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page Eight. THE REGISTER-GUARD, EUGENE, OREGON H IGH CLIMBER By DICK STRITE Howard Parks, Yoncalla high school coach and bush-league out fielder of considerable ability, writes an interesting letter re garding the future of 16-year-old high school athletes. Parks doesn't ' look at the problem from the athletic angle alone, but along with his question as to a young ster's ability to compete with older young men he wonders if ' the kids are ready to rush head long into the world. We present the letter for your consideration: "Now that the lull between basketball and baseball season is Hearing and (he Beavers have once more been slopped, I pre sume that you will again lead a . local, slalc'wldc, or nation-wide campaign on some athletic Issue of current Importance. "It seems, for the moment, lhat the lS-year-agc limit, slate football playoff, local stadiums and such have been provided for and our Oregonians will soon be off to Denver. "I have been much more ' concerned with the problem of 18-year-old athletes than that of the 19-year-olds and I be lieve that it Is an Issue to be concerned with. "During the past season the starting lineup of my basketball team consisted of three 15-ycar-old athletes (a freshman and two sophomores) and two sen iors, one 16 and the other 17. "Of course, my major concern Is with the seniors, Applegale and Mathis. Both arc fine ath ' letes, good students, and gen tlemen, 6'2" and 6'5" respective ly. Applegatc scored 237 points in the 20 games that he got into and was chosen as the leading all-star of the Douglas county tournament. Mathis performed equally well, scoring 165 points in 20 games and was a leading defensive man and the pivot of our attack. (Both were on the bench during large portions of several of these games). "These boys played some fine basketball during the season, but wilted under the mental Mid nervous strain in our tour naments, just as most 15 and 16-year-old boys so often do against older and more season ed players. We placed no better than third in our county and fell in the consolidation semi-finals at Ashland, leading practically every team up until late in the second half, Including Butte Falls then the jitters hit. "My point is that boys of (his age arc not generally ready to compete in college or in the rush of the world whether It be socially, economically, or phy sically. What will they do? Stay out of school, make a dollar, and lose interest in (heir educa tion, or go on to school losing a large portion of their success by a pre-mature start? "I don't say that these boys and all others will fail to meet their obligations, but I do be lieve that they and all others in the same position arc handi capped and that this is a prob lem well wortli consideration in the home and grade school or wherever corrective considera tion will arise. "HOWARD PARKS." Ernie McCulloch Establishes New Bowling Record orJEuggJ John Warren, University of Oregon freshman coach and for mer Astoria high mentor, is the fellow who handles these young sters when they first enter col lege here and his contention is that it the fellows are in good health they should be able to compete along with the older boys. As a former prep tutor lie has no sympathy with the high school coach faced with the problem of 16 and 17-ycnr-old tcniors. However, "The Horse." believes that along with the present l!l yeir nlil m;r limit the kids Minuld be allowed to take full-time post graduate work in high school and still be eligible to compote in athletics regardless of the number of terms in school. W aire n says this plan would be much better for the boy than to have him remain out of school one or two years while he reached a more mature age that the boy might find a fairly well paying job nnd lose Interest in further educa tion, and at the same time lose the art of sturivin"... But the Frnt-h mentor Mill will tell you the most lienllhy plan is to enter college the following year out of prop school, regardless nf age. - 1 lobby Ilobson, Oregon's Var sity coach, is of the same opinion. While he sees no alternative for the present setup in the schools, pointing out that it Is fundnmcnt nlly wrung to sacrifice education for athletics. Hobby has one theory regarding youngsters not, ready for, varsity competition. The Puck mentor explains Unit many of the present college cour ses now require! five years to' complete particularly for there1 participating in intercollegiate athletics. It has become a prac tice lo hold the younger players out of competition during their sophomore years the gup be tween freshmen and varsity com petition. This system seems to be the most practical and has worked successfully for