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CLIMBER
By DICK STCUTB
Brace Hamby'f University of
Oreron "Duck Dope" went Into
the malls today a little later than
the California, Stanford and Ore
son State mimeographed parti'
phlets, but a well gotten-up print
ed 16-page 1940 football prospec
tus. The cover, a four-color lob,
shows John "Buck" Berry in typ
ical ball-packing pose.
While Hamby's product isn't as
complete in detail as some of the
others, the booklet is very read
able and includes all the vital facts
regarding the team (vital farts up
to and including spring practice, at
least).
It certainly Isn't necessary for
Hamby like some or the otner
publixt men to evade the issue
as to how Oregon stacks up wun
other conference teams, because
he tells in his own words that Tex
Oliver has only two returning
starters Jim Stuart, tackle, and
Hymie Harris, end.
Bruce's lead story reads: "Many
new faces and new personalities
will be presented by the Univer
sity. . . ." But in the third
graph he gets a little bolder by
saying that at the conclusion of
the spring practice season Tex
came up "with a light and ex
tremely mobile unit which In the
final spring exhibition contest ap
peared well fitted to capably per
form the colorful and wide-open
'Oliver Twist' brand of football."
He also makes note of that fact
that while Stuart and Dick Ash
com, probable starter at right
tackle are the only 200-pound-plus
linemen rated as probable starters,
the team should prove as stubborn
defensively as the 1939 club that
was ranked the second strongest
defensive team in the league, next
to Southern California's Rose
Bowl champions (rated by the
American Football Statistical
Bureau).
The prospectus gives the follow
ing probable starting lineup (also
based on spring practice): Harris
and Bill Regner at ends, Stuart
and Ashcom, tackles; Ray Segale
and Val Culwell, guards; Erling
Jacohsen, center; Chct Hallski,
quarter; Berry and Len Isberg,
halfbacks, and Marsh Stenstrom,
fullback.
But there's a long time between
spring practice and the opening
of the followinr season, and
changes appear inevitable. Just
ns an example, Jack McCarty,
KORE sportscaster, returned from
his vacation in southern California
this week with the rumor that
Paul Sedor, a Wyoming boy who
played at Santa Ana Junior col
lege last year, will come to Ore
gon. . , . The lad, who weighs
around 240 pounds and plays
tackle, was reported virtually
wrapped up and delivered to the
Trojan campus. . . . There have
been other such rumors and there
will be more before practice starts
September 12 and some of them
will materialize. Then again, on
a SO-man squad it's almost certain
that a few men will develop be
yond expectation and replace like
ly starters.
Dick Home and Jim Harris are
both corking good ends, Frank
Boyd is the best punter on the
squad and may move into a start
ing halfback berth, the critics pre
dict that "Butch" Nelson, -a Salem
boy from the Frosh ranks, may
give Stenstrom a contest at full
back, and Roy Ell, another yearl
ing may contest Hallski'a right to
the quarterback post despite the
fact that he weighs only 178 to
Chefs 198.
And so on down the line. Just
what i Oregon has to give to Its
football followers will not be
known until the tost under flrc.
The Injury sustained by our
Buck Buchwaeh at the dog races
In Portland (no the dor didn't
think he was the rabbit) is more
serious than first believed. , . .
In fact, the water on the elbow
may curb Buck's literary talents
for some time. , . , He planned
to "summer" at Rockaway until
srhool starts, but must remain in
Eugene and have the arm treated.
. , . Buck. Incidentally, in
formed us that Morrle Jacobs,
sponsor of Inst year's champion
ship Softball team, caught a beau
tiful snlmon during his vacation
on Puget Sound. . . , Buck saw
Die fish. . . . Don Kirsch, Ore
gon's promising Inlielcler, attended
the Eugene-Albany game here last
Sunday. ... He reports the torn
shoulder muscle suffered playing
with the Silverlon Red Sox is well
on the way to recovery. , , .
Jean Kberhnrt, director of ath
letics at Southern Oregon College
of Education gets an outstanding
associate In Stephen Edaurd Ep
lcr. inventor of six-man football.
, . . Epler will become dean of
men and 'instructor of educational
administration and sociology at
the Ashland school. , , , Tom
Colnsuonno, former Mohawk high
mentor who retired from the
coaching field after the past school
year, has passed entrance exam
inations for the aviation unit of
the United States navy and will
report to the Sand Point, Wash
ington, school immediately.
