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I The- Statesman, ScJw, Oregon, Tu Aaj. Normbt f, 1948.
WBIL RDeeftnifDk p
ale off
'Atlas', Maurice Top Cards
Y
HIE OKEAT
The Great AtlasVsald to be
seane punklns as both strong nua
and wrestler, makes bis Salem
debut tonight ia the main event
a Matchmaker Elton Owen's
weekly card at the armory. The
netlme Mr. America'' and his
f 3-Inch chest and 19-Inch bleeps
will collide with Maurice L-
Chapelle, whs) may not ba ti
strong as seme of the junior
beary clean tics bat wbo bows to
few when It comet to fast and
tricky mat science. Both (lad la
tors welch aronnd 190 Bounds
and "Atlas" (eta hts Into a 5-foot,
1-Inch frame. lie bails from Los
Anceles and Is reputedly one of
the stronf est men la the world
at his size. Ills pet hold la a
fall nelson. LaCbapelle la bow
completely recovered) from the
spectacular finish lni bis scrap
two weeks ace with prank Sto
Jackv la which Ma a rice almost
This 'n that about this 'n that:
Warned you quite awhile back
slightly interested In buying the Senators and, by the time this reaches
print ha and four local associates might have dona Justithat The at-
aociates, IX you haven't already
guessed it are Mayor Bob Elfitrom,
Grover Ben Fade, former Coroner
Doc" Barrick' and Run (Stude
baker) Bonesteelo. Their offer to
Boss BUI Mulligan was $69,000,
which included baU park. Chances
are if Mulligan hasn't accepted it
by now no won't at alL Should
the deal go through Maple will
run the club from the general
manager's swivel and hopes to
negotiate a tleup with the Cleve
land Indians. He's a food friend
of Hank Greenberg, Cleveland
vice prexy. The field manager?
Maple says he wants Ad Liska,
long-popular submarine pitcher
with Portland .. . . Whether the
Maple group takes over or not
It's nice to know that baseball wiU
ho nlared here next summer. WIL
President Bob Abel, meeting with the league moguls here now em
phasized Monday that Salem definitely will be a loop member In 1950
. . . The new WI club in the Richland-Pasco-Kennewick area will be
known as the Trl-Clties'? team officially attending the pow-wow here.
The park Itself will be $75,000- Investment located on the outskirts
of Kennewlck. Richards insists the new club will be No. 1 or close to
It In league attendance for 1830 . . . Seattle's new manager Paul
Richards says he wants a "young and fast club" for the Rainiers next
season. Which could mean that such worthies as Dick Sinovic, Len
Tran and Vera Xindsfather Will get special spring training attention.
aa au three former Vancouver Caps
One of thebest prep end prospects in this part of the state is Wes
Idiger, 6-foot, 2-inch, 180-pound wing for Ken Jacbbsen's Dallas
Dragons. A Junior with another season to go, Edlger can really spear
those aerials. And easily one of
., Angel's Bob Hanauska, the sturdy
after bis 205 yards gained in 10
that up with an even mora stupendous performance a week later
against Dallas when he romped 248 yards in nine tries, and In one play
was thrown for a four-yard loss!
auska made 698 running yards In
eating his Wheaties and that some
giving him the once over. He's a senior . . . j
New Wenatchee Didn't Get Many Good Player $
Speaking of the Wenatchee club the former Bremerton outfit
that moved lav It dlda't get too much la the way of talent la the
transaction. The 11 players Included la the deal are Pitcher Joe
SulUvaa (wbo woa't report), Dade Baldwin, Bob Plrsck, Vera
Xahout, Glen Halstcad and Al Lee, Catcher Len Neat (from Sub
limity) aad Infleldera Don Stanford, Charlie Buahong, Lou Brig-
. antl and Jay RagnL The Breme peddled John. Marshall. Al Ron
Blag, Iil Arnerlch aad Dave Dahle, their bigger; wheels, before the
deal waa made. Of the group left only Ragnl was (on the out
atandlng side during the 1841 WIL campaign . . t
The district 11 cage conclave wlU again feature Salem against the
field of Wood burn, Sllverton, Mt Angel, Sacred Heart and Stayton
next March. But it may be the last time those smaller schools must
battle Goliath and beat him In order to go to the state tournament. The
, long discussed reclassification of the state's schools supposedly goes into
one of three Indexes, Double-A, Class
schools of 400 or more In attendance
group. Those between 190 and 400
below 190 in the B. , i!
