Fieldingfons
Established
ers
Robinson, Marshall
Enter Record Books
NEW YORK, Dec 20-OTWadti
Robinson of Brooklyn and WITlard
Marshall of Boston fielded their
way into the record books with
brilliant 195 performances at
second base and in the outfield,
according to official figures re
leased today.
Robinson shattered a National
league fielding mark for second
basemen when he posted a spec
tacular J92 percentage while play
ing 150 games. The 32-year-old
defensive flash committed a record
low of only seven errors while ac
cepting S32 chances. The old
standard of .987 was set by Al
(Red) Schoendienst of St Louis.
Oddly enough, the Cardinal second
sacker last season also bettered
that figure with a .990 mark.
Marshall had a perfect season in
right field, accepting 231 chances
without an error. This tied the ma
jor league record held by Danny
Litwhiler of the 1942 Phillies who
went 151 games without an error.
Marshall played 136 games last
season.
Robinson and First Baseman Gil
Hodges of the Dodgers also broke
their own league double play rec
ords. Robby took part in 137 twin
killings, besting his own mark by
four. Hodges participated in 171
double plays, a dozen more than
he took part in 1950.
Hodses yielded first base field
ing honors, however, to Cincin
nati's Ted Kluszewski, who post
ed a .997 mark for 154 games.
Billy Johnson of the Cards topped
the third basemen with .976 and
Redleg Virgil Stallcup won short
stops honors with .969.
Wes Westrum, for the second
straight year, led the catchers
with .987 and his New York Giants
battery mate, Sal Maglie, handled
the most chances by a pitcher
without an error, 76.
Hodges, by playing in 158 games
(including three playoff tilts)
equalled a record held by three
other first basemen.
Richie Ashburn, fleet - footed
flychaser of the Phillies, was the
busiest outfielder in the league. He
accepted 560 chances, including
538 putouts, 15 assists and seven
errors. The record of 566 chances
is held by Taylor Douthit, the old
Cardinals centerfielder. DouthiW
made a major league record num
ber of 547 putouts, had 10 assists
and nine errors in 1928.
The best arm in the league last
season belonged to Brooklyn's Carl
Furillo, who threw out 24 ambit
ious base-runners.
Hoss Wagering
Shows Upswing
NEW YORK, Dec. 20-;P)-Horse
racing fans shoved $1,629,239,777
through the pari-mutuel windows
last season, and reports from P nr
ida and Louisiana indicate the na
tion's tracks can look for another
big year in f952.
In some states racing officials
indicated the government drive
against bookmakers had resulted
in more customers visiting the
tracks. Whatever the reason, un
official figures compiled by the
Associated Press showed wager
ing jumped 17.01 per certf during
1951 as compared with too prev
ious year.
The 24 states where pari-mutuel
betting on the horses is legal prof
ited to the tune of $99,927,423 a
revenue record. This was 17.63
per cent above the 1950 revenue
total of 184,909,382.
Wagering increased in every
one of the 24 states last season.
and the nationwide attendance
jumped 6.01 per cent over 1950.
Topped by New York's attend
ance, of 4,386,315, the nation's
tracks had 24,302,000 customers
during the season, compared with
22,924,517 in 1950. In 1950, the
wagering total was $1,392,032,740.
Table of Coastal Tides
Tides for Taft. Oregon December.
1931 (compiled by V. Coast and Geo
deUo Survey. Portland. Or.)
Pacific Standard Time
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HIGH WATERS LOW WATERS
Dec Time Ht. Time Ht.
II :17 am. 6.1 12:4 pjn. 1.S
5:54 p m. 4M 11:5 pjrn. 1.1
SS :M a.m. 6 5 1:54 p.m. I S
7:23 p.m. 4J
S3 71 ajn. 6.S 13:44 ajn. SJ
S:Mp.ra. 4J tS2 pjn. IS
14 SIS mm. 7.1 1:25 a.m. X.7
10 JO pjn. 4.5 3:44 pjn. OJI
SS ajn. 7.S 1:2S un. 3S
11:1 pjn. 4J) 4:33 pjn. -
t 9:41 ajn. 7 S:3S ajn. 3.1
8:20 p.m. -1.1
tT 13:0 a.m. 50 4:23 ajn. 3J
10:35 ajn. pjn. -IS
SS 12:56 ajn. 53 S:17 a.m. 3 J
11:24 ajn. SJ 6:54 pjn. -1.7
SS 1:43 ajn. S3 6:13 a.m. 3.3
12:13 pjn. 8 J 7:41 pjn. 1J
By Ray
Until Den Harger la able to
we hope this win be very aeon), we will attempt to keep aporta
men posted as to fishing and huUag eandittons throagheat the state.
