Bearcat Cagers
Travel Today
Willamette's Bearcat" hoopsters,
a Christmas holiday respite under
their belts, will try to improve
their fortunes this week as they
leave today on a three- jame road
trip to the south. The Willamettes
meet SOCITs Red Raiders at Ash
land Wednesday night, then cross
the California line for a pair with
- the Chi co State Wildcats, j
Coach Johnny Lewis' men clash
with the Wildcats at Chico, Calif.,
Thursday night and the two teams
tattle again at Redding. Calif., on
Friday evening. .
- i Following the southern trip, the
Methodists, Northwest conference
defending kings, return and pre-
nare to open the Conference cam.
paign against Whitman at Walla
walla Jan. 5th and 6th. ;
Lewis hints of a shakeup in his
lineup in an effort to break his
crew from the rut "of five losses
In their initial six games. Larry
Smith, one of the most improved
men on the squad, seems assured
of the center post and Ted Loder
and Doug Logue, the squad's two
top scorers, will be in at the for
wards on the southern trip. The
suard positions pose more of
question. Hugh Bellinger and Lou
Scrivens have . been the regulars
up to now but there is a chance
that any one of such men as Claude
Nordhill. Dan Montae. Dick Brou-
wer or freshman Ken Benshoof
may move into a starting slot.
Chuck Robinson, who relin
. quished his starting center Job
to Smith last week, also may pos
sibly move into the' lineup at an
other position if Lewis chooses to
better his height situation.
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Prep Cagers Stand By for Pos t-HoKdays Run tin Schedules
By Al Llghtner
porta Editor, The SUtetman
Their Christmas dinners behind
them, along with the accompany
ing rest, prep basketball bands in
this area are now peering forth
to the schedules that will carry
some Into league and district
championships and, the biggest
prize of alL the state tournament
at Eugene In March. Most quints
in the valley have had half a dozen
or more "tuneup" clashes. But the
big battles on their respective
schedules are yet to come.
Some won't get with it until af
ter the New Year Is born. Others
go back to work this week. There
will be no counting action In tht
Big Six, Willamette Valley, Mar
lon-Polk, Yawama and Marion B
circuits until after the first of the
year. A few games have been
played In the Big Six, WVL and
Marion B wheels, but neither the
Marion-Polk or Yawama have yet
waded Into league schedules. The
Marion-Polk Jamboree, involving
Sacred Heart, Salem Academy,
Cascade and Stayton, is set for the
Cascade gym January 3. Yawama
play commences the same night
with Willamina at Amity, Sheri
dan at Dayton, North Marion at
Sherwood and Yamhill at Banks.
When the Marlon B loop gets
rolling again January 8, Detroit
will b at Chemawa, Mill City at
Jefferson, Gates at Sublimity and
Cervais at St. PauL This league
Is now led by Gates and Gervals,
each with 3-0 records. Only one
counting game has been registered
in the WVL, and in that one
Sandy nipped Canby. ML Angel
and Molalla played also, but this
game was scrapped when it was
voted that an errant scoreboard
clock might have caused the clash
to go into two overtime periods.
Mt. Angel won the game eventu
ally, but since then It has been
canceled.
The WVL'ers are scheduled for a
full round January S with Xlolal-'
la at Sandy. Canby at Ectacada,
Dallas at SUverton and Wood burn
at ML AngeL In the Big Six loop
thus far Bend has divided a pair
with both Eugene and Spring
field, Eugrne has downed Albany
and Corvallla has licked Spring
field. Salem starts Big Six play
with Springfield January IX.
According to their schedules
next games are to be played as
follows, other than those already
mentioned:
December 27: New berg at Sa
lem, Rainier at Molalla. Decem
ber 28: Taft at Dayton, Lincoln at
Molalla, Grant Pass at Lebanon,
December. 21-29: Tournament at
Start o Involving Btarton, VL3
City. Sublimity and Cascade. De
cember IS: Grants Pass at AS
bany, Canby at North Marion,
Sherwood at Beavtrton, MocUpa,
warn, at Banks. Taft at Salem
Academy. Silvcrton at Svret
Home. December 29-10: Tourna
ment at Redmond In vol ring Bend.
