PAGE FOURTEEN Th STATESMAN, Salem, Oregon. Friday Morning, January 11. 1946 OREGON State's Hoop Biggies Liked By the Associated Press Oregon s one-two-three teams ,n the 1945 prep basketball tour nament stacked up as leading contenders for top honors again this week as 1946 season Dlav eot down to serious business through out the state. Portland's Washington high, last - 'year's titlist, held five straight wins in the city loop, one full game ahead of second place Roosevelt. Oregon City, 1945 runner-up, goes to Milwau kie tonight (Friday) for a dist rict 12 tilt with eight wins and two losses. Medford, third place team last year, initiates its play in the southern Oregon conference to right as hott to Grants Pass. Un defeated against Oregon teams thus far, Medford dropped a de cisionW the touring Longview, Wash.,' five for the only blot on its record. ,. In the upper Willamette valley, Junction City, two time winner in district 8, goes to Roseburg to night, while Eugene, flooded out - last week, opens its district sea son against Cottage Grove. Leba non, defending district 7 champ, entertains Corvallis, which lost a No-Name league game to Salem Tuesday for a tally of eight wins and two defeats. The Tualatin-Yamhill j valley league closes ' its second) week v.ith McMinnviile, defending titl ht. playing at West Linn. (Continued from page 1 10) Salem? We've had a. discussion on the subject." We shouldn't answer that one hi all. for it wouldn't be cricket to point out any one gent. There are a flock of what you'd call "good" cage coaches hereabouts. Sme with much more material to work with than others and some who can get the very best out of what little they have to do. a snrmrt job of coaching. Often us not, the definition of "good coach" isn't found in the won and lost column. Naturally, if a mentor comes up with his hoop suits filled with talented kids and wins a mess of ball games, he's automatically a "good" coach. If iri the next year, however, those suits are vacated by the sharpies and filled with awkward lads vfith Slow reactions, same lads tiling Unable to win their share cjf the time, the coadh isn't s liM! in the eyes of the public, i j So let's answer it thijs way and hope we're not trodding on any one's tootsies. We won't name Mir ,,besl" man but will point out those we believe are "good" roaches year in and year out: whether they win consistently or not. The:-e gents can be depended upoa to get the best out of what material they have and are sound in the deliverance of fundamen tal.". We limit our picks to class "A" schools mostly: Paul Reiling, Mt. Angel; Jiggs Burnett, Wood burn; Harold Hauk, Salem; "Chief" Thompson, Chemawa; Hank Kuchera Kugene; Ray Boe, Silverton; Doi Wilson, Molajlla; Lew Uhrhammer, St.'Paul; Andy And erson, Dallas; Rex Ilunsaker, Albany; M. Vn Driesche, Stay tori ; Al Cox, Corvallis, and Bud Page, Lebanon!. We've named 'em all? Sure we have. What'd you expect us to do? Some are no doubt better than others, friend, but you elect 2 Comportment Cement j r 1 ' fBSSSSsXl ! r4 !! ! i i Concrete Lexja . .... 1 Metal Ljs AH Brass Swing Spout Faucets 481 STATE ST. SALEM, OKEGON Oregon tateman Al Liglitner EdlUr Palmbergs Due Tonight, SHS .(Continued from page 10) lof the Salem-Astoria classics, but also at least two other items of note. First, 'twill be Palmberg's initial effort with the Purple since his discharge from the navy. Too, 'twill be the long-awaited return to competition between themselves for both Palmberg and Harold Hauk, the SHS skipper. Cage cus tomers will be watching for the famed Palmberg sideline antics also. ' j These two basketball brains have duelled 16 times in the past, including two state tournament tries. Hauk's teams have copped the nod in nine of the 16 games. They've broken even In the tour ney tilts, each winning once. But Hauk has some getting even to do and Palmberg has some prestige to hold up starting tonight. Since Hauk's departure for the navy three years ago, the Fishermen have humbled Salem nine times in 13 tries. Palmberg . took care of the first five straight wins in that record in 1943. A favorite in the series? No such animal when Astoria and Salem get together. Their seasonal re- 'em. Our circulation department won't let us. tranntnioTTiiTTi HIP STYLE Sizes 7 to 13 Hen's All Bobber SPORT PACS Ankle Fitting, Lace Top. Sizes 6 to 11. 484 State Q HZZ Laundry Tray w t2J 1.00 1.50 4.95 L Katonen, Martinelli in Next ; Paavo Katonen, the flamboy ant Finn himself and one ot the most rugged lightheary gladia tors ever to fill tights In the northwest, makes his return to the Ferry Street Garden mat next Tuesday night after a lentrthy Absence. Back again aft er biffing- his way through a long . campaign in southern California, daring Which he retained his Coast light-heavy title belt, pul chritudinous Paavo tackles top notcherf Angello Martinelli in; cords to date are about the name both teams have lost almost as many as they've won. But if Sa lem blossoms as beautifully to night and tomorrow as she did in spanking Corvallis earlier this week, look out Palmberg! Astoria's veteran lineup of Fred Ihander and Swede Grimberg, for wards, Howard Lovvold, center, and Dick Bumala and Gene Huh singer, guards, rate attention. All were around last year and are bound to; be tough. : ; Hauk's crew Will be practically intact for;! the series Al Bellinger, Jack Fitzmaurice, ; Carlos - Houck and Dick: Mase up front, Bunny Mason and Rod Province in the center and Dick Hendrie, Ken Gibson, Roger Dasch and Al Chamberlain in back. Fitzmaurice, Bellinger," Mason, Hendrie, and Dasch wiU likely start. The rosters, with: numbers: No. ASTORIA 20 Grimberg 26 F. 