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University of Oregon barnstorming
Wcbfoot basketeere awing into action
tonight in California, wbere they tan.
3le with the Sun Jose State SpartanB
at San Jose. It will be tUe Webfoot
era second game on their aunuul
Christmas vacation tour, for Satur
day night they eked out a narrow
88-31 victory from Southern Oregon
Normal school at Ashland.
The game with the SONS was a
wild affair, with Oregon trailing 18
11 at the halfway mark. Seven times
during the contest the score was tied
op. but it was not until ten minutes
bad elapsed in the second half that
the Ducks managed to forge ahead.
Dave Silver's long basket gave them
a 28-26 margin at that point. From
then on it was neck-and-neck, with
the hard-driving Wcbfcet finally pull
ing the game from the fire. Silver
scored 17 points to lead the parade
of sharpshooters.
Tough Game Expected
The game with San Jose is ex
pected to be one of the hardest on
the Oregon . team's slate this week.
The Spartans boast a strong squad
composed of big fast players. Tuesday
night the Webfooters move over to
Berkeley where they tangle with the
University of California Bears, one of
the strongest teams in the southern
division of the Pacific coast confer
ence. It will be the Oregon team's
first meeting with the Bears in sev
eral years and the Ducks are anxious
ti see whether they can make it two
straight victories over southern di
vision tesms. They defeated U C.L.A.
ten days ago in Eugene.
Wednesday night the 'Webfoots
meet Chico State at Chico, following
which they head back to Eugene, ar
riving here some time Thursday after
noon. A rest over Christmas day will
be followed by two games in Portland,
one Saturday night against tho strong
Multnomah club team, and the second
Monday against the Union Oil quint,
The two games will be the only ones
Oregon will play in the Rose City
this year. .
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LOS ANGELES, Dec. 21 OP)
The barnstorming Brooklyn Dodgers
staged a late fourth period rally and
came from behind to tie the Los An
geles Bulldogs, 13-13, in a profession
al football game here yesterday.
Trailing 7 to 0 going into the final
period, the Dodgers saw the Bulldogs
chase another score across to make
It 13 to 0. Then the Easterners -suddenly
came to life, completed nine
straight passes, and knotted the count
Just before the final gun.
Brooklyn's passing combination of
Phil Sarboc to Jeff Barrett accounted
for one touchdown; and put the ball on
the six-Inch line for the tying play
a moment later. Eleven thousand fans
saw the gsme.
Basketball Finals
By The Associated Press
College
University of Oregon 38, Southern
Oregon Normal 31.
Willamette 82, Portland Packards
81.
Cheney Normal 27, University of
Idaho 24.
High School
Astoria 27, Benson (Portland) 32.
Milwaukle 20. St. Helens 35.
Jewell 18. Wostpnrt 21.
Bellfountnln 87, St, Mary'a (Eu
gene) 17.
Philomath IB, Springfield 22.
Monroe 10, University High (Eu
gene) 31.
Butte Fall 14, Jacksonville 27.
Kent 12, Manpln 15.
LJCS POWN SEATTLE
PORTLAND. Ore., Dec. 21. (U.R)
The Portland Bncknroos won their
second innKenitive gnme of the cur
rent series whh the 8ealtle Sea
hawks last night, by a 4-2 eenre.
The RuckarooB ram from behind
Seattle's two-point lead In the final
minutes of play to win on Slither
lsnd's and Oulette's goals.
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BHrj Herman, Gabby Hartnett
Walk Off with National League
Fielding Championships for 1936
NEW TOrtK, Dec. 21 MO It's
going to take a lot moro than the
National league offered this season to
move second baseman Billy Herman
and catcher Gabby Hartnett of the
Chicago Cubs out of the fielding
championships for their respective po
sitions. Not only did the two Cubs retain
their league fielding titles Hartnett
foi th third etraight year but of
ficial averages released todny showed
they turned in two of the halt-dozen
record-equalling or shattering per
formances of the Benson.