. Daek banting tn general threagneat the valley ia Pelk, Beatea
and Marion coon ties has been geed. aceerdiag te informs tiast gtrea
by the state police. The sleaghs and ponds along the Willamette river
have aeedaeed well far those willing te brave the eeM aad wes.
Many geese have been seen en the hillsides and fields ia the
Perrydale and KlckreaU areas, bat the hunters repert only fair sheet
lag. Best reports have come front Beaten county, aeuth e the Ce
allis airport, with saany alee bags taken. If the weather forecast Is
for rata or cloudy 'conditions this weekend the haatiag sheali remaia
Steelhead fishing ea the Coast
are atarky and high but a few are
ta alet, sandy holes. There are
extremely good soon as the rivers clear. The aleelhesW
reported very good daring the clear weather recently,
state) aettee.
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Series Slated
On Duck Floor
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON.
Dec. 20 -(Special) The tall, rug
ged and nationally rated Univer
sity of Wyoming Cowboys Invade
McArthur court Friday and Sat
urday nights for a basketball se
ries with the University of Oregon
Webfoots. The games are to start
at eight o'clock each night, fol
lowing preliminary games featur
ing the Oregon Jayvees.
Coach Everett Sheltons Cow
boys are a two-platoon outfit, one
using the fast-break style of play
and the other the slow, ball-control
style.
Height is sufficient on either
unit, what with such giants as
6-8 Vi Joe . Orschanski. 6-8 Bob
Clements, 6-7 John Hughes, 6-7
Ron Rivers, 6-5 Dan Blevins, 6-4
Dick Haag and 6-3 Nick Sliopulos
to choose from. Morris Samuelson
at 6-2 and Moe Radovich at 6-0
are other Cowboy sharpies.
Wyoming is pegged to cop the
Skyline conference title with ease
this season.
Probable starters for Coach Bill
Borcher's Webfoots in the open
ing game Friday will be Chet Noe
at center. Bob Peterson and either
Keith Faroam or Mel Streeter at
forwards and Ken Hunt and Ron
Bottler at guards.
Series to Yield
League Favorite
DENVER, Dec. 20-(;p-The first
straw in the wind that may reveal
the relative merits of Utah and
Wyoming, the preseason favorites
in the Skyline conference, will
blow out of Oregon this weekend.
Wyoming's Cowboys, beaten on
ly by Indiana, 55-57, play tomor
row and Saturday nights against
the University of Oregon at Eu
gene. Utah's Redskins nipped Ore
gon 63-58 and 64-62 in a twin bill
at Eugene two weeks ago.
Wonder if the Duck
Was Inside th Fish?
CALDWELL, Idaho, Dec. 26
C$VGene Odle says this hap
pened the last day of dock hunt
Ins seasea.
Odle snot s teal dock while
hunting along the Boise river
near here. He sent his deg. a
spaniel, Into the water te retrieve
the duck. Back came the animal
In record time.
But at Odle's feet the eg laid.
not a dock, but a flopping 11
inch long fish.
Gorky, Parks
In Mat Battle
Sold at (Big Russian) Gorky and
Herb (Perpetual Motion) Parks
re the next main eventers on the
armory mat. Promoter Elton Owen
announced Thursday. They'll make
with the topmost mayhem on
Tuesday night, M. Owen's annual
"Christmas Production" inasmuch
as Tuesday falls on Christmas
night.
Qorky came storming back into
tht Northwest this week after an
Stose
resame bis regular weekly eolamn
Is only fair at
fivers
being taken by "atfl
a lot ef fish tn and tt
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Tall Cowpoke
EUGENEr Dee. 2S Bb Clements,
above, six-foot, eight-tneh Jun
ior from Seattle will be in the
startling lineup far the Wyoming
Cowboys when they open their
two-ram series with the U of
Oregon here Friday night. The
tall Cowboys axe favored to top
the Webfoots.
absence and spilled younger Bill
Parks with his Siberian wolf hop
here Tuesday night. Herbie im
mediately wanted a scuffle with
the burley Soldat, and Owen wast
ed little time getting it signed.
