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Nevada Holds Offense Lead; Spairttamis EV3 o ve
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Sat-Eve-Post Features Willamette in Yarn
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Get your Saturday Evening
pMt this week for sore, as It's
the one carrying the yarn,
"Football's Biggest Bargain." by
AI Stnnp. and featuring Wil
lamette university as the mines
pig fer the anther's dtseossion
n the man-eellege side of the
tame. The local "IT Is used to
Illustrate the problems confront
ing a rrid -eonsclons small seheol.
and fear sizeable pletnres are
Included with the article to em
phasize these problems.
In one pietare Assistant Coach
Johnny Lewis Is shown fishing: a
football out of the mill creek
Comparative scores of Cal and Oregon In the WSC and UCLA
tilU were supposed to give somewhat of a line as to Just how the
Coast conference co-leaders stacked up with one another. Oddly
enough, you'll find that the Bears and Ducks came out exactly oven
on this count. Both tallied precisely 45 points more than the com
bined total racked up against
each by the Cougars and Bruins.
With the rCC playoff furore
at Its height right now and Ore
gon laying a challenge squarely
on the line, lame Indeed la the
California attitude which frowns
on such a tilt because of a full
schedule (they complete 'er In No
vember) and scholastic reasons.
This latter dodge is really weak
fer the Ducks have offered to
meet the Bears at Berkeley, and
thus would face a greater class
room disruption. It boils down to
the apparent fact that Lynn Wal
dorf and company are very con
fident they'll bo voted Into the
Kose BowL If so and with a
the men of Berkeley are going
some quarters ...
A feller can be as presumptions as all get out sometimes and
particularly when blowing about playoffs, et aL when the Webfeet
till have so bitter a rival as Oregon State yet to face , . . Watching
the Beavers battle against Utah last week you got the Idea that the
Orangemen were thinking about Oregon through a good part of the
tilt The Bevos were luke-warm defensively on a number of occa
sions and Ike Armstrong's fighting Utes capitalized accordingly. A
game outfit those undermanned Redskins . . . This fray, incident
ally, was really a sleeper. The fans stayed away in droves and con
sequently missed a whale of a mix, especially In Its thrilling later
stages . . . This looming LU-ust
tilt incidentally, may very well
be played In the rain and some
Beaver supporters figures that
would be to the Orangemen's ad
vantage. A wettlsh day certainly
wouldn't help Van Brocklin's pas
sing any and in another way it
eould also be a boon to the Bevos
in that they own one of the coast's
best heavy - duty line smackers
In Dick Twenge. In fact if the OSC
turf .doesn't hold up under this
week's liquid onslaught it's quite
likely that the Ducks' Jim Aiken
will be wishing be had Jake
Leieht around. Jake was one of
those rare backs of the swivel
hip variety who felt about as
much at home In the mud as he
did on bone-dry land . . .
In our opinion the picture Body
and Soul (it showed here over the
week end) contains absolutely
the best ring action ever brought
to any screen. Hollywood often
muffs badly when stepping into
the sports field but not in this
John Garfield pie. Perhaps a dou
ble was skillfully Inserted during
erne of the boxing sequences but
it seemed to us that Garfield was
throwing most of the leather
and he didn't look at all baa..
From the reaction shown follow
Ing the Sacred Heart - Salem
Bible game last week the SHA's
must surely possess the most ung
line school spirit to be found local
ly, particularly when considering
their comparatively small enroll
ment. There were SHA'ers all ov
er the office and the phone bus
sed constantly. This display of real
interest was refreshing, to say the
least ...
Too much of a good thing: Base
balldom is becoming no little
alarmed over the possible inroads
television mar make on gate at
tendance. The experience of last
season showed that lots of trled-
and-trae fans, especially the old
er ones, prefer to see games via
video and a nice soft arm chair.
True the majors enjoyed a ban
ner year in the attendance de
partment bnt it was really the
first all - ont lineup of television
with baseball and4 the moguls
are concerned with what may hap
pen next year and In times to
eome as video becomes more
firmly established. Adds up to a
hot potato, indeed ...
