11 The Ski I 1 Salem. Oregon. Friday. March 11. 1947
True'? Phoo! OSCs Lew Beck Wuz Robbed!
By Al Lightaer
Tn magazine this week blos
somed forth with the "official"
194C-47 All-American basketball
team, first. mmiU and third
versions. Coaches of the nation's
race squads, th blurb uri, did
th balloting. Nothing waa said
concerning whether or net th
annul n ie-taoa lug effort was
a closed corporation. It must
have been, far were the beep
skippers of the Caaatal region
given a say -so. first, second and
third degree robbery would be
the final tally. Of the IS boop
anitera aeleeted to the "all
teams only one. L'CLA Center
Dan Barksdale waa recognised
f ram the Coast, and be an the
third tea
The high-scoring Barksdale,
augmented by the glittering ae
caladea given him by the south
ern Calif era ia writers, was a
fin player aver the season. Bnt
in his twa game at Carnal lis
with Orecaa State, the twa that
had the blae chips in the middle
far the Caast crtwn, Barksdale
was Individually defeated by the
Beavers' Ked Rocha. The Tall
Palm fram Hlle wasn't sa mneh
aa honorably mentiened fat the
"all" picks, nar is he classed as
Oregon's No. 1 player. That
knightly merit belongs U Pen
dletan's Lew Beck wba. in the
words of every coach in the
northern division af the confer
ence, and certainly af I'CLA
Coach YYUbar Johns, "is the best
basketball player to come out of
the northern division In years."
Bat not even Lew sained aa
mneh aa honorable mention.
Which leads one to believe that
votes cast by the PCC coaches
were either lest en rente to the
mar's tabulating roam, or that
final tabulations were made by
someone who still is convinced
the West holds naught bat buf
falo and Injuns and holes np in
cellars when the Becler beys are
an the lease.
What to do about such pain
ful snubbery? It waas apposed
to have been done this winter.
Ceaches and writers In the
northwest were pledged to con
centrate their efforts an Beck
whoa time came far the "all"
casting came. They concen
trated, but true AIl-Amerieaa
Beck still Is just another bas
ketball player so far aa national
prominence in the True mag
is concerned.
Lew was plainly and simply
robbed, "true" enough. But then
he has company. They do ap
pretty fair Job on the northwest's
footballers every fall, and sans
sing- a run. too! 1:
Brother, how we da hope that
Beck, Rocha Co. tangles with
some of those honorable All
Amerieans back east in the next
week and plays the pants aff
'em! And we've a bit af
pany in that desire, also.
mmmm
Not only did Jim Aiken talk a disgusted Jake Leicht into staying
at Oregan for his final year af college footballing, but he also con
vinced Jimmy Newquist he too should stick around. Both Leicht and
Newquist were set to fly the Web
foot coop. Now Aiken has them
tuning up In what he calls T
fonnatlon school." What a per
sonality Mr. A. does have, and
how he sells himself to his play
ers! . . . He has been gaing to
hang up his coaching spurs for the
last three or four years, but al
ways Silverton's Guy (Pap) De-I-ay
managed to come bark, be It
In baseball, football or basketball.
This time, however. Pop is posi
tively through, and perhaps re
luctantly so. The compulsory re
tirement law which goes Into ef
fect this summer has caught up
with the pride of the Silverton
coaching corps for the last 21
years. Two years before that Pop
was at Gervais. Now beyond the
5 years the law allows. Or I. ay
goes to the rack at the end af the GUY (POP) DeLAY
school year. During his 21 years at Silverton the anly thing Pop
hasn't coached Is track. Baseball Is his pet sport, and more than Just
a few sharp Silver Fox nines have been reared by him over the years.
It Just won't seem like Silverton without Pop around . . .