Herman tied a league mark he, him
self, set three years ago, by putting
out 11 men in a game with the Bos
ton Bees Aug. 1. Hartnett, current
"iron man" among the catchers, was
behind the plate for the Cubs in 114
games, thus stretching his record of
catching more than 100 games a
season to 11 years.
All-League Team
The all-league fielding team for the
season, including those who iaw ac
tion in 100 or more gameB, lined up
this woy:
First base Gus Suhr, Pittsburgh
Pirates, .0034. Second base Her
man, .0753. Shortstop Lippy Leo
Duroeher, St. Louis Cnrdiniils, .071.
Third base Joe Stripp, Brooklyn
Dodgers, .0083. Outfield John Coon
e. Dodgers, .094; Augie Galan, Cubs,
.087; Mell Ott, New York Giants,
.0854. Catcher Hartnett, .001.
Pitcher Bob Rcis, Boston Bees,
McLemore's
Sport
Parade
NEW YORK, Dec. 21. (U.R) The
business of putting a ski on your right
foot and another ski on your left foot
(skis being long pieces of board
curled up at the end with points on
'em) and sliding down a hill, or moun
tain, has become a tremendous indus
try in the psst two years.
Every week-end on which the snow
flies, thousands of otherwise sane
New Yorkers are leaving comfortable
homes and firesides and, putting on
lots of muffs and mufflers, heading
into the unexplored territories of
Maine and Vermont, and contiguous
provinces. '
Railroads run, special ski trains as
fast as they oan put them together,
and the thing has got so far out of
hand this year that n steamship line
has announced It is sending a boatload
of ski people all hell and gone to
Switzerland where they can annoy the
Alps which Hannibal had trouble
crossing, even with the aid of ele
phants. Hara To Ready-To-Wear
The big department stores of New
York have plnccd skiing on the same
basiB as electric trains, stylish stouts,
and garden hose. The storea have ski
jumps on which you can ski jump from
toyland over three escalators into
ladies ready-to-wear. The snow on
these slides is artificial, and wo don't
know what its composed of, but we
suspect a base of soap flakes, rein
forced with rock snlt. Jack London
would havo loved it.
But reader, I feel It a Christian
duty to tell yon never to let any per
Bon, no matter if its J. Edgar Hoover
never let anybody put akis on your
feet Go barefooted before you let
anyone put anything even resembling
ski on your feet. There must he a
reputablo merchant in your neighbor
hood who handles brass knucks. Get
yourself a pair, and the moment any
man wearing skis, transporting skis
over his shoulder, or carrying skis in
his pocket, approaches you let hiin
have the brass knucks directly hock of
Ihe right ear, a most vulnerable spot.
I tell yon this because I skied once.
It was on tho top of a mountain. At
Lake Placid. And at midnight. I was
on tho very crest of the mountain
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A. J. GILLETTE, Ticket Agent
Team Invades California Courts On
1.000 (57 chances, 35 games); Tex
Carleton, Cubs, 1.000 (57 chances, 85
games),
Perhaps the standout ' among the
new records posted was that by Al
Lopez, the Boston Bees' catcher,
with but one passed ball in all 127
games he caught, eclipsing tho mark
of two held by five other receivers.
Mora Marks Cracked
Cooney's .004 average tied the
league outfield fielding mark; Stu
Martin, the Cards' rookie lufielder,
tied a league record with 11 assists
by a second-baseman in one game;
Tony Cuccinello of the Bees, per
forming in 128 double plays at sec
ond base, equalled his own league
record set while he was a member
of the Cincinnati Beds' cast in 1031.
Outside of the individual records,
there was one by the Pirates, with
only four passed balls for the sea
son, equalling a loop mark, and an
other by the entire league, with only
65 passed balls, shattering the previ
ous low of the 60.
The Cubs topped the club outfield
ing standings, with an average of .07(1,
two points better than the second
place Cardinals.