AU of which wiU amount to a fair ahake for many of the cur
rent Class A schools, Including the five teams that are faced with
playing Salem la the district baaketbaU showdowns each winter.
After alL they'd Uke td get to the state tourney once la awhile and
not have to pay to get la . . .
Robin Lee, OCETs Deserting
Had a good look at OCFs Robin Lee In his 80-polnt evening at
Ashland agajnst Southern Oregon
. ed halfback Isn't deeply considered for at least Little All-Coast honors
come selection time he's getting gypped with a capital MG." His 30
points must put him high over all
into the game ht. ranked 13th nationally. He now has 13 TD's for 78
points in all. Our convictions need no other proof than the words of
Mel Ingram, veteran Coast conference football umpire who worked
ia the Saturday game at Ashland. Said Mel: "He could play on any
team I've seen In the Coast conference." Which amounts to a pretty
fair accolade for the former Eugene high whiz whofenow a Junior
under blu MCArtnur at Monmoutn. , . ;
Another Utaa for the Wolves la the SOCE claah as! they racked
p their seventh Straight win and became the only unbeaten college
grid team la the state waa Center Jack (Butch) LangUe, the f-foot,
2-inch and 205-pound junior from Louisiana.; It's been a long time
since we've seea a better performance by any lineman la one game,
and afterward even the SOCE players and rooters were convinced
Mr. LangUe Is good enough to play with the pros. t
Altogether the Wolves were sharper than Bob Hope's wit in the
TOCE game, and should they get by Chico and Humboldt in their last
;wo games (no reason at all why they shouldn't, either), they'd be no
disgrace in any of the smaller bowl games, such as the Pear Bowler
at Medford on Thanksgiving. No, OCE isn't In the Coast conference
iiass, out tney'd provide afew fits
beuevt us.
(BEDS
Sennatoir
I " ' 1!
. ' . " -'I
ATLAS'
hang himself when a flying
tackle at S to Jack turned oat to
be a neck-stretching finish for
the Franc hie la the rope.
Tattooed tougble Stocky Xnell
sen, the if bear fasslcr mill f o
acalnst another newcomer la
George Strickland of Louisiana
In the special Strickland it a
Jack Kker typo sclentlfle ! and a
food one. in the $:$ o'clock
opener Glen Detton, younger
brother of the famed Dean Det
ton of Salt Lake; City tangles
with meanle Pete Bartu.
Harry Elliott will referee. lie
resigned after admitting making
an officiating errfr la the wild
tag team' scrap here last week
but Owen refuted to accept the
resignation. The! official out
come of the tag teamer is pend
ing a rematch ordered by the
Salem mat commission. !
that Howard Maple Iras more than
iiitwmw'v-,
,. ROBIN LEE
answer those Qualification!
the best backfield prospects Is Mt.
176-pounder we wrote of last week
tries against canby. 1 Bob followed
Altogether lor the two games -Han'
19 carries, proof that he must be
of the college scouts had best be
A and Class B. Salem and other
will be Indexed Inj the Double-A
will be In the A class and those
of Attention
Saturday night, and if the tow-head
scorers in the west as before he went
for many of the. .imaller outfits
!
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nieces
Salem, Tacoma
Assured Ball
All Eight Glies Set
For 1950 Operations
By Al Llghtner
"There definitely? wiU be West
ern International league baseball
In Salem In 1850, as all league
cities are set to go," President
Robert Abel of the circuit said
Monday after he and the WIL
directors wound up the first day
of their November meeting at the
Senator hotel. .
Abel listed along; with Salem
the following cities as having
franchises set for 1990 operations:
Tacoma, Vancouver, Victoria,
Yakima, Wenatchee, Spokane and
Trl-Clties.