Hobson.That would dump a 17-yenr-old high school senior Into the world scramble with n college degree at the age of 22, nut too young to win his spurs, Booth-Kelly Ace Rolls 703 Score 238, 240, 225 Scores At Eugene Recreation Ernie McCulloch entered Eu genes bowling "Hall of Fame" at Eugene Recreation Tuesday night, not by rolling a perfect 300 single game but an equally elusive 700 series. McCulloch, competing in the Red league with the Booth Kelly team, rolled single scores of 238, 240 and 225 to post a 703 ser ies, believed to be the highest scr ies ever registered in local bowl ing history at least the highest competitive score. McCulloch's score would have placed the local ebony tossor among the nation's leaders in the American Bowling Congress. The score would have been No. 11 in the 1039 list in the singles event won by James Danek of Forest Park, 111., with a 221,275,234730. The highest score ever made in the event was by Larry Shotwell of Covington, Ky.. with 774 made' at Cleveland in 1030. Two other high series scores have been registered in league play this season. Aided by a 289 single game, Roy Northam, bowl ing for Penny-Wise in the Super league at the New Deal alleys, rolled a 696 series." Mickey Lee, bowling for the U. S. Army Engi neers in the Major league at Eu gene Recreation, posted a boo score this season. The score eclipsed George Gul dager's previous league high of 640 by 63 pins, but his 240 top game was six pins short of tying Cliff DcWitt's league mark. The Booth-Kelly team, in winning three straight from New Service Laundry, and came within seven pins of tying Sellin's series mark of 2064. The Lumbermen, inciden tally, boosted their league lead to a full three-game lead over the second-place Eugene Sand and Gravel quintet, 2-1 victors over Pioneer Grocery. National Cash Register defeated Chiarmonte's Cafe 2-1 and Sellin's market defeated Chase Co. 3-0 in other league matches. But there was only one of 40 maple busters on the alleys Tuesday night Er nie McCulloch. There has never been n perfect 300 game rolled in Eugene and Tuesday's 703 scries will go down in local pin history as the best performance ever. Results: Hnnlh-Kpllv !87 111.1 DM ,10.17 New Servli-n 864 700 8fl,1 2528 Huh Single McCulloch. B-K.. 240. Hllh Series McCulloch. B-K. 703. Jimmy Pifer Scores Close Mitt Victory in Portland Fights By JACK WELLS, JR. PORTLAND, Ore., March 13. (Special) In one of his toughest fights of his three-year amateur boxing career, Jimmy Pifer, 135- pound Eugene Elks club boxer, eked out a decision over Angello Pctrilli, unattached from Portland, Tuesday night at the Portland Labor Temple in the annual Jew ish benefit smoker. Both boys slugged from the start of the bell in the first round and continued all through the three rounds. Both fighters hit the can vas. Pifer was the first to go down, the victim of wrestling tac tics, only to bounce back and 88.1 949 9872810 030 87 8712697 -Fischer. Registers, 204. -Fischer. Registers. 578. nefllslers Chinrmftnte's HiRh suiRle lligh Series- Sellin's Market 082 922 9272811 Chnse Co 925 890 0232736 High Single WeUell. Sellin's. 204. High Series Wctzell. Sellin's. 580. Sand St Ciravel H.14 894 0132741 Pioneer Grocery 001 023 8872711 High Single McHenry, Pioneer. 207. High Scries McHenry. Pioneer. 503. National Ski Meet Opens At Mt. Baker BELLINGHAM, March 13. UP) Four days of strenuous ski rac ing and jumping lhat by Sunday night at the Snoqualmie ski bowl will produce the nation's No. 1 all-around skiers, opened today on the lofty heights of Mount Baker, near here. Three skiing areas will be the battlegrounds for the second an nual four-events championship tournament that has attracted 28 of the best skiers from the United States and Canada. The downhill and slalom races will be run today and tomorrow at Mount Baker. The contestants will shift to the Seattle Ski club's lodge at Summit. .Snoqualmie Pass Friday, On Saturday they will run tile cross-country, an 11-mile J. iimt covering a great circle course, starting and finishing at the lodge. The climax, the jump ing event, will be held at the Sno qualmie bowl Sunday. As the tournament swung into action one of the favorites was missing. Dick Durrance, former Dartmouth ace and the favorite for the downhill and slalom races. In formed the racing committee yes terday he would lie unable to par ticipate. Ho is employed at Sun Valley finishing a motion picture. i!)Lr Jul JIMMY PIFER, EUGENE Elks Leather Slinger Husky Crew Runs Fast 3-Mile Trial SEATTLE, March 13. (IP) The timer's watch spoke well for the University of Washington varsity crew in its only time trial this week, but Coach Al Ulbrickson's comment today was less compli mentary. Unimpressed by the varsity's