Other gleanings from the official
standings: Linus Frey, the Dodger
shortstop recently traded to the Cubs,
topped all the infield regulars in mak
ing errors . . . He committed 51 dur
ing the campaign. . . , Buddy Hussett
of the Dodgers, handled most chances,
1548
the best mountain that Lake Placid
afforded at the time, and so far as
I am concerned, much more impressive
than Mt. Everest.
Timber-Line Rat
I had on my first pair of skis. A
gentleman had coaxed me into1 them.
I still bad on my shoes, also my socks,
and I didn't think anything Berious
would come of it. But it seems there
was a rat in the party (rats exist
above the timber line, it seems) and
Hint nit, knowing that I stood right on
the brink of upper New York state,
gave me a little shove. t.
He simply pushed me off that
mountain, and I had skis on. My
first skis.
My friends, I still shudder when I
think of that trip down the mountain,
with those rocking chsir rockers
buckled to my feet. Unless you have
rocketed along under your own power
at 85 miles an hour, with your eyes
shut, and not knowing what was going
to hit you next, outside of pine trees,
you can not quiver with me. I opened
my eyes just once, and what I saw
made me shut 'em right quick. In
that brief moment I saw herds of
cattle, forests of pine, wolf packs,
and boulders so large Gutzlam Borg-
lum could. Immortalize something on
them wllfr his chisel.
Fence Won't Dodge
Finally I reached the valley and a
board fence. The fence refused to
dodge me aa the trees had, and the
clear, cold night was shattered by a
thud a thud that only a stout gentle
man on akia smashing into a board
fence can make.
Don't put on skis. Not outdoors,
anyway. If you have to wear them
use them as bedroom slippers and just
patter about the house on them.
(Copyright, m'ttl, by United Press)
East, West Grid
Teams at Scene
Of Shrine Game
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 21. OP)
The 44 nlavere maklnc un ih Fml
and West all-star football trums that
play in the Shrine benefit game her
iow icars nay, were in can Fran
Cisco today.
The West snuad. nicked from v,l
legea west of the Mississippi, was
here In force lnt nipht. wMIa !,
easterners checked In today after
being feted at a Shrlna breakfast at
Socramento.
Tomnrrw the easterners will set
up training quarters at the Univer
sity of California at Berkeley, while
the western team will avail themselves
of Stanford University facilities at
Palo Alto.
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By ALAN GOULD .
NEW YORK, Dec. 21. OP) Bos
ton's "Gold Sox," who ran sixth in
the American league pennant derby
after being picked to finish 1-2, carry
off the booby, prize for 1036, so far
as the sports experts are concerned.
Thirty-one out of 83 writers in
the Associated Press annual poll
rated the Boston ball club as the
year's No. 1 disappointment, taking
into consideration all sports as well
as Individual and team competition.
On points, the Red Sox led their,
only serioua challenger, Joe Louis,
93 to 41, in the contest for the
poll's most dubious distinction. Eleven
exports put the Brown Bomber at
the top, because of his knockout by
Max Schmeling, an event' already
rated a the year's biggest com
bined come-back and upset.
Disappointments or "flops" marked
every branch of snorting activity.
judging by the nation-wide returns.
Next to the Red Sox in baseball,
the Chicago Cubs were rated the big
gest disappointment to their follow
ers. The Detroit Tigers, picked by
most critics to repeat in the Ameri
can league, and the St. Louie Car
dinals' pitching staff also were cited.
Colleg football's disappointments
depended largely upon the sectional
point of view. Ohio State's Buckeyes,
for failing to be natloanl title con
tenders, got the most mention, but
the Iowa, Kentucky, Georgia recti,
St. Mary's and Fordham gridiron
nggregotions also were considered
"built up for a letdown."
Failure of the American Olympic
committee to reinstate the backstroke
swimming queen, Eleanor Holm Jar
rett, was. voted the pain disappoint
ment in connection with the big
gamed in Germany. Unmentioned was
the NO, 1 tragedy of the Olympics
which occurred when the German
girls' rprint relay team, while seem
ingly certain of victory, dropped the
baton and did not even finish.