Although 'nothing official was
reported on It by the -league
directors or AbeL if Is known that
the deal between Portland-Salem
wviicrai manager uiu iuuigan
and Howard Maple and his asso
ciates, wherein the Salem Sena-
ton will be purchaitd by the lat
ter group, la practically clinched.
Maple spent considerable time
with Mulligan Monday and offic
lal announcement of the sale is
expected this week. A former
business manager of the club in
1941 and since then a local bus!
nessman, Maple has been nego
tiating with Mulligan for some
time. It is believed that he and
his associates have purchased the
franchise and Waters field for the
sum of 889,000, which Is 99000
more than the now defunct "Save
uur senators" group offered Mul- I
aaMa mva
Senators Business Manager
Oeorge Emigh Jast night said he
knew nothing official, but admit-
A. A A A - a J ... .
tea mat -nig uungs are about to
pop". Mulligan left town last
night for Los Angeles 'and the
Coast league meeting which starts
Thursday, but it Is believed that
he clinched the deal with Maple
Abel's statement cleared ud the
situation existing at Tacoma also.
San Diego Padres President Bill
Starr, who owns the Tacoma fran
chise and park Informed the meet
ing moguls by telephone that if
he could not sell the Tacoma hold
lngs to local Interests there he
fully in tended operating the
Tigers again himself.
. Official lea rue Junction has
beeh given both the Wenatchee-
to-Trl-Citles and Bremerton-to-
Wena tehee moves.' A new ball
park Is being erected by the Tri
City officials. F Ti
The visiting moguls will stride
Into the second and final day of
tneir session today. Discussions
on the 1990 schedule, umpiring
sun, etc., are due, according to
a Dei. ?
Those in attendance along with
adci ana fcrnign are Dewey Sor
iano, president of the Yakima
club; Bob Brown, Vancouver
president; Babe Hollingbery and
Dick Richards, president and vice
preaident of Tri-CiUes; Joe
Brownlow, Wenatchee Valley
Baseball Co., representative; Roy
Hotchkiss, Spokanepresident and
J. V. Johnson and Reg Patterson,
Victoria president and business
manager.
Bowling
(University Bowl)
tADirs' orrica leaoue
TOP HAT (J) Welch 260, Could i99.
l"r .- DUny S44, Hamilton
413. CuRLY DAIRY (t) Owens S37,
P. Rath 414. Kane hi 333, Vibbert 347
Carper 388.
atop-LiTi cAyz ty Locken sas,
Marks S32. McWein 383. yredrlckson
I3S, Kunke 438. WMTtRM PAPIR (!)
PurvU 329. ricck 39S. SeamaUr SSO,
Coffwell 27, Otto SIS. 1
MrrROPotiTAV m aiick its. Ore.
434, Kufner 33J, . Hopflnf er S22, I.
attlemlr 272, Mlehauch 349. ;
aTATESMAN (0) Talmadge 157,
Greene 335, Cordler 1221, White 363,
Bower ,214. BROWN' rJEWILRS 3 i
FuiTer 371. Ha'ugen 289, Reinke S4S,
Houeham 329. Smith 349.
MAYFLOWER MILK (2) R. ettle
mler 328. A. Schartt 333. Craven 880,
PUutx 301, Vi Scharff 335. CHUCK'S
8TZAK HOUSE (1) M. Rath 304, Cur
tis 292, Lewis 294. Bennett 365, Roder
nel 315.
HIGH rNDryTDVAlJ GAME: Joyce
Xunke. Stop-Lite Cafe. 171.
HIGH INDIVIDUAL, SERIES? Joyce
niliH iAH
SERIES: Stop-Ute
Caie 1850.
(Capitol Alleys)
COMMERCIAL NO. 1
NICHOLSON S! INS. 3)trry Gan
non 118; John Fibesen 869; Walt Gard
ner 503; M. Brown 484; Ed. MeClua
key S55. MASTER BREAD (0) Marv.