The Brooklyn Dodgers are
pulling another circus stunt (one
that may prove valuable to major
league baseball clubs in the fu
turee) by making their western
( swing by air. , . . We make an
enr!y football prediction that
11. S. C. will lick Washington
Slate, and Oregon State will not
so through its season undefeated
. . . With our record of football
prognosticating, both could be
wrong. . . . We close with Ed
' die BrieU's "It's Just Thought:"
"I wonder If the Yanks went
' stale
Prom drinking too much Rup
rjert's ale."
Disputed
Prexy Wilhelm
Says No Contest
A's To Play Sunday
Afternoon At Albany
George Wilhelm, president of
the Oregon State baseball Lea
gue, today announced that the
first game of the Eugene-Albany
State League playoff was no con
test and must be played over. The
game was won by Albany by a 4-3
score was protested by Eugene
Manager Monroe Dean when Um
pire Buzz Nonken reversed his
decision on a play at the plate
which gave the Alcos the winning
run.
After a triangular communica
tion between Wilhelm, Business
Manager Frank Fassett of Eugene
and Manager "Mac" McReynolds
of Albany, the contest was defini
tely scheduled to be played at
Albany Sunday afternoon, starting
at 2:30 p. m.
Richards and Elliott Again
No doubt Eugene's young left-!
hander and Albany's youthful port-
sider. Jack Richards and Glenn
Elliott, respectively, will hook up
in another pitching duel. In the
protested game Richards almost
had a well earned victory already
in his pocket until Jimmy Robert
son drove in the tieing run with a
double in the last half of the
ninth.
The disputed play was in the
last half of the final Inning when
Albany nghtfielder Carl Shoots
tried to steal home with the win
ning run. Eugene pitcher Jack
Richards continued his wind-up
and pitched to Catcher Norval
Libby who touched Shoots out at
plate. A loud and long protest
arose from the Albany dug-out
when Umpire Nonken raised his
hand indicating that the runner
was out. But the Albany protest
was nothing compared to the out
burst . from the Eugene dugout
when the decision was changed
and the run allowed to count.
wnneim announced that two
Portland umpires, with "Spec"
Burke as umplre-in-chief, would
officiate the contest. He explained
that the action of Umpire Buzz
Nonken in last Saturday's game
was in violation of rule 56 which
gives the umpire right to change
his decision after a protest has
been filed by either the offended
teams manager or captain.
Nonken, according to Wilhelm.
admitted that he . was confused
and wasn't quite sure what had
happened. The league president
said that Nonken, after calling the
runner out, failed to make any
motion to the contrary and that
too much time had elapsed (that
he didn't change his verdict until
charged by the Albany players
and management) between the
time he first called Shoots out at
the plate and then allowed the
run to count.
Alcos Hold Lead
The Alcos have a one game lead
in the playoff by virtue of last
Sunday's 10-2 victory over the
Athletics In Eugene. Another vic
tory will give them the crown
while a victory for the Athletics
will necessitate another game.
There was no doubt about the
Albany victory Sunday. The big
Albany bats shelled three Eugene
pitchers for 14 hits while Oscar
"Red" Miller was limiting the Eu
geneans to seven hits.
Pat Comiskey-Baer
Battle Announced
NEWARK. N. J . Aug. 21 (4)
Clowning Maxic Bacr and
poker-faced Pat Comiskcy strap
ping young Patcrson heavyweight,
will tangle in Jersey City next
inonlh for the right to fight'chnm-
pion Joe Louis "sometime next
summer."
The bout was announced In
San Francisco last night by Jack
icarns.
Grouse Season Opens
In I hree Counties
PORTLAND. Aug. 21. (U.R
The Oregon State Game commis
sion Tuesday announced the ca.
son for Rooty or Blue Grouse will
open In Wallowa, Union and Baker
counties next Sunday. Aug. 25.
1 lie commission said the season
will be open until Aug. 31 and
that the bag limit will be four birds
In any one day, but not more than
eight in any seven consecutive
days.
Bob 'Bullet-head' Kennaston
To Meet Jack Hagen Thursday
Sergeant Bob Kennaston's bullet
head is expected to present a
definite problem for Jack "Head-
lock Hagen when the Louisiana
grappler meets the tough ex
marine In the 30-minute opener
of Promoter Herb Owen's profes
sional mnt show at the armory
Thursday nlRht. The famous head
lock expert failed to win his re
turn appearance here last week
when he was held to a draw by
Joe Lyman, sensational Redmond,
Ore., youngster.
