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II The Statesman. Saltn. Oregon. Thmdaff frbragrrH 1832 This, that, etc.: i . The local Elks Club's "Hot Stove League gathering next Mon day night Is certain to be well flavored with the appearance of num erous ballplayers, both young and old, and will unquesuonaDiy do a smash hit. These baseball con claves usually are. Baseball fans like nothing better than to rub elbows with the ballgamers, swap a few yarns and tackle the free refreshments. But the real star of the show won't be able to attend, worse luck. Verboort's Larry Jansen, one of the top" heroes of the Giants' drive to the National League pennant last year, was all set for the local spree, until he came to terms with the V Giants for: '52. Larry had been holding out, and wasn't' intending to report to the New Yorkers' Arizona camp until he saw eye to eye with the man agement. He signed the other day, however, and must be at Phoenix for opening roll call February 17, next Sunday. . . . Perhaps for sentimental reasons more than anything else, the Page Woolens will have an entry in the AAU basketball tourney here later in the month. AAU play has been highlighted by the Woolens standbys have taken on," it appeared that this year's meet would find the team defunct. Ray Page sees it differently, however, and will have a squad ready for play when the tourney gets started next week. They may play but one game, for they're opposing Laddie Gale's talented Campbell Insulators the first night. But they've at least placed another entry in the annual playoffs. . . Another good reason why Spec Keene &t Co. at Oregon State want the NCAA quarterfinals to be a financial success: If the March 21-22 games draw well enough, which will prove that interest in such playoffs is abundant in this area. Spec will make a formal request to NCAA chiefs that the national finals be held in Gill Coliseum in the very near future. And that, friends, would be a real plum. ... What the Officials and Captains Talk Over Ever wonder what Is being discussed In mid-floor by team captains and officials Just before came time in the Northern Di vision race clashes? Contrary to the guesses 0f some, the boys aren't swapping the latest stories or taking a gander at the buxom blond in the third row. Their confab goes something like this, with the referee doing the yak king , following the proper intro ductions: "There are three or four things we want to go over with you fel lows before we get started. First, on your rebound play on the back boards: if you are playing the ball and not the opponent near you, and if you refrain from using elbows, hips and hands, we're going to let you go to it without penalizing you. Just be sure you have reason able position when going after the ball, and should you come down atop someone and make a quick effort to get off him, we'll not foul you. However, if you are using your elbows, hips or hands to an ad vantage on your opponent, and if your position in going after the ball is bad (coming from behind someone), and if you don't make an instantaneous effort to get off a player you might come down on, then we've no alternative we must foul you. "Also, watch your screening. If you use screens, he sure yon set them at three feet or more from an opponent and hold your position. If yon set them closer, or move in with them on an op ponent, the responsibility is yours If contact occurs. We won't call yon for brushing by an opponent if your intent is to miss him. Bat if we think you are using the brush as a measure of Impeding the progress of your opponent, we must Call blocking fouls on rou for It. Be careful on your running screens the re sponsibility for these is on the offensive team a great majority f the time. Excess Tooting Depends Upon Way They Play It "In going after a free ball, be sure you have good position and re not coming from the rear of an opponent. Go after the free ball as hard as you like, but go after the ball and not your opponent, and be certain your position warrants your move. "When a foul is called on you, have your players raise their hands so that the