Williams' .343 Average
Tops in American
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Tuning Up
CHICAGO, Dec 20 -(TP)- Ted Williams' third American league
batting title in six years today officially was awarded to the lanky
Boston Red Sox outfielder, who did some "goat-getting" of his own
this year with a championship average of .343 and three other attack
titles.
Now the league's fourth three
time batting champion, Williams
also led in home runs with 32,
runs scored with 125, and total
bases with 335, according to of-
ficial league statistics.
Immortal Ty Cobb copped the
junior circuit crown 12 times, but
after him the honor is narrowed
to Harry Heilmann with four
titles and Napoleon Lajoie and
Williams with three each.
Second spot with .324 each was
shared by Chicago's Taft Wright
and' Shortstop Johnny Pesky of
Boston, who led in hits for the
second straight year at 207 and
was the only player to top 200
blows. Only 12 regulars in all
bettered .300. Others were George
Kell, Detroit, .320; rookie Dale
Mitchell; Cleveland, 2 16; Joe Di
Maggio, New York, .315; Manager-Shortstop
Lou Boudreou, Cleve
land, .307; Luke Appling, Chica
go. .306; George McQuinn, New
Y6rk. .304; and Sabath Mele, Bos
ton "freshman,' .302.
The team hitting championship
was grabbed by pennant-winning
New York with .271, a climb of
23 points from the Yankees sev
enth place finish in 1946.
Seattle Quintet
Blimps Portlands
'PORTLAND, Ore, Dec. 2 (HP)
The Seattle Athletics came from
.behind tonight to nose out the
Portland Indians, 60-56, in a Pa
cific Coast Professional basket
ball league game. Playing Coach
Al Brightman , showed the Ath
letics the wayy scoring 14 points
In a great third-quarter exhibi
tion that brought Seattle from be
hind a 31-26 half time deficit to
a 46-45 lead., .
Seattle (SO)
Price (10
Gilbertson 8i
Kottman (2) 4C (16) Jorsetuen
Ja (8) .IG , (0 Root
snntman US) G (5 Kerber
Seattle sub: Dalthrop 4. White 4.
Watson S. Poitiand subs: Hashagen 3,
Sutherland 7.
. (K Portland
s (18) Taitt
(7) Smith
TROJANS WIN 52-46
CHICAGO, Dec 20 -JJPh- Guard
Earl Wallis led a scoring spree in
the last 10 minutes to herd South
ern California to a 52-46 basket
ball victory over Northwestern to
night before 12,000 fans in Chi
cago stadium.
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A trio of Michigan football play
ers tune up in a chorus of
"California Hers I Come" as
they polled into Los Angeles
Saturday to make ready for
their Rose Bowl data with
Southern California New Year's
day. At the piano is Center
Dan Dworsky. Standing are
Guard Bob Erbea and Tackle
Al Wisteri.
Idaho Cage Scene Bad,
New Coach Finley
Snapp's training in the Salem ar
mory and left with the decision
resting with the armory- board.
No admission charges would be
made to watch the popular scrap
per tune up, if the armory ar
rangements can . be made. He
would work out with Lightweight
Chuck Brown and Middleweights
Leo (The Lion) Turner and Joey
Albina, all of whom have been
lined up as sparring partners for
Snapp.
Tickets for the Snapp - Volk
scrap will go on sale at Maple's
in Salem Monday.
MOSCOW, Idaho, Dec 20-(flVThey can bring out the crying tow
el and dust off a fresh seat on the northern division mourner's bench
now that Chuck Finley had arrived at Idaho. The new Vandal basket
ball coach seems sure his boys will need all the breaks plus a few
assists from the officials just to
get suited up for the games.
Finley was hailed as one of
the country's top. basketball play
ers when he starred .at Maryville
Teachers' college in" Maryland
and in the professional ranks. He
developed an enviable reputation
as a coach at New Mexico school
of mines. But those were the good
old days. Now he is Just an un
instructed newcomer in a con
ference he knows nothing about
except that it is too tough for
the poor kids he will have to lead
to the slaughter every week.
"We will be lucky to win three
games, he drawls. There is no
alarm or bitterness in the drawl
Just a resigned sadness.
