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Q13 .Final Racing Saturday 'Souped' Hard Tops Unni i an t n nr..:.,.... The 1955 aoto racing season 'Till draw to a close at Hollywood narl . tii wVnrf when the highly soaped bard tops roll in 'or the final meet on Saturday, . . ighL - . " Hiehlizht of the prozram will ' s the 100-lap main event,' the ingest race of the season here, nrl fin that will Tfntlire a supreme effort by those who are in it One-hundred times .-round - the bumpy, dangerous quarter mile oval at the big bowl isn't for novices. " Promoter Ron Ail of Valley 3 ports will have the complete entry list for the meet later, in the week. Sinr.e there will be no other hard top races elsewhere in the North, west this week, chances are the local field will be a big one. Aadiponai purse ' money, brought about b7 the length of the main event, will lure numerous pilots and their mounts, according to Ail. Time trials for the meet will statrt at 7:30 pjn., with Trophy dash and beat races to follow. A Class B consolation ace wUl precede the 100-lapper. Injury Jiiix Strikes UCLA LOS ANGELES UFi The injury jinx struck again at the right guard position of the UCLA foot ball team wbea Tom Thaxter, Im pounder newly elevated to the, starting role, cracked a bone In his right hand in practice Tuesday. Thaxter had been shoved into the spot because of a rib injury suffered by Don Shinnick, 235, in the Texas A fc M game. Coach Red Sanders, facing the biggest test of the new season in the game, against Maryland at College Park: Saturday, was a gloomy man as Tuesday's prac tice ended. Shinnick was listed as a doubt ful participant against Maryland. He re-injured the rib just Monday and Sanders made plans to alter nate big Hardiman Curetoa from tackle to guard, where be played last year.- Third string Esker Harris, 175, from Memphis, was nominated to step in for Thaxter. 1 Houston Captures ABC Ball Title BATTLE CREEK, Mich. J V lit 1 . l pea ting his 1954 performance, won his second championship game Tuesday as defending champion Houston downed Seattle, " 7-V for the American Baseball Congress title. . It was the first time any team has won the title two years straight. Houston, Southwest Divi sion champ, defeated Battle Creek, n:-u r. ;! last vpar at Water! own. S.D. Schultea, former University of Houston student, gave up nine hits, the same as his mound rivaL Paul Farm, but the Texans hunched their hits for four and two run scoring splurges in the second ana sevenui innings. Houston jumped off to a 4-0 lead in the second on two hits, two sacrifices and a pair of . costly rrnr. Third baseman R$ Faurot socked a home run with none aboard in the third to give Seattle its first run. Kintrlo hv Farrar and Dick Naish and an error in the fifth gave Seattle its second run. Today'&$i fMpfchen j - .. I lumrivllir.n I Cleveland at Chicago CN Lemon (lS- vs. Hinhman 10-7. Kansas nai h Vim. (lull vs. Mar- low (6-0). New York at Washington N Turley (18-3) vs. sioods i-V; Baltimore at Bostotv-Pahca (5-11) vs. Btumann 2-i). Milwaukee at Cincinnati Nichols (9-) ys. KUppsUin S-10. PitUburih at New York 2 Kline (-l nd tm is-Ct vs. Uddle 9-4) and Mc- Call (ft-5 1 or Monxant 3-S. Chicaca I at St. Louis ! bush Schmidt (7-3). Only gimes Kheduled. Tide Table (Compiled by U. S. Coast fc Geodetic HIGH WATERS LOW WATERS Sept Tim Heirht Tima Hofht 21 4:04 a.m. 4.1 :5S a.m. 14 3:15 pjn. t :f3 a m. 3M p.m. :lz a.m. 4:53 p.m. 1:21 a.m. S:5 p.m. :31 a.m. 19 p .m. t:17 a-m. S:13 p.m t 55 a.m. t .U p.m. 10:11 P-lTU t:40 a.m. 11:13 pjn. 10:31 a.m. e.3 2.7 Si Ml 14 12:13 a.m. 11:41 a.m. l:li a.m. 1 K)2 o .m. 2:1 a.m. 2:17 p.m. 3 04 a.m. 3:17 pjn. 0.1 3.0 3 OS 1.7 17 X3 Look and Learn By A. C GORDON 1. "What is America's oldest! aiilitarr decoration? 2. What is the chief seaport on on the west coast of South Amer ica? 3. What is a piscatorial champ- Ion? 4. What western U. S. state was settled as the result of a mass rel'ious movement? 5. What is the largest bronze statute in the world? Answers 1. The Badge for Military Mer it, established Gen. George Washington in 1782. . 2. Valparaiso. Chile. 3. A champion fisherman. 