'Ihander 21 Lovvold? 27 Bumala SALEM No. r ' A. Bellinger 8 F Fitzmaurice 6 C Mason 1 G Hendrie 3 23 Hunsinger G Dasch 34 Astoria reserves: 23 Pekkala. 24 Kor. pela. 25 Pagan, 28 Nelson, 29 A. dan der. Salem: 4 Chamberlain. B Gibson. 9 Gemmell. 10 Houck, 11 Alberts, 12 Hill. 13 Province. The length of the Panama Ca nal from shore line to shore line is 40.27 rhiles and from deep wa ter In the Atlantic to deep water in the Pacific it is 50.72 miles. IIEII'S 1 TmfTfTkimi St., Salem Regular 129.95 SI 0.00 Down Airtight, are-welded steel fur naces with 22-lnch flrepot. Throat and one-piece dome con structed of drawn steeL Mas sive drawn steel radiator ex pands and contracts . . . never distorts. Patented shake and damper mechanism operates by convenient waist-high handle. Steel grate supports are un next week's main event. Matchmaker Elton Owen, in announcing the brawl, furthered that be for one wants to see if Katonen is still the hotshot he used to be, so signed him to meet Martinelli, a punishing gent who has grappled his way to prom inence hereabouts since entering the circuit a few months ago. ' ...Martinelli and his glamour stuff, usually an assortment of flying double-drop kicks, teeth jarring body blocks after cata- Bulldogs Meet Silverton 5' WOODBURN, Jan. 10 -(Special)- Anxious to get back into the win column. Coach Jiggs Bur nett's Woodburn Bulldogs meet the potent Silverton Silver Foxes in a Willamette . Valley league basketball game here Friday night, it will be the second meet Mat Mainer paultlng off the ropes and flying head scissors, should be able to offset the large assortment of punishing holds employed by the rugged Finn. Katonen makes full use of the forearm smash, a legal but head-fogging weapon. His bead fcntts and knee-lifts, plus an occasional "hangman's hold" are things U be reckoned with also. The balance of the card is to be announced as It is arranged by Owen. ing of the .season between the two arch rivals. Silverton out caged the undermanned Wood burns in th league jamboree last month. The Foxes will be heavily fav ored Friday. A preliminary game between Bee teams starts at 7 o'clock. Dallas 29, Stay ton 11 STAYTON The Dallas Drag ons downed Stayton 29-11 at Dal- M(pM MODimnSSCDM m r Emm BESSES Store M(D)nEn(IDM9 415 State St. Bearcats Face Pacific Quint . (Continued from page 10) will be out indefinitely. The foot blisters picked up by Forward Bruce Barker and Center Dale Bates in the UBC tilts have heal ed considerably, however, and those two regulars are due for much of the action at Forest Grove. They'll likely be joined by Courtney Jones, Fred Graham and Irv Miller on the starting unit. Should they find the same groove tonight as they were in late in the Portland game Wed nesday, the 'Cats should have no trouble turning back the Badgers. The WUs have come a Jong way since Sparks firt started with them this sea sou. las Tuesday night. Stay ton's Bees won a hair raising prelim, 16-15. STAYTON (11) (29) DALLAS Llerman (3) F F C G (8) Ziela-er Duncan (0) Johnaon (4) Etzel (1) (4) Siebert (4) Kahler (6) Mains (7) Fisher Hindes (1) G Stayton sub Brown 1. AT ffi SIMDIP 4 E STOCK Opens at 9:30 Gates 31, Hubbard 21 HUBBARD The Gates i Pi rates outcaged the Hubbard Rockets 31-21 in a Marion county league basketball game here Tuesday In preliminary games the Hubbard Bee downed Gates, UNUSUAL OPPORTUNITY Do you want a permanent position as Manager of a "Branch Office handling a product, that will in a few years make you financially independent? If you no. you may be the man we seek, providing you can meet certain qualifications. We represent one of the World's largest manufacturers of Building Specialties and are going to open an office in Salem -to give the immediate territory more efficient coverage on one -of our biggest selling items. This product is sold direct to , Home Owners by trained salesmen, v. ho call on definite leads developed through National and Local advertising, plus direct mail campaigns. The man that we will pick for this lucrative opening will have to be married, a home owner, have sale and nanagerial ability, own a good automobile, end be financially responsible for a credit rating of $10,000. Our Company and this offer will stand the most rigid investi- gation so write fully about yourself in tint letter. All replies held in the strictest confidence. WRITE BOX S34, STATESMAN 9 OF A. M. Salem, Ore. 21-8, and the Hubbard Townle tripped Woodburn Training School, 5-17. : -HVEBARD 21) V M GATES Strt-tvn ft) F (1 Ruh Morsi.n 1 10 F OK. Hennew Miliar (2) C S) Wrtjciewortti IxwTi e) G (Ot C. H(uw Darn G Ht Oivr Hrier Irving Hale.