scorekeeper, announcer and radio broadcaster will know who it's on. "Jost how many times we have to blow these whistles de- pends upon how yea plays If you're playing ball and playing it clean, well let you go. But if yon play it rough and tough, then you leave us no alternative and we'll be forced to ruin your game with fouls. "So have a good ball game and good luck to both of you." Such is the text of the pregame lecture, mandatory In the Coast Conference for the first time this season. It was installed as a measure of reminding the teams that the amount of whistle blowing to be done rests entirely with them. Most of the time the teams take heed and play so that foul tooting Isn't by the bushel basketful!. But once in a while they toss caution to the winds and go at it as if they'd never beard of a rule. . . . News Quint Beats Wolgamotts, Keeps Lead in City Hoop Race Salem News Agency held on to the No. I spot In the City Basket ball League chase Wednesday night at Leslie via a 33-27 verdict over Wolgamott's Service Station. The loss dropped Wolgamott's out of a second'place tie with Campbell's Insulators as the Campbell crew top ped Cannery Local 670 by a 56-29 count. Another tilt saw Keizer -r Tfc Merchants down Salem Auto Parts., lLaotarZa JDCdtS 36-29. Don Hoy with nine and Jim Houck with eight points led Salem Thrv-' . hH ,i:Tav;: tim margin nver the Wolcamott ' entrv Al Brown numned in 13 ; markers to lead Campbells to the j win over the Cannery Club. The Insulators led at -the intermission 23-17. Dick O'Conner's 12 points! sparked Keizer in the victory over Salem Auto Parts, that output be- j ing equalled by the losers' Ray j Snyder. Auto Parts had a 23-18 j edge at the half. ; Campbells (M) Fitzmaunc i4) 2S) Canaery Local F (4) Richardson Colv-ard (lOi F l5 B. Kahler Al Brown il3) C (2) Haywood Mori tag 1 2) G (6) B. Brandon Shield (8) G (4) Michels Reserves scoring: Campbells Timms ii). Basset 3. Bellinger i2. Cannery Local Elliot (1), Seibert. Halftime score: Campbells 23. Can nery 17. Officials: Lowe and Bishop. Salem Newt (33) (27) Wolcommts (5) D. ChmbrUin 2l Hill (4) Scheeler Hoy i9t r Houck it) F dimming (3) C NordhiJl (6) G (2) Duval Coleman (?) Reserves G 110) L. Chmbrlain scoring : Woltfomottj A. Chamberlain 4 ) . Halftime score .News 11. Woltromotts 8. Officials Bishop and Whiles. KeUer (3) (29) Sale: Unruh (9) F O'Conner ( 12 ) F Stevens (2) C Winkelblock (2) G Peterson i2) G Ant Parts (3) Jones (6) Merchant (7) Taylor (12) Snyder (1) Rouse Reserves scoring Keizer Herrig 2. Jones (6). Halftime score: Auto Parts 23. Keizer 18. Officials: Lowe and Whiles DOG TEAM TITLE TAKEN OTTAWA (JP)-Wtit Lepine, 31-year-old Quebec city driver, Wed nesday won the 1952 three-day annual International Sled - Dog Derby- to capture a gold trophy and $1,000. V ' -, -'.7 . r-o1: LARRY JANSEX Woolens in recent years. But with . Chicago Ringster miami beach, na. -r0- MIAMI land LaStarza, 1904, fourth- ranking heavyweight from New York, outpointed Ralph Schneider 222 2, of Chicago, Wednesday night in their 10-round bout. There were no knockdowns but the 24-year-old LaStarza rocked his giant-sized opponent in the eighth. It was LaStarza's 49th victory in 51 professional fights and sec ond straight on his Florida tour. The decision was uanimous. QBaDwDnmig MAJOR LEAGUE Capitol Alleys) CUPBOARD CAFE ( 4 ) Henderson 582 White 630. L. Morris 547. Stout 515. W. Valdez 559. JOHNNY FOSTER'S (Oi Oslund 529. Anderson 489, Causey 491. MerreU 579, Phipps 552. MARION HOTEI CAR PARKS (3) Cushman 594. Straw 539. DeBow 517, Reeves 486, McCluskcv 537. BRENNAN THEE SERVICE ( 1 ) Brennan 494. Let ofsky 495, Coker 513, Page 460. Evans 604 BUSICK S GROCERY (2) Clark 175, Farley 304. D. Morris 573. Braden 515. Ross 541. VALLEY OIL CO. (2 Thede 531. Ertsgaard 515. Barr 523, Logan 552, West 529. KARR'S ( Clin H71 Tn.,i4 Ami !A.dolph 529. D. Young 502. Hartweli SO. MAnonAlXS FOUR CORNERS 0 Ramsey 513. Young 463, Doerfler 463. Wilkalis 407. Rehb 512. KEIZER HARDWARE (3) B. Val dez 526. Sommer 525. Kitzmiller 473. Fanner 573. Bone 554. VITTONE MAR KET 1 1 ) Vittone 507. Friesen 514. Kay 510. Biglr- 479. Jackwn 