Idaho won just one conference
game last year, rising up at the
last minute to defeat the cham
pion Oregon State Beavers. The
Vandal fans were pessimistic
about the chances this year or J
thought they were until they met
a real pessimist "We had to go
into the intramural teams to find
any players," Finley explains,
"and our freshman prospects are
not good."'
But Idaho at least has Jack
Phoenix. After all, when a player
is six feet nine inches tall and
has been playing in the confer
ence two years
Finley eventually admits that
he has several boys who might
learn to play basketball. There is
Forward John Evans, a letterman,
who has just put away his foot
ball suit. Letterman. Jay Gano can
relieve -Phoenix at center. For
ward Dick Geisler and Guard
John Taylor are lettermen.
Huskies Turn on
Gophers, 55-49
MINNEAPOLIS, Dee. 20 -(P-Seoring
in final seconds of the
game the University of Washing
ton Huskies clinched a basket
ball victory ever Minnesota to
night 55 to 49. The win gave the
" Huskies an even break in a two
game series; having bowed to
the Gophers last night.
Snapp Seeking
Local Armory
Jack (Ginger) Snapp, the rising
young Klamath Falls middle
weight who New Year's night
tangles with , Portland's Bobby
Volk for the state title belt in
Portland, was a Salem visitor Sat
urday with his manager, Roy
Drake, and Matchmaker Hutch
Hutchinson of the National Box
ing club. The group was attempt
ing to obtain permission to do
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Camp Meeting
Approximately 50 Boy Scouts
from the Cascade area council are
in attendance this week at the ant
nual Order of the Arrow election
meeting at Smith Creek camp in
the Silver Creek recreation area.
Made up of honor campers, the
society; will also lay plans for pro
moting an increased attendance
at Camp Pioneer next summer,
arrange for a spring dance and
outline a 1948 program.
The meeting is in charge of Ad
visor Vern Merrick of Woodburn,
Jerry Bachle of Salem troop 4,
incumbent president, and Jerry
Scoot, council field executive.
Bachle and Jack Hutchins of De
troit will be initiated into the
group's select second honor.
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flpfiim IPdDnimrts
BY JERRY STONE
ItH be bnsy time for the kee
ling cheque with the advent of
the Infant lltt as the state tour
Key and the ABC classic Uoaa
large m the' schedule. That the
state meet which hits Capitol
alleys starting January S will be
the biggest ever Is Illustrated by
the fact that MS teams are mw
registered for the show-against
the 125 which burned the lanes
la the 1947 event at Seaside .
As for the ABC (he pin fra
ternity's owm world series It's
probable that bat twa teams will
represent Salem at the classic
which Is set for Detroit this year.
Bob Keel, co operator of the
Capitol set-ap, says that, where
a half dozen or aa fives took la
the ABC at Leo Angeles but
season, most of 'em are going to
stay home this year because of
the greater jama to the Hab
City ... One of the teams which
will make the Detroit trip is the
Keith Brown major leagve oat
fit an4 the lucky gays win be
travelling la grand style. Spon
sor Keith Brown b not only go
Inr to pay the expenses of his
rollers bat Is aba going to open
the parse strings wide enoagh
to permit the gents to take their
wives along ... The other local
qnintet to make the Jaant prob
ably will be made ap of a col
lection of top-notebers picked
from the various teams ...
ally. Wrotea's St game average
la the Chicago rollaroo was a
snappy 19s. It's obvious how
terrific was the competition . . .
And as for Andy Vara pa pais
who came oat the winner la the
Windy City whladig, he surely
eaa claim Bowler af the Tear
honors. Andy also has a half
share oa the doubles title . . .
Bob (Texas-tinged) Keel, who's
matched hooks with Varapapab
(and even woa some doagh from
1m). informs that the shortish
alley maestro b a clutch wheel
er all the way.
"Andy," says Keel, ''earn look
mediocre and evea bad antll he
has to get a batch af strikes.
Then watch eat! ...
Pat Game Specials: The CUnes
crew take aa Eocene's top alley
men la the second half of aa
Inter-city duel today at 1 o'clock
at Capitol with $20t aa the Una.