Hagen asked Owen to sign him
against the most formidable avail
able opponent and the local pro
moter couldn't have found a
rougher rival in the lantern-jawed
Kennaston.
In the meantime Owen was
Eugene
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PORTLAND'S MULTNOMAH ATHLETIC CLUB got off to a
good start in the women's National A. A. U. swimming meet in that
city when Brenda Helser, right, and Joyce MacRae. both representing
the club, came In one-two in the 110-yard free style race.
65 Year Old Texan Wins Grand
American Clay Target Crown
By FRITZ HOWELL
VANDALIA, O., Aug. 21 C
Sportsdom will travel a long way
before it finds another champion
with the background, color and
"heart" boasted by trapshooting's
new North American clay target
king 65-year-old Forest McNeir
of Houston, Tex.
Lela Hull, the charming house
wife from Strasburg, Mo., won her
fifth North American feminine
crown yesterday at the 41st Grand
American and Fred Tomlin, . of
Jockey Dew Breaks
Earning Records
By JOSEPH MORTON
CLEVELAND, Aug. 21.
The diminutive lad with the slick
ed back hair picked up a pencil
and scratched around a bit: after a
few minutes he chuckled and jot
ted down "$20,000," exclaiming:
"I'll bet a lot of big ball play
ers don't make that much."
The scratcher, tender in years
but strong at the finish wire, was
19-year-old Jockey Earl John Dew.
A 65-race winner at Thistledown,
he was credited by track officials
today with shattering all records
lor a single summer race meeting.
Dew leathered home two win
ners yesterday, Thistledown's next
to last day, bringing to 148 his sea
son's total. Racing records placed
him second for the year, being led
only by W. Lloyd Taylor, currently
riding at Rockingham With a string
of 167.
The youthful horseman "Butch"
at the track doped out his year's
earnings on the basis of $10 a
mount plus S155 per winner. Add
ing in bonuses and his share of
stake winnings, compensation; for
44 dnys at Thistledown came to
about $8,000. Then he figured in
Santa Anita and one or two other
tracks and decided "It'll be about
$20,000. Not bad for a guy my age
and size."
His employer, Californian Earl
Beczlcy, agreed.
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preparing to accommodate one of
the largest crowds in local mat
history a larger attendance than
last week's near-capacity gather
ing. He has ordered the "big set
up" of seats, the ropes tightened
and had extended an Invitation
to all women fans to be the guests
of Pete Bctcnstro reserved scats
excepted.
Feature attractions of the show
will be a pair of one-hour skirm
ishes, billed as a double main
event. Belcastrn will meet Otis
Clingman in a return engagement
a possible repetition of last
week's knock-down and drag-out
affair. The other headline bout
will match George Wagner, pop
ular ex-coast champion, Against
Mike Nuzarrian, Armenian villain.
THE TIEQISTER-GU ARD. EUGENE. OREGON
- Albany
Glassboro, N. J., grabbed his fifth
professional title, but all the talk
today around the big cartridge
carnival was about McNeir.
The Texan, wearing a high-stiffly-starchcd
collar, paid no at
tention to the high wind as he
cracked 200 straight to beat the
best in the land for trapdom's
toughest title. It was the only per
fect count of the day, and it gave
McNeir a championship he had
tied for in 1920 and 1935, only to
lose in shootoffs.
But today he wore the royal
robes, and the trapshooting world
will tell you he won 'em the hard
way.
Four years ago he fell from a
building in Houston, suffering a
broken back and a crushed left
arm. His left hand was amputated
at the wrist, but when McNeir re
gained consciousness he had the
hand sewed back on. The fingers
failed to function, and two inches
of flesh and bone are missing
from the arm, but he asks no odds
of anyone.
Surgeons told him he probably
would never shoot again, but two
years after his accident he was
back at the "Roaring Grand" with
a caddy to carry and load his gun.
He fired the entire program.
Joe Gordon . . .
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35-Year-Old Corbet
III Wins Decision
FRESNO, Cul., Aug. 21. (U.B
There's lite in the old boy yet,
even if Young Corbctt ill, former
world welterweight champion, is
approaching the age of 36 when he
will automatically be barred from
California's rings.
"Young" Corbctt mauled Sheik
Rancck, a 21-year-old middle
weight, for 10 rounds to win a de
cision from Referee Fred Bottaro
before 7500 fans in an outdoor
fight here last night.