52X H-.gh InJivid'ial Game: Dick Morris of Busirk's Grocers--234. High Individual Series: Bob White of Cuoboard Cafe 630., High Team Game: Busick's Grocers 1051. High Team Series Cupboard Cafe 3088. Plans; Players lining Up i Salem Senators General Man ager Hugh Luby and Elks Lodge No. 336 Exalted Ruler Hal Ran dall were still hard at work Wed nesday, getting plans an$ play ers lined up for the First Annual Elks "Hot Stove Night' next Monday in the lodge building. Nol 338 Is sponsoring the session, designed as a pre-spring get-together for baseball players, fans and officials. Although he has not yet com pleted the list of special guests, Luby expects to . have on hand Bearcats Gird For Weekend Whitman Set Willamette's Bearcat eager s, resting atop the Northwest Con ference standings after their double win over Lewis and Clark's Pioneers last weekend, are getting trvmiriii riailv drills from Coach Johnny Lewis in preparation for tne two-game series wim w oil man's Missionaries on the local boards Friday and Saturday nights. Lewis warns his men that the Whit set could well provide one of the toughest weekends of the campaign, one reason being that whenever these ancient rivals get together it's always nip-and-tuck. Coach Bob Burgess Missionar ies have been an in-and-out ag gregation this season but when they're on their game the Walla Walla gang can be one of the toughest clubs in the conference. Whitman currently rests in fourth place in the race with four wins against five setbacks. Top Missionary threats the Bearcats will have to worry about Friday and Saturday evenings are Dick Fain, Bud Knight, and Don Rob inson, three of the better scorers in the Northwest circuit. The Willaroettes should be in trm sham for the Whitman crew. one question being Forward Ted Loder and his sprainea uiumo. The thumb, injured in Friday's Lewis and Clark fray at Portland, didn't bother Ted any, however, in the Saturday night L-C mix here as he hit for a torrid 32 points. A preliminary to the 8 .o'clock Friday night clash puts Sam Vokes' hot WU Bearkittens op posite the OCE Jayvees at 6:10. On Saturday night the Vokes crew faces George Fox College in pre lim action. Stormy Savitt Plans to Quit Bigtime Game ORANGE, N. J. (JP) Dick Sav itt, home from a tempestuous cam paign in Australia, said Wednes day he plans to give up bigtime tennis after this year's national championships and "go to work." "I'll just play on week-ends and in my spare time," the towering, 23-year-old Cornell graduate add ed in an interview. "My tourna ment schedule will be cut down sharply." Asked if he would be a candi date for the next Davis cup team and whether he would go to Aus tralia to help try to retrieve the trophy if selected, Savitt said: "I don't know. That's too far ahead. After the nationals, I in tend to give first consideration to a business career." He said everything he said or did in Australia was "magnified and distorted" and he had no de sire to play tennis there again. Bradley Upsets Billiken Quint PEORIA, 111. (JP)-A last minute basket and a free throw by fresh man substitute Harvey Babetch provided the winning points Wed nesday night as Bradley Univer sity upset St. Louis University 61-60. It was the second time this sea son Bradley had come out of an underdog role to topple the Billi kens, who were ranked seventh in this week's Associated Press poll. In a previous game at St. Louis, the Peoria Braves won 57-56 m double overtime. OSLO GETS SNOW OSLO (Special) - A prediction by the Oslo Weather Bureau there might be some snow for Thurs day's opening of the Winter Olym pic Games proved correct. Snow started fallinr hard in Oslo at 4:30 a. m. Thursday. But it was not known immediately whether it also was falling at NorefjeU where the ski events will be held. anire UNIVERSITY STAT2 HOUSE LEAGUE NO. 1 HIGHWAY CONST. (3) Schmidt 437. Wood 498. Anderson 349. Wolf 416. Tandy 475. TAX COMMISION NO. 1 Newman 396. Mason 448, Crouch 409. Welch 446, Drapela 55. SECY. OF STATE NO. 1 (1) King 533. Gill 529. McQueen 397. Prange 426. Biegler 472. BRIDGE ENGINEERS (3 Fredrickson 469. Garrett 312. Munson 518. Kopetz 