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Cobb Finishes Poor Gehrig Ranks Third In AP Ballot Count Br Joe Relchlrr NEW YORK, Feb. 4-WVGeorge Herman Ruth, the inimitable and immortal Babe, was named today I the greatest baseball player I of the past 50 years. The mightiest home- tun slug ger the game ev er has known. Ruth was more bam kcth than a great E layer. This ! large, hulking top eavy man with the dainty ankles. who lambasted 730 baseballs out of big league ball parks was the Idol of the youngsters of America. He continues on that pedestal even in death. No player ever has left as great an Impression on :.-:r",, -XIJ-" rr cobb America's na tional game as this lusty, fun loving and mag netic person. Starting out in life as a waif in Baltimore (Md) Ruth became the most colorful and most lovable figure any sport has ever known. I . . Holder of nearly every long range hit ting record In Ik. kftn Ira In. eluding the most 1 coveted of all 160 home runs in kla single season vov gehrio Ruth easily out distanced all opposition in the opinion of sportswriters and - nnrtseasters in the Associated Press Mid-Centory poll. - t rtrictlr a two-man race between the New York Yankee slugger and Ty : codd, American league's 12-time batting champ ion, with the Babe a runaway winner. So completely did this dynamic duo dominate the poll that between them they drew all but 24 of the 593 votes cast. The Bambino bagged 253 votes to 110 for the fiery Detroit Tiger out fielder. 1 " lat - -Lou Gehrig, who together with :Rjith formed- the most fearsome one-two punch in the history of baseball, attracted eight votes to land third place.-.-r.-j! Ruth earned -more money in baseball salaries than anybody else. When he retired from active duty in 1935, he had made more than a million dollars including his top figure lot 130.000 in 1930 31. 8 That" waa ones .same over grown 19-year-old lad who signed with Baltimore at $600 a season following his "graduation" from St Mary's Industrial school in February of 1914. ' ; Ruth went onr to gain undying fame' as pitcher j and outfielder with the Boston - Red Sox and earned even 8 greater fame as a member of ifce.'Xnkeesv During his hey-day as. i the Sultan of Swa the ekatted- ruler of the , four-base walloD. Ruth was the Yankees. . It was ie more than anybody else who made the Yan kees one of the greatest machines fall time. Fifty six of Ruth's records still stand Intact, . TJie-xme most peo ple know about isthe 00 circuit swats in one fsteion, 1927. He slammed 714 in regular. season play, 15 in world .series competi tion ana one. in aa Aii-sxar game. The nearest : tor him was Jimmy Foxx with 534. He batted in more runs than any other ball player. He was given the most bases on balls. He ' won the American league's home run crown 10 times and tied twice. He led the league in batting in 19 24. with a .378 av erage. As a pitcher, he holds the record for the. most consecutive .scoreless innings pitched in world series play, 29. It could go on and on. HOW HIGH IS UP? Z3E t cm amp's Second ' .1 v. 1 m't". - MOOCH LAURELS M TX2 EARLY mm More of Same is 'i ; f - ' ' - - "'- N, v .