Redmond. Washington and Benson
of Portland; also Dallas at The
Dalles both lghta. December 25:
Grants Pass at CorralUa. Janu
ary 2: Spting&eld at Eugrne, Sa
lem Academy at Sacred Heart
Academy and Cascade at Central.
Twin Main Event
Caps Owen Bicep
Meeting Tonight
A two-pronged main event. Installed as his annual holiday
feature, caps tonight's mat menu at the armory, produced by Match
maker Elton Owen. The muscles maestro yearly attempts to splurge
with an all-star show at the popular Ferry Street Garden during the
holiday season, and from the looks
Although It Isn't visible In the picture, U of Washington Basketball
Coach "Tippy" Dye Is squatting squarely on the "X" that la also
known aa the "spot" Pre-season "experts" have pointed out Dye'i
Huskies aa the outfit to beat for the northern division championship.
Bevo Soccer
Team's Flavor
International
CORVALLIS, Ore., Dec. 25-M-
Foreign nationals enrolled at Ore
gon State college give the school s
socceT team an international flavor
that fans of the sport believe is
potenL .
The game Is one that Americans
rarely flock out to watch, but
fields in countries across the At
lantic and Pacific are crowded
with spectators. This may mean
OSC's club has the makings of a
title winner.
The 23 student players of OSC's
cosmopolitan soccer club hail from
16 countries. Only three art U.
S. citizens.
Mansur Ferdows of Iran, a soph
omore in agriculture. Is playing
captain and Ahmed Abd El-Samie
of Egypt is team manager. Octave
Levenspiel of Poland is the co
ordinator of the club.
With a roster that reads like a
United Nations assembly member
ship list, the college team may
After looking over the relatively poor gatherings that took in
the intersectional cage duet between bis Beavers and the Pitt Panth
ers over the weekend, OSC Athletic Director Spec Kene allowd as
how he learned something the hard way never again schedule a
- costly intersectional set so close
to Christmas."Guess everybody's
broke, or fast getting there with
their Christmas Lshopping," sur
veyed Mr. K. asi he looked over
the 2000 customers in the 10,000
capacity Coliseum. . . . Customer
who has .a bet . wants to know ,
which outfit has played In the
Rose Bowl more often, Washing
ton or Washington State. Whoever
has the moola on the Huskies wins
that one. They've been four times,
to twice for the Cougars. The
Huskies tied Navy 14-14 in 1924,
lost to Alabama 20-19 in 1926,
lost to Pittsburgh 21-C in 1937 and
to Southern Cal 29-0 in 1944. The
Cougars in their two tries beat TERRY COONEY
Brown 14-0 in 1916 and were whacked by Alabama 24-0 in 1931.
... This will be the 37th Rose Bowl classic coming up,i the first stir up more than usual interest In
one having been played in 1902 between Michigan and Stanford, this year's Portland soccer league
A lapse of 13 years followed that one, after which WSC and Brown championship series, sometime
played in 1916. The Rose Bowler has been an annual occasion ever next month.
since. . . . Certainly the daddy of all bowl games In number of
years In existence, the 36 previous Pasadena pitches far outnumber
the three other "big" bowl games, the Sugar, Cotton and Orange.
The Sugar at New Orleans got started in 1935, the Cotton at Dallas
in 1937 and the Orange in Miami in 1933. It will be No. 17 for the
Sugar Bowl come Jan. 1, No. IS for the Cotton Bowl and No. 19
for the Orange. ...
The Dope on Those Basketball Phone Calls
Along with more than oar share of nice things for Xmas,
we were recipient of a phone call reading us off for not having
the box score In last Saturday morning's effert on the Sacred
Heart vs. Columbia Prep basketball game In Portland. As we
explained to the exceedingly Irked gentleman who called, no
forgetf illness, malice, prejudice,, etc., were intended. It was
merely a ease of one of our dozens of so-called reporters ap
parently thinking of Santa Clans instead of his pledged duty to
telephone us right after the game with the box score.