The Portland Beavers were afraid to take a chance on him. as
they were concerned over reasons why Clint Cameron, after receiv
ing a fat bonus far signing with the Boston Braves was released out
right after performing ane season for their Evansville. Ind.. farm
Hob. But the Hollywood Stars grabbed the former Willamette ath
lete and he is now catching his share of the spring ramp games for
the Twinkles. Should Clint not hack It with the Hollies, he will likely
be farmed to the Yakimas . . . Speaking of Bearcat athletes, there
will be no Paul Cooklngham on the WU track team this time. Which
Is unusual, for it seems that Paul has been putting the shot and spin
ning the discus for the Cats ever since they took up track. His four
years of eligibility. Interrupted by the war. have been spent .
Actire Club Won't Sjtonsor 1918 Tournament
One year of It was enough for the Eugene Active club. That hus
tling clan, guilty of sponsoring the finest prep basketball tournament
la history, took on too many headaches In dealing with the Oregon
High Schools Activities association on tourney matters, so Is chucking j
the Idea of backing the classic again next March. The task of produ- ;
ring the 194S party will fall on the U of Oregon In entirety, and at a
much healthier fee. The Actives, incidentally, wanted no profit for
their superb part in this year's extravagania . . . The tournament
drew over 3.oe paid admissions into the huge MrArthur court. Bnt
It is with a good deal of satisfaction that we report the reactions of
many of the OHSAA officers and other guiding hands - - that if Mt
Arthur court were located In Salem the tournament would have
drawn many more than 3.0A0. Oh for a magic carpet, one that would
carry a 7Ht capacity basketball pavilion! . . .
Wagner May Try it Again Xext Fall
His postwar debut a dismal flop simply because he wasn't In the
proper physical shi.pe. Keller Wagner has decided to quit the prize
ring, and perhaps for good. There Is a possibility he may spend the
nest few months hardening up. however, and will in the fall take i
another whirl at It. Wagner is now bartending In a local pub. What
he could have done to that Bomber Daniels had he been In shape! ;
Keller punched like a champion In the first round and would have
kayoed the negro easily had he been able to keep it up. But lo. that
first heat was It for Wagner. From then on his softness stood out
more and more with every round until the surprised negro knocked
him out ... At 25 Wagner Isn't too old to keep going. But he has
much conditioning to do between now and autumn If he Intends try
ing It again . . . We hope he does . . .
Rest Stateness Pray it Doesn't Hit Beros
The Boston Red Sox wailed last autumn aver the lapse of time
betfeen the end of the American league season and the start of the ,
world series, insisting the long rest ruined their sharpness. It has
been IS days since Oregon State played Its last opponent. I'CLA.
Please don't let It happen here . . . Silverton's Don Hatteburg. prom
ising bush league third sacker In these parts the past few years and
a member of the "all-slate" prep team following a tournament In
141 Is now playing the hot corner for the Camp Pendleton marines j
at Oceanside. Cal. What's more, he's leadoff batter . . . Good news: ,
Southpaw Kenny Wyatt has signed his 1947 contract with the Senators
and Intends squeezing In mound chores with the Solons this summer,
along with commitments on his turkey farm In Polk county . . .
Salem 5s Open Golden
Ball Firing With Wins
Two Salem quintets opened firing in the annual Golden Ball tour
ney in Portland last night and indicated that local clubs might con
tinue right on where they left off last year by sweeping a couple
of contests with Rose City outfits
sion. Elroy Jensen's Salem high
Sophs had no trouble at all down
ing the Vanport Cards. 53-34 at
the Peninsula Park gym, while
Bob Keuscher's Intermediates - -in
the 15 and under class - - were
equally effective in trouncing the
Nu Mu Xi quint from Grant high,
39-17, at the Jefferson floor.
The wins shot the locals into
second round tilts Monday night,
with the Intermediates meeting
the McMinnville JVs at 8 o'clock
on the Jeff boards and the Sophs
tangling with the Portland Bartels
in a 6 o'clock fray at Peninsula
Park.
Tonight the Salem high JVs and
Bob Metzger's Juniors make their
tourney debuts. Loren Mort's un
defeated JVs taking on the Jeffer
son Optimists at 6 o'clock at tt.e
Peninsula Park gym. with the
Juniors -- 14 and under --going
against the Roosevelt Cubs in an
8 o'clock go at Jefferson
Intermediate )
Anunstn i2) F
Bacon (81 F
Rogers 7 . C 7 Adams
Noiton 1 4 1 G . i4 Harris
Blakely G 2 Wright
Subs Interirwdiatrs: Moore (2.