-' A - - v '', , ,1; . " s , ; - at' r J 1 ,j 'H - y I I - " ' f . i i" ' "I .irr : ,-,,,, -t Action like that above was plentiful and torrid on the last armory - amateur boxing card and win be no less se this Wednesday night when the American Legion sponsors another amateur program as a benefit for the March of Dimes. The boys la the above shot are MUwaukie's At Carrara (right) and Pat Klint of the Portland PAL club. TheyU both likely be back Wednesday eve. Admission Held to Four-Bits Amateurs in 'Dimes' Mix Wednesday Nite AH the red-hot action of the last local amateur ring show is prom ised Wednesday night at the armory when another American Legion sponsored card is presented as a benefit for the March of Dimes. Promoter Ira Pilcher announces that the attractive fifty cents ad Vilis, Sparts Vie Tuesday The Salem high. Vikings wfll be after their seventh straight vic tory In Big Six league play and their 16th win in 19 games this season when they tangle with the CorvaHis Spartans at Cbrvallis Tuesday night. Salem defeated CorvaHis 35-29 when the two clubs tangled earlier this year on the SHS floor.! After the Corvallis mix. the Vikings have only five regularly scheduled games to go. The dis trict tournament begins' February 27 at Salem high schooL ; j Viking Grapple Sched Released i . The schedule for Hank Juran's Salem high wrestling - team for the balance of the season has been released, The sched: Mon. Feb. 6th Molalla at Salem; Wednes day, Feb. 8 Springfield at Springfield; Saturday, Feb. 11 Klamath Fans at Salem; Wednes day, Feb. 15 Salem atj New berg; Wednesday, Feb. 22- Salem at Molalla; Thursday, Feb. 23 Big Six tourney at Salem through Friday, Feb. 24; Thursday and Friday, Mar. 2 and 3 District tourney at Albany; Friday, Mar. 10 State tourney at! OSC through Saturday Mar. 11, rooks nrcMP Lebanon CORVALLIS, Feb. 4-VPi-OSCTM freshman basketball team thump ed a Lebanon high school! outfit, 55 to 34, here today, - . By Alan Mover or THe ILLINOIS A.C 7X4 AtAfl&tAL OUTDOOR POte VAULT eeen apdmg 70 a tmtm sr imerwvt VAULTERi RlCHAROB,fMQ9 &OfB 149 7WCB, i SMrrH, tfrni M6 . GtA5& vuLrui& rate . SKypJoytfj eMoau 0B rue UMirS Due Wednesday mission fee will once more be in effect. The program will Include 10 bouts, with many of the same boys who showed last time slated to dis play their ring wares. Another top attraction will be a reappearance of Mickey Pease and his boys from the PAL club of Portland with a novelty act along the lines of the previous one. ' Rings ters participating in the show will come from the PAL club, the Woodburn Boys school with Tom Zntwhistle as handler, from Silverton with Leo Grossnlckel riding herd, from Stayton, Dallas, Mt. Angel and Salem. One of the feature bouts of the evening will be the scrap between Bobby Sanders, 155-pound Wil lamette university student, and Cecil Kerr, out of the local Bobby Ambrose stable. Sanders is herald ed as a comer but will have ex perience to contend with in Kerr. Five capable lads coming out of Silverton are Harvey Kottre, 145 pounds; Sylvester Kottre, 115 pounds; Bill Fitzgerald at 120 pounds and Jimmy Wareham, an 80-pounder who showed lots of fight last time out. Pilcher says he's also hoping to line up a "natural' for the Wed nesday card a personal mix be tween a pair of twins. Names will be announced later. Packy McFarland win handle the officiating chores for the program which is set for an 8:30 start. Tickets at that bargain-price four bits per go on sale at Maple's Monday. HAWKS TOP BURROUGHS SUBLIMITY The Sublimity Hawks ran up their eighth straight victory this past week as they up set the Burrough's Inn team of the Salem City league, 42-35. The Hawks were in front at the half, 25-24. Sublimity 2) Luliy (10) 33) Burronghs (7 Roberts ) Waters (12) Fisher Meal Ml .r. Ripp (8) Albut (7) z scbern Birkbolx (2) G (2) Fitzslmons Sublimity spares: Boidighelmer S, McCoy i. Kartman 2, Stuckart 1, Ripp 2. Butler 2. Coata 1. BurrouKhs spares: HoXiert 4. McBa 1. Hastings 1. Dallas Beats Bulldogs45-33 DALLAS. Feb. 4-(Special)-The Dallas Dragons climbed into third- place in the Willamette Valley league cage race tonight as they drubbed the Woodburn Bulldogs, 