Eugene register-guard. (Eugene, Or.) 1930-1983, March 21, 1945, Image 7

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Newspaper Page TextC i HIGH CLIMBED ntPK STRITI D7 " rniversityof Oregonwonl i ".. iki, season wht hfreuVement of Ford Mul I" .! now the announcement Koch that he will r. school through the fa 2, at least. Rw nmb.blr the' only col- Jf baseball player in history rfuaie as a freshman-var-" Oliver to the majors wifhin Lon told us the other arffiS" e was not satisfied "S the terms offered by the . , rvjcem and the rookie K.mn will remain in iwi. . nj n school or .ioich or player, as the case w 'Barney is 'the brother of ii'o was a member of Ore MV ireatest keystone combin .joe Gordon and Koch, who I ited at snon ana tecuim "S BiUy Relnhart) will remain "rt.ir.nrf will need some K if the international league $ h the Dodgers should be 00 r.:i..h!. hpln to some local 'r " school club Springfield, vrer'itv or Eugene. ,n.cr.l n. has i.vri with the ntisDurgn ,tes for more than 10 years, i j". wi,0 died a year or so ago, & with cne of the Phltedel m dubs and with Pittsburgh Then came By- fit a auuifc n'l'v. Uii and there was a long lapse ihf next Webfoot. moved itnthe big-time Joe Gordon of. ittYinltecs. joe ana l.b'u" m xt were the big-timers, but since .,in Bill Sayles. pitched for the BMton Red Sox, New York Giants ud Brooklyn. Wimpy Quinn, who wot from Los Angeles 'to the Chicago Cubs, pitched a couple of for the National league dub, but returned to the Angels ,1 first-baseman. J?. la.Vef.e.n f,01? league hockey' playoff, : . . lavnniM xonnv in inn the majors 11 tne war nao. noi itmled their advancements- I ts Smith, among some. And now Hullen and Koch "retire." Jin Kartell, the man-of-the- alinte of Oregon's basketball lam, palled his last-minute scor- aj play to best Washington State i Eugene last Saturday night was poforming the little chore just I year, to tne aay, mat ne pacea tha Ashland Grizilles to the Ore- 4e finals of the 25th annual state tournament in ; Salem against Bind. He scored 10 points In both limes, which should be some kind of a record. Speaking ot the state tourna ment, we understand that Dick Btllantyne, the Baker guard, did let a state all-star berth after all. Our reporter at Salem listed kid by the nsme of Calderwood in itead, . , Although we saw but (M set of games7 the Baker youngster looked like the best, or M of the best hoopsters among till eight quintets. . . But we're still surprised at the absence of Iujene Axemen from either the tnt or second teams. ... There TO another unofficial state-tour nament team, selected Players instead of the referees and sports-writers, and Nene collected several berths on tloie teams. . . Warren Hunter u named on the second team, m Darrell Robinson and Billy Hutchinson were given honorable mention by their opponents. Because of the Oregon-WSC Jlsyoff, "Honest John"-Warren lined his first state tournament 13 years this season. . . His Hut jaunt to Salem was In 1922 Ji a member of the Pendleton Buckaroos, who finished second to ftland. . . From 1923 to 1928 attended as a University of Onion student . . In 1929 he Jok his first Astoria quintet to state classic and in seven rati registered the most impres- record of any coach or any oool in the state. His Fishermen four state titles, finished sec- once, and third two times. The banil u k.'I mi o, train J we arrived at Caldwell, Jmo. early Monday morning. . . train wasn't there long ugh. . . but Anse Cornell did the freight agent at the de J. Gusa Cruse, and the whole knows that the "little gen J passed through by now. . . coached at College of Idaho. - Under Cornell, the All-Amer-s graduate manager at Ore l's, the Coyotes won two football M two baseball championships J th strong Northwest Confcr ru' ' ' Anse wa Bn "U-axound "We at Oregon before going "Idaho, but we won't mention Sh1""' After leaving Cald u Anse went to Pacific Uni st Forest Grove before to Oregon as graduate Zli'f"- s thankless job and a U-done job. Holdout Declnrprl re To Make Deal JAN FRANCISCO. March 21- 8 c. y-ueiu v-nanes uranam oi bH.. Francisco Seals announced kciS. . V: he wa willing tc trade wt Bernic (Frenchie) Uhalt outfielder, for a doiVole-A conference yesti J refused Uhalfs rSA l gsve the i yesterday, Gra- salary de- tilavnr nr- " to mak a deal for him- - 3 CUt Ihnrt (he Inh-.