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Playoff
Diamond
Canners Topped
By Bonneville
Expert Pitching Tops
State Softball Play
' By DICK STRITE
SWEF.TLAND FIELD. Salem,
Ore., Aug. 21. (Special) Eu
gene's 1.140 state softball tourna
ment entrant had a shorter life
than usual, by at least several min
utes as Hie Diamond "A" Canners
fell before the Bonneville Army
Engineers here Tuesday night in
(he second night of first-round
tourney clashes. Several thousand
spectators were still on hand for
the last of four night contests and
watched "Biff" Georgesen shutout
the local aggregation, 7 to 0, In ex
actly 55 minutes.
Georgesen, a tournament vet
eran, virtually handcuffed the Eu
gene city titleholders and Lane-Douglass-Coos
district representa
tives. And the former Portlander
had the second no-hit, no-run game
of the evening within his grasp.
With two away in the final inning,
Wayne Phillips. Eugene center
fielder, bounced one down the
third-base line and beat out the
infield bingle. for the only hit of
the game.
Bill Jones Hit Hard
Earlier in the evneing, Harvey
Griffin, Pendleton wrist-whipping
twirler, hurled a no-no game in
giving his Elk teammates a 2-0
triumph over Kennedy's Kids, Sa
lem's No. 2 entrant In other first-
round games Tuesday. Oregon City
pounded out - 13 hits oft Bill
"Speedball" Jones to wallop Mc
Minnville 9-5 after the Firemen
had taken a 4-0 lead in the first
two frames. Salem's champions.
Square Deal, romped through
Woodburn's weak club by an 8 to
1 count.
Oregon City advanced into the
second round and will meet Pen
dleton while Square Deal will play
Bonneville in the next series of
tournament tests.
Griffin's no-hitter was well-
earned while a hitless perform
ance by Georgesen would have
been handed him on a "golden
platter." Even his one-hit pitching
was as unearned as six o the seven
runs his teammates gathered off
Basil Wilson and Verne Adams,
Eugene chuckers. The Bonneville
moundsman had poor control,
walking five batters, but played
the Eugene "sluggers" for a gang
of suckers for his change-of-pace
pitches. - It was a pitiful thing to
see players who had batted in
the 400's in city competition "kill"
a nothing ball.
The Canners did no worse than
several other Eugene state tourna
ment entrants, making the usual
number of misplays as the one
earned Bonneville run indicates.
Phillips Gets Only Hit
While Diamond "A" had a man
on second in both the first and
second innings, it wasn't until the
final frame that they seriously
threatened. With one out, Court
ney Towne drew a walk. Ed Well
nitz popped out to second, but it
was then that Phillips came
through with Eugene's only hit of
the game. Herb Hamer pounded
a high fly .to center field to retire
the side and leave two runners
stranded.
Bonneville scored one run In the
first canto when Schlafle hit -a
blooper off the bat handle a bin
gle that went for two b."ses. Strem
ick beat out a bunt to first and
the Engineers had "ducks on."
Danielson walked to fill the bases
and then Rcimer grounded out to
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Zale, Soose
Bout Tonight
By TOM SILER
CHICAGO, Aug. 21 W Tony
Zale, hard-punching product of
the Gary, Ind., steel mills, is put
ting everything but his middle
weight title on the line tonight in
a 10-round outdoor battle with
Billy Soose, Scranton, Pa.
The fight will be Zale's first
ring appearance since he knock
ed out Al Hostak, the National
Boxing Association's champion, in
Seattle a month ago. Soose out
pointed Ken Overlin, recognized
in New York as the champion, in
his last bout.
Although Zale cannot lose his
N. B. A. title tonight, he stands
to lose a tremendous amount of
prestige and see his string of
straight victories broken if Soose
wins. The former Penn State col
lege champion rates as a smooth
boxer and sharp puncher. Zale is
a crowding battler who totes a
terrific body punch.
The Gary youth is a 7-to-5 fa
vorite to win and an even money
choice to end the bout in less than
10 rounds. -
A victory tonight for Zale
would set the stage for a battle
with Overlin with the outcome
clearing up the muddled middle
weight division title situation.
Helser Pitches
Well But Loses
(Associated Press)
Frank Volpi's two homers in a
free hitting game gave the Wen
atchee Chiefs a 13-11 victory ii
their Western International lea
gue contest with the Vancouver
Capilanos in Wenatchee Tuesday.
Volpl hit a circuit clout in the
sixth inning to tie the count and
hammered out another in the
eighth with one aboard to assure
victory.
