The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980, March 21, 1950, Image 9

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Newspaper Page Textah, ? Urutbam i - , . ... , DAILY AND SUNDAY STARS OH TONKSHTS PROGRAM 17 WE USEP TO FIGHT Y PEANLrr Y HE BfcTTfcK PUT Playoff Near Bruins Meet Bradley In Meet's 1st Round KANSAS CITY, March It will be Brigham Young against Baylor and UCLA against Bradley In the first round of the western playoff for the National Colleg iate Athletic association (NCAA) basketball championship here Fri day night Pairings were announced im mediately following the fifth dis trict elimination game tonight be tween Bradley and Kansas. Brad ley won 59-57. Brigham Young, seventh district champions, and Baylor of the six th district, will play at S pjn. fCST). The second tame will 6 TO CONTEND I A BOW WHEN rf THE SPONSOR'S 1 in .A, Your Home Ncwtpapcr wTTH SHRlUJNS" DIMA6 WT5 A NAM?, OR HEXL B THIS GUY THINKS I HOME RUM- V BACK PE00UN3 VOUR FAVORITE ANNOUNCER HE THE ONI cS WUXTRA! fy CUBES R FUNGUS- ONB HERE" SI EK3HTEEN YEARS WUXTRA! NTHECLDV1C-ANP ft KDOIN6 VOJ GOOD NlSUT THIS VOCAL BILL-- m amfu ant-traps, lNCy l FOSTER UP4TASES 1 until this time ME! ESADfWMAT DOTT N rajr NEXTT WEEK A BUSINESS! DARE USE THAT WORD 1? 0 :f 'i ThcyTlPo ItEviry Time'' "'-a.'J'.u.v " By Jimmy'Hado'j NCAA The Nation's Top Comics Ipr HAT WORD sue) U'WR TM THOUGHT I V0ST&.f H GOING TO T- rTW A I CANT WQJT L XVj UNTIL I HEAR ir THINKS OF w WOV Doyyi MY NEWjfcfWT HAT. &J tart at 9:45 pjxl UCLA is theJ eighth district representative. The first round losers will meet at t pjn. Saturday in the con solation game and the champion ship battle will start at 9:45 pjn. Bradley's Braves put on a driv ing finish to defeat the Kansas. Jayhawkers for the fifth district's berth. The Braves, number 1 team in the nation, had the speed and stamina in the last four minutes to turn back Kansas young Jay hawkers. Bradley's play was sharp despite last week's New York trijrwhere they lost In the final of the National Invitation tournament to City College of New York. There's a little HAM IN EVERyONE, BUT THIS 6UY GOES WHOLE H06 "TMAHXT& EDWARD A. MORTON, t MEDINA OHO Makes Debut in Main Event Hoop Playof f Finals Dated The" windu'p Of all' organized basketball play in Salem will take place Wednesday night as Leslie as two leagues decide their '1959 championships. Vera Gilmore, di rector of the leagues, announced Monday that the C Church loop playoff finale will be held at ing all - action In the annual -.t - f i . vnurcn circuits. ... a if Jl 1 ne city icsgue s wauonai ui vision playoff between first-half winning Naval Reserve and second-half wlcdng City Transit lines will take u 1 a c e at 8:30 o'clock Wednesday. Gilmure ad ded that the winner of this game will not play Ute American divis ion champion Page Woolens. Church league playoffs in all divisions opened last , night. Hastens, 'Husher On 'West9 Squad X NEW YOKK, March 2ayTVnI Haakina, f-3 seorfatg see el Hi' use a nea risers, ana sos wnnor bead, f-t Nebraska center, today were named to the Western All- Star basketball team The Western a similar fifth annul East-West AH-Star game la Madisen Sqaare Gardes April L The contest Is for the benefit of the Herald Tribaae fresh air fund. SUta Gill of Ore fea State is the Western coach. Haaklns scared IS points against Lang Island C recently and was elected by Metropolitan Writers as the eatstaadins; visiting player af the year. I V - .: vv:v..: - ; ' f ' : -. , . ? - - ' TMe is Don Kagera. the Portland ttghtweUht aeaaatioB who makes his debut la the anasry lf-raaad main event with Mickey Gimmell ; WedBesday night Kagers has waa seven of his first eight pro fights. - Ha kayeed Jack LeaUe aa a Portland ll-roander ia Ms last eating. SrSUSlHa Repeats !49 Triumph Bestiore Gets Rest NEW YORK, March 20 -(AV Freddie Beshore, the Harrisburg. Pa, fighter who has been boxing eight to ten rounds daily, was laid eft today by his Manager Ralph Gold. Beshore meets NBA .Heavy weight Champion Ezzard Charles in a ISO-round title bout at Buf falo, March 29. Gold said his gladiator almost - had reached top shape and was in danger of going stale. He said Beshore weighed 183 yesterday and couldn't afford to take off much mora poundage. Look aud Learn By A C Geraea I. Which of the 12 signi of the 2Todiac is represented by the "Ar cher" or the "Bowman"? 