4. Utah; by the Mormons 6. The Statue of liberty. Boomer i: George KoanL above, 200 pound . freshman fullback from Kame hameha High ia Honolulu, hopes to do some offensive booming for the Willamette Bearcats Saturday night ia their 1955 football opener ia McCnlloch Stadium with the nrniiwerta rimes or Spokane. Kickoff is at eight o'clock. Lew Hoad Leader In Net Tourney LOS ANGELES tf - Chunky Lew Hoad of Australia led the way into the third round of men's sin gles in the Pacific Southwest ten nis tournament Tuesday when he defeated Earl - Baumgardner, yoong Oakland placer, 6-4, 6-2. Art Larsen, San Leandro, Calif., required just 29- minutes to oust Robin Willner,' former UCLA play- er. S-3, -!. Toonseeded Tony.Trabert of the, United States resumes singles com- petition weanesaay. Other favorites came through handily. .. .,' Vic Seixas, Philadelphia, second seeded among the Americans and last year's winner, defeated Bill QuiHian. Seattle, 6-4. 6-2. Hamil ton Richardson, Baton Rouge, La., won from Ed Yeomans, Los An geles. 6-1. 6-2, and Gil Shea de feated his local rival, Ed Kauder, 44, fi-3. (-2. IFF IFF " jt.k J 8 u iwvv.:Wf.v.vm.vm.fmi -j. ..wmw,'.' M,.n.w.!i tow.-a;.i.:i . ju mm.:.. p 'j ji .m . 1.1.1 j.m.m .WW.'.'-.' 111 - J-'-' m'V 1 ' 1 'l 1 ' i iuj j i . 1 1 1 1 u.nsy u.i.w 9.W g yjSft I jP' ' "v niiinA ---iin Jntfffo'rfi jic'iii i iihoati'iaoioit ::Vo -fun r hif n jfr'itu0,ii' -Yinr - m ' rHitM!frrtrbr'rr-'-mM-'MM'- -y--if -r-i-'-Ti -1 rrn nir 1 1 - -'if-'-'- n ,-,r-,-T-Yin --") 1 . t SALEM AUTOMOBILE CO., INC Saxoris to Meet Huskies Friday Victorious in their first two outings against rugged competi tion, and still sporting a loss-less record since becoming a member of the prep whirl a year ago, the South Salem High football Saxons next play the Sweet Home Huskies in a District 8 A-l game. Stanford QB Leads Offense . LOS ANGELES (Special) Jerry Gustafson, Stanford's sen ior quarterback, leads the Pacific Coast Conference in both passing and total offense, figures from the PCC Commissioner's office disclosed, today. Gustafson hit 14 of 18 passes in his first game for 134 yards and two- touchdowns and (the passing leadership. He also pick ed up 43 yards running for .a totaL of 1,77, yards. Second rank ed in both is Washington State's Bob Iverson with seven comple- tions anil a total, of 128 yards running and passing.- . . i Jim Shanley, Oregon sopho more halfback, has a narrow lead in rushing with 97 yards and an average Of 10.8 per play. He's followed by Stanford's Bill Tarr, the 1954 rushing champion, with 95 yards and Dick James, Ore gon, 91. ! ; , Top Receiver - ? Another : Stanford man, end John Stewart, is top ranked in pass receptions with eight good for 84 yards. Second is team mate Paul Camera with four re ceptions, two having gone for touchdowns. Jon Arnett, Southern Califor nia junior halfback, leads the scoring parade with 15 points on iwo loucnaowas and three con versions. Second is Sam Wesley, Oregon State sophomore, with 13 points. Wesley leads the Con ference in punt returns with a total of 57 yards and an average of 19 yards per runback, while Dewey Keith, Washington State, has the most kickoff return yard age, 72, with Arnett second, 57. Howard , Willis, Idaho sopho more, is the No. 1 punter with a 4-L5 yard average while Jack Morris, Oregon, and Joe Francis, Oregon State, both sophomores, also top the 40 yard mark. Jim Contratto 'and sophomore Doug Kranz, both of Southern Califor- nia. lead iin pass interceptions. each having picked off two. j Starting Post Goes To Kansas Sophomore LAWRENCE. Kan. (A Sopho more Jim Hull was promoted to the first team Tuesday ni'ht as the Kansas football squad closed out its workout with a defensive scrimmage.! ' A junior, John Drake, was placed on the injury list . because of a bad knee. Drake started against TCU last Saturday. BEST deal of I ... because you get a big bonus trade-in allowance on your present car, which will never be worth anything like as much again ... an allowance so big that you will be getting a big car for about what you'd expect to pay . for a small car in a few weeks. , BEST seller of the year f . . ; because people have bought so many Chryslers this ' year that sales are up 74 more than any other fine car. Ibis popular uuysier is so tar aneaa ox us neia rnUl still be a style leader for years to come.. The cl2sh, slated for Bennett Field, will be the first appear ance of the Ssxons on their home lot Two games have thus far been played on the new field, but both by the North Saltm Vikings. - In the first two games this season Coach Lee Gustafson's defending state champions de feated Beaverton 7-2 and Albany 19-6. And since Sweet Home in its first two games lost to Dallas (12-6) and Bend (254), there isn't much that says the Saxons won't rack up a third straight victory Friday night Vikings Are Idle A While ' the Southenders are playing the Huskies this ; week, Co2ch Al Gray's Northern Vik ings will be idle with a bye. In their first pair of games the Vik ings tied Jefferson of Portland 13-13 and lost to a powerful and big Corvallis team by a 12-0 score. - - - The rest comes at the right time for the Viks, for they are now without their No. 1 quarter back, Jim Backstrand, who was injured in the Corvallis clash and who probably would have been forced to sit out any action this week. - Chances are that Back strand will be okeh by the time the Viks again go into action, on September 30 at Sweet Home. Sweet Home Big Although tfie Saxons are rated over the Sweet Home club, they may meet some competition from the big visitors Friday night Biggest man on the heavy Husky squad is Wally Sparks, 260 pound tackle. - Tuesday the Saxons worked on both offense and defense as Gustafson ran them .through a heavy scrimmage. The team will now taper off in drills until game time. The same starting lineup that won. the first two games of the season is expected, to start again against the Huskies. La Moyne Mapes, ' regular, fullback, was sick Tuesday and may not be completely - well by Friday night If he isn't Jim Robinson, 175 pound junior will start in his .place. . Any person wishing ' to get re serve seat tickets for the Saxons game can cell the. high school. 3-4171. Ext. 73. and place their or der. Prices are. $1.23 for reserved tickets and $1 for general admis sion. Cougars Hold First Drill PULLMAN m The Washing ton State College Cougars, in their first workout since a humbling 50 12 defeat by Southern California last Saturday, tried a bit of offen sive scrimmage Tuesday. - Coach Al Kirch er, who saw six the year 0.435 N.Com'l. St. They'll Do It Every V"'''-2I j ' j f .iw, kwc rrmtM m:fTf. hf.irwrB iicim tg?BWft iT. M.y. V .slS ; , u 1-- - ; ; -. : l- 4- - 5P0RT5AW5' DIGESTS A CANVAS SLED! FOR BIG GAME IrS SAFER THAN PACKING rr on voun back! PLACE fiROMMETS HOPE 5 APART IN CANVAS ANTLERS TO POUL HANDLE A STRIR OP CANVAS, 4' WIDE AND- 6'TO f LONS, MAKES AM EXCELLENT SLED FOR PRAS tN(a BJQ fiAAAC OUT SAFELY. AND WONT DAMA6E THE HIDE ! OR MEAT FDt 6ROMMETS IN ONE END TO LASH IT TO A POLE (CUT ri ims spot; WiTH JftSASH CORD. TWO MEN CAN PICK UP HANDLES AND EASlLy DRAS 6VAME ACROSS SNOW OR DIRT (feUDWLV IP DIRT TO AW0IO BURHINQ HOLES IN CAN VAS OVER ROUSH 6R0UN0i EVER CAMP COULD USE THIS SLED. ! Since USC TUt ; of his team's passes against USC intercepted and - three of those turned into touchdowns, stressed passing. . ' "-i The injury, list remained small. Three players are out with minor injuries. j inat u r 1 9 Ph. 3-4117 J y : . Time Bonus Deer Season Hunters can still apply for the bonus deer seasons in the New bridge. Northside John Day, and Lookout Mountain areas, the Ore gon Game Commission said today. These special hunts have fallen far short of the desired number -of par ticipants by the September 15 dead line for submitting applications. Applications will be accepted by the commission on a first come. First serve basis until the desired number of tags have been issued. Application blanks may be obtain ed at the game commission's Port land office, regional headquarters, and at all license agencies. 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' Stanford also boasts the best pass defense record, having given up but 20 yards. Washington has given up the fewest yards rush-' ing, 87, and has the best total defense mark of 14S yards, fol lowed by UCLA with 193. . All Teams to Play . . Southern California leads in . punt returns with a 29 yard aver age and in pass , interceptions, having stolen six enemy aerials. The Trojans also scored on touchdown via each of theso routes. Idaho has the best punt' ing average, 43.6 yards, followed by UCLA, 43.3. A full round of action is sched 2 uled this weekend with Southern 4 California and Oregon meeting Friday night in Los Angeles, Saturday afternoon California hosts Illinois, UCLA is at Mary land, Idaho plays Utah t Boise, Washington is at Minnesota and Washington State plays at Kan sas. Saturday night Oregon State and Stanford meet in Portland. Nasrullah. sire of likely 3-year- old rhamnion Nashua, has 10 i offspring eligible for the Garden State to be run on Oct 29. 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