45-33 in a makeup tilt. Paced by Wes Ediger's 15 points, the Dallas gang was in control most of the way, leading at the Intermission, 25-13. Don Fischer tossed In nine markers for the Dragons and Ralph Undseth was high for the 'Dogs with eight points. Dallas JVa took the pre lim mix, 52-22. . v Waodknra (33 (45) TaIUs (IS) -Edlifer () Fischer Seaton (2) Pavlicek 5) (6) Olson . (8) Cook (S) dark Henderson (4) O. Bciieau it v. It m ii m Vmnmni Vandhv T: Dallas Read X. Halfttma score: Dal las 23. wood tram u. urnoaiai cecu Quissrth and Data Bate. VUuit o.. hu. ill I I i ( ; . . , J t I It m . - 8-Man Mat Tourney Tuesday Eight title-conscious and cap able junior heavyweight grap piers will battle it out in aa eliminatioa tou rney Taeid ay night at the ar mory for the much ,- coveted chance te take a crack at Al Ssass and his Coast Janlor belt Pestered with pleas from the grapplers for s title abet Pro moter Elton Owen arrived . rraak Stojaek -at the toarner . Idea as the only fair way te. pro-: vide an opponent for Sxasx tod at the same time satisfy all hands. : The toarney will be at ..the . single elimination type. The eight Resume Action The American division of the City Basketball league will at tempt to get their second half action started Monday night at Leslie after weather blocked 'em last week and . the National divi sion will swing into the second round of the second hald on Wed nesday evening. Two clubs Page Woolens and Naval Reserve continue to domi nate play. The Woolens wrapped CITY LEAGUE STANDINGS (American Division) (1st Half) W L Pet. Pace Woolens , - 5 0 l.ooo Capitol Posts : . 2 .600 12th St. Market a 2 .600 Knights of CoL 2 3 .400 Epping Lumber 2 3 .400 Warner Motors 2 4 .333 West Salem Merchants ...1 4 .200 Monday frames: Knights ot Columbus vs. 12th -Street: Eppmff Lumber vs. Warner Motors; West- Salem Merchants vs. Capitol Post. (National Division) (2nd Half) W L Pet. Naval Reserve Post Office 1 City Transit 1 0 1.000 0 1.000 0 1.000 0 MM National Guard . Marine Reserves Capitol Business 0 .0 .0 1 .000 1 .000 1 -000 Burrough's Inn Wednesday cames: Post Offica vs. Naval Reserve, at 1: Marine Reserve vs. City Transit Lines at 8: Capitol Business College vs. National Guard Co. B at t. up the American division first half crown with five straight wins and the Navy's dittoed with a 6-0 record and will be. out to dupli cate in the final leg. The Navy's, who copped the Initial half title with a 6-0 record kept in the groove with another triumph in their last outing. This week's schedule: Monday (American division) KCs vs. 12th Street Market at 7; Fppling Lum ber vs. Warner Motors at S; West Salem Merchants vs. Capitol Post at 9. Wednesday (National) Post Office vs. Naval Reserve at 7; Marine Reserve vs. City Transit Lines at 8; Capitol Business Col lege vs. National Guard Co. B at 9. Centrals Top Cards, 54-44 Bob Altenhofen went on a one man point-making rampage at St. Joseph's hall Saturday night to lead the Central Catholic basket ball club of Portland to a 54-44 victory over Sacred Heart. Alten hofen piled up 29 points, and while he wasn't dunking in baskets him self, he was setting them up for teammates. The Portlanders stormed to a 22-10 lead In the first quarter. Sacred Heart came back strongly In the second period, and trailed only 31-22 at halftime. That's as close as the Cardinals could come, however. Central Catholic led 42-31 as the final per iod opened. Cent. CathoUa S4) (44) Cac Heart Mandich (9) T ) Ecker Altenhofen (29) F (17) Staudinger Marshall (2) C (1) CoUeran Foster 9) O (2 Cooney Bartholemy (0) .G (2) Weger Reserves: Central Catholic O'Fla herty 4. Revearman 1; Sacred