The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980, January 21, 1955, Image 33

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Newspaper Page Text-. ' .. - - v . - r o. m mm . oflo - . u 10,000to See mm mm Powerful Badgers Trom the frving can into the fire, quate description for Willamette University? basketball band this weekend. The Bearcats go against the Pacific University Badgers bere tonight, at eignt o cioca, ana Johnny, Lewis' troupers, oy no means weak sisters of the North west Conference this season, last weekend took on the College of laano coyotes in a local pair, sue cumbing in both to the court wiz ardy of Elgin Baylor, R. C. Ow ens, et ai. Willamette gave a rousing account of i t s e 1 f each Bight, but it wasn't enough. . - Now comes Harv Rolof fs Bad fers, the win-happy outfit which NOETHWEST CONFERENCE " W V Pet. WL Pet. C-Idh 01.000 Wlllam. 2 3 .400 Pacific 4 1 .800 Whltm"m 1 S .183 Llnfield S 1 .SOOL-Clark 0 S .000 Friday game: Pacific at Willam ette. Saturday: WUlamettc at Pacif ic. Lewis & Clark at Linfield. .. has lost but one game this sea son, that to the Coyotes at Cald well by a dose 74-68 margin, and which was pieked as - potential league champ before the race be gan. , - So there Is little doubt that the Bearcats have themselves a hand ful each night this weekend, and would be indexed as an upset The Badgers are paced by the astronomic minded Norm Hu- L XL. 1 1 . Den, one vi uic dcsi suuuiers in the West He may not have the . (Continued on next page) ' Bolt Leader At San Diego SAN DIEGO, Calif. W - Big Tommy Bolt cut loose with seven 29 for the first nine and finished with a 64 Thursday to take the lead in the first round of the $15. 000 San Diego Open Golf Tourna ment Later in the day a lesser known young professional, Paul McGuire of Wichita, Kan., turned in. a 31-34-65 to share honors with the temperamental Texan from Hous ton. ; Bolt pleased with his perform ance but huffy because he fancied cameramen were too observant as he lined up a putt or two, finished eight strokes under par for the Mission Valley Country Club. -' Nine birdies and one bogey dot tec his card - for the 6.706-yard journey of the par 36-36-72 hole course.' Bereman to Guide Portland Frosh1 PORTLAND in Lloyd Berg man Thursday was named acting freshmen basketball coach at Portland University. He will fill in for Mike Tichy, wno m turn is replacing Art Mc Larney, head coach.' McLarney Wednesday was granted a leave of absence because of ill health. - Bergman pkred on the univer sity's varsity team, in 1951 through . iM. ne now is completing grad uate work for a degree in physical education. - x - By DON It is fortunate .that at long uic oiaic vi utckoo wnicn win aevoie lis entire enort to the pur pose of better waterfowl care for the future. Oregon Duck Hunters' a ,-,4. Association now has two chapters comprised not -2 '' - fjust of duck hunters, but of men and women who y tare interested in the future of our waterfowl. The (' j Mallard Chapter in Portland and the Sprig Chap- ' , ' Mtcr in Salrm malr nn th torn ornniM Tk... I I- " - " Q.WMf0 . . . A 1K3C two groups have problems confronting them at the 1 moment which will have great bearing unon the i V "i future of the waterfowl of the Pacific Flyway. For Itunately a similar statewide organization has been fat work for some tneir aid and also i (Falls that the Bureau of Reclamation is once again Doa Barter guise of bomesteading. Land already under home ..'' . steading in that area is not producing enough for the homesteaders to live upon. Local farmers warned in 1948- that the land was difficult to bring into cultivation, but their warnings were cast upon deaf ears. Or, were the ears just temporarily stuffed with cotton? The Reclamation Bureau is now trvinr to cover an it . ' rors. Quote: "We now find, however, that because of inherent ly poor soil and high development costs, the land has not devel oped to preconceived expectations and a number