Mattson 495; Pricm 470; Coomler 435:
Powell 446; Farmer 565, '
STARR FOODS (1) Ceo. Scales
489; Glenn Lengren 495; Boo : PoweU
47 J : Dal Srehart SIS:; Max Al
. i Asmiw arvimrt ,1..
SENATOR RADIO it
Dale Srehart 813: Max Alien 469.
; FtiOJO (J)
Brown, Abel Speakers;
Breakfast
i
By Al Llghtner 1
The Salem Breakfast clnb, not
a stranger to producing gala wel
comes to visiting dignitaries, last
night rolled out, the plush for the
visiting Western ; International
league dignitaries Tla a banquet
at the Marion hotel. Well over
166 assorted fans and guests at
tended the llvelyf affair, which
waa preceded by a social hour.
Principal speakers for the oc
casion were Bob Brown, Van
couver club president who last
season celebrated his Ssth year
te organised baseball as player,
manager and owner, and Bob
Abel, -longtime WI league presi
dent. Brown related many color
ful Incidents of the early years
of baseball In the Northwest,
around the turn of the century,
and cited numerous great players
Woodburn Gin Clinch Crown With Win
IPrep (Birnofl TTnitfles sit Stelke TTBnns WeU
Although one of them Is already the Rangers will play Mllwaukie. ture game due at Monmouth at 2 the Championship, but the game downed by Gervais and knocked
In the satchel as a result of St BeJeither Woodburn or Estacada, pjn. That one puts John Mathis' still Will be a last-ditch battle as from the race. In other games
Paul's clinching of the Marion howeVwr, they will have a rough strong Independence Ho pat era usuaL Last week the "big three, Jefferson continued on theilm
County B league championship last signment Friday. Playing three against Johnny Chamberlain1 won handily, Monmouth 83-0 over proved side by blanking Sublimity
week, titles for at least three other
valley football circuits will be de
cided by games this week. The
Willamette Valley loop's flag will
be taken today after two games,
moved up a few days to make room
for possible playoffs In the state
whirl. At Woodburn at 2 p.m. to
day, the league leading Bulldogs
take on rugged Canby In a make-
or-break battle for Coach Chuck
Sheron's club. A win will give the
title to Woodburn and will send
the Bulldogs into a Friday game
with Milwaukee for district honors.
Also due tonight at Estacada U tht
Sandy-Estacada clash, originally
booked for Friday. Inasmuch as
Don Bryant's Rangef s are in sec-
ond place and can win the champ-
lonship If Woodburni stumbles be-
lore juarv uooamfns widdt
eleven that is, if lEstacada gets
by Sandy tonight alio the pen-
nant is very much still In the air.
Should Estacada come out on top,
Big Wheels of the WIL Meet Here
Wi CV, Xi
mmmmmmmm -.-'-- iHsaassMBBsss
These are men who ire currently holding the Western International league baseball now wow la Salem.
Seated (1-rr are Joe Brownlow of the new Wenatchee clnb. League President Robert B. Abet President
. Dewn H.rUM f Tallmau Prealdent Babe HoDlnxberr of the Trl-CiUes clnb (formerly Wenatchee) and
Bob Brown. VancoHrer president
Johnson, Victoria prexy, Dick Richards, one of the Trl-Clties directors, George Emigh, salens senators
and Reg Patterson, Victoria basinets manager. The meeting will conclude toaay. (statesman pnoio.)
Duck Cliib Worries
Middlecoff Runnerup
Snead Golfer of Year
. i ; : '
CHICAGO, Nov. 7-CF-Slammin' Sammy Snead, who barely
missed scoring a grand title slam, was selected the golfer of the
year In a nation-wide poll conducted by the Professional Golfers'
association of America. Snead's selection waa announced today by
George Schnelter, manager of the P. G. A. tournament bureau.
Runner-up to Snead la the poll conducted among oporto writ
ers and sportscaatero waa the man wbo beat him ont of golTs most
coveted crown. National Open Champion Cary Middlecoff.
The national open title eluded Snead but he eoppej the mas
ters, the P. G. A and western open championships among bis six
tournament victories to date.