Heart Weber 9, Gejes 6. Halftime score: Central Catholic 31, Sacred Heart 22. Officials: George Sirnio and John Kolb. FLYERS WIN SPOKANE, Feb; 4-WVThe Spo kane Flyers thrashed the Trail Smokies 10 to 2 in a Western In ternational hockey league game here tonight. ROWE GETS TRICK TACOMA, Feb. 4-P)-Tacoma's Ronnie Rowe scored the ."hat trick" to pace the Rockets to a 5-2 victory over the San Francisco Shamrocks In a Pacific Coast league hockey game here tonight. For Hcnl v Track; ; Vans. Stakes, Pickups Do Tour Own ninllsaf , v Save Vi Packing Pads and Hand? Tracks Furnished., f Cenlral Service Garage V; Cot; Ferry and Uberrr Phono 2-8082 v ' uty Leaguers ambitions matmen will draw for first-round pairings at 8:30 'clock. The seven matches will? be for one fan or of 15 nrinntes duration. Three Judges wUl.be selected from among the fans to render verdicts where no falls are gahsCd. Among the eight tourney-participants wiU be the Great At las, who has been Towttnr foe a chance at Ssass long and londly the past several weeks. Others whoTl be bending muscles are Frank SUJack. Leo WaUick, George Dnsette, Rough Boy Tony Ross, and Lee Grable pins a eoaple of promising yoonrsters Arnie SkaUand. 23-year-old Nor wegian scientific exponent wbell be making his local debut and Dale Klser, who'll be oat to gain needed experience Tuesday eve. Seattle Skiers Tourney Leaders BANFF. Alta- Feb. 4 -fCF Seattle univeraitv ranhirpd th slalom - event today to take the ieaa over six other teams from the United States and Canada in the two-da v fourth annual inter national collegiate ski meet on the slippery slopes of nearby Mount Norquay. The Seattle! tea nlaced three of their four-man squad amppg the top seven ox the 28 racers com peting in the event. Team scores are awarded on the basis of ner- formance of the three best men on each four-man team. Duck Mermen Whip Beavers CORVALLIS, Feb. f-UP)- Uni versity of Oregon swimmers opened their 1950 northern divi sion conference swim season to day with a 51 to 34 victory over Oregon State college. The Oregon squad grabbed sev en first Dlaces with Jnm TT.chfrnaft and Tom Nakato, both of Hawaii, setting the winning pace. Ushi mato won in the 440 and 220 yard free style events. Nakota captured the 100-yard free stylo ana uura in me oo-yard free style. Oreeon State's Ha KfaiiS .,. them division diving champion in if ana 43, was again in form as he outpointed defending divi sion champion Jim Stanley of vyxegon. . sopnomore Hern Clark was called from the OSC stands to bolster the Beaver team and won the 50-yard free style. Dave Paine, OSC, led in the 200-yard breaststroka to win nsrr fh first place. Unknown Hold Tucson Lead (Continued from page 12) .Willy Ulrlch, Minneapolis, Minn,, one of the first-day lead ers, shot 68 todav far a thlrrf mmA total of 203. Henry Ransom, St Andrews, I1L, also had 203, De La Torre is the sensation of the tournev - Th ilvmhm Spanish-American who started to piay gou at the age of 18 months was expected to crack today. In stead, he played with poise and assurance. On the par-five 18th hole his second shot was pin-high but under a low-branched tree a foot in front of the trunk. It look ed like an impossible lie. De La Torre hit it witlin a yard of the pin and scored a birdie. Instead of being worried about bis gallery, he said, "I only hoped I could play the kind of golf they would want to see." This is his third professional tournament. "I would have start ed tournament play before," he said, "but I couldn't afford it. What I do now depends on how I finish tomorrow,' in" "V i9so m&vm mimn nun xuzzt SALEM Amerks Given Chance to Win S lat Jumpers SeeK World Title Totiay