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THE REGISTER-GUARD, EUGENE, OREGON
H
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CLIMBER
By DICK STRITE
New Yeir'i special sport mc
tion or not, your correspondent
comes out of his hole todty with
some highly interesting comments
on Oregon's super-thriller over
time same with Long Island unl
versity last Saturday night in New
York City's Madison Square Gar
den.
Coach Howard Hobion sent th
newspaper accounts of the 86-55
loss, via Mrs. Hobson and Bruce
Jlamby.
Any doubts that the Wsbfoots
did not give a good account of
themselves in their second annual
New York appearance are com
. pletely dispelled by Gotham
scribes, who had plenty of nice
things to say about the defending
national collegiate champions, col
lectively and individually.
Everett B. Morris, basketball
expert of the New York Herald
Tribune and a ruldlnr light In
.metropolitan hoop activties, had
the following to say about the con
test and the Webfoots:
"To get back to the hair-raising
Oregon-Long Island battle, the
second guesscrs will have plenty
of arguments to support their
claims that the west coast lads lost
the game because two of their
starting stars went out early on
,tou many fouls.
"Ted Sarpola, a spring-legged,
keen-eyed whirligig in basketball
shoes, scored thirteen points for
Oregon before he was banished a
few seconds before the first half
ended. Mis fourth foul was visible
only to Umpire Pete Sinnott, who
Imposed the penalty amid terrific
booing when Sarpola and Schect-
man collided In mid-air going after
a wild pass. ,
' "Ited McNccly, a more than able
defensive player and set shot, fol
lowed Sarpola to the showers four
minutes after the second half be
gan. That is where Archie Mar
shik came In to the picture as his
relief. Marshik was too inexperi
tnced and awkward to cover King
(L. I. U. center who scored the
lying and winning points), who
never played a better game In his
ife.
"King and Lobello played right
through for L. I. U., Iron-man per
formances matched by Johnny
Pick, whose poise and skill held
Oregon together all through' the
Swinging fortunes of the second
half.
, "Vic Townsend and Matt Pava
lunas, both of whom were brilliant
in the back court and opportunistic
up front, were out of action no
more than a minute altogether.
: "There may be better, faster,
more exciting games played some
day, but this reporter docs not
want to see them. His blood pres
sure Isn't what It used to be."
, The august New York Times
also went slightly daffy over the
contest, with Sportswrlter Arthur
J. Daley commenting that:
'. "One reason that Oregon lost
was because It had to part with Its
most talented performer, Ted Sar
pola, only seven seconds before the
first half ended. . . but before he
left, Sarpola, nicknamed the Whir
ling Dervish, really put on a show.
He registered 13 points and look
ed like the slickest basketball art
ist to be seen around these parts
Since Hank Luiselll of Stanford. In
act, he had many of the Lulsetti
mannerisms, a coolness, a relaxa
tion and a shot-making ability
rarely observed.
. "His loss took all the spark out
of the Oregon attack and removed
the fulcrum around which it turn
ed. McNccly was doing a grand Job
also when ho received his exit cut
so that all of the burden had to
rest on John Dick, who went the
entire distance, and on Matt Pava
Junas and Vic Townsend. who
played all but a few minutes.
. "The game was played at break
neck speed with hardly a mo
ment's pause. Both were driving
teams that really drove. Oregon,
with Sarpola, was terrific and
without him was mighty good."
It Is very evident that the gal
loping Wrhfools made a much hel-t-r
Impression on New York hoop
fans than they did a year ago in
losing to City College, 38 to M.
The game Itself was ranked as
the most exciting ever played In
the Garden.
'. "For furious action, spetrarular
shooting and breath-taking drama,
the game had few If any equals in
the history of the intercollegiate
court sport here," declared the
Herald-Tribune.
Four-Star Card Features Armory Wrestlir.3 Thursday N.U
Belcastro-Parks
Skirmish Tops
COMPLETE PROGRAM
Main event Pet Belcastro
vs. Herb Parks.