With still the Miami open (Dee. 1-11) te be reckoned in offi
cial P. G. A. money-winning for the year, Snead baa a top grab of
$3493, followed by Middlecoff with $24,604.
For 69 rounds of tourney play, Snead has an impressive ave
rage of 69.49 strokes per round. Mlddlecoffs average is 19.92.
Vik Harriers
Whip Molalla
MOLALLA, Nov. 7 (Speciil)
Winning the first three positions
Salem high's cross country team
chalked up a smashing 17-51 vic
tory over Molalla's Indians today.
Molalla,' however, took the Junior
varsity gallop, 20-59, although the
Morris Cady 843; Pete Valdez 600:
Butch WilUey 442; Bill Duffus 434; Al
Brant 909. s
OOLDIES TAVERN ( 0) J, Herr 428;
C. Howell 340: F. Frank 438; G. Herr
417; Goldle Bentson 512. ORVAL'S
USED CARS (3) Dan Crawford 559;
Bill MrClary 468: Wes Gabel 446: Jim
Rons 568; Chet Boyce 48. STETTLER
SUPPLY (21 KJtzmiller MS- Hen
drte 911; C. Stettler 512; F. Stettlcr 512;
Brownie Valdez 574.
WALTON BROWN (3) Vern Per
rr 564; C. Singer 491; H. Alderin: P.
Silke 503: John Riches 497. KNIGHTS
OF COLUMBUS (0) W. Link 464; J.
Albrlch 472; J. Bickler 480; M. Miller
533; J. .Miller 505.
High Individual game: Pete Valdez,
Sen. Radio, 2223.
High Individual series: Pete Valdez,
Sen. Radio, 600.
HlRh team game: Sen. Radio. 977.
High team series: Sen. Radio, 2824..
Eugene Inter est Show
Club Honors
wbo graduated from the North
west's sandlota. Some' of these
were Stan Covaleskl, Vean
Gregg, Dave Bancroft, Joe Tink
er. Dutch Reuther, Walter Malls
and Carl Mays.
Abel gave a stirring up-to-date
picture of the league and warned
the gathering that Salem was
very much a part of the growing
WIL and to "never let go of
your franchise here."
Harry Collins acted as toast
master, taking over from Club
President Al Loucks, and intro
duced the numerous guests which
included young and old ball
players Harvey Storey, Jack
Wilson, BUI Sevens Earl White
. bill. Earl Wakefield, Buck Berch.
Roy Ilelser. Jim Mosolf, Bill
Beard, Joe Gordon, Ken Man
ning and Lee Shinn. Other not
MARION-POLK LEAGTJK
W L T Pet
MonmontJl S 1 1.004
Suyton 1 l J.S04
indepeadenet Sit .)SS
Ssrree Heart IIS iM
PhUomath .ISO .2M
rr
14S
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134
Salem Acad. 4
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football games within eight days
. . .
if. , i
In kt week's WVL play the
Bulldogs downed Dallas 80-12,
Estacada walloped Molalla
S3-0,
Mt Angel kept on rolling via a
32-6 nod over Sandy and Canby
looked its best of the season in
spanking Sllverton 31-0. Sllverton
early in the season tied Woodburn
13-13. Other than the two crucial
clashes of today, the balance of
mis weexs wvusiaie puis juaiias
at Silverton Friday afternoon and
Molalla at Mt Angel Friday night
The Marion-Polk circuit winds
up play Friday also with the: lea-
.mm
W
Back row (I-r), Roy Hotchkiss,
Vlks Pick Glasglow finished first
Salem's Kent Myers led to the
wire in the varsity event, hitting
a 10:36.1 time. Dick Adams and
Richard Strong f the Viks fin
ished second and third respective
ly. Others in order of .finish: George
Patterson, Molalla; Conrad Booze, Sa
lem; Don Herring. Salem; GeneKleln
mlth. Molalla: Ronald Hamann. Salem:
David Casebecr, Salem; Herbert Step
per, Salem. ....
Second In the Jayvee go was Malal
la's Ron Rawllnson.