Sodeman 2i. Deen ill, Frederickson
(7, Arnold tl).
J4) Vanport
i 101 Jollie
Mi Sandcrn
2i Scott
IS) Witalo
. 171 Brovtn
4i. Sprncr i3.
Var.port
In the 16 years arid under divi-
Oiraonge Open AgaioDstt Soomeirs TomiDglhit
On NCAA Meet; Wisconsin Suffers (Upset
(17) No M XI prized waist
141 Wrbftrr . jnfr) action.
10) souinvkonn
Mat Title Tilt
Next, Armory
Terre Haute's Buck Weaver Is
at long last to get his deserved
crack at one of the elusive coast
mat title belt. Undefeated in the
Salem ring since his arrival in the
northwest "league." Weaver was
last night signed by Matchmaker
Elton Owen to tangle with Bill
(Bull) Weidner In a coast Junior
heavy belt whirl next Tuesday
night at the armory. Weidner, the
strongie with the big airplane
spins, won the title from Pete
Belcastro last week. Belcastro
had been ducking Weaver for
weeks, and just as soon as Weid
ner came into possession of the
piece Owen went
- . . .
Oklaliomans Rated Favorites Over
Gill Crew; Navv Also Eliminated
KANSAS CITY, March 20 -(.-P,-All four entrants In the Western
NCAA play-offs, starting tomorrow night arrived in town today tnd
lost no time heading for the municipal auditorium to get acquainted
with the floor which might start one of them off to a date in Madison
Square Garden Tuesday night against the eastern winner.
Slats Gill gave his Pacific coast champion Oregon Staters a brisk
eight minute workout and the lads felt reasonably familiar wfth the
court after the session. The Oregonians find themselves rated the
underdogs In their opening round tussle with Oklahoma, but aren't
letting that fact worry them any. One advantage the Oklahoma ns
seem to hold at present is that they have already played a number
of contests on the auditorium boards. Gill will stick to a starting
line-up of Cliff Crandall and Er
land Anderson, forward; Red
Rocha, center, and Lew Beck and
Morrie Silver, guards.
Texas and Wyoming vie in the
other contest tomorrow night.
NEW YORK, March 20 -CP)- A
spectacular comeback in the sec
ond half carried City College of
DENVER. March 20 -P- Three New York to a 70-56 triumph
powerhouses of the American ! over Wisconsin tonight and lar.d
basketball Jeague and a clever, ' ed the scrappy Beavers in the
Seattle AAU
Semi-finalist
HONOLI LI'. March 10.-V-SPRING TRAINING HAS ITS PRETTY
MOMENTS find these New York Giants as they are welcomed by
a hula dancer here today after arriving for some exhibition games
with San Francisco Seals. (AP VYirephoto to The Statesman).
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Soph (S3)
McDonald 4
Famum 1 4 1
K-llv iS
PiUer 110) .
Duval i9
Subs Sophs
Error 1 2 . Lawrence i2
Jicobwn i3i. Doran i3'.
Figures Out j
On Vik Jaunt !
Salem's four-game venture In
the recent state basketball tourna
ment, in statistical form, was com
piled and released by Coach Har- '
old Hauk yesterday. The Vikings,
who fini.-hed fourth in the classic,
hit for a .231 percentage all told
70 field goals in 303 tries. The
statistics for all nine players who
saw tournament action:
Weaver, one of the hottest and
trickiest of grapplin gents to hit
town in months, has been bowl
ing over opponents right and left
in recent local appearances. Last
Tuesday night he flattened the
Gray Mask. Twice he has tussled
to time-limited draws here with
Weidner. '
Three supporting matches will
be added to the Tuesday card
by Owen later. One will feature
the return of "Gorilla Poggi, the
Argentine roughie-toughie who
has been absent from these parts
for many months.