of entry men i are in dire need of assistance that could be made possible under ; the act of August IS, 1953 (66 Stat. 566.)" - This is the act which enables the capricious, incompetent Bu eau to cover mistakes by giving the "distressed- individual more land to stop his squawk of being sold down the river. The Bureau now wants "only" 900 acres out of the 2500 acre refuge. Howeveras most persons well know, giving the Reclama tion Bureau a foot in the door is only one step away from moving out and eventually giving them the whole house, door and alL Fire Million Were Once Counted There On Wednesday we bad lunch with Kramer Adams, former i information officer with the California Fish Game Conunis. : sioa and now with Weyerhanset on public relations. Kramer i bow resides In Tacema. Anyway, Adam told s that ene oc casion he, along with others - witnessed the concentration of ;. tome five-million waterfowl on that tame refuge. . f It has long been known as the key resting area of the . Pacific Flyway. Should it become drained and reclaimed in the near future it could easily spell disaster for the Pacific coast. It is a move 1 Progress it a fine and necessary picture we in the North west must face. But, we do not have to face complete ruina tion of a wildlife resource to create a. needless and stupid pro ject for a government barean. Why try to cover up a bad mis take with a worse mistake. ' - As this column sees it. it is which the sportsmen and lovers will fight tooth and nail to save life we have left. A country is as nua waterfowl certainly come nader that title. ...i On Monday evening, January 24, the Sprig Chapter at The" Oregon Daek Hasten Asa's, will hold its regular Btoathly meeting at the Marion Hotel, at t o'clock. AH interested per - sons are invited to attend and Join in en the efforts to d aomethlag bow."' i : ...4 i ; ; . ...... ,v , Tonight or vice versa, could be an ade at forest urove aaturaiy mgni. Sabers Sched on Salem Academy Plays Central Hi Panthers Serra High's Sabers see what thev can do about Stavton's unde feated status in the Capitol Lea gue basketball race tonight as two more circuit games are play ed oft. Coach Leo Grosjaeques' Sabers, who have won one and lost two to date, take on the capitol leagui . W u Pet. W X. Pet. Staytoa 3 0 1.000 S-Acad. 1 2 .333 Cascade 3 1 .750 Central 1 3 .333 Serra . 1 2 .333 Gcrvais 1 3 .250 Friday tames: Serra at Stayton, Salem Academy at Central. Eagles of Coach Joe Boyle at Stavton. starting at eight o'clock. The other league skirmish sends Bob Funk's Salem Academy Crusaders, owners of a 1-2 rec ord, to Central to play warren Schue's Panthers, also at eight o'clock. r -The Panthers aviso have one victory against two defeats. Neither Gervais nor Cascade are scheduled tonight in Tuesday games this week, Salem Academy defeated Serra and Central tripped Gervais. Layne to Head Lewiston Club LEWISTON, Idaho tfl Hfllis Layne. 35. former player with Se attle in the Pacific Coast League and veteran minor league coach, Thursday was named player-manager of the Lewiston entry in the new Northwest League. Last season Layne managed San Angelo to third place in the Class C. Longhorn League and batted a proud .333. He succeeds Larry , Barton at Lewiston. Layne played third base for Se attle in the late '40's and was one of the contenders for the league Datting championship in 1948. Academy to Host Central Quintet The Salem Academy Crusaders and central Panthers will play a Capitol League basketball game on the Academy floor tonight in stead of the Central court, as mistakenly published earlier. A 6:10 prelim will precede the var sity game. : - TIGARD IN MAT WIN" - - DAYTON (Special) Tigard wrestlers took a 33-23 victory over coach Arnold Hildebrand's Day ton team here Wednesday night Winners for Dayton Were Richard Newcomb, Don Shafer, Jim Shel burn, Harold Lyons and Norm Oow. tit HARGER last an organization is formed in time in California We will need the aid of