Detroit's Ball Brothers Enjoy Successful
Hunt for Cougars; Three Bagged in 2 Days
By Mr. Joseph Wright
DETROIT, Jan. 29 -(Spedal)-The
snow and cold may not be
cooperative with many out-of-door
works and recreations for
natives of this area. But it has
rinn Hcrht utaII Viv twrfh Walt snH
Carl Ball, who have taken to
cougar hunting with their fine
does -Sailor" and "Pete." -
One day last week the hunters
and .their dogs climbed over s
nearby mountain and finally treed
female cougar about a quarter
of a mile north of the Seitzineer
home on the edge of Idanha. The
Cougar was shot by Walt, with, a
slnele-shot J22 caliber rifle.
The hunters tried their luck
gain the next day, despite a
heavy, track-covering snow that
had fallen all the night before.
. w imc trudging aiong a nage
Sailor", whiffed at something in
the air. He tugged solidly at his
leash until he finally convinced
r TTTL. I A I - a
his masters something Interesting
was near. Both dogs were un
chained and in a very short time
had two more cougars treed.
Carl shot both animals with his
22, All three of the cougars are
pictured in the next column,
hanging harmlessly from the Ball's
back porch. TheyH bring both
state and county bounties to the
Ball brothers. .
-The cougar dogs are the same
that were brought into Detroit last
week when Raymond Sophy cal
led Walt to tell him that bobcats
had killed 13 of his chickens. John
Hi nan later reported that bob
cats also had killed some of his
chickens, so the .dogs were once
again, pressed into service. In' each
case they were successful in lead
ing both Walt and Carl to the
treed animals for the kills.
Because of the deep snows of
late the big cats have been forced
to come near town looking for
food. Chicken houses are the
hardest hit But at least three
enuears and as manv bobcats
won't be pestering the community
any more. Thanks to the Ball
brothers and "Sailor" and "Pete,"
SKI MEET TO MOVE
: LAKE PLACID, N. Y., Jan. 29
W)- Officials of the Federation
Internationalie de Ski said to
night the cross-country events of
the world ski championships will
"definitely not be held at Lake
Placid" because of a lack of
snow. Officials said Rumford,
Me., 300 miles due east of here
was the most likely site because
of the reported 15 inches of snow
there and an available 18-kilometer
(11 miles) course.
Three Games
The American division of the
City . Basketball league resumes
play tonight at Leslie, starting at
seven o'clock. Three games are
on the menu as follows: Knights
of Columbus vs. 12th Street Mar
ket, Epping Lumber vs. Warner
Motors and West Salem Merchants
vs. Capitol Post No. 9. The Fage
Woolens, off with a bye tonight,
The selection ef Jim Thorpe as
top grldder of the century should
stir little or no argument and the
naming of Jack Dempsey as
greatest fighter In the period from
1900 to 1950 may bring a large
splash of debate but some really
TALL arrning Is to be expected
when golfer ef the century Is
named In the next week tr so.
Jones' Feat Great
Bobby Jones' celebrated
"rrand slam" performance of
1927 may influence the AP vot
ers sufficiently to give him the
. nod and. In that event, there
would be a furious reaction from
supporters of gents named Wal
ter IlagenGene Sarazen, Byron
Nelson and a buy named Hogaa.
Week-After-Week Test
Jones Is the only links ter ever
to wgrand-slam". Inside of one
year he placed his biggest claim
for golf Immortality. But also
to be considered Is the consistent
brilliance of men like Nelson and
slogan ever a number of years
against what has been called a
better grade of competition. To
shine week after week la a gruel
ing chain of tournaments along
the "fold trail" Is the acid test
In llnksdom. The mark of great
ness for Nelson and Slogan are
those eS-and-a-frsction averages
they carry for IS boles, year In
and year out though, of course
Nelson Is now retired . . . . .
Gilson Gained His Goal
Lay ton Gilson, the lad who has
established himself as one of the
key members of Harold Hank's
Viking carers In the last several
weeks, reached that objective the
hard way. Too much weight had
threatened to put period to Lay
ton's hoop ambitions so he ad
hered religiously to a strict diet
and lost 40 pounds In little over
m year and now Mentor Hank
Is probably thanking- his stars
that young Gllson's sealousness
for basketball Is greater than his
appetite for calories ... . . Gilson.