S G PF E TP SA
Charr.berlain . 3 1 3 t 2 333
Bellinger 16 5 10 10 312
Hill 49 15 I 3 34 3
Mas 24 7 11 7 15 291
Dasch 45 13 13 22 30 2811
Hendn 63 18 12 t 38 206
Houck 27 6 14 6 14 185
Allison 26 4 10 12 153
Shootin Match Heltl
The Salem Rifle and Pistol club
trimmed the local Army Recruit
ing staff. 738 to 641 in a rifle
shoot held at the armory range
last night. H. Beauchamp and H
Eyerly paced the winners with
129 scores. T Sgt. Paul White
topped the Armys with 112, with
M Sgt. Thomas Massey close be
hind with 109. The two outfits
have slated a pistol shoot next
Thursday night.
County B Ball
Schedule Set
TOTALS 303 70 M SO 180 231
(Code :. S shots taken. G goals made
PF personal fouls. E Errors such as
bad pa-ses. broken dribbles, etc. TP
total points. SA shooting average )
WVLBaseball
Nines Prepare !
WOODBURN, March 20 (Spec
ial) Willamette Valley league
baseball teams are currently pre- I
paring for their 38-game round
robin season which opens on Wed
nesday. March 26. All nine mem
ber schools will field teams this
season, and strong pennant con- J
tenders are expected to bloom at .
Silverton, Molalla and Mt. Angel. !
All three have a number of re
turning veterans.
The first round of play finds
Molalla at Estacada. Silverton at
Sandy, Canby at Woodbum and j
Dallas at Mt. Angel. Stayton draws 1
the bye. j
Hail Barney!
He's Cured
LEXINGTON. Ky.. March 20
iP- Barney Ros. former light
weight antr welterweight boxing
champion, was declared finally
cured of drug addiction today by
the United States public health
service hospital.
Dr. Victor H. Vogel. medical
officer in charge, said Roes was
in "excellent health" shortly after
he was discharged after a three
day observation period. i
Ross, w ho developed the nar- i
cotic habit while fighting mi
graine headaches resulting from
malaria fever, completed four '
months of voluntary treatment at i
the hospital Jan. 13 and had been
on leave of absence until he re
turned for observation. i
Racing Laws
Given Teeth
NEW YORK, March 20 -(X)
Racing's big league, the Thor
oughbred Racing associations,
which began a clean-up cam
paign a year ago by setting up
the turfs own "FBI." Wednes
day gave this police force a
club to swing a set of laws
for the sport, chief of which
calls for mandatory finger
printing of all horsemen.
Pointed directly as elimina
tion of "undesirable practices
and elements, " "illegal activi
ties," and bookmakers, the
"code of standards" was adopt
ed by the TRA's 35 member
tracks which include virtually
every major racing- strip In the
country, and goes into effect
April 1. And the code stipu
lates flatly that any violation
can be punishable by "suspen
sion or expulsion" of the guilty
track from the TRA.
Eagles Lead
Ice Playoffs
! PORTLAND. Ore , March 20-OP)
The Portland Eagles, making the
. winning goal off a substitute af
ter the Seattle goalie was injured,
defeated the Seattle Ironmen, 3-2,
in the northern diision Pacific
Coast Hockey league playoffs to
night. The victory gave Portland a 2-1
edge In the 4 out of 7 series. The
next game will be at Seattle Sunday.
methodical darkhorse team from
Seattle, Wash., were the surviv
ors of tonight's quarterfinal play
in the national AAU basketball
tournament.
In the final game on the pro
gram, and the only close one of
the night, the Seattle club (Al
pine Dairy) defeated Los Ange
les (Carroll-Shamrocks) 34-31 in
a see-saw struggle in which the
lead changed hands almost every
minute of the last half.
Earlier the national champions
from Bartlesville, Okla., (Phil-
lips 66) swamped Golden, Colo..'
(Coors) 66-26; Oakland's sharp- T Oil till Gottt Bllt Oh
shooting crew (Burners) over
whelmed Dallas. Tex., (Majors
& Majors) 74-42, and the Den
ver Nuggets knocked out Holly
wood (20th Century-Fox) 65-58.
finals cf the eastern regional
NCAA basketball playoffs here
Saturday night agairut Holy
Cross.