INDCSTKIAL NO. 1
Saletr. Heavy Haulers (2) Butsman
SOS, J. Cracroft 476. Hogan 323. Farley
461. B. Cracroft 449. Valley Motors 1)
DoerHer 500. Myers 417. Bullock SM.
J. Farley 471. ColweU 500.
Remington Rand (1) Reeves 42S,
Johnson 401. Colburn 499. Raboin 345,
Criswell 519. Shrock's Motors 2 Gor
don 399. Klein 430. Kenyon (2) 2M,
Wisaer 464.
Thriftway Cleaner (0) BraugM 450.
Freise 429, Creasey 390. Main 427. Dan
iels 466. Blue Lake Packers (3) Lang -hoff
513. Johnson (2) 303, Hill 553. Ay
era (2) 249. Carlson 599. Eckley (3) 255.
Sno Boy's (3) Haagenson 5S6. Ale
shire 520. McNeil 561. McKlaney 450.
Bigler 470. Brant's Builders (0) rar
rar 397. Futrell 514. Miller 463. Thomp
son 433. Brant 411.
Karr's (2) Page 532. Xarr 506. Olney
sr. 482. Olney Jr. 393. Barnholdt 445.
Keith Brown 1 Hodges 506. Hughes
364, Sours 453, HiUerlch 424. JernTgan
492.
Trailways (2) Pederaon 424. Curtis
855. Braden 514. McNall 614. Errtgaard
527. Stettler Supply Co. (1) MueLhaupt
491. C. Stettler 422. Hillerlch 460. Ha
drie 387. T. Stettler 460.
High game. 234, by Haagsnsoa of no
Boys.
High series. B60, ay Carlson of Him
.lake Packers.
High team aeries. M67. fer Joe Boys.
near Sweetland field so that the
waiting gridders might continue
their game. In another. Head
Coach Jerry Lillle is "baby sit
ting with players children
while same players are practising-,
j
Of Lillle the author prints.
" serves as combined varsity
and Jayvee teach, athletic di
rector, equipment manager, pur
chasing agent, trainer, rubber,
ticket manager, promotion man
and employment bureau. He does
no scouting, ; became it takes
time and money;' and he has
none to spare. His field equip
ment consists of half a dozen
JAKE LEICHT
playoff rejection on their record
to be a rather unpopular bunch in
Portland Signs
Mills as Coach
PORTLAND, j Nov 16 -JP)- Art
Mills, Detroit Tiger coach for five
years, was signed today as coach
for the Portland Beavers of the
Coast league.
Mills was hired on recommen
dation of Bill Sweeney, new Beav
er manager, who formerly was
with him on the Detroit team.
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Don Harger, Ralph Thede and Emory Lebold (left to right) and the
five steelhead caught on light spinning tackle. (Photo by Robert
E. Brown). !
. By Don Harger
Three of us were on the Slletz
river last Fridiy above tide wat
er. Two of the party had done
considerable angling with spin
ning tackle. The third member of
the group was using spinning
gear for the first time. It won't
be his last. He; hooked five steel
head, landed three and released
two. The accompanying picture,
taken by Robert I. Brown of
West Salem after our return Fri
day, shows that all of us had
a lot of fun.
We were using 7H foot B ounce
spinning rods and the new Im
ported nylon mono-filament line
with a break jtest of 8 pounds.
Large capacity spool spinning
reels held 285 yards of line. The
lures were of i the wobbling and
spinner-fly type spinning lures
with a maximum weight of 23
ounce.
With this light tackle the fish
were practically unhindered and
literally ripped the water to
shreds with their wild leaps and
frantic dashes up and down the
river. It was truly great sport
Sport with a capital S
In last week's column X men
tioned a rather crowded condi
tion as rumored In connection
with the Summer' lake duck
ahootiaujr grounds. A Sew Snots
battered tackling dummies and
one charging sled. This year
Willamette allotted him $1450
for equipment"
"LUlle's man, like ether stu
dents, must carry a full twelve
hour work schedule and must
pass In ten hours each semes
ter.' Stump continues. "Lillle is
allowed no more than two hours
of practice a day. beginning af
ter late classes and lab work.
