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4- Top 4 Teams Eye Playoffs MAWON B LEAGUE WLPct. W LPct. W-City 1 S .889 Uate 1 10 .411 Gerval 13 4 .765 Chmwt 1 11 133 Jfferm 13 4 .763. Sublmty 4 13 J3J St. Paul 11 ( JBVt OS J). 3 14 .171 Scio 10 7 .588 Detroit 3 IS .114 CSuioii completed.) Tonight's final games: Cervais at Sublimity. Jefferson at Detroit. Scio at Oregon School for Deaf. St. Paul at Gates, v ' . - - n. - " ,; v - The Marion County B League ends its season tonight with four games, none of which will in volve 1954 champion Mill City. The. Timberwolvee and Chem awa have completed play, with the former boasting the cham pionship on a 16-2 record. Chem awa wound u,p with seven wins, 11 losses. I Tonight's games: St. Paul at Gates, Scio at Oregon School for the Deaf, Gervais at Sublimity, .Jefferson at Detroit Gervais and Jefferson go into the last round in a tie for second olace. and likely will finish uo in the knot since they oppose second division quints tonight Considerable interest will be, focused on the St Paul-Gates and Scio-Deaf School mixes, as both the Buckeroos and Loggers are battling for the No. 4 rung in the final standings. The toft four teams in the circuit at the end of play will qualify for the District 2-B tournament at Wil lamette U in March. Bbck Weatherill's St Pauls downed Stan Whipple's Scio club iil IUCU U HUM guu M. "Jvm j night and now have a one-game lead over the Loggers for the fourth position. A St Paul win at Gates, tonight clinches it for ine oaiuu, uui buuuiu urcj w while Scio is beating OSD, they'll end in a tie. . If the Deaf Schoolers beat Scio, however, then it's all over and St Paul hai the coveted No. 4 slot regardless of how the Bucks make' out at Gates. : Gates High's Herb Romey, the 1953 league scoring champ, established a new individual high scoring record for this season Tuesday when he meshed 40 points against Sublimity. The 40 did not make for a new league record, but they did push Romey nto strong competition for this year a scoring crown, miu wiy s Elton Gregory is currently in front, with both John Wright of Jefferson and Romey pushing hard. Iindsey Meets Eric Pederson Luther (The Tank) Lindsey and Eric (The Arrogant) Pederson are the next main eveniers ai. u Armory, Tuesday night when Maestro Elton Owen presents his weekly wrestling card. - "Eric challenged the winner of this week's L i n d s e y-Kamaroff mix," Owen told Thursday, "and winner even via disqualification, I figure I've got a real main event 'for the next card. It ought to be a wow." ' pwfarnn mAf. his return to Sa- lem an auspicious one by slam- - amh b full 1txnn An flinfi JlliXlg SUVU. K "-- -w. Nicolini this week that Gino had to be taken to a hospital. No bones were broken, but Nicolini will be out of action for a spell as a result of Pederson's crushing hold. Both Linr'-sy and Pederson use the full nelson as top convincers, and both men are extremely pow erful. v" The dynamo Pepper Gomez will also be on Tuesday's card, prob ably against Ivan (Killer) Kam aroff. Four matches will be on the bill for the program, all to completed later by Cwen. Tide Table ' Tides for Taft. Oregon February. 1954 (compiled by VS. Coast and Geodetic Survey. Portland. Ore.) ? HIGH WATERS LOW WATERS Feb. Tima Ht. Tim Ht IS S O ajn. SX 134 pjn. 1.0 t J3 pjn. 4.1 XI ' S:4S ajn. J UM am. 3 5 . tS pjn. 4.4 JJ7 pjn. .7 Sink or Swim' for Conley By JACK HAND BRADENT0N, Fla. U) - Gene Conley. Milwaukee's prize -foot-8 inch rookie righthander, is at the "sink or swim" stage of his ca reer as a hot shot prospect ' "This is it," said General Man " ager John uinn, "everybody tells os Gene is ready. George Selkirk, who managed . him last year at Toledo, says he cant miss. We hope so. We are counting on him to make if - "Spring training will tell the .story." said Manager Charlie Grimm, "I'm going to pitch him plenty in the exhibition games. We think he's ready to take the big 'Step.5:.--;,-. .. Conley, . an engaging; youngster of 23, is sure be wont disappoint. . His minor league credentials bor der on the sensational. Every year Conley burns up a .