Semi final Prince Ilakl vs.
Bobby Chick.
Special Ernie Piluso vs.
Marine Kennesan.
Opener Ben Sherman vs.
Babe Small.
Referee Elton Owen.
Even the male mat fans who
have to lay it on the line at the
armory are getting a Christmas
present from Promoter Herb
Owen, let alone the women spec
tators who will be guests of the
local imprcssario. Owen has
scheduled the most impressive ar
ray of talent in local mat history
for Thursday's pre-holiday pro
fessional wrestling show, including
a pair of highly-touted newcom
Owen had previously arranged
a complete program uiat naa ns
attractions, but late in the ween
he decided to give Lane county s
mat faithfuls a real Christmas
treat and revised the program to
include four matches instead of
the usual three.
Parks Seeks Revenge
The headliner will give Herb
Parks, that great Canadian grapp
ler, a chance to avenge a defeat
at the hands of Pete Belcastro and
at the same time further his claim
to a ton position as challenger for
Ernie Piluso's Pacific coast light
heavyweight championship. Parks,
ufter a Jaunt of several thousand
miles without rest, lost a decision
to Belcastro in the local ring sev
eral weeks ago. Since that time
the blond warrior has shown defi
nite signs of championship ability.
Prince Ilakl, the much-nated
Arabian villain, will get a severe
test against a new cleanie in one
Bobby Chick, Wyoming cowboy,
The newcomer is a young brother
of the great Dude Chick who once
held the world llght-heavyweignt
crown. He Is rated one of the
coming mat rulers of the world.
Ilakl. with a fine record during
recent weeks, is campaigning for
a chance to regain the coast title
he lost to Piluso some months ago.
Chick, however, is expected to
have something to say regarding
llakis winning streak.
Piluso Tests Marine
The coast champion will also
appear against a toughie who is
rated one of the meanest matmen
In the game, one Sergeant Marine
Kennesan from Gold Hill, Ore.
Kennesan, as rough and tough as
a top-sergeant in the service, is on
short leave-of-absence and re
quested Owen to give him a show
ing of the northwest grunt and
groan talent. The marine, who
usually wrestles in the San Diego
area, will find plenty of competi
tion in the popular Portland Ital-
an.
The opener will give fans the
Davld-and-Goliath mat act that
failed to materialize last week
when Ben Sherman was booked
to meet Heavyweight George Kitz
mlller. Thursday night Sherman
will meet the equally bulky Babe
Small.
Owen announced Thursday that
he planned to have local mat cards
here Christmas and New Year's
days besides the usual Thursday
shows with a title match lor i'l
luso on New Year's.
Reserved seat tickets are on sale
at the Club cigar store. The open
ing match is scheduled to start
promptly at 8:30 p. in. The free
admission for women fans does
not Include reserved scats, Owen
said.
aWJaai
Lorane Drops Triple
Header To Yoncalla
YONCALtiA, Dec. 21. (Spe
ial) Yoncalla basketball teams
handed Lorane a triple beating
here Tuesday night. The Yoncalla
basketball team avenged last
week's loss with a 36-18 win.
The Eagles, led by Applegntc
and Mathis with IB and 12 points
espectlvely, led throughout the
game and held a halltime advant
age of seven points, 18-tl. Dcy
with seven points led the Lorane
coring.
The Yoncalla second team, led
by Cox with 1(1 points, won a 24
12 victory over the Lorane seconds.
Webfoots Play
Wayne Tonight
By JOE SOAP
DETROIT, Dec. 21. (Special)
With Matt Pavalunas sufficient
ly recovered from the flu to see
at least some action, Coach How
ard Hobson's "wandering Web
foots" were ready today for their
"half-way" game of the 10-gamc
transcontinental touragainst the
strong Wayne university quintet
here in the Naval armory Thurs
day night.
