while playing
ior,, Washington high . school of
Portland, lie Is ( foot 3 Inches
tall, fast for a big man and has
is
pared to $8009 the. last time, and
ten' grand per! annum for a pen
nant-winning skipper " just Isn't J
major league! It'; good pay for;.
double-A, 'but Bow land doesn't
want'AA related to the PCX . ...j
Add Western I n t e r n a t i o n a 1
league . sklppers-rLiither (Red); J.
HarveL Tacdma Tigers. Thirty- f
nine years old, Ityrvel was pluck-'
' ed from a Tcoma shipyard and
replaces "Plpj" Koehler as Tigers
boss. No green pea at the game,
Harvel has had J years expert-'
ence as both player and manager
in organized baseball and was
once a hard-pitting outfielder for
the Cleveland Indians. His last'; ;
. managerial job was with. Shreve- J
port of the Texas league in 1938.
T " 1 i.- :4 -: ... . . -.;;,
Laff dept:j Canadian Press dis
patches carried .Very late Satur
day; night the following conclu
sion on the Oregon-U of British
Columbia . basketball game at
Vancouver: "Fans during the
second half vested their disap
pointment on-tfce referees, both,
of whom tbdsrfan uncalled for
ribbing because' of tbeir whistle
Monday When questioned
whether he might resume his
civilian i status as Willamette's
' athletic j director and football
and baseball mentor In the near
future Keene declined to make
any comment;; and appearea
primarily Interested in doing
some; extensive resting before
seriously considering the future.
WhUe at Willamette univer
sity from ,192S until 1943. Spec
Keene produced 12 Northwest
conference championship foot
ball aggregations in addition to
a large! number of NW titles in
basebalL One of Spec's outstand
ing eleven's was his 1941 club1
which dropped only one game
in 10, and that one .to Idaho;
during the course of the regular
season r before embarking on
their historic trip to Hawaii
where they were on hand for the
December 7tli
episode.
Ducks Uti
imiteiV
WaltoiisSet
!
Meet Tonight
The Salem chapter, Izaak Wal
ton League of (America will hold
lis mommy meeting tonignt i in
the new .Mayflower Dairy build
ing at 8 o'clock. Nomination !i of
officers for 1948 will be made
during! the business session land
hearings on the Mundt Clean
Streams bill HR 519) will 'also
be offered. - ;
New; membership drive meth
ods will alsof be discussed, j The
film "Good Hunting, Brother,"
sponsored; by? Ducks Unlimited,
will )fce I shown following the
meeting. This film is regarded as
tpps and is expected to attract
large audience.
Duck Flights
Skip 0
reaon
PORTLAND, Nov. 20 -(P)- The
largest duck flight in a decade ap
pears to have by-passed Oregon
because bf the scarcity of feeding
grounds, state game , supervisor.
Frank Bi Wife, said today, j
Wire said the birds are winging
south to California rice fields and
suggested thf U. S. Fish and Wild
Life ;serVic0i promote planting of
Oregon Jake$. Duckes Unlimited
officialsj announced 10 days ago
the migration leaving Canada was
a record one. But nimrods ; here
have cone back empty-handed
Oregon Team
Takes Recess
EUGNEj NW. 20.-(;p)-A three-
day Thjanksgiving recess will giv
the Uriiverkitv of Oreffon !irri
squad needed respite after eight
conierdnce games in eight! Weeks.