As we further explained to our critic, here is how we are set
up In the sports division concerning the reporting of both football
and basketball engagements: We contact coaches of all schools In
the area at the start of the season and not only ask, but beg and
plead that they appoint someone, preferably their team managers
to call us, collect, following each home game and those on the road
with teams that are not in this particular area. We pay that kid
for every game he calls in, a practice we might add that isn't fol
lowed by any other, paper in this area. During the course of the
I season we write dozens of letters, reminding the coaches and their
appointed correspondents to keep on the ball with the call-ins.
Most schools give us no trouble at all. Their caller-inners are
Johnny-on-the-spot. Others are strictly hit-and-miss despite our
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of the billing tonight has sue
ceeded for 1950.
In one of the mainers will be
Andy Tremaine, recognized as the
world lighthcavy champion,
against Leo Wallick, th .bronze
bully who holds the Coast junior
heavy belt. Neither belt will be
at stake, of course, because of the
difference in weights of the two
matadors.
The other mainer brings the
blond sensation Cowboy Carlson
his toughest assignment to date,
a brawl with Soldat Gorky, eldes
and nastier of the two bearded
Russian brothers. Carlson has
been after Owen to give him this
match for some time, and although
hell be giving away weight also.
he feels that his swiftness and
agility will more than offset it.
Main events occupy the prelim
spots also. In the opener at 8:30
o'clock Maurice LaChapelle tan'
gles with Glenn Detton, the new
est credit to the well known
wrestling Detton family. The No
2 prelim has Jack (Tiger) Klser,
for years a topnotcher here and
one of the game's most spectacular
operators going against Herb (Per
petual Motion) Parks, who needs
no Introduction in these parts.
Parks is just as tough as they
can come at his weighL
Wallick will have a considerable
weight bulge over Tremaine, but
Handy Andy Is exceptionally fast
and tricky. Which could cause the
heftier Wallick and his pile driver
no end of trouble.
Gust Johnson will referee
Victoria Snaps
Portland Jinx
VICTORIA, B. C Dec. 25
(CP)-Victoria Cougars this after-
Sooners Arrive
On Drill Site
BILOXI, Miss., Dec. 25 -JP)-
Oklahoma, the nation's top foot
ball team, will arrive here tomor
row for Its pre-Sugar Bowl drills,
but there will be no sneak pre
noon snapped the long jinx of th view of Sooner might for Missis
Portland Eagles by turning the linnin
Shoemaker Moves Up on Cuban
In Race for '50 Jockey Honors s &
Huskies to Seek
Big Track Shoic
MIAMI, Fla., Dec. 25-flP)-Jockey Willie Shoemaker closed ground
on Joe Culmone today and trailed by only two winners in their race
for riding honors of the year.
Shoemaker had four winners in eight races at fair grounds in
New Orleans while the best Cul
mone could do was two winners
in seven mounts at Tropical Park
in Miami. . - -
Culmone now has 373 winners
to Shoemaker's 371.
Shoemaker plans to fly to Agua
Caliente, Mexico, Sunday to finish
eut the year there and could over
haul the slender Sicilian at the
finish. Culmone said he would end
the campaign Saturday at Tropi
cal and would not go to Agua
Caliente Sunday, when U. S.
tracks are idle.
' Walter Miller rode only 1,384
mounts in 1906, finishing in the
money 887 times. Culmone has
been in the money 861 times in
1,628 attempts while Shoemaker
had 1,586 mounts and was in the
money 847 times.
The score: ,
Mts. lsta 2nda Srda
Culmone 1,628 373 279 209
Shoemaker ..1,586 371 253 221
Miller (06) .1,384 388 300 199
Eagles 6-3 at the Memorial arena
here before over 3,000 fans.