451: Beyers 457. FORESTRY OFFICE (4) Ewinf 472. Hamteman 436 Morrison 427. Aaserude 417. RaUiff 471. HIGHWAY MATER IALS (0) Brown 460 Van Pelt 386. Ebsen 377. Miller 422. White 457. STATE PRINTERS (2) Krejci 524, MILNER 412. Stone 488. McCrary 389. Duncan 417. CHAPTER 58 (2) Graben norst 467. Schaller 344, Quarry 397, Coulter 456. Luth. 498. VETERANS AFFAIRS (4) HUlerlch 568. Ball 393. Reed 3T Elgin 491, Mor teky 458. SECY. OF STATE NO. 1 (0) Garrett 466. Blensly 380. Dickey 417. Porter 447, Kies 406. High Team Series: Bridge Engin eers 2678. t Hi a Team Game: Secy, of State No. J979. High Individual Series? W. Hillerich with Veterans Affairs 568. High Individual Game: L. King with Secy. f State No. 2117. such present and past baseballers as Wes Schulermich, Roy Helser, Moose Clabaugh, Harvey Story, Jack Wilson, Jim Mosolf, Ed and Curt Coleman, Deacon Van Bur en, Bill Bevens, Gene TanseUi, Glenn S tetter and a host of others. All are now In the pro gress of being formally invited to the occasion. The showing of the 1951 World Series between the Yankees and Giants is to be included ir the program Monday, numerous in troductions will be made and re Wolf pack Gets Know-How From Cage Doc9 5 MONMOUTH Dr. Bob Livingston, goes over an offensive maneuver charges as they prepare to play Thursday night The Wolfpack axe (I-r) Howard Sullivan, Hal Pinion, Bob Bushnell and Bill starting lineup. Bocchicchio Weakening Walcott - Charles Scrap ay lie Arranged Today PHILADELPHIA, Pa. (JP) Jim Norris, president of the Interna tional Boxing Club said Wednesday he hoped to conclude negotiations for a return Joe Walcott-Ezzard Charles title fight by Thursday. Norris said he had discussed the matter with Felix Bocchicchio, Chinese Reds Enter Games SAN FRANCISCO UP)-Cm-mnnlst China said Wednesday It would take part in the Olym pic games at Helsinki in July. The Feiplng radio, heard here by the Associated Press, said a telegram riving Red China's decision to enter was sent to the International Olym pic Committee Feb. 6. There was no indication that the Communist regime had asked in advance for recogni tion by the Olympic Commit tee. Nations entering the Olym pics must get committee rec ognition. Dallas Matmen Lose D AULAS (Special) - Sandy's Pioneers earned a 45-10 win over Dallas High School matmen Wed nesday in Willamette Valley League action. Only Dallas win ners were Henrickson in the 136 pound class with a decision over Sandy's Wagh and Stevens in the 140-pound category with a fall over the Pioneers' Knox. Earl of Dallas drew with Stromberg in the 129-pound division. Dallas hosts Canby's grapplers next Monday. Aging Roster Threatens to Crimp Pennant Chances of Brooklyn Club By WHITNEY MARTIN NEW YORK Some base ball fans still Insist the Brook lyn D o d r e r a should have won the Na tional League pennant last year, as they bad the best team, and that they are a cinch to win it this year. Well, they better had, as they say, as it mirht be their last chance for a spell unless Pee Wee Reese they rake some fresh young athletes out of the bushes. The cold fact is Darling, they are rrowing old. Particularly in the Infield, where the spring of youth Is more desirable than water on the knee. Elderly out fielders who still can bop that ball might offset their lew-gear movements by their hitting, but the hands in the infield must be spry. And three of the four Infield regulars are gTowinr old to gether. Peewee Reese, Jackie Robinson and Billy Cox are ap proximately the same age, with Rees and Cox 32 and Robinson 33. That means they'll probably fade at the same time, and that's sot rood. It's not geod because with the - - 1 for Elks Club 'Hot Stove' freshments are to be served at no charge. The pow wow Is open to members of the Elks Club only, but they can bring along as many guests as they wish, provid ed same guests are interested in baseball. A similar program was held at the Marion Hotel a few seasons ago, sponsored by the Salem Breakfast Club. It was a huge success from every standpoint. Luby and Lodge No. 336" intend making the "Elks Hot Stove OCE cage coach, with five of his Pacific U hero players