Incidentally, has a Jump twist
shot which Is among the more re
liable offensive weapons the Vlks.
possess .
Hal Made 'Em Come Up
Hey, ho! nal Saltzman puts
his Cleveland bosses . In their
places right at the beginning. Hal
ets one contract, doesnt like It
Gets another, sends It back, also
. nnsigned. He's okayed the third.
At that rate, the ex-Senator and
Webfoot hurler, ought to be rak
Inr In the chips In a few years.
That kind of business acumen Is
unusual for a raw rookie. Now
all Hal has to do Is win some
nan games to back up his argu
ments . . . Bad luck can't
f
t
3
7
:
s ( V
7'.
vv
J
t
Y?'
j - k
These are the three cougars shot by
The largest measured seven feet
story at left).
in City Cage Grcuit Tonight
will be at Willamette U con
testing the Harlem Globetrotters.
But for a complete round lost
to the weather January 18, to
night's trio of tilts marks the
opening of second half play In
the division. The postponed
games are to be made up later.
So far the Woolens have been
the class of the circuit and have
plague one guy all the time. Any
how, well all be rooting for game
Bill Bevens as he tries to come
back with the Sacto Solons . . . ..
Evans Back in Groove
Frankle vans gives notice he
has pulled out of a slump by
grabbing the all-events slot in the
State pin meet at Portland. Bot
In the process of snaring the
"events" lead Frankle boy suf
fered a ease of red ears when he
gutter-bailed In his singles ses
sion. The Sunday bowlers expe-
r -"v h V'-,
-mAii -i 1 ' i I --
BOBBY JONES
Was He Greatest?
rlenco the embarrassment of hit
ting the rutt now and then
but His lndeea sinful for the ex
pert keglers In the rare Instances
when they do so .... ,
Nice Going, Mat Folks
Hats off to Matchmaker Elton
Owen, the American Legion, the
grapplers and Mr. and Mrs. Joe
Hassling fan for giving a spirited
boost to the 'March of Dimes"
campaign at last week's benefit
They manufactured a magnificent
total of I122J4 for the polio
fund
Would It Help Scores?
The U.S. Golf Association Is
ut to- trim down the time the
pro links ten spend In deliberat
ing- over their shots. The move
would speed up tourney play, to
be sure but how's a cautious and
deliberate gent gonna change his
ways Just like that? ..... Of
course perhaps that's something
the boys never thought of those
boys, that is, who are plagued by
muffed putts at the most critical
moments. Perhaps If some of 'em
would walk right np and smack
the pill Instead of trying the pa
tience of the gallery and oppo
nents with long and Irritating
appraisal of the situation they'd
hit that round hole mora fre
J:
71
4
I -
! r
i W v.-,. ,M .', ,.;, Ki-. m
the Ball brothers near Detroit.
and weighed 125 pounds. (See
won five straight times in as many
tries. Two teams are tied for
second place with 3-2 marks, the
Capitol Posters and the Markets.
On Wednesday night the Na
tional divisloners take over to
open second half play in their
own circuit, also starting at seven
o'clock.. All National division
games scheduled have been play
ed, and it's the Naval Reserves,
with a 8-0 mark, on top.
'Dimes' Night
At Ice Arena
A special "March of Dimes"
night will be held at the Salem Ice
Arena Wednesday evening. There
will bo no admission charge for
skating and a program of enter
tainment Is also planned. Skating
fans will have opportunity during
the evening to donate to the polio
drive.
Vikings Test
Rooks Tuesday
Next game for the Salem Vik
ings will faU Tuesday night at the
Villa when the strong Oregon State
Rooks come in for an 8:13 o'clock
visit The Vikings trek to Astoria
on Friday.
The rugged Rooks, listing ex
Sal em high star Benny Pitzer as a
starting guard, hold the only win
registered over the potent U
of Oregon Frosh this season. The
Rooks are coached by Paul Valenti,
former Oregon State player.
