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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 ' .
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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
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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
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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.
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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."
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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.
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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. .
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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)
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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.
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knees but still in the strike zone.
Jehosie. who has scarcely ut
tered anything loud enough to be
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"Looks a lot like Bobby Shatz
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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
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Tuckett Enters
Lewiston Fold
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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.
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