Laweon Little's failure to qualify
for the United -States Open : after
forsaking amateur ranks was rated
golf'a main "flop." Brevity' decline
i.'ter a sensational winter start as
a Jhree-year-old was voted the turf's
biggest disappointment. The elimina
tion of the American Davis Cuppers
on home grounda, by Australia, was
the saddeat blow to tennis followers.
Broncos Resume .Grid
Work For L. S. U. Tilt
SANTA 'CLARA, Calif., Dec. 21
OP) Santa Clara University's foot
ball squad resumed heavy workouts
today after a Sunday touch-tackle
game which developed into a passing
bee.
-During the game the third string
era used Louisiana State plays against
the first and second teams, in prep
aration for the New Year's day 8ngar
Bowl game with L. S. U. at New Or
leans. Yesterday's workout was the
easiest ordered by Coach Lawrence
"Buck" Shaw In five days.
BEAVERS PLAY IN PORTLAND
CORVALLIS, Ore., Dec. 21. OP)
Oregon State's basketeers will risk
their prestige againat two strong in
dependent quintets In Portland this
week. The Beavers will play Union
Oil tomorrow night and the Multno
mah Club Wednesdoy.
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by having
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Bear Grid Team
Pedal to Georgia
BERKELEY, Calif., Dec. 21 OP)
The University of California foot
ball team will literally row and pedal
part of the way to Atlanta, Ga., where
II plays Georgia Tech in a bee, 20
geme.
Coach Leonard Allison ordered a
stationary bicycle and rowing machine
installed in the baggage car before the
;!3-man squad left yesterday. He said
each player would be required. to ex
ercise 15 minutes daily on the ma
chine to keep loosened up.
Vic Bottari, sparkplug halfback
v. ho was injured In a Friday scrim
mage, will probably play agiinst the
Georgians, said Allison, but be is
still doubtful about halfback George
Cornell oud fullback Ken Cotton. The
squad will return home by way of
Mexico City,
WAYTOS.flNITfl
SAN MATEO, Calif., Dec. 21.
OP) Exodue of 1,100 racing horses
stabled here, mostly to Santa Anita,
was under way today as the Bay
Meadows track completed the most
successful meeting in its history.
The track managed by William P.
Kyne, ' broke northern California
records when $4,230,800 was handled
by the pari-mutuel machines during
the 25-day period. Profit waa esti
mated at $200,000.
Basil James, Sunnyside, Wash.,
jockey, booted home 24 winners to
win the $500 prize offered by Bing
Crosby. James, leading American
jockey, outdid Allan Gray, Cleveland,
Idoha, rider, who rode 20 'winners.
, The longest price of the meeting
was paid on the victory of Fanion
$143.20 to every dollar bet. Seven
dead heats were recorded. Twelve
track records were smashed.
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Buzzy Brown Trying
Hard to Make Weight
PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. 21. OP)
"Buzz" Brown, Portland claimant to
the Northwest featherweight title,
went through a "drying out" process
to lose two more pounds today but
insisted he. would be in top form for
his argument with Al Spina, also of
Portland, tomorrow night. Both must
make the 126-pound limit. Spina, well
under the limit, tapered off bard
workouts.
Brown won from Spina In a "title"
bout several months ago. The sup
poring card lists heavier boys.
"Turkeyment" Big
Hit at Golf Club
'"TURKEYMENT 6 SPTS Musi,
Question: What is a "turkeyment?"
Answer: A ."turkeyment" is a golf
tournament with a turkey for a
prize, and one was held Sunday at
the Oakway golf club. "Snap" Ward
waB the winner of the main dish for
his Christmas . dinner a beautiful
turkey. A large entry participated In
the tourney.
Another "turkeyment" will be held
next Sunday, according to club of
ficials, The ashes of Christopher Colum
bus are entombed in the cathedral at
Seville, Spain.