JOE STILL DRAWS 131
MIAMI, FUu Jan. 29 -UPy- Ap
proximately 1,000 persons turned
out today to watch retired heavy
weight champion Joe Louis go
through a four-round boxing
workout at Miami stadium. Louis
Is in training for his eight-round
exhibition with Gene (Tiger)
Jones of Camden, NJ., Wednes
day night at the stadium.
I i ;
Ponder and Ttco Lea Run
Fonder and Two Lea, the one-two punch of the Calamet Farm, finish In that order a length apart In the
. $106,000 added Santa Anita Maturity Saturday. The rest of the field was five lengths behind. (AP
Wlrephota to The Statesman).
Broken Jaw
Fails to Slow
SYRACUSE, N. Y, Jan. 29
-VPh Bullet Bui Gabor, speedy
forward for the Syracuse Na
tionals basketball team, Isn't
letting a fractured jaw inter
fere with his play.-
Gabor, it waa disclosed today,
has been playing nearly a
month with a Jaw he didn't
know was broken.
He learned about the frac
ture Thursday when he went
to a dentist for treatment of a
tooth he thought was aching.
X-rays disclosed the fracture.
The dentist said the Jaw evi
dently is healing satisfactorily.
Bullet joined teammates that
night in defeating Rochester
76-72. He tallied 20 of the
Nats points. He has refused
to wear a plastic mask.
DemaretNabs
HoganMrney
By Jack Stevenson
PHOENIX, Ariz., Jan.
Jlmmy Demaret fired his fourth
straight round of sub-par golf
here today to win the $10,000 Ben
Hogan Open tournament with a
score of 269 after Sam Snead
missed an eight-foot putt that
would have tied the count
It marked the first tournament
victory for Jolly Jimmy since he
won the 1949 Phoenix Open in a
playoff with Ben Hogan.
Demaret, the leader through
out the four days of play, shot
a two-under-par 69 today despite
continuous rain.
Snead, who was five under par
at the turn, couldn't hold the pace.
He finished with a 66 and a second
place 270.
"It was a tough struggle right
down to the last hole " said De
maret as he walked off the 18th
green to take the $2,000 winner's
check.
Jimmy, who plays out of Ojal,
Calif., found himself in trouble
only about 73 yards from that
final hole. His second shot came
to rest alongside a small tree and
under corn stalk wrappings pro
tecting the trunk. After a quick
rule interpretation, the stalks were
cut away without moving the ball
or losing a stroke. Jimmy hit to
the green. His first putt stopped
two inches from the cup. He
had his par five and the match.
Bob Goldwater, chairman of the
tournament for the Thunderbirds
of the Phoenix chamber of com
merce, made the ruling. It
brought squawks from some by
standing pros but stood neverthe
less. . Hogan, in whose honor the
tournament was named, again
couldn't get under par. He shot
a 72 and finished far down the
list with a 283 just in the money.
He won $16.66.
Ellsworth Vines, Chicago, whose
father died in Seattle, Wash., af
ter , the tournament had started
here, went one over par today,
finishing in third place with 274.
Johnny Palmer of Badin, N.C.,
was even par with 71 today. That
was good enough for 273 and
fourth money. At 276 came Dave
Douglas, Newark, Del.
Waltons Slate
Takes9 Movie
Two members of the state game
commission . will furnish the pro
gram for tonight's meeting of the
Salem chapter, of the Izaak Wal
ton league.
Bob Holloway, biologist of the
fish department, and Ted Howell,
both of Portland will be featured
and will show a motion picture
of back country lakes of Oregon.
Dr. Dave Charlton, Portland, pres
ident of the state chapter of the
league, is expected to attend the
meeting starting at S pjn. in the
Mayflower halL
Also on the agenda tonight will
be a discussion of fishways "and
allied problems by Dan Harper.
President Rex Sanford will pre
side. GERVAIS A's WIN
GERVAIS, Jan. 29 Doug Hall
with a 16-point afternoon led Ger
vais to a 87-34 basketball victory
over Chemawa in a Marion "B"
league make-up game here today.