The CUnes wttl have to make
ap 199 pins to take the money.
. . . He Almost Did It: Lawrence
MeCloskey, Salem heaver,
poured hb ball down the lane la
Portland the other eye. hit thin
leaving the 4 and S apright and
had to settle for a 299 score.
Needless to say ho woa the pot
Bowler of the Week: Ed (1S7
average) . Maera, who hit a S3?
series while rolling far Knights
of Pythias hi the Friday 9 o'colck
Don Wrote will no longer be
displaying his talent In local
leagae play. The red-hot flinger
who made a very good show lag
back at the national match play
circus in Chicago, has been
transferred to Portland by hb
employers, a construction eatflt.
However there's a chance Doa
any see action for a local five
la the state show ... Incident-
Tha Statesman. Salem, Oregon, Sunday. December 11, 1947 19
name Impllra, the Bomber of
pins yon aba at amount to fire
(the No. 1 head pin and Nos. 7,
a. 9. 19 in a row to the rear).
Mala valoo of tab modified
game lies la the dandy training
It provides for lb conventional
brother sport ... Local dackmea
and duck gab are looking for
ward to plenty af matches with
aat-of-towB. competition come
the first of the roar . .
Top Net Ranking
To Louise Brough
NEW YORK, Dec. 2H-Lou
Brough of Beverly. Hills maintain
ed an old California tradition when
she "was ranked No. 1 among the
nation's women tennis players for
1947 by the nominating commit
tee of the VS. Lawn Tennis as
Duck Doings
Again switching the spot to
Tom Wood's dack-pin drome we
Had thai a new version of the
dack sport has taken the fancy
of the rollers. Name of the new
"aa b five Pins and Just as the
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Seattle 16.7 5 ltt.23.2
Us Angeles 15.6 4 IVfc 21,6
Chicago 16.8 3 1ft 21.3
Ajlanta 17J 6 VA 25.0
1 Prices vary,of course,throughoutthe country,
but if you take Los Angeles as an example, you'll
pay lOMt a lb. for flour. Potatoes, your cheapest
vegetable, will cost at least 51 a lb; sugar, 91;
table salt, 61; bread, 221; and meat from 421 a
lb. on up. A $45 man's suit will cost you about
$11 a lb; a $6 pair of shoes about $3.
2 But regular grade gasoline, exclusive of tax,
will cost you just 2Mi to 2Xi per lb. depending on
where you lire. Pound for pound, that makes
gasoline just about the cheapest commodity in
daily use in America. To give you some idea how
cheap, let's suppose it were possible to mail a
pound from Los Angeles to Seattle.
3 Hie U. S. Post Office would charge you 174
just for taking it up there. But Union Oil will
pump crude from a mile or two below ground
pipe that crude several miles to their refinery f
process it into 76 Gasoline; ship it 1,349 miles by
tanker to Seattle; deliver it by truck to your
neighborhood station; and 9eU it to you for 2JC4
per lb., less tax.
GASOLINE PRICES IN MAJOR CITIES
(On or obout Jan. 10, 1939)
Berlin . 594 London 314
Bombay . 304 Paris . . 304
Istanbul 454 Prague .414
Lisbon . 424 Rome . 814
4. Dees that mean that gasoline is just natu
rally cheap?No, the average retail price of U. S.
gasoline 25 years ago was t wice what it is today
And the quality since then has immensely im-r
proved. Furthermore, gasoline prices in other
countries of the world in 1939 when conditions
were normal were two to four times higher
than U. S. prices today.
Probably 4 times eonsiderinf the low purchasing-power
at today 'a dollar.
5. What It does prove is the value of compe
tition. Competition has kept the American oil
companies striving constantly tor ways to im
prove products and cut costs. For in competitive
business that's the only way you can get mote
customers. Where an oil industry has been con
trolled by the government, this hasn't happened.
6 For theres not cinch Incentive to go after
more customers when you already have them alL
But our American incentive system offers a
reward in the form of more business or more
wages to anyone who can do a better job. This
incentive explains why the rest of the world's
oil industries have been so far outstripped by
our own.
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