It was the Cougars first win
over Portland In more than 18
games in a streak going back to
last January.
Eddie Dorohoy, Cougars top
scorer, paced his club with three
goals all in the second period and
one assist in the fourth period.
Cougar Practice
Sched Near End
PULLMAN. Dec. 25-(Snecial)- Nt,w Pr!S?S
Pfifiimmtf a Uaa I VSKiaJ
VIIUUU15 W UiVU UVU1U VVU1
following a 7,000 mile road trio.
Coach Jack Friel's Washington
State Cougars will tangle in a
two-game series with CWCE
Thursday and Friday nights. The
series will mark the final two
home practice games for the Cougars.
One other ure-season contest
with EWCE at Cheney Dec 30th
will wind up a 15-game session
rior to the start of Northern
ivision play for the Cougars.
ine comerence season opens at
Bonier gym January 5 and 6 as
the Cougars play host to Oregon
State.
Oklahoma is expected to arrive
on a special flight at Keesler air
force base at 4:30 p.m. (CST).
Oklahoma Coach Bud Wilkin
son said that it would be Impossi
ble to arrange a practice session
here.
"Time Is too short and Ken
tucky too tough," he said.
He backed up his comment by
ordering practices to begin Wed
nesday morning on a twlce-a-day
schedule that will last until Sun
day, when the team starts out for
leans.
Oklahoma's third straight
trip to the Sugar Bowl and in
both previous- appearances the
team won after holding its pre
bowl workouts here. But Wilkin
son knows Kentucky will be hard
to handle and is capable of ending
his team's victory streak.
Yipee!
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Somitilhis7 Capture 3.4-9
Voctoiry ffromra 'Norths
Tilt Decided,
Last Minute
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Triumphant European Tour Ends
Fully Intending to put the riding
fork to Soldat (Russian) Gorky
In their portion of the double
mainer tonight at the armory la
Cowboy Carlson (above), who
has been advancing to the local
mat fore by leaps and bounds
since first showing here. The
ether mainer tonight has Andy
Tremaine opposing Lee Wallick.
Robinson Chalks Kayo
Over Germany s Sfretz
FRANKFURT, Germany, Dec. 25-(AVWelter eight Chiraploo
Ray Robinson closed out a triumphant tour of Europe tonight by
knocking out Hans Stretz, former middleweight champion of Ger
many, m uie min rouna 01 a non-uue ten round bout.
It was sugar Ray's fifth victory
Blackbirds Ti
ID
Vandals 59-57
NEW YORK, Dec. 25-UP-Leroy
Smith's layup after his steal and
dribble down the length of the
court gave undefeated Long Is
land university a 39-37 victory
over a stubborn Idaho quintet In
the feature of tonight's basket
ball doubleheader before 8.126
Madison Square Garden fans.
CCNY downed Brooklyn college.
64-40 In the opener.
LIU had to come from behind
to register its sixth straight vic
tory. Trailing 35-28 at halfUme,
the iky scraping Long Islanders
rallied to tie. 45-45. midway in
the second half. The Vandals, con
tinuing to hit sensationally with
long one handers from near mid
court, regained their lead and
clung to it until a minute from
the end.
A hook shot by high-scoring
Sherman White, who had been
held without a basket during the
first half, tied the score at 57-57
Smith then stole the ball from
Nick Stallworth to drpp in the
clincher. i
Idaho hit with 25 buckets to the
Blackbirds' 18. However. LIU
made good on 28 free throws to
only seven for Idahoj The 6-7
White dunked II free throws to
take scoring honors with 17 points.
Stallworth was Idaho's high man
with 11.
lour of them by knockouts in
less than a month of European
touring.
The great 80-year-old champ
ion kayoed Jean Stock in Paris,
stopped Luo Van Dam in Brus
sels, outpointed Jean Walzack-in
Geneva and halted Robert Ville-
main In Paris last Friday.
The 22-year-old German was
no match for the cool hard-hitting
American.
Robinson floored him' six times
in -the first four rounds and then
dropped him for keeps early in
the fifth.