The Chemawa seconds, however,
pushed to a 33-32 win In an over
time opener. .
Chemawa (34) (IT) GcrraU
Matt (OK T (10) Shumaker
WU (S) F o Toolcy
SatonM (12) C (13) BeUequ
Beljrard U) O (7) Dunn
ShlUal (2) O (1) Hall
Reserves scoring: Chemawa Sakota
X. Selsmen S; Cenrals Mshoner -
Trotters,
Benefit Game
On TO Floor
Talented Negro Stars
Have Strong Outfit
It's exhibition time In Willam
ette U's basketball pavilion to
night, and a topflight show it
should be. The famed Harlem
Globetrotters, negro cage opera
tors, come in to take on the Salem
Page Woolens in an eight o'clock
clash.
Designed as a benefit game for
the School Boys Patrol, and spon
sored by the junior chamber of
commerce, the game will mark
the first Salem appearance in a
number of years for the Trotters.
They have a classy lineup, coach
ed by the all-time Trotter great
Inman Jackson, and have been
winning a great majority of their
games during the current western
tour through Washington and
Oregon.
If the Trotters can get far
enough ahead in tonight's whirl,
they will of course put on their
wide display of rib-tackling court
antics. Accompanying the team
is Ed Hamman, the sports clown
who appeared at Waters field last
summer with the Trotter base
ball team and -gave a fine show.
Listed among the Trotter play
ers are Bold Bule, one-armed star
who plays a guard position; Geo
rge (Sonny) Smith, long shot art
ist; Carl Helem, tricky center;
Sammy Gee fast-moving floor
captain and Jackson himself, one
of the game's top ball handlers. .
The Woolens, who definitely
will not roll over and play dead
for the visiting hot shots, have
stocked their lineup with talent
capable enough of knocking over
the dusky enemy. Laddie Gale,
former Ail-American at Oregon;
Jim and Bob Johnson of Willam
ette's "Johnson Act" of last sea
son, and former Salem bjgh stand
outs Al McRae, Frank Page, Al
Bellinger, Bunny Mason, Waldo
Unruh and Wally Gemmell are
on the Woolens roster.
Tickets will be available at the
gym door tonight, and can still
be i purchased today at either
Maple's or Anderson's sporting
goods stores or at Gale's Union
Service station on State and
Church streets.
Norwegian Ace
Nabs Ski Title
LAKE PLACID, N. Y Jan. 29
-(-Christian Mohn, 21 year old
Norwegian who Is a student at
Middlebury. Vt- won the Interna
tional ski jump today In a preview
of the world championships sched
uled for the coming week.
. Hours after the competition was
completed on the 65-meter inter
vails hill the judges decided that
Mohn, who is trying to make the
Norweigian team, did better than
Arnfinn Bergmann. also 21 and
just out of the Norwegian army.
Norwegians grabbed eight of the
top ten places with Merrill Bar
ber of Brattleboro, Vt, and Arthur
Devlin of Lake Placid, N. Y, tak
ing third and fourth.
Mohn jumped 220 and 203 feet
and was rated at 211.1 points com
pared to leaps of 220 and 202 feet
and 210.8 points for Bergmann.
Barber did 219 and 212 feet and
was credited with 210.6 points
with Devlin getting 210 points on
leaps of 220 and 206 feet
Seventy of the world's best ski
jumpers competed In the meet that
was run off down the 65-meter
Intervale Hill, which was. covered
with 200 tons of pulverized Ice in
the absence of snow.
PCC Basketball
Standings
rCC n A S K ETB AIX STANDINGS
Southern DIvUIob
Conference All Games
W L Pet. Pr OP . W LPct.
UCLA . S 1 .750 J34 20S
USC 3 1 .750 139 216
13 4 .769
12 4 .750
Stanford 1 J .230 218 251
California 1 S .230 197 21S
7 S Ml
S 10 -379
Nerthera MvUioa
Conference All Games
W L Pet. prOP W L Pet.