By Hag Fullerton . LAKE PLACID, N. Y, Feb. A-(JP)-Ught snow fell on Lake Placid today, assuring perfect conditions for 45 ski jumpers from eight nations who will compete tomorrow for the world's ski jumping championship. Too Many Flours Gotham Prep Mentors Strike NEW YORK, Feb. 4. -V Ef forts to reach settlement in the strike of some New York high school athletic coaches got no where today after a 90 minute meeting at the board of educa tion headquarters. The coaches - voted to strike against an order by 'Frederic Ernst, associate superintendent, requiring that they devote three more hours a week to classes in addition to coaching duties. Team captains have been acting as coaches. Both sides were said to be eager to settle the dispute, but no progress was reported at the ses sion between Ernst and a coaches' committee. .: The coaches and I are keeping the channels of communication open by arranging for another meeting in my office Monday morning,'' Ernst said. Jump Tourney Lures Skiers SEATTLE, Feb. 4 -(- Sky buster ' Birger Bund of r Norway and the northwest's best leapers will compete . next Sunday at Leavenworth, Wash in the an nual. Pacific Northwest ' Ski asso ciation jumping tournament. Olav ITlland of the Seattle Ski elub said Raud now en tour j in this conn try had promised to enter and to bring along some other member of the Norwegian team. The leading Class A, B and sen ior jumpers from Portland. Spo kane, Seattle and western Canada will be entered, Ulland said. Stahley Baek With Huskies SEATTLE, Feb. 4 JPh- NeQ (Skip) Stahley, who was Wash ington's backfield coach during spring practice in 1948, la coming back for another fling at the job. A member of Howie Odell's orig inal grid coaching staff here, Stahley was enticed away by the University of Toledo, which made him head coach. His resignation was to be announced today in To ledo. Washington's Athletic Director Harvey CassiU said the football staff now is complete. Jimmy DeAngelis, who played at Yale and later assisted QdelL joined the staff as a , general assistant earl ier in the? week. Table of Coastal Tides Tides for Taft. Oregon, rcbraary. lftM (compiled by DA Coast Geo detic survey, Portland, lor toe Oregon Statesman.) Fetfc HIGH WATER Time HI 137 ajn. S.l 131 pjn. IM a-m. S.4 2:49 p.m. SJ T S3S SJn. .T S:47 p.nu I S S 4:15 a-m. IM pjn. 4J 8 .-01 am. !. :17 pjn. 4J 10 8:53 s m. 7.1 SOT p.m. - 4.4 11 :53 ajn. 7.1 M pjn. 4J IS S:00 ajn, 7.1 19:45 pjn. 4 1 13 94 ajn. 72 lias ojil. 1.1 LOW WATER Tim Ht. tsa ajn. 8:34 pjn. M axa. :10 pjn. 10411 ajn. t:4 pjn. 117 am. 1023 pjn. 11:19 pjn. 1133 pjn. .134 pjn. 1327 US. 3:4 pjn. 1:43 ajn. 3:4. pjn. 31 ajn. 4:43 pjn. 40 ajn. 53S pjn. 94 ajn. 6:10 pjn. 2.1 0 0 LI . 1.4 12 1.0 3.0 0 7 3.7 02 si 0.0 S2 0.4 3.9 0J 32 Ii C.I 14 19 10fi ajn. 7J 11:11 ajn. ViM am. 14 14 i?nJiiaiKxrn3 OHnC0i4 CITY The Statesman. Salem. Qrocjon, V L - The snow flurries dusted about a half inch of new powder over the 65 meter Intervales ski hill as the contestants made, their final practice leaps. There will be no practice Jumping tomorrow before the actual competition begins at 130 p. m. (EST). Each man will make two Jumps and that's all. , A strong wind bothered the jumpers in practice today and Keith Wegeman of Steamboat Springs, Colo., took a terrific spilL He was knocked out,' but recovered and went right back for another try. Tomorrow's forecast was for cold, mostly sunny weather with the possibility that the wind still would be strong enough to affect the Jumpers. The Americans, surprisingly, were conceded a good chance to win, or at least place well up in the standings. They have been working harder in- practice