It was the first time a reigning
boxing king ever had fought in a
German ring and Sugar Ray gave
the fans a show.
Stretz. eager to make good be
fore the home folks, charged after
the champion at the bell with a
flurry of blws.
Robinson parried the thrusts.
cooly measured bis rival, and then
knocked him to the canvas. That
hapened five times up to the doee
of the fourth.
A few seconds before that round
ended, Robinson decked Hans for
the sixth time with a right to the
Groza Offsets Graham Fumble
It's Boy for Rote
PALO ALTO. Calif, Dec 25-
AP)-Kyle Rote. Southern Metho
dist backf ield aca. waa beaming
today when he said "it's the fin
est Christina present anybody
reuld have." He waa advised by
telephone from Dallas that he had
become the father of a baby bey.
Bete, training at nearby Stan
ford with the western football
squad for the East-West game
aext Saturday, had been expeet-
tajr tae event geme.ntaruy
SUBLIMITY WINS
SUBLIMITY -(Special)- The
Sublimity Hawks gained a 7-36
victory over the Aumsville town
team here Friday. The Hawk sec
onds won the prelim 34-32. Night
ingale and Albus led Sublimity
SEATTLE, Dec. 23 -VP)- The W1 Pnts ac m KiUinger
University af Washington will bid
for the 1951 National Collegiate
Athletic association track and field
meet. Athletic Director Harvey
Cassill said tonight The Invita
tion will be submitted at the
NCAA annual convention in Dal
las, Tex., next month.
Washington Track Coach Heo
and Russell were high for Aums
ville with 11 apiece.
Edmundson, who will accompany
Cassill to Dallas, said his squad
has been bolstered by the addition
of George Weidenfelt, who won
tne bwedlsh decathlon champion
ship last summer. Weidenfelt is a
Swedish exchange student.
CLEVELAND, Dee. 25-AV
Handseme Otto Graham, who led
the Cleveland Browns to the Na
tional football league champion
ship, admitted today that he
thought their last chance had
gone when he fumbled In the
final three minutes ef play.
"I wanted to crawl late a hole
and die," the six-foot-one, 198
pound quarterback said. I
wouldn't have given anything for
ear chances at that time.
The Browns were trailing 28
27 when the ball slipped from
Graham's fingers en Los Angeles
Rams 17-yard line yesterday.
The Brawns came back In the
last 20 seeends ef play te win
the contest 20-21 en Lea Grose's
field geaL
Graham has been the Browns
Eugene Eyes
Liska, Mails
EUGENE. Dee. 25-CP-Ad Lfeka.
veteran ef the Portland Beavers.
and Walter Mails may move IbU
the Eugene Larks dab la the Far
West leagme te bolster the eetfH
financial wees.
This was Indicated teday by Art
Hadler. dab president, wbe said
the dab's beard may art en the
plan Jan. 16. Jast new LUka and
Mails win figure la the aw plan
waa net explained.
EtONMEN WHIP CANX'CKS
SEATTLE, Dec 25-WVBuilet
Joe Bell cut loose with Seattle
first three-goal hat trick, then
added a fourth for good measure
aa the Ironmen came from behind
to whip the Vancouver Canucks
5-3 tonight.
Ford'a Arriala VUy
Dig Part in Jon.it
Jaw. The bell rang with the Ger
man (Continued on next part)
By Ga
MIAMI. Fla, Dec 23 A
fighting South team came from
behind and smashed over a
touchdown in the last 41 seconds
tonight to beat the North 14 to
in the Shrine's third annual chari
ty football game before 22.122
spectators in the Orange bowL
Dean Davidson of VanderbCt
climaxed as thrilling a game aa
the stadium ever saw when he
burst through right guard for the
touchdown that put the South
ahead after the North had forred
In frost. 9-8, with a third penod
outburst.
Pat Field of Georgia tried for
the conversion but failed. It waa
blocked by Herb Agocs of Pmn.