With no lush scholarships to
spread around, the small-college
coach must try to help needy
players through by wangling
Jobs for them from the townspeople.'
Lillie Warns
Of PU Tricks
Pacific U's 41-0 rout of Lewis
& Clark last week and the fact
that Coach Jerry Lillie saw the
Badgers in action against South
ern Oregon college the week be
fore prompted the Bearcat men
tor to warn his charges Tuesday
of impending danger next Satur
day night at Forest Grove. The
Bearcats play their all-ornoth-ing-at-all
Northwest conference
football game with the Badgers
that night. And if same Bearcats
have any idea thev're in for a
smooth evening, they're badly
mistaken, according to Lillie.
The Pacifies, operating under
Dr. Paul Stagg, son of the famed
Amos Alonzo. use an Intricate
spread formation that looks some
thing like a model T. with wings.
It is off this system that the
Badgers gallop the ends, throw
delayed passes and keep the de
fense wondering "What next?"
at all times. The PU's are the
type of team that can suddenly
have 25 points before the oppo
sition knows what hit it. This
was proved last week in the L-C
game, and no doubt the Badgers
would gladly make with a repeat
performance against Willamette.
Lillie mapped out the Pacific
offensive pattern to his squad
yesterday and at the same time
stressed sharpness for the WU
running game. That part of the
Willamette attack was good
perhaps the best of the season
against Whitman. LHlie would
welcome a repeat performance
here Saturday night also.
Duck Fins
Men's City league results last
night: Davis Oil 4, Les Newman's
0; Main's Chevron Station S, Ol
son Florists 1; Morgan's Hancock
Station 3, Green's Market 1; Eis
ner Motors 4, Sunset Donuts 0.
Morgan's and Eisners tied for high
team score with 2228. A. Kenfield
had a 520 for top series and Vern
Still's 213 was best game.
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and figures furnished by State
Police Captain Bert Walker be
lles the rumor. Records show that
to date about 200 hunters daily
have visited the 8,000 acre shoot
ing area. This would give each
hunter 40 seres which in thi
writer's opinion is not even close
to being crowded. Capt. Walker
did state however, that far too
many swans are being shot to
blame it on the 'margin of error.
Most of you have read by this
time of the recommendations to
raise the cost of angling and hunt
ing licenses. It seems almost un
believable that conditions In Ore
gon have grown so acute that
license fees have to be more than
doubled to meet the emergency.
It is quite true that operating
costs have gone much higher than
they were before the war. On
the other hand just why should
the Junior sportsmen now In
grade schools be penalized for
errors by someone else by either
having to dig up $7 for a license
or by having to stay home?
A very good friend of mine has
three children who look forward
to each opening of trout season.
His financial means are average
but I doubt very much if the
kids go fishing next year if dad
has to dig up $21 for angling
licenses Just for the children
alone.
Ducks; Bevos
Gird for Tat
OSCs Seek Defense
For Oregon Aerials
EUGENE, Ore., Nov. 16 -OPV-Norm
Van Brocklin got a wet ball
workout today, passing repeatedly
to four Oregon receivers, as the
Ducks prepared for the "civil war"
football clash with Oregon State at
Corvallis Saturday.
Dick Wilkins, Dan Garza, Bob
Anderson and Darrell Robinson
raced along the practice field as
the Oregon ace laced the air with
his throws under wet conditions
that may prevail for the conference
season finale.
The line lumbered through dum
my scrimmage on offense, aimed at
their seventh consecutive confer
ence victory and a chance for the
Rose Bowl with a half game edge
over California.
The flurry of interest stirred by
Oregon's challenge to California
for a playoff leading to the New
Year's day classic had subsided in
the locker room today. ,
CORVALLIS. Ore . Nov. 16-oD-Oregon
State's football Beavers
worked today in practice scrim
mage as if the star performer of
Saturday's opponent was right on
the field.
Coach Lon Stiner sent his squad
through pass and running attack
defense piay. aimed at snarling
Oregon's Norm Van Brocklin and
stalling runners Bob Sanders,
Woodley Lewis, George Bell and
Johnny McKay.