In another free hitting game the
Yakima Pippins defeated the lea
gue leading Spokane Indians 18-14
in Spokane. Both teams used
three pitchers.
Johnny Stamper led the Yak
ima sluggers with five singles in
seven trips to the platter.
George Farrell's homer with two
out in the last of the ninth gave
the Tacoma Tigers a 1-0 victory
over the Salem Senators in Ta
coma. .....
It was a brilliant mound duel
between Roy Helser, Salem south
paw, and Ray Medeghini, a right
hander, until Farrell's blow. Med
eghini gave up only three hits and
Helser six.
Creswell Registers . '
Shutout In Groves
Softball.
CRESWELL, Aug. ' 21 (Spe
cial) In the soft ball games play
ed Monday night at Kelly field,
Eagles upset the Knickerbockers,
8 to 6. This Is the second league
game that Knickerbockers have
lost. In the night cap game Cres
well walloped McCoys 16 to 0.
This Is the first shut-out game in
League play.
Leaders Gain
In Major Loops
Second Place Teams
Lose Doubleheaders
By BILL WHITE
Associated Press Sports Writer
A lot of experting has been done
to show how the Brooklyn Dodgers
and the Detroit Tigers can win the
big league pennants. But the fact
remains that Cincinnati and Cleve.
land still are getting ready to en
tertain the World series crowds.
s The ability to win when a vic
tory is. most needed seems to be
the strong point of both teams
and it was never better demon
strated than Tuesday.
The Reds were faced with the
red-hot (for a day) Giants and
the Dodgers were willing nay,
anxious to whittle the St. Louis
Laras down twice and thus get
within 2'k games of the Rhine
landers. But today's standings will
show the Brooks are 5 games
back, thanks to the Reds' stirring
finish over the Giants in a 3-2
thriller and the Brooks' double loss
to the Cards, 3-0, and 4-3.
Finch Hitters Hit
The Jints' bill Lohrman had his
10th victory practically in his
pocket when the Reds unleashed
a four-hit, ninth-inning attack
that went like this: Pinch hitter
Lew Riggs doubled and scored
Linus Frey's single. Frey advanc
ed on Ival Goodman's double and
they both rode home on Frank
McCormick's long single to left.
The victory thus went to Junior
Thompson his 12th of the cam
paign. After the Dodgers bowed to
Clyde Shoun's six hit pitching in
the first game at St. Louis, Hugh
Casey came apart at the seams and
cost them the second game. The
nightcap was tied at 3-all, thanks
to a pair of Dodger homers by Pete
Coscara.rt and Dolph Camilli and
there was one out in the Cards'
half of the eighth. Then Johnny
Mize singled, Enos Slaughter walk
ed, Joe Orengo made the second
out, and then on eight straight
balls pinch hitters Lon Padgett
and Stu Martin walked to force in
the winning run.
Claude Passeau racked up his
15th win of the season by pitch
ing the Cubs to a 4-0 decision over
the Phillies. He gave up only three
hits and issued no walks for one
of the day's best performances.
Dick Lanahan wasn't quite as
effective but he hurled the Pirates
to a 6-3 decision over the Boston
Bees, to end a six-game losing
streak, as Deb Garms continued
his sensational hitting getting three
blows to boost his average for the I
last 27 games to .419.
Keltner Good at Boston
If the Indians want to clinch the
American league pennant quickly,
they ought to play the rest of their
games at Boston s Fenway park
where Ken Keltner is usually good j
for a batting spree. He had one
yesterday in leading the leaders to
an 11-6 victory over the Sox. His
round tripper with the bases load
ed was the lustiest blow in the
game that gave Bobby Feller his
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linale 3 to 1.
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mitting five errors. Th i
apparent reason the Bj.r.,
buckled down to errortasbJ
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Frankie Dasso held the Sd
iu mx saieues.
22nd victory, thougbhe dtU
isn.
The Yanks climbed lulu. J
place tie with the Chiopl
Sox by earning a dojbkJ
victory over the Detroit Tita
ana i-i. uia uiarler md
young Ernie Bonham hmUil
of very good games. ThitW
Tigers i'.i games backolU
dians.
The White Sox had Irabk
the Athletics, winning ttf
game 6-1 with a five-run iu
the ninth but losing the staid
in the tenth when WaOj
stole home with the wumt
The Browns' Elden Aute
marined the Senators to iH
feat the fifth straight seta
Washington.
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