The -Re beli" coached by Mia
mi s Andy Gusiaxson and oeor
gia Tech's Bobby Dodd, rode te
victory on John (Model T) Ford's
accurate paging. Ford, of Har
din - Simmons, hurled needle
threading passes into the arms of
Duke's C P. Touma&a, Missis
si ppi's BUI Stribllng and Mis
souri's Crene Ackermann.
The Army backfield of Jack
Martin. Jim Cain and Gil Steph
en mjo put the North back Into the
twll game in the third period. Jim
Janowk of Purdue blocked Fields
punt and the ban rolled tnto the
end zone for a safety. Then the
Army becks went into action and
smaihed over for a touchdown.
Martin taking It across on the
fourth down.
That tied the score st t-t and
Dick Steere of Drake converted
for the North to put the Yankees
in front. 9-a.
The South threatened early la
the fourth but was halted on the
one yard line. Carl TaaefX of John
Carroll punted out on the North's
44 and Bishop Strickland of
South Carolina passed to Youmane
who made a beautiful catch on
the North's five Two plays later
Davidson rammed ever tor the
score that won the came.
outstanding player since the team
was organised la the AIl-Ameri
ca conference In 1946. Be con
nected yesterday with 22 ef 22
aerials for 291 yards and fear
touchdowns,
"Boy, what a great team these
Rams are, he said. "I wouldn't
want te play them very often. I
can assure yen ef that They
were definitely up for the game
and had a tremendous desire te
win."
"Antomatle Otto" also had high
praise for his passing rlraL Beb
Wsterfleld. whe completed II ef
21 peases for SU yards and one
teaehdewn.
"He's a wonderful ball play
er, one ef the best I hare seen,'
Graham observed.
Neville Carries Coyote Hopes
CALDWELL. Idaho. Dec. 25-UP!
As long as Coach Clem Par berry
has men like Lloyd Neville head
ing his point-production depart
ment, nobody in Northwest Con
ference basketball circles will
take College of Idaho lightly.
Graduation made a deep gash
in the Coyote hide but Neville and
Larry "Nig Larson are back from
tne starting five of last season to
give Par berry a foundation to
build upon.
And it'a quite a foundation.
: Neville waa one of the north
west leading scorers through
much of last season. Just barely
missing tne top ten at the finish
Larson, playing his third season
as a first stringer, moves from
guard to forward this term to
make better use of his 6 feet S
inches of height ca the boards.
Height Is not a plentiful com- j
modity around the Coyote campus
and Parberry hopes that Jack
Baker, 6 feet 8, will develop Into
a starting center. Dave Hawks,
five Inches shorter, is the pivot
man atp resent. Another center
candidate is Dick Weist who is
6-3 and a Junior.
The team has three transfers,
among them Don Mads en. He
moved in from Weber Junior col
lege in Utah, which ranked fifth
nationally among the Jaycee fives
last season. Bill Bever, who at 29
may be the Northwest Confer
ence's oldest player, is a rugged
guard.
College of Idaho opens its lea
gue schedule Januarr 5 at home
against Linfield after a pre-season
sonocnue oz ii games.
never used such
fine fuel, . .
of courtof
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Now in its One Hundredth Year of
publication The Oregon Statesman
enjoys high prestige among papers
of the Northwest.
With Us roots In pioneer day Tie SJafrjrruin
has been a great constructive force in the develop
ment of the Oregon country. Its character as a re
liable netcspaper is universally recognized. Gener
ations of children have learned their letters from its
headlines. Generations of Oregonlans hav been
guided in their thinking by its editorial pronouncements.
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The Statesman of 1950 does not coast on the
laurels of its near-century of publication. Its young,
alert staff are diligent In making it a better paper,
rendering better service to readers and odverthert
than ever before.
The Statesman is now a Seven-Day paper, pub
llshed every morning of the year, the only paper
printed and delivered throughout Ut area the day
of publication. Only The Statesman givtt complete
and fresh neic coverage Every Day of the Year.