Workout were scheduled today
andl tomorrow, with the s final
Shaping; Squad
L.
lots of natural ' ability. ! Other
freshmen! showing np very well
are Bruce Cowan, teammate of
Krafye's in high school; Chuck
Cjrness and Ron Esplng frpm Jef
ferson high of Portland; Ole
Johnson, 1 recently discharged
fromj the army air forces and
former Newberg high star; Art
Koakk Facifle war Teteran f rom
Astot-la; Ceith Wade from last
year'sMarshfleId high team, and
Dkk Coe4 17-year-old from Mil-ton-Freewater,
Ore. (It
Rounding out the 25-man
squad are Damlen RochaJ broth
er of Red from St Louis high of
Honolulu; Chuck Sauvaln, fresh
man' froin Woodburn; Les Nel
son) navy ROTC trainee; Ken'
Warren,; freshman from 'Benson
bligatoa, as the pace stepped
p. and the, play got" progres
sively rougher."; The.- Canadian
-. way of . telling what Canadians
' thlnk'of hootf strlped-shirters 7.7
About Tbasketballinc. the latest
; OHS,A bulletin lists 18 ; hoop
; dlstrieta In the state ' this time
with no ; mention of doubling
up to scrap it. off for only eight
state tournament berths. Which
, might be Interpreted as an' un
official announcement that Ore
gon's 28th prep basketball clas
sic wiU boast 16 Instead of eight
class "A Quints . '. . Salem still
ypsides. In .'district 11 along with
Mt. Angel Woodburn and . SU
verton. Stayton is not mentioned
but was presumably overlooked
as a No. ill entry . . . Going
j back to 16 teams will; mean a
much better tournament. For in
stance, teams like Astoria, Eu
rent.' Baker. Pendleton, etc' at
most always present for tourneys I
In the prewar past, will not be
faced with elimlna'ung champs
of other districts for the' right
to one of the eight available tick
ets to our', town. Astoria has only
Seaside and Tillamook to get by
In the lfi-district setup for a trip
to Salem for example. It's the
same in the other 15 districts
.-ik
T ia W, 1CUW VI VUC)
to come from Portland . . . Now, siron ou"n lou
if tttiii Mi. lowed by George Myatt of Wash
surround ..a .90-foot hardwood
speedway - - -
Medford Fray
Quick Sellout
Reserved Seals All
Snlil. flrntit nn Ha n il
MEDFORD, Nov. 20 -(JP)- Fans
gathered here at 5:30 a.m. today
and bought out the reserved seats
for the Medford-Grant semi-final
football game within 35 minutes.
Officials at the Medford high
school ticket office estimated that
nearly a . thousand would-be pur
chasers were turned down.
Al Simpson, Medford coach, re
ported Glenn Bostwick, sensa
tional left half benched two weeks
with a shoulder injury, will play
in the Thanksgiving day game.
His return brings the team to
full strength.
The Grant squad, due to arrive
tonight by bus,-will work out on
the turf tomorrow. The skies were
clear here today, but the weather
forecast ; for tomorrow was "light
rain."
Officials for the tilt will , be
Frank Bashor, Portland, referee
Vere Magaurn, Portland, umpire
Al Lightner, Salem, field judge;
Paul Warren, Portland,, head
linesmah.
Leslie Teams
Thump Parrish
Parrish soccer teams had a little
difficulty in finding the goal Tues
day night in the intramural soc-
cer playoffs, and as a result Leslie
swept to three shutout victories,
The Missionary seventh grade
won 4 to 0, the eighth grade won
8 to o, and the; ninth grade 6 to
0. It marked Leslie's second
straight clean sweep in the last
two 'mural playoffs, and gave
them an 8 to 1 bulge in competi
tion for the year.
The j ninth grade cannonballs.
eighth? grade Gobs, and seventh
grade Interceptors
won Leslie
grade 'soccer titles Tuesday noon.
winding up a month of play. The
Cannonballs topped the Pursuits
4 to 2 to win in the ninth grade,
the Gobs beat the Tomahawks 5
to 2 in the eighth, and the Inter
ceptors edged the Airacobras 2
to 0 in the seventh. Twelve teams
took part in the ninth grade play,
7 in the eighth grade, and 8 in
the seventh. The winners took on
Parrish Tuesday night,
i The winning teams:
Cannonballs: Don Ray (c). Don
Beck.- Ralph Blakle, Clayton Ors
born. James Bartlemay. Darald Da
Moude. Bob Corbett. Pat Dunphy, Earle
Johnson, uonton wniie, LJrry xates
Gobs: Jack Anuflsen 4c), Jim Moore
Gene Carver, Buck Williams, Bob Her
rinjf. Harold Porter, Elvis Dunn. Al
Smith, Joe Wood, Ronald Hoxie, Mack
Interceptors: Robert Baker (c).