the Sports Council of Here Mavt wasnmgion. Here is way: : . We received word this week from Klamath threatening to crowd into the Tule Lake National Wildlife Refuee. This current mnv is nnW fh. the entire waterfowl population of that must be stopped and stopped the dawning of new era. An era in of the outdoors and the wildlife what little of the outdoor way of powerful as its natural resources. Sharpie i - ) -i iV ye Norm Hubert, abeve. six-foot aarpslMotiiig forward for the Pacific U Badgers shows form he ases for' deadly one-hand shots. Hubert Is one of the most efficient scorers la western col legiate ranks and will be la ac tios tonight when the Badgers play ' the Willamette Bearcats here. - Wolves Oppose ers OREGON COLLEGE OP EDU CATION. Monmouth (Special) The Oregon College Wolves, unset victors over Portland State in their last Oregon Collegiate Conference basketball game here, OMGOir rOLLEGlATI W L Pet. . WLPct East Ore. 3 1 .750 O. T. I. t 3 J33 So. Ore. 3 3 .714 O. C.H 1 S .183 Port St. 1 1 .300 Friday-Saturday fames: OCE at Eastern Ores on, : Portland State at Oregon Tech. draw a tough league' assignment Friday and Saturday. Dr. bod Livingston's cagers will be in La Grande for a two-game series with the defending champion Eastern Oregon Mountaineers. The Mounties are again atop the standings this season, having won three of four games.; Bob Ouinn't big and veteran team lost to Oregon Tech last week, tbift onthe next nighf " wallopedi the Owls, scoring over 100 points in the process. , The Mounties have such sharp shooters as Ted Schadewitz, Ken Westenskow, Larry Pryse, Gary Burton and Vance Savage again this season, and are favored to win their second straight confer ence crown. -Another OCC series for the weekend has Portland State at Klamath Falls to play Oregon Tech. . . Although Captain. Larry Cham berlain of the Wolves suffered a 12-stitch eye cut in the Portland State game, he probably will be able to play at LaGrande. Others making the trip are Dale An drich, Jack McRae, Harold Hoy, Doug Zitek, Harley Willis, Wayne Young, Bob Janes, Ron: Jones, Darrel Davis and Harold Holdorf. Ball Job Might Interest DiMag LOS ANGELES Wl Although he has virtually dropped out of the sports picture, Joe DiMaggio might like to get back into base ball if the major leagues spread to the West Coast "I've never lost my interest in baseball," the former Yankee Clip- ier told a reporter Thursday.. don't want to be a manager or in door hothouse executive. Fve had chances like that. But if the majors come out here that would change the picture." DiMaggio is thinner than bis claying weight of 187 pounds. His hair is flecked with grey. He says he's contending with an ulcer that first aDueared back in 1942, "but I'm feeling ok." . Eskimos Ink Dean EDMONTON. Alta. CTV-Sign- ing of tackle Bob Dean, 24-year- old; native of Pittsburgh, was an nounced Thursday by the Edmon ton Eskimos of the Western in- terprovincial Football Union. Dean kicked 41 consecutive converts last year in, league and play-off games. He joined the Edmonton club last year after playing with the Washington Red skins and University of Maryland. Loop Junior High Cagers Slated 'Par 2nd Round Action Today The Salem Junior High basket bailers swing through their sec ond round of circuit action today, JT7XIOK HIGH LKAGUK r - W L. Pet. i W I. Pet. P-Crd 1 01.000 lrwr- 0 1 -00 P-Grays 1 1.000 C-Blues I .000 L-GoWj 1 aiXOOP-Pion. 1 Md Fridiy fames: Warrior v. Grays at Leslie. Pioneers vs. Cardinals at Parrish. Blues vs. Golds at Leslie. with a pair of afternoon clashes and one at night. Play got under I way a week ago. .v. . Saxons, Vikihff s inMrst Basket Clash South Salem Site of Mix Southerners Picked To Te'Iimugural , The first basketball meeting in history between the North Salem Vikings and South Salem Saxons goes to the starting line omgni, at 8:15 o'clock, in the South Sa lem Gym. Respective Bee squads will get what is expected to be a lively evening ; under way in a 6:45 o'clock preliminary. Just as it was in football last Fall, when the gridiron legions of the crosstown foes got together for the first time, the Southern Saxons rate the favored role in tonight's basket inaugural Coach Dick Ballantyne's Southenders appear to have too many horses for the Northerners of coach Ken Hunt The Saxons have much the bet ter record of the two, having won eight and lost three to date. North Salem has won five, lost SiX. ; - . ' , .':'. ; The Southerners, who will be considerably bigger in size than the Vikings, will start with 6-4 Bob Wulf at center, e-z Fhii Bura land and 6-2 Bruce Patterson at forwards, and 5-10 Bob Foreman and 5-10 Neil Scheidel at guards. Too reserves for the Southern ers are 6-3 Jim Allen, 6-1 Don Zeh, 64 Don Watilo, 6-2 Ron Russell and 6-2 Dale Jones. - . Dan Luby,. Saxon regular for most of the season to date, will sit this' one ' out because of a broken bone in a foot. He missed the last two South Salem games also. Biggest player Hunt will be able to toss at the Saxons will be Ken CarL 6-2 center. Lee Weaver, who has been, playing as a re serve at forward, is also e-z m heiKht. Otherwise, the Vikings have 6-0 Don Pigsley, Harry San tee and Marv Rhine, 5-11 Jack Loy, Bob Tom, Jim Michaebs and Jim Gordon, 5-10 Ed Syring and 5-9 Marv Strain. Expecting a large turnout for the game South Salem athletic director Harold Hauk has an nounced that all downstairs re served seats will be priced at SI. with those upstairs at 75c. Special sections have been roped off for students from both schools. Iightner Talk On SBC Sched Basketball, its rules and inter pretations will be the topic Mon day morning at the Senator Hotel when the' Salem Breakfast Club next convenes. Al Lightner, sports editor of the Statesman and a Pacific Coist Conference basketball official for 10 years, will be the speaker and will discuss rules and interpre tations for the game as it's played this season. Meeting time is 7:30 a.m- and a full turnout of the membership is urged. Breakfast Club officials would also like all members to bring along a friend. K-State Coach Search Narrows MANHATTAN, Kas. m Kan sas State College s -search for a bead football coach to replace Bill Meek was narrowed down to three young men Thursday. Meek, -who pulled .K-State out of a 10-year lease on the Big Seven Conference cellar to a champion ship threat within a four-year pe riod, resigned Wednesday to be come head coach at the University of Houston. Two of the three "probables" will be interviewed by Athletic Di rector Larry (Moon) Mullins and the athletic council Friday. They are Bob Blackman, head coach at Denver University the , past two years, and Pete EUiou, assistant at Oklahoma. Blackman's name has previous ly been mentioned prominently in connection with coaching jobs at Dartmouth, Oregon State and the professional Los Angeles Rams. Job Calls Dixie Back to Idaho LEWISTON. Idaho tf A for mer Alabama AH-American who. had onlv fair success building foot ball teams at Idaho has returned to the Gem State to -enter the sou building business. . Millard F. "Dixie" Howell slipped into Lewiston unannounced and quietly took over as manager of the soil minerals division of a local feed and grain mill chain. In the four years after Howell took over at Idaho in 1947 his teams won 13, lost 23 and tied one a fair record for the Pacific Coast Conference's . smallest school He was let out at the end of the 1950 season. ' In the afternoon games, start ing, at 4 pjn., the Cardinals and Pioneers clash at Parrish, and the Blues oppose the Golds at Leslie.' The night game, at eight o'clock, has the Warriors up against the Grays, at Leslie. - In last week's openers, the Golds downed the Warriors, the Grays tipped the Pioneers and the Cardinals defeated the Blues. . Bee team games follow today's varsity encounters and will pre cede tonight's fray, gtartinf at seveao'dock.. .. ; , Statesman, Salem, Oregon, Friday, Swede