-minor league but this is his third try at the big wheel. Everybody agrees be was rushed up too fast when, he was brought up to the Braves in 1952 after, only one year of pro ban. r v ; That first year was a dilly. The , big fellow, fresh out of Washing ' AP's 1 954 i mi iii iMnMaMStawanwaaai 1 r ; ! ffP fiLrt dMERICfl I v -x (tVv. - A ( PETTIT; 5J -' J Uuti ana I ' . , coLA - The Associated Press' 1954 AO-America basketball team is pictured above. Inclnded are Don Schlnndt Of Indiana, Frank Selvy of Far man, Bob Pettit f Louisiana State, Cliff Hag an of Kentucky and Tent Gola of LaSaile. k Oregonians Named Biegges1 Top Selection For All-America Team MINNEAPOLIS IB A Kansas school teacher and a veteran marksman with a better than 98 per cent average of hits on 6.950 targets last year are among the nation's top gunners named Jimmy Robinson's 1954 All-America trapshooting teams. Robinson, veteran clay-target editor of Sports Afield, outdoor ruihliratinn. designated Arnold Ri- egger, Seattle, as captain of a 12- man amateur team. Ripfppr. n star at the Grand American Trapshooting Tourna ment at vandana, umo, won ue champion-of-champions race with 100 straight hits. His average on 6,930 registered targets was .9853. Miss Iva Pembridee. Phillips- burg, Kan. school teacher, was se lected by Robinson as tne nation s top woman shooter. She won the women's title at the Grand Amer ican, breaking 195 out of 200 tar gets in the North American Ladies Championship race. Seven veterans and four new comers are chosen with Riegger to Robinson's first squad. New comers include John Simpson, Portland, Ore. Jefferson Hi Smoker Set Saturday Night JEFFERSON (Special) Ten boxing bouts, including two exhi; bitions by Multnomah Athletic Club fighters from Portland, will feature the Jefferson High School Smoker at the school gym Satur day, starting at 8 p.m. Other bouts will involve athletes from both the high and grade schools of Jefferson. Chieftains Win 25th u SEATTLE W The Seattle Uni versity Chieftains stretched their winning streak to 25 straight the nation's longest Thursday night with an 80-64 victory over Portland J - i guard Cal Bauer had the biggest nignt ot nisi couegiate oasKeioau career as he canned 31 points to pace the Chieftain's to their tri umph. India will be host to an all-Asian lawn tennis tournament in Calcutta in December 1953. ton State College where he was a basketball star, had a 20-9 season with Hartford in the Eastern League in 1951. He impressed ev erybody in .'52 spring training, es pecially Tommy Holmes, then the manager. But he was over his head in the National League where be quickly lost three games. Soon he was back in the minors at Mil waukee. Conley's 11-4 season with Mil waukee, then in the American Assn., earned him another spring whirl with the big club a year ago. He stuck around loos enough to make the transfer from Boston to Milwaukee but was farmed to Toledo before the season opened. Under Selkirk at Toledo, Con ley rolled up a remarkable 234 record, a 2.90 earned run mark and a league-leading total of 211 strikeouts. He walked only 57 men. On the strength of this terrific year, phis the return of Chet Ni chols from service, the Braves felt free to trade Johnny AntoneDi and Don Liddle to the New York Gi ants in the Bobby Thomson deaL The Giants wanted Conley. said Quinn, "but we decided to give, up Liddle instead." n n - - ;;lnlpe .IJ.. ' All-America Team r? Too Robinson's second team selec tions include O. B. Milligan, Coos Bay. Ore.; Dick Skeeters, Med ford. Ore., and Joe Cotant, Poca tello. Idaho. Miss Pembridge was named captain of a 12-place women's team. David Dickas. Sidney. Ohio and Lawrence Jones." Condon, Ore. were named co-captains of a jun ior squad. ' 19 May Romp In Anita Co ARCADIA, Calif. ( Owners o! 19 horses indicated Thursday they will shoot for the money in the $100,000 added Santa Anita Handicap Saturday and there will be no dearth of dark horses in the mile and one quarter race. Calumet Farm's Mark-Ye-WeH, will be forced to skip the event. Trainer Jimmy Jones decision to sideline Mark-Ye-Well, last year's winner, because of a minor ankle injury, pushed the betting entry of Rejected, High Scud and By Zeus into Prominence, and the same was true of Alberta Ranches' Irish horse, Indian Hemp. It also moved Alfred G. Vander bilt's Find into view as the high weight of the field, at 124 pounds. If 19 go into the race, this 17th running of the handicap will be worth $146,000 gross and the win ner will collect $108,900. It will be Se fattest prize since Azucar won 08,400 in the inaugural race in 1935. Albany Archers Schedule Meet ALBANY (Special) The Albany Chemawa Bowmen will sponsor a Foulweather Shoot on the local range Sunday, February 28. The meet, which will include novelty events, is open to the public and registration will take place from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sunday. . The Albany range is located two miles west of the city, on High way No. 20. Signs will direct arch ers to the course. fessa car ssms creasi fruCT.cuuts ceMtsrocM cwustst; JXTSU1T KSTOtES "LOST ESSSC ilSmSt SWAcyy $25 Operation Includes: Caxbnrator ad justments, Spark rings cleaned and Adjnsjed, Timlnr Set " ' Domjlas IVlsItay torchf Co. 510 N. COMMERCIAL ST. Four Clashes In WU Arena j Salem, Walla Walla Foes in Night Tilt The Northwest area YMCA sen- I ior basketball tournament, involv .ing eight teams from Oregon and I Washington, gets under way si the 4 Willamette University Gym today. J All eight teams will see action in L -4 SdVYthe day-night round which starts rvMat $ o'clock. . 1 The . strong Salem entry will "play in the t a.m. dash, with Walla Walla. In the opening mix today the Eastside YMCA of Seattle will face Everett. Wash. At :30 the Eu gene entry goes against Tacoma, Wash. The Salem-Walla Walla game will get the night side of the program under way, after which Yakima and Portland collide at 9:30 o'clock. The four winners will advance to semifinals action Saturday, starting at 9 a.m. Consolidation flight play starts at 12:30 p.m. Saturday. : The tuornament is under the di rection of Fred Cords, local YMCA official 'Kid' Matched With Burnett SPOKANE UR Seattle's Harry (Kid) Matthews, "who has em barked on a 'Tight a month" re building job, will meet Murray Burnett in a 10-round heavyweight match here March 9," promoter Tex Hager said Thursday. Burnett is a 27-year old Chicago Negro who has been campaigning with mild success in the Midwest Matthews, 32, knocked out Jack Nelson of Salt Lake City in 1:16 of the first round here Feb. 9, and manager Jack Hurley said he would have the Kid going every SO days from then to retirement or a big-money shot The idea is to pick up some Northwest dollars, which usually flow for Harry, while beefing up his Northwest stock. Holman Clear, 'Fix' Charge NEW YORK (fl Nat Holman, guiding genius of basketball at the College of the City of New York for 34' years, Thursday was cleared of charges which led to his sus pension following the basketball scandals f 195L ' i:? - A 3-man trial committee of the board of higher education, in a 2-1 decision, found Holman innocent fo charges of conduct unbecoming a teacher, constituting neglect of duty. : The -committee recommended that Holman be reinstated as an associate professor of hygiene as of the date of his suspension, Nov. 18. 1932. , The "fix scandals Involved sev en players on Holman's 1950 CCNY team which won the NCAA and National Invitation Tournaments. Players from other colleges also were involved. Holman's assistant, Harry (Bob by) Sand, unanimously was found guilty on two charges of - con duct unbecoming a teacher. The an instructor as of Nov. 18, 1951 Look and Learn By A. C GORDON 1. What name was apnlied to the Medieval wars between the Christians and the Moslems? 2. For what, In English money, is the "quid" a slang terms? 3. In what famous novel does Lady Rowena appear? 4. What four U. S. states all meet at right angles? S. What is the largest bronze statue in the world? ANSWERS , 1. The Crusades. 2. A pound. 3. -Ivanhoe,, by x- Sir Walter Scott 4. Utah, Colorado, Arizona and New Mexico. , 5. The Statue of Liberty. . KXZll f PHONE 33175 ) sil Jehosie Heard Impressive in YUMA, Ariz.' m ' Jehosie Heard, a small package as base ball pitchers go and the first Ne gro to don a Baltimore Oriole uni form, is acting very much 'like a sleeper at spring training camp here these days. : j Manager Jimmy Dykes admits he may havegotten more than he bargained for in the wee left band er who came to the new American League team from Portland in the Pacific Coast League. ; Both. Jimmy and the Birds pit ching coach, Harry "The Cat" Brecheen, point out it's far too early in the season to make pre dictions on the performance of any athlete. But Brecheen says he likea the way this quiet 147-pounder Cards Nearing Junior Title ! Coach Clay Egleston's Parrish Cardinals took another big stride toward the 1954 Salem Junior High basketball championship Thurs day with a 49-44 