pictured Pitcher. Charlie Palmquist, tho Walcott s manager, today and ex pected to continue negotiations to night by telephone. Asked what he would do in case Bocchicchio decided not to go through with the return title fight with Charles, Norris said "well, the New York Athletic Commis sion would take away his title and then he would try to put on a Rocky Mariano-Charles title fight In New York. Asked then what he would do if Walcott decided to go through with a fight with Harry Matthews under a different promoter, Nor ris said "We and the Charles peo ple have contracts. We -would have to get an Injunction. I feel confident that he (Walcott) will fight Charles if Bocchicchio fails in a last attempt to change the stand of the Charles people. Much-Sought Prospect Signs With Oak Club OAKLAND, Calif. Up)Tommy Munoz, 17-year-old first base sen sation sought by a number of ma jor league baseball clubs, was sign ed to a three-year contract Wed nesday by Oakland of the Pacific Coast League. Clarence Brick Laws, Oaks pres ident, said young Munoz had been signed without payment of a bon us. Terms of the contract were not disclosed. The only other player to sign a three-year pact with Oak land was Jackie Jensen, outfielder now with the New York Yankees. old boys stepping out at the same time or thereabouts, three fresh ones will be in the lineup, and that many rookies or semi rookies in the infield at once mirht be just too much rreen in the color scheme. Barrinr accidents, the Dodger Infield this year undoubtedly will be the same as that which finished the 1951 season, with the comparatively youthful Gil Hodres, at 27, completing the quartet. The four still are so good that they will play rerularly, and any promisinr younr fellows the club has won't see too much action. The Idea is that rival clubs have been slipping in young fel lows here and there to get their experience alongside ef veter ans, so that the changeover from age to youth is gradual and prae tically unnoticed, instead of com-' ing all at enee like an overnight face-lifting which brings startl ed rasps from old friends. The Giants were good enough: to win the pennant last year, and inasmuch as their infield Is youn ger than that of Brooklyn it fig ures to improve as the Dodger veterans fade. And this year Leo Durocher will, by force of cir cumstances, ease in s young sec ond baseman to replace Eddie Stanky. The new man, possibly Davo Williams, will have the oppor tunity to perform while flanked m. .... 4 ! J" Night an annual occasion in the city. Such Elks sponsored nights have, been held yearly in a number of cities, including Oak land, Cal., where they have be come so popular that admission Is now by special invitation only. Monday's program is to get started around eight o'clock. Coaches of the various colleges and high schools in the area, and mayors of surrounding cities are also to be included on the special guest list Monday. 4 1 Wolves Slate Pacific Five OREGON COLLEGE OF EDU C ATI ON (Special) -The OCE Wolves Thursday night take on the fast-improving Pacific Univer sity Badgers of the Northwest Con ference in a basketball game in the OCE gym. Game time is 8 p.m. Coach Bob Livingston's Wolf pack, just finished with a three game road trip to Klamath Falls and Coos Bay, defeated the Bad gers in an early season game at Forest Grove. Since then the Northwest Conference quint has shown much improvement, how ever, and last week defeated Lin field. OCE and Linfield broke even in two games at the start of the season. Probable starters for Living ston's quint will be Howard Sul livan and Chuck Pinion, forwards; Harold Pitcher, center, and Bob Bushnell and Bill P a 1 m q u i s t, guards. Frank Rosenstock may be a last-minute starter at center. Arcaro Enjoys Big Turf Day ARCADIA. Calif. (JP) - Jockey Eddie Arcaro hit a jackpot again Wednesday when he booted home the winners in both ends of a split feature at Santa Anita park, riv ing: him three winners for the day. He brought the favored Vigor ous in to win the $5,000 In the sixth race, and in the seventh he hustled the other favorite, Ad miral Drake, In for a second $5,000 