The job was a big one and Back
field Coach Lee Gustafson warned
his behind-the-line Beavers they
must be at "their sharpest of the
season."
Back on the OSC field today
were Center Al Gray and End Bud
Gibbs.
Parrish Cards
Clinch Title
Bob Metzger's ParrUh Cardinals
wrapped up the 1948 Junior hi?h
football crown Tueriav tbpnk
to their 29-0 triumph nvr West
Salem and the Leslie Go'ri' un
et 7-6 decision over the Lelie
Blues. The Blues, up to that set
back, were the onlv crew left
with a mathematical chance of
catching the Cards.
The Cards rolled to two touch
downs In the first quarter, one
in the second, another in the
third and chalked a safety in the
final period an they emerged easv
victors over the winless West
Salems. Dwayne Rankin collect
ed three of the Card TDs on runs
of 40, 20 and 35 yards. Leroy
Gregson made the other on a
35 yard Jaunt
A 35-yard scoring scamper bv
Burt Harp in the last minute of
the first half and Ray Puhlman's
conversion via a buck-over gave
the Golds the margin they need
ed to kill the Blues' title hopes
The Blues' score came in the
fourth when John Hannon room
ed eight yards. The buck for extra
point failed. In the last moments
of the tilt the Blues drove to the
Gold 10 where they were held
on downs.
Citation Set
For Coast Go
SAN BRUNO. Calif., Nov. 16 -(A)-
Warren "Wright's three-year-old
Citation, second only to Stymie
in earnings, arrived at Tanforan
today for his western campaign
and promptly hit the hay for a
rest from his long trip. Interest in
the classy horse was so great a
special enclosure was built at the
track to keep him away from the
curious.
Citation is aiming for the $50,-000-added
Tanforan handicap on
Dec. 11. He will ruui against top
western stake horses, including the
Australian imporation Shannon II
and On Trust, California-bred
champion.
Babe's 714th Marked
PITTSBURGH, Nov. 16 -UP
Babe Roth's last home run bit
at Forbes field has been me
morialized by a plaque.
The plaque, erected today,
bears this Inscription: Babe Ruth
(1895-1948) hit the last home run
of his career while playing with
the Boston Braves versus the
Pittsburgh Pirates on Saturday,
May 25, 1935, at Forbes field.
The home run, 714th of Ruth's
career, cleared the tight field
stands at this point
Table of Coastal Tides
Tides for Taft, Oregon Novem
ber. 1948.
Nov. HIGH WATER LOW WATER
Time Ht Time Ht.
17 1:14 a.m. (.1 1:68 a.m. S O
IS 3:0O a.m. I I 6:34 a.m. 13
12:30 p.m. 7 3 7:85 p.m. -1.0
1 J 48 a m. 8 1 7:13 a.m. 3.4
1.00 p.m. 7J 1:40 p.m. -9.9
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Aikens Still Hopeful
EUGENE. Ore.. Nov. 16-AP-Oregon Is aiming for a knockout
win over Oregon State on Saturday in hopes of also rocking
California into agreeing to a playoff for the Rose BowL
University athletic spokesmen had nothing to say today on the
California brush-off of the Oregon challenge for a playoff to
decide the west coast team for the New Year's day classic.
But the grim Duck aqua dm en went to work to polish their
aerial and running offensive to use against the Beavers In Cor
vallis. The strategy seems to be to wait until after Saturday's final
conference games California at Stanford and Oregon at Oregon
State and then let the pot boll!
- Should both conference leaders win, Oregon will no doubt renew
the challenge on the basis of seven conference victories' compared
with California's six wins.
Basket Sport
Next for M-Ps
The Marion-Polk league turns
to basketball soon, with six teams
lined up for action according to
League Secretary Joy Boyle of
Stayton. "Jefferson has dropped
from the circuit because of the
new B class status for the Lions,
but Philomath has entered the
league and will play with Inde
pendence, Monmouth. Sacred
Heart Academy, Salem Academy
and Stayton.
The schedule will open January
7 and will close February 22. The
Salem Academy is defending
champ.