James Burton, James Drury, Leonard
Le Blanc. Norman Ie. Donald Steim-
er. Don Raymond. Gen Bowen, and
Richard Hemg.
homecoming game with Oregon
State to be played here Dec. 1.
Yesterday's Dractice session was
listless, the players disturbed by
the injury and death of two team-
mates in a plane crash Saturday,
Now at 25
Tech of Portland, and Eldon
Lilly, freshman from Boardman.
Although the pre-season
schedule has not been complet
ed, the Beavers expect to play
their first games December 7
. and 8. GUI wants his men to
" have at least five games under
their belts before the Orange
make their first trip east since
the 1942-43 season. Eastern
games already booked Include
DePaul university in; Chicago,
Dee. 21: Baldwin-Wallace, Berea,
Ohio, Dee. 22; City CoUege of
New Tork, Madison Square Gar
d;n. Dee. 25; and University of
Nebraska, Lincoln, Neb., Dec. z.
A fifth road game may be
scheduled.
Wa
Ace Detroit lf ly
2nd Year in Row;
NEW YORK, Nofr'26:(JP)-By landslide margin; Detroit's ace
Southpaw pitcher, Harold .Newhouser, was today voted the most
valuable player in the American league for 1945. The selectiyi by
baseball writers mar sed the second straight year , Newhouser was
picked. ' ;.; '-''- ; '-''. - .-' I
The slim Petroit native who southpawed Steve. CNeM'js Tigers
to a pair of world series wins over
Chicago had a runaway ;in (he
voting of the writers association.
Last year Newnousen just squeez
ed by Teammate Difzy Trout by
one point but this tipe he. polled
a 72-point margin over his nearest
rival, second baseman Eddie Mayo,
another important cog in the Tiger
machine,
Last week the writers , voted
Cubs. rst baseman fhil Cavarret-
la ine mosi vaiuaqie piayer tn
the National league. '
Newhouser received 238 points
in voting by 24 writers. Mayo had
164 and just siihdedj George Stirn
weiss of the Yankees, who had
U61 - Dave Ferries, ostors fresh-
mail yiuziuiiK aciidttun. x was
. - , . , J . , . . . -
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inT wl1"" aw
St.' Louis had 94 ponts.
Plane Travel
Rumor Nipped
CHICAGO, Nov. 20 -UP)- Pres
ident Will Harridgf of the Amer
ican league today bquelched "cir-
culated -reports" that a majority
their 1946 baseball) hops by air.
"The American
league clubs
definitely ' will no
use airplanes
to meet their 1946 . schedule of
games," Harridge
statement which
asserted in a
he said was
prompted by rumdrs spread early
this month that railroad travel
was a thing of t$e past for the
league.
"Several clubs of the American
league have arranged with airline
companies for issuance of credit
cards, as have numerous other
business organizations," Harridge
said, "but these credit- cards, in
every instance, arfe for emergency
cases of individual travel only,
not for teams as a whole."
Dallas Tackles
! V
I Canby Eleven
DALLAS, Nov -20 .(Special)
Coach O. E. (Andy) i Anderson
sends his Dallas Dragons into
football action oh Kreason field
here Wednesday night at eight
o'clock against thje Canby Cougars
in a Duration league final game
Dallas, unable to win a game this
season, will be underdog.