win over the Par. rish Pioneers. The Cards now own a 6-1 record, and second Dlace Pioneers have four wins, three losses. i One more victorv for the Eele. ston team clinches the crowi. The winners led 15-12 at half. time after a 10-10 first period tie. It was 37-32 at the end of the third quarter for the Cards. Heavy scor ing by Ron Russell with 18, Ed Kitchen with 13 and Larry Pat ton with 12 paced the victors. Ger- aia Brunneue topped coach Bob Merger's Pioneers with nine. The Pioneers won the Bee game 35-26. West Salem nlavs at Parrish Greys tonight at eight o'clock, and the two Leslie teams meet at 4 p.m. in today's league games. Pioneer (44) Brunnelle (fil (43) Carta (1) . Kanx (1J) Patton J JeMon MSI RdiuII r T c G Kruxer (I) .tsruKftarai (I) Marian (11 Durham (5) C (13) Kitchen S. M. Patton S. Card Buchanan 9, Wetiner. Official: Anderson and Cooper. The best record ever compiled by a Duke University basketball team was in 1942 when the Blue Devils won 22 out of 24 games. etC (LS ,o. v; ' it . ' The Shop Writ Shoes "m""WE3 a n BERGMAN Calked Loggers REG. g 37.50 ! i HOW 2aSS I ORIGINAL CHIPPEWA Calked Loggers Oxfords-Loafers am. 32.50 i;ov ORIGINAL CHIPPEWA , 8-ln. Loce-to-To g Logger Boots g Beg. I o 19.95 . HOW g .., ) n (ii.UcHi.Tm q ' CooJyicir Wdl Work Shoos moc i:ow IW DannononnonnnnnnnnnnnnnnnannpoonD OPEN FRIDAY NIGHT TIL 9 . NATIONALLY FAMOUS - i NATIONAUY ADVERTISED 357 STATE ST. keeps "the ball down around the knees but still in the strike zone. Jehosie. who has scarcely ut tered anything loud enough to be heard since be arrived here, stands Just 5 feet, t inches tall. vf "Looks a lot like Bobby Shatz the way he throws and , fields ground balls," Dykes put in. Heard, who is 29, made his first post-war efforts with, the touring Birmingham, . Ala., Black. Bar ons. He won six and lost three be fore he quit because of "too many bus rides." .. : , - "' ; In 1949 he posted a record of 17-9 with the Houston Eagles, then quit for two more years. Changing; his mind again, little Jehosie signed with ' Portland in Vernon to Be Classed As Holdout by Nats ORLANDO, Fla. tfi Clark Griffith said Thursday that if Mickey Vernon doesn't sign his contract by Monday, the Washing ton Senators definitely wUl regard him as a holdout. ' ' ' Vernon, the 35 year old first baseman who led the league in hitting last season, is reportedly after a salary of $35,000. The Sen ators top offer has, been $24,000. Rainiers tp Try Out Day Games Saturdays SEATTLE (J) Saturday after noon baseball will be given a trial by the Seattle Rainiers of the Pa cific Coast League in an attempt to lure the day - off dollar. Except for a brief test during the war, Saturday baseball has been a night fixture in Seattle al most since the first lights were installed. General Manager Dewey Soriano said Thursday "the entire city is working a five - day week and in terest shown to date Justifies the switch to afternoon play on Sat urday.' $$ SAVE $$ CARLOAD PRICES PEAT MOSS Will be here near Mar. 1 KIEBQ, FEED i SUPPLY 1625 N. front Ph. 4462S ON . . t . Shoe Box . . . B 1 88 o 19.95 . $ S 12.95 5J1 B g REG. . Liau o (if n CEG. a. Ccli-a, Ox. FriirT, FsH. X3. lSU-Sa Orioles Gimp v 1952 and was fanned out to Vic toria. B.C.. where he fanned 216 batters in 212 innings and led the team to, a Western International League pennant with- a 20-12 rec ord. "-': ': ' v -'- s ' He threw a no-hitter that- sea son and pitched two games on a single Sunday, losing both by tight 1-0 .scores. ,. ,. Heard was brought back to Port land for the 19S3 season where he proved himself a workhorse, post' ing a 16-12 record for the fourth place team. He had a 3.19 earned run average. c ;- Heard will get his chance here and if he produces, there is little doubt hell be throwing them for Baltimore this year. Tuckett Enters Lewiston Fold ... LEWISTON, Idaho ( - The Lewiston " Broncs of the Western International ; League announced Thursday the sienine of Glen Tuck- ett, who was their regular second baseman last year. Business Manager Tom Tabor said Tuckett is the eleventh player to be signed by the Broncs so far this year. During 1953 Tuckett took part in 124 double Tlav 14 mnrv than any other second baseman in the Class A league. (MEET (DD Lamer Transfer And Storage 889 N. Liberty PL 3-3131 And Save! QDTT ' m nur?(?(? (?iuiai?(? 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