cutting 27 seconds off its best previous three-mile time trial, Skipper Ulbrickson declared: "The way things look last year's veterans won't be rowing in the varsity against California." In its time trial, the varsity rowed three miles in 16:13 with a tail breeze and favorable water. Roosevelt Wins But Jefferson Wins Title PORTLAND, March 13. (IP) Jefferson lost to Roosevelt, 25 to 21, yesterday but won the Port land intcrscholastic league basket ball title. Grant, second-place team, missed an opportunity to overhaul the leader by dropping a hard tussle to Franklin, 42 to 38. The final standings gave Jef ferson H two-game margin over Grant. In other games Washihg ton defeated Edison, 52 to 28 and Benson downed Lincoln, 38 to 34. Church Hoopsters Hear Hobson At Banquet Members of the Church Athletic association basketball league at tended a season's finale banquet at the Baptist church Tuesday night. The highlight of the eve ning was a talk by Howard Hob son, University of Oregon basket ball coach. Six-Man Beaver Boxing Team Heads For Meet CORVAL1.1S, March 13. CP) Oregon State college's six-man boxing team left last night for the Pacific coast International tournament at Sacramento. knock his opponent to the canvas rendering him somewhat groggy and leaving him an easy victim to many good solid body and head blows which won the bout for Pifer. In the main event of the eve ning's card, Lorie Cross, 126- pound scrapper from Eugene won the decision over Adam Bird, 126-pound boxer from the Che- mawa Indian school. Both boys staged a whale of a battle with Cross gaining the upper hand in the first round and retaining his" lead throughout the match. Warren Hinton, 118-pounder from Eugene, lost a very close de cision to Glen Black, 118-pound Chemawa Indian scrapper in one of the highlight bouts of the eve ning. Hinton proved himself an excellent scrapper and had the young Indian lad groggy once in the second round but did not fol low his advantage and lost the decision. Wayne Dillingham and Roger Hanson, both Eugene top-notcher boxers, did not see action in Tuesday's card as opponents were not available and scheduled bouts were cancelled. All boxers received prizes do nated by Portland firms for their services in the smoker, the win ners receiving silver and gold lov ing cups while the losers received merchandise awards. Summary: I.orlo Cross. 126 pounds, Eugene. ricci- aionetl Adam Bird, 126 pounds,' Che mawa. Jimmy Pifer. 135 pounds, Eugene, de- ciskoncd Angollo Petrilli, unattached, Portland. Glen Black, 118 pounds, Chemawa, deelsloncd Warren Hinton, 118 pounds. Eugene. Lyn Ewing. 160 pounds. MAC. tech nical knockout over Walt Racette. 160 pounds, Pacific University. Norman Finch. 00 pounds, OAAC.- de elsloncd Pete Miller, 00 pounds.. St. Helens. Jerry Buckley. 147 pounds. MAC. dccisloned Bob Goldman. 147 pounds, OAAC. Glen Prohaska. heavyweight. tech nical knockout over Bill Crawford, heavyweight. Pacific University. Mikie Damieo. 105 pounds. OAAC. decisioned Bob Eddy. 105 pounds. OAAC. Jean Damico. 80 pounds. OAAC. de- cisioned Pat Stark. 80 pounds. OAAC. Georgie Miser. 45 pounds, and John nie Miser. 45 pounds, boxed to a draw. Richardson, Barels Lead Women Bowlers E. Richardson of Women of the Moose No. 2, with a 222 single game, and F. Barels of Hancock Oil, with a 506 series, were top performers in Tuesday night's Wo men's bowling league at the New Deal alleys. Richardson paced the Moose to a 2-1 win over Donahue and Brown while Barels led the Oilers to a 2-1 win over Western States Grocers. An unidentified team defeated Wayne Pump, 2 to 1 and Penny-Wise Drugs beat Wo men of the Moose No. 1 2-1 in other league matches. Results: Moosw No. 2 021 808 79.12612 Dentists 785 784 8242393 High Single Richar&on. Moose. 222. High Scries Richardson, Moose. .101. Hancock Oil 777 884 8642.12.1 Western States 783 818 79.1 2391 High Single Barels, Hancock. 19.1. High Series Barels. Hancock. 306. Unidentified 819 788 91.12460 Wayne Pump 838 788 8372463 High single nickard. Wavne, 183. High Series Rlckard, Wayne. 