License Increase
Proposal Slated
PORTLAND, Nov. 16 -UP)- An
Increase in Oregon hunting and
fishing Uenses will head the list
of recommendations to the legis
lature by the interim committee
on the state game commission. Ira
N. Gabrielson, who is compiling
a report on the committees stud
ies, said the legislature also would
be asked to halt diversion of game
funds to other purposes and the
state asked to make some capital
investment from general funds.
TURKEY SHOOT SET
The Salem Trapshooters club
will sponsor an open-to-the-public
Turkey shoot next Sunday, start
ing at 10 a.m. on the local range.
A number of events will be shot
off. according to Secretary Clar
ence Townsend.
BIG ELK BAGGED
MARION FORKS An 800 pound
bull elk was the prize brought
home by Walt Ball after a receht
hunting trip to eastern Oregon.
Balk bagged the elk in the Horse
Lake area.
W-M GETS INVITE
MEMPHIS, Tenh.. Nov. 16 -Un
The William and Marv foot ball clubs the other two were riouy
team has been invited to partic i- wood and Sacramento Greenberg
pate in the New Year's day Delta said in New York City: "We se
Bowl game here, but college of- lected San Diego because of the
ficials have taken no action on t three clubs, it seems to have the
the matter. most to offer."
It's Free! It's Fun!
JERRY'S SV,
'Capitol Theater Bldi.. 534 State St
FINAL BIG WEEK
"PICK THE T7IIIIIEE"
Pick your choice of winning teams lor games listed below
and present to JERRY'S SWEET SHOP along with your
name, address and telephone number not later than 5 p-m.
Friday, Neve, aber 19th
The entry most nearly correct will receive FREE
1st prise Choice box ef Chocolates.
tnd prize 2 free passes to the Elsinore Theater.
Srd prise 2 free passes to the Capitol Theater.
In case) of tie. the earliest entry will be selected the winner.
Willamette vs. Paclfls Deke vs. N. Carolina "
U. ef O. vs. O. S. C. 8. M. V. vs. Baylor
Calif, vs. Stanford v Ohio State vs. Michigan
V. 3. C. vs. U. C. L. A. Klee vs. Texas Christian
nrnWf Oklahoma Fena State vs. Pitt.
SVC A GffeAT
ALL-AROUND
PERFORMER,
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Farmer Jones
Nabs Mat Win
Arkansas Farmer Jones put ' a '
finishing climax to a rip-rnarious
session at the armory jast night
by using his "mule kidk" to put
a surprising finish on Rowdy
Rufus Jones for the main event
mat wm. The two had split up
the first pair of falls. An SRO
crowd, largest of the past few
months, witnessed the show and
a few of the more fistic-minded
patrons became i nvolved In
knuckle-tossing sorties along the
way.
The major explosion of the
evening came fn the punch-filled
and action-dripping tag team
match between ' "cleanies" Rene
LaBell 'and Maurice LaChapelle
and "nasties" Herb Parks and
Gypsy Joe. Referee Buck David
son, in his first Salem appear
ance in months, had more than
he could handle' in this wild skir
mish and wound up by giving the
final nod' 1to the meanies when
he was too busy to note that
Parks actually had "uncled" away
the deciding fall. It took five cops
to break up one ef the brawls
in the audience, and had the gen
darmes not been there, the "Fly
ing Frenchmen" would have had
ample help in the ring against
the Parks-Gypsy Joe clicque.
In the opener newcomer Whit
ey Wahlber;g and Billy Fox went
to an all-clean no-fall draw.
Tribe, Padres
SigiiAgreement
CLEVELAND, Nov. 16-;p)-The
Cleveland Indians have signed a
working agreement with San Di
ego of the Triple-A Pacific Coast
league, vice president Hank
Greenberg announced tonight.
Just returned fnom the West
coast after negotiating with three
It's Exciting!
SHOP
MSC'ers Uncork Late Season j
Snurt: Wolves ThrnMnrlcl
NEW YORK, Nov. 16 -(TV
the Michigan State Spartans, 1948
offensive football units.