The Webfoots have been impres
sive in knocking over the Gay
lords, Temple university, and Uni
versity of Baltimore while losing
an overtime decision to Long Is
land in games to date. The pre
season record of the Oregons is
now seven wins in eight tests.
Oregon's national championship
team of last season found plenty
of opposition from Wayne last
season, but won by a 52-41 count
Following Thursday's game, the
Webfoots will play Purdue at La
fayette Saturday night and De
Paul in Chicago Christmas night.
The team had a visit today with
"Slim" Wlntermute, a member of
last year's Oregon team who is
now playing professional ball with
the Detroit Eagles.
Tennessee Arrives
For Classic Sunday
KNOXVILLE, Tenn., Dec. 21.
MP) Tennessee's undefeated, un
tied and unscored on football team
arranged to head for California's
Rose Bowl today amid a lot of fuss
over the injured knee of Half
back George "Bad News" Cafego.
Whether Cafego would be ready
to rumble at top speed against
Southern California in the New
Year's day classic at Pasadena re
mained a big question.
Coach Bob Neyland rates the
great halfback, who injured his
knee in The Citadel game Novem
ber 11, at "a player without a
weakness."
He is making his game prepnra
toins on the assumption Cafego
will bo ready, but Just in case,
Buist Warren and Johnny Butler,
the sophomore flash, have been
groomed for the tailback spot.
The orangp-shirted Volunteers,
35 strong, will lpavc for the west
coast by train at 3 p. m. and ar
rive In Los Angeles at 1 p. m.
Sunday. En route they will stop
at Greenville and El Paso, Texas,
for brief workouts.
Lou Nova In Hospital
For Observation
WOODLAND, Cal Dec. 21.
(U.Ri Lou Nova, heavyweight box
er, yesterday entered the Wood
land clinic hospital for observa
tion of a bladder infection and
general physical checkup.
MIDWEST CAGE CIRCLES will hear plenty from this quartet.
From left to right: Paul "Curly" Armstrong, Indiana guard; Fred
Beretta, Purdue captain and guard; George Sobek, Notre Dame's star
sophomore forward, and Harold Van Every, Minnesota grid star, who
plays a good backcourt game for the Gophers.
Charlie Gehringer Set for
Comeback with Detroit Tigers
By EARL HILLIGAN
CHICAGO, Dec. 21. P
Charles Leonard Gehringer has
traveled a long, glorious baseball
road since those days when he
bounced . from the county fair
grounds diamond at Fowlerville,
Mich., right into a full-time second-basing
job with the Detroit
Tigers, so it s good news to hear
he'll be hitting the major league
highroad again next spring.
Before the 1940 campaign is well
under way, "Silent Charley" will
be 37 years old and the subject
of much speculations as to whether
he 11 be able to stick it out through
his 15th full season with the Ben
gals. It's a certainty the quiet,
reserved infielder won't have
much to say about it himself but
nis record will do a lot of talking
Pacific Beaten By
Healani Town Team
HONOLULU, Dec. 21. W
Halfback Jud Atchison, former
Texas university star, passed and
ran the Healani town team to an
18 to 7 football victory over the
College of the Pacific of Stockton,
Cal., before a crowd of 8,000 last
night.
Strong pre-game favorites, the
Healani boys drove 65 yards for
their first tally when the game
was only six minutes old, scored
again in the first period and got
a third touchdown in the third
quarter.
Pacific, which beat University
of Hawaii Saturday, scored in the
second quarter after a 47-yard
drive.
Beavers Post Win
Over Brigham Young
TWIN FALLS, Idaho, Dec. 21.
iPi Oregon State won the first
game of a two-game exhibition
series with Brigham Young uni
versity here Wednesday night 57
30. Forward Paul Valenti scored
15 points in .the 19 minutes he
played for Oregon State. The
teams meet here again Thursday.