The top seven ftnlnhen In the vanity
vent Qualified to rthe Willamette Val
ley meet at Jefferson.
Table of Coastal Tides
Tides for Taft. Oregon. November,
1949 (compiled by U.S. Coast tt Geo
detic Survey. Portland. Oregon.)
LUW WAIUI
Time
Ht
7:03 a.m.
8:27 p.m.
7 J7 a.m.
9:10 p.m.
8:18 a.m.
9:58 p.m.
9:18 a.m.
34
-0 5
38
-04
3.7
-0 3
38
10:50 D.m. -0 2
1029 a.m. 3 8
11:47 p.m.
12:00 noon
0.0
3.8
12:43 a.m.
1 :23 p.m.
02
3.0
WIL Group
ables Introduced and naked to
take bows were Coaches Chester
Stackhouse and Johnny Lewis of
Willamette, Coach Paul Durham
of Llnfield. Mayor Bob Elfstrom
and Representative Walter Nor
blad. Bill Robertson. Oregon state
college athletic trainer gave his
now famed recitation of "Casey
at the Bat." a big hit with the
gathering. All visiting WIL direc
tors also were' lavishly intro
duced by Collins. (See WIL story
above for names).
Gordon, the former' Tankee
"Flash" now with Cleveland, waa
attending with Don Husband,
Eugene lawyer. They professed a
heavy Interest In acquiring a
franchise for -Eugene and went
Into a private huddle with some
of tht directors after the ban
quct.
Nov. HIGH WATER
Time Ht.
S 2 38 a.m. 49
12:57 p.m. 8.7
9 3.27 a.m. 4 8
1:32 p.m. S S
10 4:19 a.m. 4.7
2:12 p.m. 6.5
11 5,12 a.m. 4.7
3 :04 p.m. 8 3
13 6:10 a.m. 4.8
4:07 p.m. 6.0
13 7:01 a.m. 51
520 p.m. Jl
14 .7:49 a.m. 8 5
6:47 pjn. S.4
Over Canby Eleven
WILLAMETTE VALLET LEAGUE
W 1 I PeC PP PA
Wootfbrm sei l.see isi
Ertacada I I I Jt 111
Mt Angel 4 11 Ml 12S
Canby , - 4 I Sv .MT its
Sandy . S S .Si TI
44
SS
44
73
SUvrrton , 14 1 .244 48 SS
Molalla . 1 S t .187 32 113
Dallas S ff JM S3 171
Wolverines. The Wolverines are
now tied with Stayton for the lead,
while Indep has lost one game.
And since Joe Boyle's Staytorts
play Fhiiomatn at buyton rnaay
afternoon, the outcome of the clash
at Monmouth is ultra-Important to
the Wolverines. They must win
in order to finish in a tie with
Stayton. The Eagles will be
heavily favored to wallop Philo-
mmw. a no uuro ani hmj
sends the two Salem entries,
Sacred Heart Academy and Salem
Academy, into their annual "civil
war." weiuier nas a cnance ior
president of the Spokanea, J. V.
Sparts Draw
Irish Praise
.CHICAGO, Nov. 7 ()- Notre
Dame Athletic Director Ed
(Moose) Krauso today described
Michigan State college as the "fin
est. toughest" football team the
Irish have met iriUwo years.
Another speaker at the Herald
American Quarterback club meet
ing. Athletic Director Harry Stu
hldreher of Wisconsin, suggested
as a "compromise" that the Big
Ten's limit on Rose Bowl appear
ances by the same school be re
duced from three to two years
with the Pacific coast conference
following suit. (The Pacific coast
loop sends its champion Into the
bowl, and west coast criticism nas
been strong against the Big Ten
repeat ban over three years.)
Said. Krauso of Notre Dame's
34-21 win over Michigan State
last Saturday at East Lansing,
Mich.: "Michigan State is the fin
est, toughest team Notre Dame has
played in two years. There is not
Waldorf
Investigation Set, Mays' Crash
GLENDALE. Calif.. Nov. 7-(AP)-They
brought Rex Mays
home today, a mourned cam
paigner of the automobile race
tracks.