"Should be a whale of a brawl
if I know my wrestling,' Owen
admits.
The balance of the card is to
be added later. Owen plans mak
ing it as solid as possible, coin
ciding with the Christmas theme.
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By" Jimmy Hario
Race Picking
Up Momentum
Marion County B league bas
ketball teams romp Into fourth
round action tonight with three
games on the menu, Chemawa at
Mill City, Gates at St. Paul and
Jefferson at Detroit. The Gervais
Sublimity clash, a battle for un
disputed first place in the stand
ings, was to have been played
last night at Gervais.
Tonight's fare, as the league
derby picks up steam, finds the
stronger quints opposing the
weaker entries. Mill City has two
wins and one loss while the Che
ma wans have yet to win. Gates is
even with the board in two games
and is heavily favored over win
less St. Paul. And although Jef
ferson has been able to win but
once in three tries, the Lions rate
as favorites over victory hungry
Detroit in their clash. Detroit has
lost three in a row.
The Oregon School for the Deaf
quint draws the bye tonight.
Following tonight's round the
league will go idle until January
4.
Inasmuch as there has been
some unannounced changes in the
playing schedule the past week,
and some games were not report
ed, individual scoring and the
standings will be held up until all
returns are properly submitted.
Look and Learn
By A. C Gordon
1. What is meant by "biblio
mancy"? 2. On what continent are found
the largest tropical trees?
3. What economic law governs
all buying and selling in business?
4. In Great Britain, what is the
head official in charge of naval
affairs called?
5. What is a synod?
ANSWERS
1. The act or art of foretelling
the future by means of books.
especially the Bible. It is usually
done by opening the book and
choosing a passage at random. The
passage is regarded as an augury,
2. South America.
3. The law of supply and de
mand.
4. The First Lord of the Ad
miralty.
5. An ecclesiastical council.
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Has Cheater Doll
Of Work Than Ever Before
The Oregon state highway, commission activities in 1931 win
represent a greater dollar volume than any preceding year, the com
mission reported this week.
Income of the commission for the calendar year 1951 was ap
proximately $3S miTHon; its disbursements, exclusive of bond fund
income totauea 140 minion in rouaa rigures.
Gross revenues from road
sources (gasoline taxes etc) are
expected to total $4400,000, or
$1,700,000 in excess of the year
1S50. Of this sum $8,500,000 will
have been paid to counties for
county roads; $4,350,000 to dties
for city streets; $1,060,00 to the
State Police department, thus
leaving approximately $30,300,000
to the Highway commission for
it share. Added to this latter figure
the Highway commission will re
ceive during 1951 $7 million from
the Federal Government for use
in highway construction work plus
$1,600,000 from other sources
bringing the final total income ap
proximately to $38,900,000.
Maintenance Cost Hage
During 1951 highway mainten
ance has cost approximately $11,
100,000, due in large part to the
great increase in heavier and fast
er commercial hauling. Highway
construction, exclusive of rights
of way costs, has cost $19,900,000.
Rights of way purchases have
taken $3,400,000; capital outlays
$1,600,000 and operating expense
(including park operation, travel
information, debt service and
bridge-and ferry operation) $4
million; grand total $40 million.
Approximately 70 per cent of
the construction program for the
year was federally aided, which
means 60 per cent of the cost ex
clusive of rights of way is furn
ished by the federal bureau of
roads and 40 per cent by the high
way commission. This federal aid
mounted to $7,450,000. Both fed
eral and state funds will finance
an annual construction program
of approximately $12,900,000. The
record shows that 96 per cent of
the 1950-51 program ($18,900,000)
and 47 per cent of the 1952-53 pro
gram ($25,800,000) either is com
pleted or under contract as of
December 31, 1951, with Oregon
standing in first place among all
the states In the Union in percent
age of available federal aid com
pleted or under contract.
Bridge Major Project
In supplement of current high
way revenues, acting under the
bonding act of 1951 legislature, the
commission has awarded construc
tion contracts totalling $11,600,000
of which $1,200,000 presently has
been expended for work done; this
out of the initial annual bond al
lotment of $15,000,000.