The Canby eleven, one of the
strongest in the' league, will be
battling for a wjin and a second
place tie in th standings with
Molalla's Bucks. IThe Dragons are
keyed up to wmd up; the league
season with an iipset victory.
o i ? TT
f Il WflVlZ H flS
House Tronjble
PALO ALTO
Calif., Nov. 20-
(yf-Marchie Schwartz, Stanford
football coach.
in desperation
today offered two tickets on the
50-yard line fori
next year's Stan
ford-California
big game" to
anyone who woild find him a two
or three room Ihouse in thjs vi
cinity, j i
The former fNotre Dame star
said his wife and three children
are waiting in
Wichita, Kas., for
him to find some place to rent so
he can send for them.
M & F STQR
Forisard
B. Griffith
167511
121390
124373
169478
179477
! Manning
D. Griffith
Morgan ..
Totals
760 2229
keith bro
CO. 1)
J36 200
139 139
107 100
135 132
161 178
H
15S494
154 4.S2
117324
116383
130469
Peterso
cushing"
Totals
BRITE SPOT
.. 716 m 713 2216
(2)
Patterson
133
172
175
181
114
141
148
177
191
145
127401
179499
"170552
195-567
182541
Ross
Zeller
Edwards -..
Ertzbaard -
Totals
875 802 853 2530
KARR'S
Bynon
Satohler
Wolfe
(1)
131 132
164 138
151 114
147 116
186 161
139403
162464
152417
151414
176523
Clark
Bamnoidt
Totals
J! SM 739 854 2443
BOSLER IXtCTRIC (t)
Riches
231
165
151
130.
158554
94 393
Schiller
Bishop .
Sake
148
150
173 47
165165
259
144433
754 2373
Singer .
Rilfey -
J 121 138
149 140
4 837 T82
-'Totals .
! INTERS
;TAT TRACTOR (2
M. Brownie -Stettler
j, 168 208 20 J 577
210 18 2:fi S3.
128 137 153418
i 152 151 176479
Hastay
f Mills ..
I Farthing
l.144-1S 189501
ToUls
802 850 956 260S
ES (2) j
1 138 131
i 1M - 1HU
117- 132
j 168 141
... L 134 1S4
.. :J 721 14S
mi
uame
(Ihosen Tops
Mayo Second
v
BROTHER ACT: Three prep biggies whe have done their share In
keeping Don Wilson's Molalla Backs in second- place in the Duration
league this season are pictured above, all . brothers. At left Is Ray
ZlelinskL six foot, one inch senior weighing 195, a tackle. At center
is Wally, another tackle, fire feet, nine and weighing 175. At right
Is Rod, the team's left end at six feet and 17S pounds.
Cadets Aggies Grinding
Out Huge Yardage Records
Seattle Ace
Leads Scoring
SEATTLE, Nov. 20-()-Shorty
Coombs of Seattle's Ironmen, who
has been a noe man scoring gang
on several occasion, led the north
ern division scorers in the Pacific
coast hockey league this week
with 27 points, a compilation dis
closed tonight
Games through Nov. 19 were
included. Coombs had 12 goals
and 15 assists, leadinglboth de
partments. Penalty figures were
not compiled.
G A Pts.
Coombs, Seattle IS 11
Shamlock, Portland I
Dottcn. Seattle .4 11 S 30
Caree, Vancouver 10 IS
McDougal. Vancouver 11 1 IS
Unuki. Seattle S 12 IT
Milliard. Portland . 11 I II
R. Jenkini. Seattle 5 10 15
Smitten. New Westminster 11 4 IS
Dorothr, New Westminster 10 4 14
Kyle. Portland 9 S 14
eBuddy' Cops
Pimlicp Race
. i
NEW YORK, Nov. 20WP)-Bri-tish
Buddy, a heavily back 1 to 3
favorite, came up I fast in the
stretch today to win the $3500
Bamapo allowance race before a
11,000 crowd at Pimlico. Held in
the fourth position in the field of
five for most of the six furlong
sprint, British Buddy responded
ably to Apprentice Jockey R. J,
Martin's urging and flashed past
the leaders in the stretch.