His body was brought to "For
est Lawn Memorial park from
Del Mar, Calif., where he was
killed yesterday en the 13th lap
of an AAA 100-mile champion
ship race. . . .
The American Automobile as
sociation through Its regional di
rector, Gordon Bets, planned to
Investigate conflicting reports of
Just how, the spectacular accident
occurred.
But officially the case waa
closed. The San Diego county
coroner's office accepted the
death aa an accident of the rac
ing game' and planned no Inquest.
A sheriffs deputy who saw the
f :
s l f WW kl)
COIUMIIA I II WIIIIS, INC.
Today
MAKION COt'NTT B LEAGUE
W L T Pet PP
PA
J5
32
tt
"J
St Pan! S
SI
Gervais
123
19
74
SS
Aams villa
.710
Ml
.44
.273
.1SS.
J00
Jefferson
MUlClty
C'hrmawa
Sublimity
Tamer
44
13
P h i 1 o m a t h, Independence 34-0
over Sacred Heart and Stayton
40-0 over Salem Academy.
Play In the Marion County B
loop is finished for all but Ned
Gleason's St Pauls and Don Reed's
Jefferson Lions. They play Frl-
day afternoon at Jefferson In a
makeup game which will have no
bearing on the pennant winner. St.
Paul has won six In a row and
uwyu, ww hi scewna piace, iin-
ished with five wins, a loss and a
tie. Last week the Bucks clinched
the title via their 20-0 win over
lumer wniieiAumsvuie was neing
Noire Dame Retaino
ole as Top Eleven
Irish Far Ahead; Army 2nd, Oakies J
3rd; Sparls Advance Despite Loss
By Jack Hand
NEW YORK. Nov. 7-(VNotre Dame so comnletelv damlnaUa
the top 10 college football ratings
a club up the ladder.
Michigan State, a shadowy
jors Draft
Session Looms
NEW YORK. Nov. 7-Wn-Plck-
lngs appear slim for major league
club owners who will spend the
next 10 days studying the long
draft list for sleepers who can be
picked up for anywhere from $2,
000 to $10.000 1 from the minor
leagues.
The annual big league draft
sessions open in Cincinnati, Nov.
17, and the majors will have a
list of more than 8,000 names to
choose 'from.
Washington, the last place Amer
ican League club is entitled to the
first selection. Chicago, the last
place National League club is sec
ond and this rotation continues
until Brooklyn, the 16th and last
club, makes Its pick.
Last year the majors selected
1 players which cost them an ag
gregate $182,300. Of these, 10 man
aged to stay up all year.
, The list contains 260 bonus play
ers, from the triple a minors to the
lowly class D league. These are
subject to unrestricted draft in
contrast to the ordinary draftable
player, whose team can lose only
one man.
VANDALS INJURY-RIDDEN
MOSCOW. Idaho, Nov. 7 -WV
There'll be no rough stuff for the
University of Idaho football team
until Saturday when it meets
Stanford's Indians. The Idaho
coaching staff took a look at its in
jury list today and abandoned any
idea of scrimmage sessions this
week. The game at Palo Alto will
be the last of the season for Coach
Dixie Howell's Vandals. They
have won three and lost four.
VTLLEMAIN WINS
ROCHESTER, N. Y, Nov. (JT)
Robert Villemain of Trance to
night took an easy, unanimous 10
round decision from Anton Raadik,
Estonian middleweight who fights
out of Chicago. Villemain weighed
19SM4 and, Raadik: us ft.
another player tn the country bet
ter than Michigan State Halfback
Lynn Chandnois."
accident filed a report with the
coroner that the end-over-end
fatal spill of Mays' car on the
southeast turn followed a side
Swiping with Johnny Parsons'
car.
There , were other witnesses,
however, who dldn t believe Par
sons' car was Involved. They In
clude Bets, "Peewee" Distarce, a
race driver who was watching
the event, and Dr. Thomas J.
Whltelock of San Diego, track
physician.
Whatever happened, the Mays
ear rolled and tumbled end-for-end,
knocking down rail posts
along the track and tossing Mays
onto the dirt. At least two other
racing cars In succession struck
the 36-year
star driver's
body.