To relieve the congestion at the
Willamette river crossing at Sa
lem, the Highway commission has
undertaken the contraction of a
bridge on Marion street to serve
westbound traffic. On completion
of this bridge, the existing bridge
on Center street, one block to the
south, will be reconstructed to
eliminate an existing railway
grade crossing and will then be
used to serve the eastbound traf
fic. Work on the Marion street
bridge was commenced in June,
1950. Construction of concrete
piers for the main spans is com
pleted. A contract for the steel
spans was awarded during Sep
tember, 1950, but because of the
shortage of structural steel, con
struction has not yet commenced.
The third contract to be let on
this project was the concrete ap
proaches which is now well under
way but connot be completed un
til 1 structural steel is obtained and
the main river span completed.
The completed structure will have
a length of 2,560 feet and its cost
will total approximately $1,500,
000 It is expected that steel de
liveries will permit completion of
the project by the fall of 1952.
Santlam Has Big Job
Other projects involving costs in
excess of $200,000, completed or
constructed in major part during
1951, included Stout Creek-Mill
city, grade, North Santiam high
way in Marion county, $331,000.
Other projects involving expen
ditures in excess of $200,000, par
tially constructed in 1951 and
scheduled for completion in 1952,
include Little North Santiam Riv
er bridge, North Santiam highway
in Marion county, $217,000.
Forest Highway projects involv
ing costs in excess of $200,000,
completed or constructed in major
part in 1951, under the supervision
of the Bureau of Public roads, in
clude Brei ten bush river-Dry creek,
clearing, grade and surface. North
Santiam highway in Marion coun
ty, $338,000.
KISS PENALTY
MANILA, P. I. -(INS)-A stolen
kiss cost a J 0-year-old man 10
days in jail recently. And because
he resisted arrest after an angry
woman reported the act to a po
liceman, the court also slapped
him with a 30-day prison term.
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D I ArM OND-DECKED
Pat Barrage 'wears a lung's
ransom la diamonds at the open
ing ef the Jewelers' Shew ta
New York City. Gem total an to
$17 carats and $ZJSZiM.
Loan Company
Reports 49
Savings Gain
Total savings at First Federal
Savings and Loan association
gained 49 per cent in the past year,
it was reported Thursday in fig
ures prepared for the local fi
nancial Institution's annual state
ment. Fred B. Keeler, secretary and
vice president of the association,
said savings now stand at $3,065,
958, compared with $2,059,630 a
year ago. The figure is an all
time high for the association, as
is the figure for total assets, $3 -385,412.
The statement also showed a net
gain in home loans of more than
$900,000.
In reviewing the year's activi
ties, Keeler pointed out that in
creased personal savings are one
of the principal ways to fight in
flation, and that the net gain of
over a million dollars last year
In savings invested in the asso
ciation represented that sum with
drawn from immediate spending,
thus helping in the fight against
inflation.
Cooperation of the association
with the voluntary credit re
straint program of the federal re
serve system was cited in the in
stitution's report as was the care
which the association exercises
with regard to down payments.
"Real estate prices and building
costs are at doilars-and-cents lev
els which have not been seen be
fore in our memory," he said.
"Sound real estate lending in such
an era depends on good personal
risks for borrowers as well as on
the property."
Keeler said that the families
who want to build the more ex
pensive houses may face some de
lay or even postponement this
coming year, because of stringen
cies in critical materials, but that
1952 should see a substantial
amount of modest home building
all over the country.
Paulson to Edit
Annual at OTI
KLAMATH FALLS. Dee. 20-P
William Paulson. Salem, has been
named editor of the school annual
at Oregon Technical Institute for
the second half of this school year.
T.vl Rari Cnrvallis. was elect
ed president; Robert Hewbill, Red
mond, vice president; Opal Baty,
Bly, secretary; Leroy Pettitt, Wal
ton treasurer, and Patsy Ruth
Miller, Klamath Falls, newspaper
editor.
In the fall when freen chloro
phyll ceases to be dominant in
trees, red, orange, and yellow pig
ments have their chance to show
ROYAL
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Two Women Hnrt
In Anto Collision
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Minor injuries were sustained
by two . people fa an automobile
accident at Portland road and
Pine street Thursday mornings
They .were Mrs. Lyman A.
Shepherd of Orpbia, and Mrs.
Kate Ingie, boot paiariip n in a
car driven be- Urc. ""b.nfiai r.
husband. There were two othersi
in the car. Wallace- H. Bahder,
1155 S. 14th m rirfvM - fi
econd aaitomobike wae charged
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tifuDy haiid-worked, f j ,
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dose and causing an
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