TP A nr. COUNCIL AF Of 1. (1
Coolidse 17. 168 153499
Donovan ..... 197 173 164-534
V.rrar . ' 158 116 167441
Rmrniun 149 135 128412
Brandt 137 117 149403
Totals
889 771 823 2483
KTCHOLSON-S INSURANCE (2)
Mercer . 132 . ... 132
Frieze - 181 . 126307
Causey " 143 178 433
McKinney 165 165 202532
Olney ; 158 147 145450
Read , 183 187 183553
Totals
..-i750
823 . 834 2407
PAPERMAKERS Xt
Cady
. 143 147 ; 156446
127 131 107-365
Wiltsey -
Johnston
Coleman
139 151 149439
j 122 167 177466
i 165 135 127427
Bolton
Totala
713 748 733 2194
MAYFLOWER MILK (1)
DeCuire 4 124 148
Mocabee 3 169 -166
Paslay i 164 129
15ft 428
137472
143438
145 408
151384
Carr
13S 131
118 117
Dewey -
Totals'
707 691 734 2132
SCIO (2)
Krejci
Densmore
S lover
Caswell
Schrunk
Totak
169
167
171
126
139
162
ISO 816
129
148
149
- 201
163437
110368
156519
. i. 796 763 739 2300
PACJESf fruit- p. co.
Haagenton , j. 155 143 15ft 453
Potter ., 129 107 155391
Merrill 138 137 147422
Bigler; u. 13S 144 155438
McKeU . . . n . . 744
150- 154449
Totals
759 734 827 2313
OUaiionia Aggies
Rate As JMost Likely Opposition : I
" NEW ORLEANS. Nov. 20.-()-For the first time -in JU
hutory, the Sugar Bowl may look westward for both Its &ew,year
day football choices specifically to St. Mary's of CaUfonua and. to
Oklahoma A. and M. - : . ! V 'L L-
Each has been scouted by Sugar Bowl members. Army and
i:7
1 i
DALLAS, Nov. 20 -(JP)- Army
and Oklahoma A and M. the na-
tion's top offensive teams are
grinding out yardage in greater
abundance than any previous col
lege gridiron elevens in modern
times, i
The mighty Cadet powerhouse,
with 488.2 yards average per
game, led past the half-way mark
through contests-of Nov. 3
according to statistics announced
today, by Homer F. Cooke, Jr.,
director of the national collegiate
athletic bureau.
The army eleven rolled up 2295
yards rushing and 633 passing in
350 offensive plays. The Aggies,
in five games, showed 1663 rush
ing and 645 passing in 321 plays
an average of 461.6 per game.
Swinging along in third place
came Alabama with-an average
of 429.2 in five games with St.
Mary's fourth with 398 in six.
Id rushing it's army with an
average of 382.7 per game, .while
the Aggies are second with 332.6.
St Mary's tops the passing
teams with an average of 169.8
per game. The Gaels have thrown
114 passes and completed 56 for
J019 yards..
Modest Slate.
Winter Sports
PORTLAND, Nov. 20. -(AV A
"modest; program" aimed at co
ordination of all winter sports
areas! will mark first peacetime
activities of the Oregon winter
sports association, officials said
today , .
Arthur Beescher will supervise
opening of Santiam lodge at Hoo
doo Bowl Dec. 15, and the weather
bureau will resume reports on ski
ing conditions. The prewar winter
sports queen contest will not be
held this year.
Canucks Beat
Eagles, 8-5
VANCOUVER, B. C, Nov. 20
(A-, Vancouver Canucks shot fur
theri ahead of the northern divi
sion field in the Pacific Coast
Hockey league standings when
they trounced Portland Eagles 8-5
here tonight
The victory was the Canucks'
lOtH against four losses while the
Eagles' loss shoved them deeper
into third place in the standings
after holding the second clot for
some time. f
President WUl
Army-Navy Grid Titanic
WASHINGTON, Nor. U -(JP)
It seemed fitting that President
Truman should announce today
mm Clark Griffith's 76th birth
day that the chief executive will
attend the Army-Navy football
game at Philadelphia Dec. 1. ;
I Surrounded by old friends la
his office aV Griffith stadium,
the Washington Senators' white
haired owner walked ever to a
wall covered with pictures ef
his annual visits U the White
House.