WSC 9 9 Jttn 457 394
Washington S 423 449 394
OSC 4 t Ml 329 324
Oregon 3 4 A29 364 411
Idaho 0 S AOO 199 273
13 S .619
13 4 .789
9 9 .500
13 .271
7 13 JOS
One-Two
v
f
j
4
i t
2" 2" :
Woolens Plav Here
8 Tha Statesman, Salem, Oregon, Monday, January 30, 1950
Trotters9 One-armed Star
minium. in umswmmmttmin nu injupijiiiiniii. yuywmm 'mwinw n jei.ini.isji.su 1 1. i
. - . - ' -
. ' '. y .
.1 4 f. -
V'7 .
. i.
. . :; .,.
: . ;
;V : tt:-
One-armed Bold Bole, formerly with the Kansas City Stars and now
a remlar for the Harlem Globetrotters' western unit ease team,
will be In the action tonight at Willamette when the Trotters play
the Salem Fage Woolens.
Salem Keglers
Lead Tourney
PORTLAND, Jan. 29-P)-FInal
rounds were being rolled tonight
in the month long Oregon State
Bowling association tournaments
for men's and women's titles In
singles, doubles -and team classes.
Arlene Cundell of Bend scored
an even 600 to shoot to the lead of
the class A singles in the days'
play. Alberta Thompson of Salem
still led the class B with 856 and
Pauline Neely of Vemonia rank
ed first in the class C with 488
total.
Alice Branan and Ruth Sulla-
van, Portland, led the class A
doubles with 1111. Jan Bennett
and June Lemon, Salem, were in
front of class B with 1031. Scotty
Everest and Gladys Hasselbrink,
DeLake, led the class C with 919.
' Final men's play by late Sunday
had not upset earlier leaders.'
Laurie Redifer, Portland, is lead
ing class A singles with 640; Arlo
Jacklin, Roseburg, . paces the B
singles with 648 and Ted Bender,
Eugene, was In front of C entrants
with 620.
Dick Kennedy and Carl Selt
singer, Corvallis, paced doubles A
competition with 1215. Bill Whaley
and Carl Sullivan, Bend, led class
B with 1200: Virgil Frink and Dun
Murrary, McMinnville, led C
doubles entries with 1102.
Cards Crush
Preps, 49-36
Sacred Heart's Cardinal's
dumped the Columbia Prep Cru
saders Sunday afternoon 49-36 at
St Joseph's halL
The Cardinals, paced by cen
ter Jim Colleran and Terry Coon
ey, led all the way. Father John
O'Callaghan's quint held a 15
point margin at the beginning
minutes of the final period.
Following a late Prep rally the
local SHA squad began to get
torrid again and racked up points
from all directions.
Sacred Heart's Bees won their
13th consecutive victory over the
Columbia Crusaders juniors, 40
21. Saerea Heart (49) JS) CalnaabU Pre
Ecker (10) . T t) Newman
SUudincer (10) ..T 3 Sirt
Colleran (11) C (5) Schwab
Weser (7) G. (12) Neidermeyer
Cooney (7) G (I) Caay
Substitute scorinf : Sacred Heart;
Weber (2). Boy (2). Ha If time score:
Sacred Heart 20. Columbia Preo 11.
Official: Johnson and Kins.
IOWA COAC1I HUNTING '
IOWA CITY, la, Jan. 29-P-The
University of Iowa cpmmenc-
HARLEM GLOBETROTTERS
. VS. . t .
PAGE WOOLEN MILL
' Willamette Gymnasium
4I0IJIGHT, 8 P.M.
Reserved 1.50 Gen; Adm. 1.20
Sponsored by
Salem Jr. Chamber of Commerce
Tickets available at - Maple's Sporting Goods, Anderson's
Sporting Goods, Laddia Gale's Union Oil Service Station or
at door '
Exams Check ,
Hoop Schedule
NEW YORK, Jan. 29-(ff-With
examinations completed at most
schools, action on the' college bas
ketball front picks up this week
although testing of the mind in
stead of the muscle continues at
some institutions.
Kentucky was the only team in
the top ten in the Associated Press
poll that suffered defeat during
the week. The fourth seeded Wild
cats were upset by Notre Dame
Monday but rebounded and posted
two triumphs to- remain in the
running.