Not Likely to Seattle ftm M uspencl CORVALLIS U) Swede Hal- brook, the 7-foot, 3-inch basketball center, rejected an offer to go to an A.A.U. team Thursday, but still did. not rejoin the Oregon State team. f. t. He . said lie had decided to re main at Oregon State,, but it appeared almost certain that., he would not . play in ; the crucial Wichita 74. Seattle Univ. 71 j Colgate S3. CorneU J7 ' Tulsa 48. Oklahoma City V. 43 1 Tenn. State 79. Kentucky State 78 . Ceorgt Washinfton 9S. Virginia : Tech 60 , . Sewanee 71. Transylvania 19 Indiana State 93. Eastern Illinois ai Presbyterian 88, Newberry 68 Texas A&M 58. LSU 47 -Washington and Jefferson 67, Beth any (W.Va.) 60 ; Omaha Univ. 92, Simpson (Iowa) CusUvus Adolphus 74, Mankato (Minn.) TC 69 Jack Packets Comeback Mix COLUMBIA. S. C. 11 Former. lightweight champion Beau Jack scored an unspectacular 10-round unanimous decision over middle-' weight Eddie Green of Kannapolis, N. C, here Thursday night in his first attempt at a comeback. Jack weighed 147. Green 159. , J The 33-year-old Beau Jack, mak ing his first ring appearance since 1951, was the aggressor through out but was unable to get . past ureens longer reach to use his qnct, deadly combinations. i $13,000 Cardinal Pact for Larson SAN FRANCISCO W Paul Larson, University of California quarterback who was the nation's leading passer last season, has signed his contract to play pro fessional football with the Chicago Cardinals of the National Foot ball League. ' , ! Larson said Thursday he mailed the contract to the Cardinals Wed nesday night and will report next July 1. - v The one-year contract reportedly is for $13,000. . Skowron in Fold NEW YORK Cft - Bill Skowron. who may be the New York, Yan kees regular first baseman this season, has signed his 1955 con tract. ' ! i As a rookie in 1954, Skowron bat ted .340 in 87 games to lead all Yankee hitters. -The 195-pound for mer . mraue lootbau player mailed his contract from Austin, Minn. - The 24-year-old nghthand batter tm, al i. aMs.1. r i a. -. a uic Mia lanKee 10 sign. f Jjt Inventory Cleanup Sale! Man, what buys!. Brand 'new 1955 nationally advertised tires at these low prices! Many ether, types also reduced far below competition's regular price. Hurry, quantities limited in some sizes. a 670x15 ' 710x15 , mw 1 1 m m m I T J VI W 1 ! 5 ' 760x15 800x15 i g: &w' , g,g n 1 1 i . - ! Pins Tax nin SMALL fik . I!d og 5 DOlII 7!iC:(nYiK3 9 a mvi'nrr Arrain ., o FAiiiUiif fanuiTuA 1 (hags -Eat xsyzyj -p ig Dui;:l Mr, g, nbnonnonoDDnnnonDnannnnn Jan.. 21, 1955 (Sac. 4-l Face Bucks series ; against Oregon tor. tne Coast Conference Northern Divi sion lead this weekend. Coach' Aroory T. -"Slats". Gill suspended Halbrook from the team earlier this week, saying that Hal brook had voeen skipping classes and not measuring up to stand ards expected of Oregon State students. A Seattle A.A.U. team s made plane reservations for Halbrook to go to Seattle to talk over the pos sibility of joining the team there. Just before the time to depart. Halbrook appeared at the basket ball court, and talked privately with Gill. Gill said later that Halbrook had decided to remain in school, but did not ask for reinstatement on the team. Gill said Halbrook could not come back until he. asks for reinstatement and gives assurance that he will meet the expected standards. For his part Halbrook said he bad attended classes Thursday, as (Cont. Next Page) . No Violations At Maryland COLLEGE PARK, Md. MV-Dean Geary F. Eppley said Thursday in vestigation shows no case of any one on the University of Maryland athletic staff ever violating Atlan tic Coast Conference or National Collegiate Athletic Association rules on recruiting athletes. A report by a survey team from the Middle States Association oi Colleges and Secondary Schools. made public earlier this week, said Maryland had violated the rules. Eppley said the report had been misconstrued. Wichita's Rally Nips Seattle U Navy Transport WICHITA. Kan. tn -i Wichita University rallied in the final two minutes to nose out Seattle Uni versity 74-71 in a basketball game here Thursday night Wichita led at the half 40 to 36 Seattle tied the score twice in the second half and. forged ahead once butt Wichita came, up with two closing goals, one by Cleo Littleton and one by Verlyn An dersea.' to win. M .'