Los
017U
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arid LSU Tigere i -
Alabama are we onty- -oowi pos
sibilities ranking bove them in
the Associated Press' weekly poll
of outstanding college teams; and
It is ftuite possible that army wjll
spurn all offers, and that Alabama .
wUl take its sixth trip t the Rose
Bowl.
Three times the Sugar Bowl has
paired two clubs from east of
the Mississippi, but never have
both; contestants come from the .
westj although four times a west- -ern
team has met Tulane.or Louis-
iana State university, whose play
ers could get to the sunset side of
ole man river with a shorj walk
and a nickel ferry fare. .
Louisiana Stat e, incidentally,
might well bet; Into the Sugar
Bowl again. The Bayou Tigers,
beaten by- Alabama and Missis- '
sippt State, only have a so-so Tu
lane team yet to meet.
I An Alabama victory qyer .Missis
sippi State would leave LSU as
the j southeast's second dub by
virtue of seven major conquests
Counting Tulane a victim. ,
I There is strong neighborhood
pressure on the Sugar Bowlers to
invite the State Tigers, who play
a daring, open, sudden-death game
that always thrills the crowd. The
argument is brought forth also
that LSU, beaten twice in a sea
son that included only big-Ume op
ponents,' is more desirable than
St. Mary's with one spot of tarnish
on a less impressive schedule.
Of course, if Mississippi State
upsets Alabama but the iSugar
Bowlers don't like to think of such"
a confuting situation.
Joe DiMaggio
Ready to Play
- By Gayle Talbot
NEW YORK, Nov. 20 -(JP)- Al
though he has played only about
one month of service baseball in
the past two years and i3 crowd
ing his 31st birthday, Joe DiMag
gio, greatest of present day play
ers, expressed confidence today
that he would be able to whip
himself back into top form next
spring.
"It might take me a little longer
than it used ! to." admitted the
Yankee star, ."but I'm going to
get an early Start down south this
winter and I think 111; be ready
for the-opening game."
, The tall outfielder was guest of
honor st press conference at the
Yankee olfices, at which it was
announced by President "Larry
MacPhail that both DiMaggio and
Pitcher Spud Chandler had! sign-
ed their 1948
time ago."
contracts 'some
Golfer Ward
Out of Army
SAN FRANCISCO,. Nov. 20-UP1
Wearing five battle stars on his
chest and a big smile on his face,
Capt. Marvin "Bud" Ward, na
tional amateur golf champion, was
among a ship load of war veter
ans who returned here today from
the Pacific area.
After nearly 23 months in much
of the Pacific action with the
army air force. Ward4 reported
himself in good condition and anx
ious to get back into golf. He said
he planned to defend his national
true, frozen for the duration f
the war, when the blue ribbon
tournament is revived in 1946.
Cougars Prep
For Husky 11
PULLMAN, Wash., Nov. 20-ttP)
The Washington State college
football team . today reviewed
motion pictures of its first game
with Washington as Coach Phil
Sorboe hurried preparations for
the homecoming return engage
ment here Saturday.
"We will have to play much
better thr.n we, did in, the last
three conlests," Sorboe said. "We
have to play as well for four
quarters as we did in the last
quarter, against Oregon when we
made two touchdowns if we ex
pect to win." i '
Tale In
Those date back U 1912 Chen
President Taft threw oot the
first ball for the first time at
the baseball game," Griffith
Proudly nid. There's no other
photorrapLle collection ef pres
idents like thise."
Then he said of v Truman:
HeH continue the. tradition of
presidents being true friends of
Prtsv He's already demonstrat
ed that." .': -