473. Penny-Wise 819 8.14 8832.1.16 Moose No. 1 82.1 774 8032402 High Single Mills. P-W. 187. High Scries Woodman. P-W. 492. ' Deschutes, Metolius Get 1,000,000 Trout The state game commission will start releasing this week approxi mately 1,000,000 rainbow trout held over from last season at the Oak Springs hatchery on the lower Deschutes river. The fish range in length from three inches to legal size and will be liberated in the waters of the Mt. Hood nrca, Des chutes and Metolius river water sheds,; and some eastern Oregon streams. Nate Mann Decisions Barlund In 10 Rounds NEW YORK, March 13. (U.R) Nathan Mann of New Haven, Conn. Tuesday night outpointed Gunnar Barlund of Finland in the 10 round feature bout of n program at the coliseum arranged for the benefit of the Finnish relief fund. Madigan to Sit Out Contract SAN FRANC ISCO, March 13. D-Ri Edward P. "Slip" Madigan, who was fired as St. Mary's foot ball coach because lie wouldn't quit, said today he planned to "show up at Mornga each day and hist sit rioinu nothing" until the 13 months salary still due on rrt( oiitrai-t is paid him. Syp, who made St. Mary's pnvrr m the football world, claim ed In feud with Andrew Burke, a menil rr nf the board of athletic control, was responsible for his dismissal. The board issued a second state ment denying Madigan's assertion and revealed the decision to buy up his contract had been taken a week ago. It was suggested be ask for a leave of absence or to be relieved of his duties, with assurance no publicity would be given out until Madigan himself could make it public and thus save himself em-1 barrassment. Instead Madigan wrote Brother Albert, president of St. Mary's, de clining to resign or ask for n leave, the board statement said, leaving no alternative but to release the story for publication. "I don't see any reason to feel badly about it," said Madigan. "The whole thing Is purely a ques tion of personal enmity between myself and Andrew, Burke. He has always threatened to "get me.' "I knew this was coming and I have written letters to my friends around the country, seeking busi ness opportunities. 1 can't say 1 will leave coaching for good, but 1 do prefer to enter business. "After all, I was n lieutenant In the United States navy and I'm a graduate in law. 1 still know my way uruund." In the "good years" after St. Mary's grew from a onc-mousc-power institution that lost .127 to 0 to California, Slip's salary and commissions ran around $30,000 a year, but after bondholders fore closed on St. Mary's and can celled his percentages, it dropped to about $15,000. J. Philip Murphy, chairman of the athletic board, was in Seattle last week. He refused to deny reports he had conferred with Coach Jimmy Phelan of Washing ton. Thelan's contract still has a year to run, but he has not been Happy with the wolves yapping at his heels and perhaps could be enticed away. Murphy also plan ned to go to Los Angeles this week, possibly to Interview Mike recarovich, former Loyola coach, and Justin M. "Sam" Barry of Southern California, Uni High Plays Lebanon Tonight 21st Annual State Hoop Tournament Under Way University high school's district 7 champions, rated just one of the 16 entrants by state hoop critics, headed for Salem this morning for the Golden Tide's third con secutive crack at the coveted Ore gon prep crown now resting on the collective "noggins" of the Salem Vikings. The quintet Coach Ray Hend rickson throws against Lebanon at 8:30 p. m. in the Willamette university gym will be an aggre gation that has annexed 10 straight league triumphs. Two straight defeats at the hands of the Astoria Fishermen and split decisions to Medford and Rose burg, two teams that failed lo make the select grouping, has left the little campus school out of state championship consideration. In the past two seasons Hend rickson has taken local clubs that rated no higher in ability than the present team, and each year the Tiders have been definite title threats. Three Tourney Veterans Three of . this .year's regulars will be veterans with considerable experience in the state classic which is being held for the 21st time this season. Charlie DeAut remont barely missed all-state selection last year and was named captain of the second team at a guard position. Tex Gatlin, lanky southpaw forward, and Bud God- dard, scrappy center, saw nearly full-time action in winning three of four games in the 1939 tour nament. The other regulars who will be in the starting lineup are Don Plath, 132-pound potent scoring runningmate for DeAutremont at guard, and John Eergman, green but promising 6-foot-2 forward. Darrel Adkinson, forward: Jess Trunnell, forward, and Ace Plath, guard, are the other three mem bers of the tournament squad. bnould the campus hoopsters come through tonight's game they will meet the winner of the Astoria-Oregon City game at 8:30 p. m. Thursday. A defeat will send the Tiders against the loser of the Pioneer-Fishermen game, scheduled for 2 p. m. Thursday. VIKIr.GS, PELICANS FAVORED SALEM, March 31. CP Salem and Klamath Falls were gallery favorites as the 21st annual Ore gon high school basketball tourna ment opened today at Willamette university but the place was full of dark horses. Helix and Monroe, two "B" teams, dribbled into action at 1 Six Nationalities Represent On ThursdayW resiling Prog Herb Parks, Canadian, and Don Sebastian, Spaniard, have been signed to meet "Dutch Schultz, German, and Tony Morelli, Ital ian, in preliminary matches on Thursday night's armory profes sional wrestling program, accord ing to an announcement made Wednesday morning by Promoter Herb Owen. Headline attraction will be a one-hour non-title skirmish be tween Prince Ilaki, Arabian who Half-Mile World's Turf Record Set CORAL GABLES, Fla., March 13 U.R Double Call, a two-year-old brown colt owned by the King ranch, broke a 21-year-old world turf record at Tropical park Tues day when he won a half-mile race in 46 seconds flat. The colt clipped a fifth of a second off the old mark held jointly by Donau and Amon at :46 1-5. Donau established the record at Lucky Baldwin's old Santa Anita course in California on March 13, 1909, and Amon tied it two years later at the old Juarez oval in Mexico. p. m., starting championship play. The program tonight pits Ash land against Chemawa Indians at 7:30 o'clock, followed by Lebanon against Eugene's University high, and Oregon City against Astoria. The railbirds liked Klamath Falls because the Pelicans have seven holdovers from the 1939 tournament team supplemented by the giant Virgil Jarrett, scor ing ace of southern Oregon. The team has the best won-and-lost record for the year. They leaned also toward Salem because the Vikings are traditionally a good tournament outfit. But there were vociferous par tisans galore for Astoria, a team that looked like a cinch 30 days ago. Pendleton and Baker, one two in the Blue Mountain league; Ashland, a tough company from the south with a reputation for winning important games; Tilla mook, the No-Name league cham pion that beath botli Salem and Astoria. The tournament will last until Saturday night. Salem is the de fending champion. BEAR NINE WINS 11-10 LOS ANGELES, March 13. (U.R) University of California's base ball team held off a U. C. L. A. rally in the ninth inning to defeat the Bruins 11-10 in the second of a two-game series here Tuesday. It' grd the : .he holds the Pacific coast hoiliruiirDin1.( U : 1 - ..vHrj,,Li6iH tiidiiiprunsnip, y "Silent" Rattan South Dakt deaf mute. The grappling show will beHMnrl true International muu what with six nations being rcpA resented. Schultz, who meets Parks in the ip-minute, semi-final, and Morelli opponent for Sebastian in the 30- minuie opener, will be making their initial local appearances. a. tie opanisn matman made his lo cal debut last week, givine local grount-and-groan followers a fine array or new, and talented per. formers. Every one of the all-star mat ches will present the colorful com. bination of meanie vs. cleanie, pro viding the usual rough-and-tumble exhibitions. Owen promises that both Schultz ana Morelli rate along with some or we best matmen and showmen ever to show here. Eugene Club Eyes State M eel ?!b Biiildiif-., 5iwiiiiiS snow win betMnHoi. T I'" I ternational extravagant00 efn Traps PlQnnJ ith six nations being rcpA . 1 DiMaggio, Ruffing Ambitious Following Arrival For Training ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. The two most recent arrivals in te New York Yankees' camp, Joe Pi Maggio and Red Ruffing, are full ci ambition for the coming season. DiMaggio hopes to lead the league in batting again and take home runs and runs-batted-in honors as well, saying, "I think that if I can go through the season without getting hurt I can do it," Ruffing says he expects to win at least 20 games this year. - Willamette Bowling Loop Has Two Matches The Knights of Columbus de feated the Lions club 2-1, and Everybody's Drugs defeated Gar rett's Frigidaires 3-0 in the only Willamette bowling league mat ches played at Eugene Recreation Tuesday night. Hal Young of Everybody's, with a 213 single game, and Ed Eberdt of the Caseys, with a 551 series, were top individuals of the eve ning. Results: Everybody's 909 1013 8532785 Garrett's 859 948 845 2652 HlRh Single Young, Every.. 213. High Single Young. Every., 459. K. o( C 997 988 9722917 Lions 898 857 10262781 HiRh Single Fischer, Lions. 202. High Series Eberdt, Caseys, 551. 55 PILOT GRIDMEN PORTLAND, March 13. OT Fifty-five football players began spring workouts at the University of Portland this week under Coach Bob Mathews. Thr. p. uuKi-ue t:,. -ns here Tuesday r. """""" meet i 1 "WJiuinf t cement made today local scatters!,. J. "at announced feZ? of E&''ef5 way l c ' T K0U F k stana S Si,tUrday' th ConslA.tinn drli ... - h mis cnscn- i. "-H Will competed tiday, Mutely. TV the gtouni to hold ni March 21 !, which est of mote "uiiomg appt ieet with ncd 'Use a cart; porch for d ! IheV, started hopes to enough dial shoot, The clubh constructed ai $2000, will be mately 50 by modations to and a double-di talors. . 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