purse. Fourteen horses were originally nominated for the $7,500 feature, but the track agreed to divide the field and hanr up $5,000 for each race. by Alvln Dark and Whitey Lock man, two young veterans who can prop him up in the pinches. Nearly every team, and that roes for both leagues, inserts new men into the lineup one or two at a time. Even the world cham pion Yankees have been doing it They came up with Gil McDoug ald, a sensational young infielder who wasn't hurt any by having Phil Rizsuto playing on the other side of second base, or playing by his side when the youngster was placed at third base, Dlversfled ages in the lineup make these gradual shifts possi ble, and the Dodrers are unfor tunate, speakinr from the stand point of the not to distant future, in not having that diversity. We don't mean that the Bums can't win It all this year. After all, from a hitting and fielding and experience standpoint It would be hard to beat Hodges, Robinson, Reese and Cox on their current ability. Bui, with tho exception of Hod ges, they probably have passed their peaks, and each year that goes by now lessens the club's chances of coming through to tho pennant, unless It suddenly comes up with three simultaneous re placements who are out of this world. So the Dodger fans can forget about the "wait til next year business. Next year may bo late. Kk. M jJsmtismstsmmti-w umttitt xtMmstmmsmmm . .mmmsasmsmmmsmm 30 Nations to Seek By TED 8MTTS - $ l OSLO (JP) The sixth winter Olympio games open Thursday in snow-starved Norway with the running of tho women's glint slalom at NorefjeU and the first two heats of tho two-man bobsled In tho Frognersteren hills over Oslo. , r Contrary to custom, tho formal opening ceremonies will take place Friday. But there will bo bugle blowing and flag raising at NorefjeU, Marciano Gets TK0 Over Lee Savold in 7th By MURRAY ROSE PHILADELPHIA (JP) Unde feated Rocky Marciano kept right on the path to a heavyweight title fight Wednesday night by batter ing fading Lee Savold into a help less, bleeding mess. Manager Bill Daly called on Ref eree Pete Tomasso to end the fight after the seventh round ended, with Savold bleeding from the nose, mouth and cuts over both eyes. Under Pennsylvania rules the result was listed as a seven round technical knockout. The power-punching pride of Brockton, Mass., swarmed all over the flabby veteran from Engle wood, N. J., from the opening bell and won every round by a wide margin. Although he hit Savold with every punch in the book, Rocky couldn't bring the game blond campaigner down. Savold Bleeds But Marciano's ceaseless attack brought blood from Savold's nose in the second round and from the third on blood gushed from the old timer's mouth. At 200 pounds, the heaviest he has weighed in the four years of his latest comeback campaign, Savold was flabby, heavy-jowled, and slow. Marciano was in perfect fighting shape at 186 pounds. It was the 39th straight victory and 34th knockout for the swarthy, muscular New Englander who has been fighting pro only three years and seven months. Rocky showed no respect for the experienced Savold who was mak ing his first start since he was stopped by Joe Louis in six rounds on June 15. It was Lee's 106th pro fight in 17 years, of battling and his 31st defeat. This looked to be the end of the big time trail for him The crowd of 9,243 paid a gross gate of $61,386 for this nationally televised and broadcast bout. Prep Playoffs Bring Concern ASHLAND (JP)-A high school official said Wednesday there is growing concern over the state playoffs that are springing up in minor sports. The situation will be discussed by an Oregon school administra tors' committee in Eugene March 22, Roland Parks, committee chairman, said here. The committee was named by the Oregon School Activities As sociation to look into high school playoffs. Parks said basketball and foot ball playoffs also would be dis cussed, but he felt there would be no changes made there. He indicated, however, that there was some talk of abolishing state tournaments for such sports as golf, wrestling, swimming and tennis. Action Resumes, Woodburn