2. If you visited a drugstore and bought soma diphenyl trichloroe thane, what popular commodity would you be buying? 3. According to the 'Bible, just how long did it rain when Noah lived in the Ark? 4. What letters of the alphabet were' used by the Romans to in dicate (a) 50; (b) 100: (c) 1.000? 5. What great English painter is renowned for "The Blue Boy"? ANSWEXS 1. Sagittarius. 2..DJJ.T. J. Forty days and forty nights. : 4. L. c, and m. - 5. Thomas Gainsborough. . Jacksonville Title By F. T. MacFeely JACKSONVILLE. Fbu March 20-WVCary Middlecoff, the Na tional Open champion, used his "black widow" putter to win the top $2,000 in the Jacksonville Golf Open with a 72-hole score of 279 today. It was the second straight Jacksonville victory for the Omond Beach, Fla professional. He came back with a great 69 in spite of a shaky start to win goingaway. George Fazio of Washington, D. C, finished with 71 after three straight 70s andw as second with 281. Young Jack Burke, of White Plains, N. Y leader at 34 holes, had a bad 78 and finished six strokes behind Middlecoff. Unseeded Netter Presses Patty NEW YORK, March 20 -UFy Second-seeded Budge Patty of Los Angeles, Calif., suffering from the effects of an upset stomach, was forced to battle from near disaster in the fourth round of the National Indoor tennis champ ionships tonight before subduing unseeded Charles Masterson of Hicksville, N.Y, 3-, 10-8. 6-1. Patty fought off a Masterson game point in the 17th test with a volley and a service ace, smash ed Masterson's offerings in the 18th game to even the match, then rushed through the payoff set to enter the quarter-finals. Table of Coastal Tides Tides for Tft Oregon - March. 1990 (compiled by UA. Coast At Geodetic surrey, Portland, Oregon). . Mar. HIGH WATERS LOW WATERS ,j3atly; v' b L ' 24 n Time im mam. 1:1 J pjn. 1:33 ajn. 4.-07 pjn. 1:02 ajn. :W p.m. j:30 ajn. S J5 pjn. 4.4S a.m. :00 pjn. S53 ajn. 1:59 pjn. 1M ajn. :41 pjn. :1S ajn. 40:1 pjn. t3 am. 10:40 pjn. 1021 am. 11J5 pjn. Ht. oa 48 0.1 4.4 0.0 4a sa 4.1 7 4.2 8.1 4.4 7 4.T 8.9 9.1 0.1 IS 0J 0.0 Tim 9:03 ajn. IM pjn. 9:47 ajn. 9:04 pjn. 10 JO ajn. 9:44 pjn. 11:40 ajn. 10:30 pin. 13:40 pjn. 11 58. pjn. 150 pjn. 130 a m. 3-33 pjn. 3:43 e m. Ht. 05 3.4 0J 3.8 0.0 aa o.o 3.4 0.0 39 9.4 as oa 3.1 39 pjn. 0.0 3:40 ajn. a. 4 JtO pjn. -0.1 4J1 ajn. 1.8 4:47 pjn. 9.9 Because of the many tasks to be performed it takes a staff of 74 to produce an average variety hour on television. Veteran Matman Badly Injured BOSTON, March 20-dP)-Marvtn Westenberg, veteran professional wrestler, tonight was reported "resting comfortably" at city his pital with a head injury suffered Saturday night in an exhibition match with a pupiL Hospital officials said Westen berg suffered a "questionable cerebral hemorrhage" when hit by a flying tackle in a match with Boston college football play er Dora Papaleo at the annual Boston college sports night at the arena. Longden Leads Hickok Voting NEW YORK, March 20 -Wh Johnny Longden, the crack jockey who piloted Noor to great victories at Santa Anita, took top honors in the February voting for the Hick ok professional athlete, of the year award. Longden received 209 points to nose out George Mile an, the pro basketball star of the Minneapolis Lakers. ,Mikan accumulated 194 points. Willie Hoppe, the perennial bil hards king, waa third with 158, followed by golfers Jack Burke. jr, 108, and boxer Billy Graham, 73. The professional athlete of 1950 will receive the Hickok belt, a $10,000 diamond-studded affair. Ring Card Set For Wednesday With alLhands reported Monday as being in tip-top snape, ine VFW boxing show booked for the armory Wednesday night was waiting only on the 8:30 o'clock starting gong. A trio of four rounders, a six-round special and a 10-round