Two weeks ago-Coach Biggie -Munn's lads were not ranked among
the top 20 attacking powers in statistics prepared by the National
Collegiate Athletic bureau. Last week they popped up In eighth place,'
and this week they are fourth in total offense, right on th hoia .'!
Nevada, Army and Notre Dame.
Webfoot Star
Leads Passers
LOS ANGFLKS. Nov 1 -A
Quarterback Norman Van Brock
lin of Oreeon and Fullback Jack
Jensen of California, two top can
didates far All-America recogni
tion, continue to dominrte fhe-of-fensive
department of Pacific
Coast conference football.
Van Brocklin leads the loop in
nassing. with 63 completions for
878 yards, while Jensen is the
leading ground gainer, with 840
yards in 118 trips with the ball.
In total offense, Jensen has ac
-ounted for 990 yards. Van Brock
lin 928. and Ray Naeel of UCLA
rates third with 831 yards.
Dick Wilkins. Qreeon end, es
tablished a new conference rec
ord when he raueht his 25th pa
fnr a total of 504 vards against
UCLA last week. The old mark
vas 24. caught last year by Don
Mast of Oregon State, and tied
last Saturday by Washington
State's Fran Polsfoot.
Ken Carpenter of Oregon State,
though ranking but seventh In
number of completions, has con
nected with 63 per cent of his
attempts to lead in that depart
ment. John Brogan. Idaho, re
mains the conference's top punter
with a 42.1 yard average.
The two-way tie for scoring
leadership between Cars Jack
Swaner and Don Samuel of OSC
was broken when Swaner scored
twice against WSC to give him
60 points. Samuel is next with 48.
Junior Ball
Meet Called
President AI Schuss has called
a special meeting of the 8alem
Junior baseball league sponsors,
managers and officers for to
night 7:J o'clock at the cham
ber of commerce. All are urged
to attend without fail as a new
and important development has
arisen concerning a new playing
field.
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Belatedly, it Ibecomes apparent that:
model, are one of the nation's great
f
They aret second only to Nevada in
scoring, with 298 points. I
State's full season average gain
per rushing play is 6.10 yards
.the nation's best and its average
noin ior running and passing is
6.53, second only to Nevada's 6.93.
It cannot be said, either, that
the Spart?ns have compiled thia
dazzling record against pop-overs.
,""ce or tneir iirst five opponents
were contenders for the national
title Michigan (3-13),? Notre
Dame (7-26) and Penn State ( 14
14). No other team has faced these
three. Since they came out ;of that
alive, the Spartans have been ter
rific through their last : three
games, against Oregon State, Mar
quette and Iowa State they have
maintained a tremendous offens
ive average of 511.3 yards per
contest. - i, j.
.All this, however. Is noi going
to De good enough to knock little
Nevada out of the national
ground-gaining title before the
season ends. The Wolfpack is idle
this week,- but needs onjy 287
yards in its final against Wichita
to uipass the all-time frecord
average of 462.7 yards pef game
set by Army in 1945. $
In walloping Fresno State last
Saturday the Reno aerialists com
pleted 11 of 19 passes for 157
yards and three touchdowns,
thereby setting two new national
records 25 scoring passes in a
season and 2, 151 yards gaihecLby
passes. . (
, Army, though glowed I down
considerably by Penn last week,
still leads the show in rushing of
fense with an average gain i of
344.5 yards per game. Texas Mines
is second, 337 yards, ana; Notre
Dame third, 328.4. !
Pacific coast teams In the top
10 of the three departments are:
Total offense (average yards
gained per game by passing and
rushing) 7th. California. J 378.4. i
Rushing offense (average yards
per game by rushing) 6th Call-
fornia, 280.3. Passing offense f
(average yards per game by pass
ing) 10th, Washington State, 144.
Wagner Kayos Tfic f
BROOKLYN. N. Y Nov. i 1 6-W)
Dick Wagner. Portland, ', Ore-
light-heavyweight, ' knocked out
Davey Feld of Brooklyn tonight
in 2:49 of the second found of
their scheduled round feature at
Eastern Parkway Arena, f
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