HUSKIES, pin
ED;
SANTA BARBARA, Calif., Dec.
21. OP) The University of Wash
ington Huskies, Rose Bowl repre
sentatives of the west, arrived here
today from Seattle to spend 'a week
training for their New Year's -day
game with Pittsburgh. ' ,
Coach Jimmy Phelan, who chose 0
location away from Pasadena to con
dition his charges in order to have
uninterrupted work, announced that
the Huskies would begin bard prac
tice probably tomorrow.
I Good Condition
The squad left Seattle in good
condition, and barring Injuries this
week, should go into Pasadena's bowl
in the same shape.
If Washington can win by one
point Phelan will" be "tickled to
death." Phelan told newspapermen:
"You guys in California who have
been feeling sorry for Pittsburgh,
breathe a few prayers for us, will
you? Jock Sutherland's team is one
of the great teams in Amerifa. If
we can eke out a one-point victory,
I'll be tickled to death."
SLATE HARD WORK
SAN BERNARDINO, Cnlif., Dec.
21. OP) The Panthers of Univer
sity of Pittsburgh headed into a pair
of stiff workouts today as Coach
Jock Sutherland remoulded a first
string backfield for the encounter
with University of Washington in the
Rose Bowl January 1. ' .
Ball Stapulis, 175-pound senior,
injured early last season, went Hack
into the fullback birth, and his re
placement, big Arnold Greene, moved
into the second string backfield.
Stapulis, while not a great ground
gainer, scored once against Notre
Dame and had a 45-yard goal run
called back. In addition, be is a good
kicker and blocker.
Stapulis, Marshall Goldberg, John
Chicerneo and Harold Stebbins made
up the Pitt first string backfield
today, although Bobby Larue, the
fight half, is slated to get back into
harness tomorrow in place of Stebbins.
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PASADENA, Calif., Dec. 21 OP)
Mrs. Edna Mae Potter, Los Angeles
housewife, added 10 14 pounds to her
weight at a single meal, but she won
the county chicken eating champion
ship by doing it.
Using a two-handed, harmonica
style technique, Mrs. Potter out-
chewed four men contestants. -
"Really, it was nothing," she de
clared as she laid down' thn last of
20 drumsticks from 10 thrift-pound
roasters. Her husbnnd, Clnude A. Pot
ter, is mnnager of the show which
sponsored the contest.
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GLENDALE, Calif., Doc. 21 OP)
George Von Elm, once the master
golfer of the country, came buck into
championship glory todny with the
reacquisition of the Southern Califor
nia open cup.
Blond Von- Elm, looking little older
than the day 10 years nao when he
beat the grent Bobby Jones for the
National Amateur crown, stroked his
woy through 72 holes of sub par golf
for a totn! score of 60-68-70-72 270.
Pur at the Oakmont Country club is
72 and 288 for 72 holes.
The Hollywood pro pocketed $400
for the first prize. He won the South
em California open title as an ama
teur in 1025. '
Harry Bassler, capable Long Beach.
Onlif., professional, came from behind
and edged out Olin Dutra of Los An
geles for second place money of $250,
f-hooting a 68 on the final 18 holes
yesterday for 282.
ALASKANS EVEN SCORE
" PORTLAND, Dec. 21. OP) The
Polar Bear ice hockey team of Alaska
evened things with the Portland All
Stars, scoring a 4 to 3 victory. Port
land won the -opening game Wednes
day, Vickers of Alaska shot the win
ning goal In the final minute of play.
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Willamette Cagers
Beat Portland Tearr
PORTLAND, Dec. 21. OB Tb
Willamette University Bearcats o
Salem, strong bidder for the North
west conference' championship, it
feated the Portland Packards, 32 t
31, in a pre-league game here. Tin
Portlonders rallied in the second hull
but fell one point short In their driti
to take the lead. Willamette had i
20 to 0 advantage at halftime.