Summary:
ORE. STATE SJ SI) nRIO. YOUNG
Mulder F 2 Ovrrlv
Volenti 15 F 4 Allen
J. Mandic 5 C 1 Weimer
Romano fl G , Carmine
Hunter 11 CJ S NicImmi
Stilt 5 S 5 G. Gardner
F. Mandic 4 S 5 Kullmer
Shaw 1 S S Suedaker
Krueser 2 S M. Gardner
Warren 2 S .
Officials: Leute anil Powers.
in his favor.
He suffered a badly pulled leg
muscle last June in the all-star
game at Cooperstown, N. Y., and
some of the boys said he was on
the way out. But Young Benny
McCoy, who was expected to take
Charleys place, apparently is
headed for Philadelphia.
New York's great youngster,
Joe Gordon, took the play from
Gehringer last summer, but Char
ley didn't do badly. He appeared
in 118 games, hit .325 and his
132 hits included 16 homers, six
triples and 29 doubles. Possessor
of one of the keenest pair of eyes
in the sport, he drew 69 walks and
fanned only 16 times. He also
was the best fielding second-baseman
in the circuit.
Sports Reporters
Get Joe Gordon
Christmas Pencils
Santa Claus visited the Register-Guard
office yesterday and
left Christmas presents for mem
bers of the Register-Guard Sports
Reporters' club. The gifts are
pencils made in miniature Louis
ville Slugger bat style with the
genuine autograph of Joe Gordon,
famous University of Oregon great
who is now a member of the
Championship New York Yankees.
Members of the club who can
pick up their pencils at the Register-Guard
office are: Don Plath
and Don Fox, University high;
Dick Richardson and Harry John
son. Eugene high; Bud McCoy and
Bob Nelson, Cottage Grove high;
Alvin Ktippenbender and Noel
Dion, St. Mary's high; Chet Hicks,
Junction City high, and Pete God
dard, Springfield high.
Elmira Wins, 24-15
Over Triangle Lake
TRIANGLE LAKE, Dec. 21.
(Special) The Elmira Falcons
came through with a 24 to 15 win
over Triangle Lake Tuesday night
in an inter-division B league bas
ketball game.
High point men for the game
were Goode and Garner of Elmira
with seven points each. Robert
son led the losers with six points.
The Elmira girls' volley ball
team also won, 28-25.
TRIANGLE IS M ELMIRA
MutchltM 5 F Fik
Lafertv F 2 Hansen
Robinson C S Campbell
Robertson 6 G 7 Goode
Keeney 4 G 7 Garner
-S 3 Richmond
Caseys Defeat
La r sens 37-28
The Knights of Columbus staged
a third-period scoring spree at St.
Mary's hall Wednesday night to
give the Caseys a 37-28 victory
over Hart Larsen's and a share in
the Western division, county inde
pendent league lead with McKee's
Bakers of Springfield.
The game was one of the best
played independent contests of
the season as the Caseys took a
slim 7-6 lead in the first period
and held a 14-12 halftime advan
tage. A 15-point spurt in the
third period put the winners
ahead 29-19. The losers outscored
the K. of C. quintet in the final
period, but were unable to over
come the lQ-point lead.
George Schaefers with nine
points led the Casey attack while
Burton Boroughs, sub forward,
tallied 10 for the losers.
CASEYS 87 28 HART LARSEN'S
Carroll 7 F 4 Teoe
Toman F 6 Shlsler
Schaefers 9 C 3 McNeese
Guthrie 7 G S Kaufman
A. Guthrie 8 G Winters
Wellniu 2 S 10 Boroughs
Schimel 4 S
Referee: Coffee.
Oregonians Ready
For Washington Trip
The Rubenstein Oregonians
went through their second impres
sive practice session of the week
Wednesday night and will have
one more workout before leaving
Friday for a two-game invasion
of northern Washington.
The Rubes appeared in excellent
physical condition after a week's
rest and will be at full strength
against the University of Wash
ington at Seattle Friday night,
and Huntley Gordon's All-Stars
at Mt. Vernon Saturday night.