Holy CreM reached the finals
by stopping Navy 55-45 in tho
first game of tonight's double
header at Madison Square Gar
den where a sellout crowd of
18,472 watched the collegiate
quintets open the eastern half of
the eliminations leading to the
title held the past two years by
Oklahoma A and M.
What a Sure Winner -
COl'GAR CI T SET
PULLMAN, Wash., March 20-ijT-Coach
Buck Bailey said today
he would cut his Washington ,
State college baseball squad to-1
Bevos, Patlres Meet
SAN BERNARDINO. Calif.'
Match 20-ii The San Diego
Padres meet the Portland Bea
vers tomorrow in the firt of
seven consecutive exhibition
games leading up to the Pacific
Coast league opener against Ouk-
land in San Diego April 1. j
morrow from 100 to 60 candidates
to facilitate preparations for the '
opening game next week against ;
Whitman college.
LEEDS, England. March 20.
(A Come snow or high water,
the Kiplingootes derbr always W
run on the third Thursday of
March. It's England's oldest
horse rare a steeplechase over
more than four miles and It's
been run eery year since 1519.
Frederick Stephenson. 36-year
old farmer, and his seven year
old horse were the only entries
today and Stephenson said "I
hao to dismount twice and lead
my horse on foot because of the
snow." piled as high as four
feet in spots. But he finished
the coure. The price the
equivalent of S21.50 and the
continuous tradition.
Ingram Takes
Roodle Honors
Twenty five Salem Golf club
bers snapped off a nine-hole
R oodles tourney last night as
a feature of the weekly Men's
club session. To Ned Ingram
went top laurels as he carded a
34-22. good for 22 'j Roodles.
Knotted for second were Glenn
Burright. 38-4-20, and BUI
Goodwin. 30-2-20.
Walcott Hands
Joe Challenge
PATERSON. N. J.. March 20-yip-Abe
J. Greene, president of
the National Boxing association,
announced tonight that a formal
challenge for Heavyweight Cham
pion Joe Louis' title had been filed
with him by the managers of Jer
sey Joe Walcott. Greene said the
NBA will accept Walcott as a
"proper challenger" because "he
is among the top contenders for
the title."
Marshall Miles, one of Louis"
managers, announced on Monday
that the champion had signed to
defend his title in Yankee Sta
dium. New York. June 26, and in
dicated at the time that he would
prefer a match with the survivor
of the Bruce Woodcock-Joe Baksi
fight which is scheduled for April
15 in London.
GERVAIS, March 20-(Special)
The Marion County B league base
ball schedule for 1947, involving
eight teams, has been announced
by Paul Reiling of Gervais high,
league secretary. The 28-game
schedule opens with four tilts on
April 4. The complete schedule is
as follows:
April 4 Turner at Hubbard. Sub
limity at Jefferson. Chemawa at Ger
vais and Aumsville at St. Paul. April
11 Turner at Sublimity. Hubbard at
Jefferton, Aumsville at Chemawa and
St. Haul at Gervais April IS Jeffer
son at Turner. Hubbard at Sublimity.
Gerais at Aumsville. St. Paul at Che
mawa April 25 Turner at Gervais.
Chemawa at Hubbard. Aumsville at
Sublimity and Jefferson at St. Paul.
May 2 Turner at Aumsville. Ger
vais at Hubbard. Jefferson at Chemawa
and Sublimity at St. Paul May S Che
mawa at Turner. St. Paul at Hubbard.
Sublimity a. Gervais. Aumsville at
Jefferson. May 16 Turner at St. Paul.
Hubbard at Aumsville. Chemawa at
Sublimity and Gervais at Jefferson.