TACOMA WAIHINOTON
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21-0 and Burt Burrough's Mill City
flvn turn VsV Tl11 04Mam'a
Chemawa Indiana 19-13.
Big Six league play hits a climax
Friday nJght. Salem is at Eugene
and-CorvaUis at Albany. All four
are now tied for the league lead
and all four still have a chance) for
the district crown. So it's a very
crucial mgm ior mem.
Tast WMir
m non-league skirmishes Salem
walloped Astoria, Albany tied
Gresham, Eugene lost to Marsh-
nld nd Corvallis was idle, i
In the locar Junior Weh lnnn
race Clay Egleiton's Parrish Greys
with a 3-0 record, have a virtual
clinch of the pennant with one
more round of play left Walt
Dickson's Leslie Blues alone have
a chance of tleing the Greys for
vne ounung and those two clubs
battle it out Friday night at Les-
lie, 7:30 o'clock. In the Friday
3:45 Vclock game at Leslie the
west Salems play the Leslie Golds.
that even losing to the Irish moves
tenth last week; hopped to eighth
In
the sixth weekly Associated
Press rundown in which 161
sports writers and sportscaiters
participated. j
There were no shakeuns In the
ratings with Notre Dame still Way
out front on 137 of the 163 first
place votes. ' That amounts to
roughly 84 per; cent of the ballots,
about the same as It has been fun
ning for weeks. t
Back of Notre Dame, it's Army.
Oklahoma, California and Mich
igan In that order, just the same
as lat week. Cornell moved up a
step to sixth and Rice advanced
from eighth to seventh.
Minnesota and Virginia are: the
only newcomers, displacing beaten
Baylor, which lost its first game to
Texas, 20-0, and Southern Meth
odist, held to a surprising 27-27
tie by Texas Aggies.
The Minnesota Gophers 65-7
romp over supposedly strong Iowa
gave them a, big lift, and Virginia's
convincing 26-14 .decision over
Perm lifted the unbeaten Cava-
liers Into the top ten. -
Notre Dame apparently lost
little prestige in yielding three
touchdowns to Michigan State, two
in the final minutes. Instead tht
voters figured the Spartans tough
er than expected because they held
tne insn to a 34-zi victory. Th
battle of West Point in which
Army ruined j Fordham's perfect
record, 33-0, In a savage rough
house drew 13 first place votes for
the Cadets. M
Nine experts tabbed Oklahoma
as the No. 1 team but they wound
up third despite a 39-0 rout of
Kansas State. The Sooners face
their big test Saturday in strong
Missouri. Once again California
held fourth place with three first
after drubbing Washington State,
33-14. Theylay Oregon Satur
day, t . . I ? '
On a point score basis, figuring
10 for first, nine for second, and so
on. Notre Dame has 1478, Army
1,144, Oklahoma 1,106 and Cali
fornia 043. It's a big drop to Mich
igan with BOS point. The Wol
verines subdued Purdue, 20-12, to
move a step closer to the Big Ten
title. Cornell, a 83-7 winner over
Syracuse In a blinding snowstorm,
drew one first place ballot and an
even 900 points. Rice, 14-0 con
queror of Arkansas, is right be
hind Cornell with 467 points. Rice
meets Texas A it M next. i
Fire-Stricken Stayton
Gett Gear from Devos j
-STAYTON, Nov. 7 -(Speclal)-Sometlmes
It takes a misfortune
to find out who your friends are.
Little Stayton high school, who
lost Its gymnasium and athletle
equipment In a fire last Wednes
day, found one In Oregon State
college Monday. I
Roy 8. fSpee" Keene, OSC ath
letic director, turned over 25 foot
ball suits, some of them used by
the 1941 coast champion OSC
team, to Stayton's assistant coach
Herb Booth. Though used, the
outfits are complete and in top
condition. Keene tossed In six
footballs to complete the gift I
Stayton will j use the equipment
next Friday against Philomath at
Stayton la its Anal Marion-Polk
game. !"' is
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