Players making the trip are:
Laddie Gale, Dave Silver, Jack
Butterworth, Bobby Anet, Wally
Johansen. Dick Wright, Gordon
Wright, Ford Danner, and Cliff
Horner. Business Manager Max
Rubenstein and Team Manager
Rome Hamer will also accompany
tne team.
The Oregonians also invade
Washington next week, against
Scott Milligans Long-Bell All
Stars at Longview and the St.
Helens Townies.
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Springfield Takes Surprisinalv
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easy to-14 win Uver Lowel
By PETE GODDARD
SPRINGFIELD, Dec. 21. (Spe
cial) Coach Eldon Fix's veteran
Springfield millers ran away from
the Lowell "Red Dev(s" 46-14 in
a surprising basketball victory
scored here Wednesday night
The Millers led at all times. At
the end of the first quarter they
led 9-0. The only time the Lowell
quintet threatened the Millers was
in the second quarter when the
Red Devils made five points at the
beginning of the quarter. The
Millers took a 13-5 halftime lead
Opening the second half the
Millers bid farewell to the Red
Devils and ran up 20 points to
Lowell's four to lead at the end
of the third quarter. The Millers
allowed the Lowell team six points
in the fourth quarter while they
hung up 13.
Delbert Koch and Bob Pollard
led the Miller's to victory with 19
and 15 points, respectively. Dor
sey Renfro of the losers scored
eight.
Both teams played fast ball and
there were many fouls, 20 in all.
Pollard, Koch and McCready
played outstanding ball through-
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Captain Mike Stewart Is Fuoen
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By DICK RICHARDSON
Eugene high school's candidate
for the Wiltshire award, as the
outstanding high school football
player of Lane county, is Charles
"Mike" Stewart, the hard-fighting,
determined right end for the Axe
men. Stewart captained the 1939
football team to the co-championship
with Milwaukie in the tough
No-Name league.
We believe Mike Stewart should
be considered seriously as a con
tender for the award for the fol
lowing reasons: First, he was the
highest scoring end in the No
Name league, accounting for 24
points. Second, during the season
Mike played in every quarter of
the ten games the Axemen played,
except one quarter of the Medford
game in which he was taken out
because of a badly injured ankle.
Incidentally, Mike played the last
half of the season handicapped by
an ankle injury, but always turned
in a stellar performance. He was
selected as a second-string end on
the No-Name league all-stars and
would undoubtedly, have made the
first string, if it hadn't- been for
his ankle. He weighs only 165
pounds, but what he lacks in
weight he makes up in fight.
Mike is very capable in filling
out his assignment, seldom miss
ing his man. He was the fastest
man in the Axemen forward wall.
His scholastic record is very
good; he keeps all five subjects
well up, but yet finds time to at
tend three clubs and takes a very
active part in the government and
activities of the school. Stewart
is very conscientious about train
ing rules, and keeps himself in
excellent physical condition at all
times. He has the reputation of
never having missed any one of
GAME POSTPONED
ELMIRA. Dec. 21. (Special)
The basketball game between El
mira and Santa Clara high school
teams, scheduled to be played
Thursday night, has been post
poncd because of sickness among
banta Clara players.
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Note to L. II. Greiory fans: No.
"Greg" hssn't left The Orrconlan.
He Is taking a brief vacation, his
first in four years.
If the Little Lady is stumped for
Christmas gift iuceUon for
Friend Husband, take a tip and i
wander through any of Eugene's 1
half dozen or so sporting goods
stores. . . If he doesn't go for the
more rugged sports, get him a
ping-pong set for the basement
a tleast he'll get exercise cleaning
at least he'll get exercise cleaning '
golf and equipment. . . And here's j
one you wouldn't think of this time
of the year golf lessons. . . Man, ,
woman and boy, you never have
lime for lessons In the spring and
summer so why not a ducat for a
Series of lessons during the winter
months? . . We've Just learned
recently that the Eugene Country
club board has given Wendeil
wood, the only accredited pro in
this section, permission to glva les
ions to others ouUida the club
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