than any of the other contestants, striv ing to perfect their form for the exacting Federation Internation ale De Ski Judges. Harold Sorensen, coach of the United States team, said he would not be surprised if four of his charges placed among the first ten, naming Arthur Devlin of Lake Placid and Merrill (Mezzy) Barber of Brattleboro, Vt, both 1948 Olympic team members as the most likely prospects. He gave Wegeman, Gordon i Wren tot Steamboat Springs, and Arthur Tokle of Brooklyn, outside chanc es. : ' . ' Norway's eight-man squad re mained as the favorite with al most any one of them conceded a chance to win. Pioneers Upset Silverton Five SANDY, Feb. 4 -(Special)-Sandys Pioneers came through with their first win of the Wil lamette Valley league campaign tonight as they administered a 38 30 .upset to the Silverton Silver Foxes in a makeup game. Sandy held a narrow 17-15 margin I at the half. Wayne FrederickJoa sparked" the Pioneers with 13 points and Gary. Gustafson .was high for the Foxes wiht eight It was Silverton's sixth loop . loss against three Wins. Prelim was won by the Sandy JVs, 41-36. laVUTON (30) 3SV SANDT McCrcarjr () T (9 w. Cansicr Gustafson (S) F (13) rrederlckaon Cooper (3) C (0) Rannow KoUn (3) : O (8) Cawvey Burr (3 O (3 N.-taasler Reserve scoring;: SUverton - Stol tenberc 14), Kirk (1). Sandy Krora (3). Barlow (4). Lekberr (3). Half- time score: Sandy 17, Silvertoa 13. m run sis: uregory. ana uuicy. Our Own Independent Financing Plan Is Available to You f Stop in and Lef s Talk It Over Material Monthly Payments Cost Mo. 24 Me. U Mo. 50.001 4.39 2.301 1.601 100.001 8.87 4.S9 3.201 200.001 17.55J 9.18 1 6.39 j 500.001 43.86) 22.95 1 15.97 1 700.001 61.41 32.121 22.361 1000.001 87.721 . 45.891 31.94 1 1500.00 131.581 68.83) 47.91 1 2500.0Q1 219.301 114.711 79.85) Can be complete Job. Material and labor. Sunday. February 5, 195013 Bauer Sisters lieacn finals . T-jJi- r ' vr " :a '" uusn, iuacrvinnon also in r our-liall liunxiinfjr HOLLYWOOD, Fla, Febv 4-ff) The amazing y oung Bauer sisters. Marlene and Alice from Midland, Tex, reached the finals ot the fifth annual women's internation-' al four-ball golf tournament: to-' day by defeating Jean. Hopkins,' Cleveland. O- and Edean Ander son, Helena, Mont. 3 andli..' They , will meet Betty Bdslv Hammond, Ind, and Betty Mio Kinnon. ' Mount Pleasant,' ;.Tex"' who upset defendinsi: chamnlons' Polly Riley, Fort Worth, Tex and isee Aiacwane, Birmingham, AUl, one up on the 20th hole in the seml-fipals. After turnine one un at , that end of nine holes, the Bauer 'sis ters went two up on the 10th hole with a par four. Hiss Hop kins; winner of the tournament in 1946, won the 13th as she canned ah eight-foot putt But little Marlene. who cele brates her 16th birthdsv this month, scored a birdie four on the loth green to regain the -two ?p margin ' and she and her' 22-ear-old sister combined . far- m par four on the 17th, ending, the mnrrn Dodson Hides Victor Theory Takes UUU1U14U Vftl . . MIAMI, Feb. 4-CflVCaIumet farm's Theory, reportedly Trainer Ben Jones' chief Kentucky Derby threat, won the $7,500 Bahamas handicap for three-year-olds to day at Hialeah. Ridden by Doug Dodson, former Calumet regular jockey, the fav ored Theory, finished the seven furlons three-fourths of a length before S. L Crew's Cross Wave.; Hal Price Headleys Lotowbite was - third in the field of lx, The winner was clocked i in -1243S. and returned 130. $JiO and S3. Minnesota, land of ten thou sand lakes," actually has than 11.000. JAMES l EDWARDS: yaHit rrrantBwt " NSTALLATtONa ACCOUNTlMO' PAYROLLS AMO VAXES te mo. ai pnonc mm!- 1 So Bill Depend Upon 349 So. 12lh : 1 1 1 1 M il ! I