. Littleton broke two of his own scoring records. He hit 38 points to beat his old record set in 1952 by one and hit 16 of 18 free throws to surpass a free throw mark oy one. SOUTH AFRICAN VICTOR VANCOUVER. B. C. tl John ny Arthur, heavyweight champion of South Africa, battered out a technical knockout over Jimmy Walls, Cliffside, N. J., here Thurs day night when Walls was unable to answer the third round been in a scheduled 10-round bout ' P U our Z'IH9P.H. n ected ed OTGlbrobk Big Jim Loscntoff, above, 6-foot, 5- inch, 230-pound tip-in expert for the Oregon Docks hopes U hit the scoring hemp often tonight and Saturday night when the Webfoots and Oregon State Be a vers play aff their first twa bas ketball amea. Tonight's opener Is at Eugene, Saturday's game at Corvallis. Loscutoff is Ore goa's top scorer and rebouder. Detroit Star Tops Keglers CHICAGO (A Tom Hennessey of Detroit shot to the top of the men's bracket at the end of the third round Thursday night in the National All-Star Bowling Tourna ment and Mrs. Dorothy Crouch of Westchester, Calif., retained the lead in her bracket. Hennessey, 29, fornierly of- St Louis, moved ahead by sweeping three out of four games from Bob Prince of Detroit while shooting 908. He now has 59.11 Petersen points.. Another Detroit star, Ed Luban ski, fell from first to second with 58.18 points. He took two games and the series from 1954 runner up. Bill LOlard, of Detroit ) - A field of 16 in each division are in the tourney finals with each man meeting each other in a four game match. " : .. The Petersen point system used to determine positions awards one point for each game a bowler wins plus another point for every 50 pin spilled. ; . , ; y I -: Job of Moving, . A's Completed I PHILADELPHIA tfl The Phil adelphia Athletics are gone now bag and baggage to their new home in Kansas City. Two moving vans donated by a Kansas City firm carted off the final reminders of the Athletics from Connie Mack Stadium Thurs day. 1 . .". Corner State and High sMcas Jig U - rf A f- mm AT PACIFIC AUTO sTl AS LOW AS n ssaaaai CLOSE-OUT! AC g MOTOR OIL 5 A 1.39 Valut -. - I 10 and 50 wt. only whUe they last . . PACIFIC AUTO SUPPLY 1 SS N. Conimtreiar-Optn Tonight Til 9 P.M. r"f n pt n n ri n n n m n Eugene Opener Foes Switch Warfare To. Corvallis Saturday UNIVERSITY ' OF OREGON, Eugene (Special) The . Oregon State Beavers and Oregon Ducks open their four-game basketball series here Friday night in Mc Arthur Court, and the - eight.' o'clock battle is expected to com pletely fill the 10,000 capacity "Igloo." ... 3v f:' ; The teams switch to Corvallis Saturday night for the. second game, and another ' throng of 10,000 or more is sure to sit in on that one. ? " i Latest reports indicated there was little chance the Staters' suspended 7-3 Swede Halbrook would see any action in the two games. - . . As the ' rivals ' move into the start of their series,-they find themselves 1-2 in the Northern Division race, Oregon State lead ing with a. . - . record of four wins, no losses, and Oregon close behind with five victories, one setback.' Coach r Slats Gill's veteran team, ' despite the probable loss of Halbrook, will be the favorite, both nights. But Oregon can be expected to go all out for upset victories, - which have Occurred many times in the ancient rivalry, which started in 1903. Since the beginning the Beavers have won - (Continued on page two) ZACHARY the ZEBRA Who fays: . ; A couplo of basketball fans chased, mt all ovtr town the other day thinking I was a referee. Well, Tm not a referee. 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