League Wood burn (Special) Thurs day night's schedule in the Wood burn City Basketball League finds the Jaycees tangling with the MacLaren Faculty in the opener at 7:30 p. m. and May Furniture winding up the evening against the. winless Future Farmers. Both the Teachers and Furnituremen are still in the running for the pennant but must win all their remaining games. Valley Manufacturing took over undisputed leadership of the loop with a 38-26 victory over the previously unbeaten May Furni ture crew last Thursday night and a 32-25 win over Foursquare Mon day evening, COLLECT Bradley 61. St. Louis 60 Princeton 70, Columbia 63 Cincinnati 68. Xavier 63 Florida 74. Georgia 60 Georgia Tech SB, Auburn 60 Loyola (Bait.) 83. West. Maryland 61 Seton Hall 66, Rutgers 43 Lehigh 64, Bucknell 60 La Salle 74. Penn 5S Lafayette i3, Mohlenberf 74 ATTENTION LOGGERS AND FARMERS . LOGS WANTED j -Ft. 16-Ft. And Long Lengths At Top Prices DURKLAND LUMBER CO. Phono 1125 n ;i Olympic Honors 7u nuies nortneast of here, and at the bobsled run to start the games going. ti rii . .. In all, 1,178 athletes from 30 na tlons, including Germany and Ja KONGSBERO, Norway- (fff-Tho. Olympic torch reached i the half way mark Wednesday night on its 170-mile relay from the tiny Nor wegian village of Moregdal to tho opening of the 1952 Winter Olym pic Games In Oslo. The torch is being relayed by 100 skiers from the village where more -than 100 years ago Sondre Norheim ! first used strana to fasten 1Hoc in ahst That was the start of modern ski ing. ;;v ;i pan, aro competing in this biggest of all the Winter Olympics,; with a total attendance expected of 750, 000. ; . ,j More than 300 soldiers working day and night have brought the giant sktlom course Into good shape by shoveling In snow from every nearby gully. The bobsled course is icy and the Americans con tenddangerous for the four-man. sleds. j'j The Oslo weather man, who has predicted snow before only, to bo disappointed, timidly suggested there may be some soon. A low pressure area is enroute here: from the North Atlantic. if I Lawrence Rated High ' There is a good chance the first gold medal of these games may go to an American. Mrs. Andrea Mead Lawrence, the 19 -year -old star from Rutland, Vt., is favored in the giant slalom. Her chief 1 com petitor is her friend, Trudy Joch um Beiser, 23, of Austria, jj ,. The NorefjeU course Is one that will demand a daring, skillful ski er. In some places the path of snow has been built up five feet above the ground. At , best it is heartbreaking, twisting, 'and steep. It drops 500 meters about' 1,640 feet in the space of 1,500 meters, or about one mile. That is a 30 per cent descent. 'i After the games are under way comes the formal opening with all the pomp and circumstance that Oslo can muster. This will take place Friday in 30,000 seat Bis lett stadium in the center of Oslo. Princess Ragnhild, the 21 -year-old daughter of Crown Prince Olav, will pronounce the ; games open after the customary parade of nations. King Haakon VII and the crown prince are in London for the funeral of King George. VL" (Continued on next page) 'Ivy' May Junk Spring Drills i ITHACA, N. Y. (VPresidente of the eight Ivy League colleges have voted f to 2 In f aVor ef abol ishlns spring football practice, a, reliable source reported Wednes day. v :i EVASIIEVSKI PICKED ; EAST STROUDSBUHG, Pa. CD Forest Evashevski, recently; nam ed head football coach at the Uni versity of Iowa, was chosen Wed nesday the third members of the football department of the Eastern Pennsylvania Scholastic Coach es Association clinic here in June. Evashevski, former star blocking back at the University of Michi gan, will lecture on the single wing formation. 'i'Z ' ) DRAKE LINING EXAMINATION r?n 7 ii This takes only a few minutes and you can see for yourself the condition of your lining. i ' If a roline Is necessary we offer for the month of February brake reline special for only $21.50 which Includes lubri cating emergency brake ' cables, packing front wheel bearings and adjusting brakes. i Herrall-Ovcns Co. 660 North Liberty Your Pontlec Dealer 1 11 Turner, Oregon 'i