main event are listed by Matchmaker Tex Salkeld, who aspires to make the Wednesday show "the best all around card we've had in Salem all season." The mainer features the local debut of Don Rogers, the "Blond Bobcat of Portland, andMickey Gimmell, veteran ringster now hailing out of Roseburg. They'll weigh around the 145-pound mark. Rogers is classed as the best lightweight prospect to rise in Or egon in years. The special offers Dean Abney in his first local appearance in months, against the rugged Harry Hughes of Drain. They're middle- weights. The topmost four rounder brings in young Eddie Kahut for his second pro appearance, against Harry Weathers of Roseburg, also middleweights. Eddie waa a sensa tion in his opener two weeks ago, scoring a TKO win in the second round. Brave Junior, Portland welter comer tangles witn the veteran Babe Fenton in another "four,' and Jimmy Huckaby of San Jose meets Billy (Kit) Carson of Port land, welters, in their rematch. They fought here two weeks ago, with Huckaby copping an unpop ular decision. Tickets at the new low admis sion prices went on sale Monday at Maple's, and will be available at the armory Wednesday. Doors open at 7:30 pjn. Naval Reserves Slate Tourney The Salem Naval Reserve quint, Sarticipant in City league play, as been Invited to a regional NavaP Reserve tournament to be held in Portland Sunday. Other teams will represent Eugene, Portland and Longview. The tourney will consist of two games in the afternoon and finals Sunday night The meet will be held at the new Swan Island Nav al Reserve training center. The local Reserves won the first half crown in the City league's National division. They racked 11 wins against but one loss in league play. Their over-all record waa 17 wins, two setbacks. The local teams' roster includes La Verne Perry. Mel Hartman, Don Basse tt, Bob-- Blensley, Rolland Van Cleaver, Jim Hartly, Harley Gray, Wally Nelson, Orville Bus by and Captain Don Fischer. u ELONZO Texas Yachtsman Wins Havana Race HAVANA, March 20 -JP- A yacht from the cow country, skip pered by a Fort Worth,' Texas, physician and manned largely by a crew of whooping, cheering Tex ans, led aU the rest in the 17th St. Petersburg to Havana ocean yacht race today. . Ticonderoga, which Dr. Hub Isaacs of Fort Worth chartered from Allen Carlisle of Beverly Hills, Calif for the race, crossed the finish line at dawn' today, first in a fleet of 30 which set sail from St Petersburg, Fla., last Saturday noon. The trim 72-foot ketch negotiat ed the 284-mile course under ad verse conditions in 41 hours and 20 seconds, finishing Just after 5 p.m. Phils Boosted, Sawyer Chuckles By Jee Kelehler CLEARWATER, Fla, March 20 (AVPlaln biking Eddie Sawyer disagrees with the general een , census that Ms ' Philadelphia Phillies rate the "dark horse" ti tle in the National Leagve pea-., nant race. ' The genial aephomere manager thinks his elnb win de well te finish third. That v Is where he landed them to Ms first fan sea sea last year for their highest finiah la 22 years. "1 eaat see , hew well finish Mgher than last year," he said. TVe should be better, bvi well be tacky to finiah third because the rest of the lea is stronger." This might be eosstraed as crying towel" talk far other bat set from Sawyer. A gay who calls a spade a spade, Eddie never hedges "Besides pitchers Bobia Rob erts, Kea Helntselmaa, Mass Meyer and Reliefer Jim Kon stamty. the only players sars of their positions are Del Ennls in the oatfield, Graa Haaaaer at ahortstop and Willie Joaes at third base." ho said. r' TJaliko most managers who worry over their star players growing old. Sawyer rejoices be eaaso Ms boys are growing more ma tare. "Kids Ilka Haaaaer. Janes, Ri ch Ashbara, Mike Goliat, 8 tan Hoftf ig. 8 tax Iiopats, Cat Slaa saoas aad Roberts are boand to improve." Eddie said, "They were Jast babes ia arms last year." . .. - ' : ' -fct'S PULLING DICX TRACT K GET DOWN- STARTING TO GET NUMB. I CANT EVEN lift rr NOW. s a a aa at fA I 7I IP I CAN GET TO "TVWTT DOOR. rU. 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