Abney Picked
For AAU Trip
JEFFERSON, March 20.-Spec-
ial)-The AAU boxing committee!
at Portland has selected Dean Ab- ;
ney. 147-pound fighter from Jef
ferson to represent that class at
the AAU tournament In Boston,
April 7-9. Abney, a senior at Jef- j
fcrson high school, won two and j
lost one bout in Portland. The '
rrm m 1 1 1 rtiflrcwH Ahnv HtfAtlc
or his outstanding appearance in
the tournament. He is a brother
to Salem's middleweight Dick Abney.
Red Rocha to Play
With W et All-Stars
NEW YORK. March' 20 -(P
The West team In the second
annual all-star basketball game
for the Tribune Fresh Air
Fund. Inc., waa completed to
day with the naming of Eph
riam (Red) Rocha of Oregon
SUte, Ray Ramsey of Bradley
Tech. and Francis Curran of
Notre Dame. The game is
scheduled for Madison Square
Garden on March 29.
Zale Applies
KO To Charles
MEMPHIS. Tenn.. March 20
Py World middleweight champion
Tony Zale knocked out Tommy
Charles of Indianapolis in the
fourth round of a scheduled ten
round non-title bout here tonicht.
Zale weighed 162; Charles, 167. I
The former Gary. Ind.. steel j
worker kayoed Charles with a '
short right, followed by a left hook j
to the head, and the fight ended '
in one minute and 44 seconds of
the fourth round.
Y Handballers Trek
Nine Salem handball per
formers trek to Portland to
day for the Northwest YMCA
Area Handball Championships.
The meet ends tomorrows Lo
cal entrants Include: B Singles
Indians to Add
Baker, Andrews j
PORTLAND, March 20-(-If
tho Portland Indians, champions
of the Pacific coast professional j
basketball league, enter the na
tional tournament at Chicago next
month they will seek to add Norm ;
Baker and George Andrews of the j
Vancouver Hornets. Co-owner Ray '
Clark said no decision had been
made on accepting the tournament
bid, but that three of the Indians'
regular squad covild not make the '
trip. They are BilV Taitt, Mike i
Hafenecker and Don Durdan. !
Henry Singer. Lee Shinn: B
Doubles Bob Smith-Fred Hag
eman: C Singles Don Duncan;
C Doubles Joe Devers-Coburn
Grabenhorst, Leo Margosian
Bob Parks.
Odds Didn't Scare This Card Mound Prospect
ANGELS TOP RAIN IE RS
VISALIA. Calif , March 21-;p-The
Los Angeles Angels out
slugged the Seattle Rainiers 9-7
today in a Pacific Coast league
exhibition baseball game. John
Ostrowski and Cece Garriott
homered for the Angels, who
hammered John Orphal for six
runs in five innings and Jim Hop
per for four in three.
ST. PETERSBURG. Flau.
March 2 P One of baseball's
best war stories Is a bespec
tacled kid named Eddie Blake
who Is fighting an uphill balUc
for a uitchlnr Job with the
World Chamuioa St. Louis Car
dinals. Army doctors almost ampu
tated 21-year-old Eddie' right
leg after be had been nan aver
by mm alligator tank during the
lauding at Panay ba th Philip
pine islands. Both legs were
broken and there was doubt that
the East SL Louis bay would
sarriTC Eddie Mt nlj fooled
tho doctors but returned to
baseball, bis burning life-long
ambition, as a 16-game winner
for Columbus. Ga In the Class
A Sally league la 14. Now he
Is a Cardinal, trying to show
Manager Eddie Dyer be belongs
with the parent team.
After the doctors finally de
cided Mt to amputate, Blake was
sent back to a hospital at Leyte
where for three months be made
a painfully slow recovery.
"I used to play catch la a
wheel chair at Leyte.' Blake re
lated. -There was a little clear
ing La the jungle near the hos
pital and a ward boy la the hos
pital used to wheel me out there.
I'd throw the ball to bim and
he'd throw It back. That ward
boy, whom I never before had
seen, turned out to be a neigh
bor of mine from across the
river at St. Louis. Mo.
That ward boy is here to
day," be said, pointing toward
center field. "He was Charley
Dieriaa. now a rookie Like nae
la the Cardinal training camp.
I think mm helped my morale
more than anything else. Just
throwing and catching that
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