Holy Cross (14-0), the top team,
was idle along with ninth ranked
Indiana (12-2.) Second ranked
Duquesne (14-0) scored an easy
victory as did the,, remaining elite.
Sixth ranked Bradley and tenth
seeded North Carolina state each
bagged two triumphs.
Upsets marked action . in the
Southern conference. The Citadel
turned back Furman, : 52-48 and
V. M. L clipped Richmond, 72-64.
Ohio State remained in com
mand in the Big Ten by edging
Minnesota, 63-58 in the only
league activity. j
Bradley wrested the Missouri
Valley conference lead from St.
Louis by beating the Billikens, 54-
45.
Baylor tied up the Southwest
conference race worse than a traf
fic Jam, brushing by Arkansas,
60-49. The victory shoved the
Bears Into a four way tie I for the
top with Southern Methodist, Ar
kansas and Texas A&M.
Kansas State protected its lead
in the Big Seven with a 73-43
triumph over Colorado.
Utah State in the Skyline Six
upset mighty Wyoming, 43-37.
Skater Overcomes
Fall for Speed Win
ST. PAUL, MiniL, Jan. 29-iPh
Ken Bartholomew of Minneapolis
got up after falling in a qualify
ing heat and went on to win his
fifth Men's Senior National
Speedskating championship today.
Bartholomew fell in qualifying
for the one-mile event, but
scrambled to his feet and over
came a half-lap handicap to
qualify for the final.
Bartholomew finished the seven
events skated yesterday and to
day with 110 points. Blum had
100.
ed a search today for a football
coach to succeed Dr. Eddie And
erson. A five-man staff commit
tee composed of members of the
university's board In control of
athletics huddled in tha first officii-
1 move to select a new coach.
; i i U
A U 1 1 lH MIL
CD .
Spartan Aide
Gets Grid Post
Former Michigan Ace
Succeeds Phil Sarboe
SEATTLE, Jan. 29-WVForrest
Evashesvski, assistant at Michigan
State college, has been named
head football coach at Washing
ton Stat .U . i . .
PULLMAN. Wasli:, Jan. 29-
CTVBob BrnmbUr, director of
Intercollegiate athletics a
Washington State . eoUere, said
tonlxht that no one has been
aimed to the post of head foot
ball coach at WSC.
"Washington State college has
not slened anyone to a head
football coaching contract,"
Brnmblar said.
"Nerntlatlons for the head
football coach are still going
n." . .
President WILsan- Compton of
the State college had "absolute
ly nothing to say on the matter."
Press learned tonight from an un
impeachable source.
Evashevski was riven f
year contract at an annual salary
w excess oi iu,uuu.
He wUl succeed Phil Sarboe, tha
W.S.C. alumnus who TesieneA
the close of last season. Evashev-
su is a Uni
versity of Mich
, "
igan graduate 'i
and won fame
In college as
blocking back
and field gen
eral In the in KTaahertkl
mediate nrcwar em TT a
teammate of Tommy Harmon, ona
of Michigan's all-time grid greats.
jine mring or evashevski means
a return of single wing football
to Washington State, a system fea
tured by Sarboe's predecessor,.
Orin E. (Babe) Hollingberry.
Only last fall, another former
Michigan State assistant, Kip Tay
lor, took over at Oregon State and
with the Michigan single wing
gave his team the unofficial north
west championship.
Evashevski had been Incognito
on the Washington State campus
at Pullman for several days, but
his name came into tha open yes
terday when the Spokane Chron
icle reported he was being consid
ered for the head coaching job. 1
Evashevski's acceptance of the ,
ton Cousrar football rvwrt ellmfnnt- j
ed several other weu known' grid
figures who had been under con
sideration. Don't Take Chances
GET
ONLY
3
Z 4
C US-
Remove front wheels
and Inspect lining. -
Inspect dean and re-V
pack front wheel bear
Ings. -;"
Inspect brake drums.
'
Check and add broke
' fluid If needed.
Mvit brake shoes t ;
secure full pedal.
Careful! test brakes.
?lPC
of one
STORE '
Center .1 Ubtttj rim i-Itlt
0