-emori at ihe a gest blow of th day, a beat Johnson Furnltur I high-scoring games 2-U Nelson, Snead Still Tied In Charlotte Goli Meet CHARWTTE, N. C..Mrch31 U.lt The $10,000 open, a "dream" tournament in which the nation's two top golfers, Sammy Snead and Byron Nelson, are battling for first money, went into its second extra 18-hole playoff today with both of them still tied. Neither was able to gain more than a momentary advantage as they dueled over the rolling Myers Park course yesterday, finishing with three-under par 68's. , For Snead, it was the same heart-wracking finish that he ex perlenced on the previous dv. Getting on the green in one on the short 18th hole, he needed an 8-foot putt for a birdie two, but the ball missed th cup by inches. Nel son's drive also was on the green, but a greater distance from the cup and he was conceded little or no chance to drop his putf, which was wide. Their three's halved the hole and the match. Lead Senawa Nelson went Into the lead first, winning the second hole with a birdie four and the third with a birdie three. Snead took the next l,Mn5stion for his services. The two and they remained tied until Storms at the right, fellow! reaching the 509-yard dog-leg uW .undHMirn With MOn . .event, fir, that Vitl (k seventh, On that hole, the long driving West Virginian' reached! the green In two and dropped a 25-foot putt for an eagle three. Nelson evened it again on the ninth after the eighth was halved.. giving them both two-under par .-.i:, many Players to the, 34V for the front nine. Nelson 1 S ialics during the past 30 1 went one up on the 12th when. .in First were the Bigoeea wno Snead had a bogy and the Toledo, .wrtunoer nuiu -,., vcuuan iot,i ins navanuje . uBom uii unr inn vMien a huh ogi. joe l,ouis, worms neavy went awry. More than half a dosen weight boxing champion, ' was putts missed falling in by inches scheduled in superior court to- tor me usually sieaay nelson. ' Snead went in front with a birdie three on the 16th, but Nel- Houck, a . Pitcher for Philadel-'Jll.. Louis, charging he de- w. .... u,c way they were when they walked nervously to the 18th tee. Underdogs Topple Playoff Favorites The underdogs, Boston and Tor onto, were a game up on the favorites today In the National Detroit In almost two years, ttaerMallory, Bob Hardy, Bush-ijhOM a suitable time to end the long losing streak last night ! They topped the Redwings on their home ice, 4 to 3, in a bit- I terly fought game which found Eddie Bruneateu of the Wings and Jack Crawford ot the Bruins, swinging at each other at the finish, The Bruins meant business, getting off to a 3 to 0 lesd in the first period on goals By Bill l high school championship in CowIey, Blll Cupulo and Herb Cain. Sharp goal tending on both sides kept the teams scoreless through the second period and in the third Earl Selbert scored De troit's first goal. Jack McGlU countered Boston's last goal. Manager Jack Adams, concen trating on offensive tactics used a five man forward line in the waning minutes after Joe Carveth scored a second Detroit goal. The maneuver paid off with one goal by Bruneteau in the final minute, after which he became involved In" the fracas with Crawford. In a battle featuring the work of the goaltenders and defense men, Toronto scored in the last minute to upset Montreal, 1 to 0. by the i Playing at Montreal, Ted Kennedy coaches, of the Maple Leafs swept in with a loose puck from aDout iu ieet out to score the only goal of the game. Pittsburgh Hoop Pros Win In Meet CHICAGO, March 21. UJ9 The Pittsburgh Raiders scored the first upset of the world's champ ionship professional basketball tournament here Tuesday night when they defeated the highly re garded Newark. N. J., C-O-2's 53-50. Pittsburgh was in front 31-26 at half time but Newark moved ahead 43-42 at the end of the third quarter. Matt Vaniel of Pittsburgh racked up 18 points for high scor ing honors. Mike Bloom led the losers with 17. The Dow Chemicals of Mid land, Mich., turned back the Cleveland AUmens 61-46. The Dows employed a fast break and roared to a 29-17 halftlme mar- The AUmens' Mel Rlebe, was high point man with 24. , Montgomery Defends Crown With Kayo LOS ANGELES. March 21. l Bearcat Bob Montgomery, New VnrV veralon of the lightweight inff ehamoion. weaved and ! bobbed his way to an eighth round technical knockout over Genaro Rojo, Los Angeles, before 10,400 fans at Olympic audi torium last night The outcome was never in doubt as the veteran New Yorker drew his game But inexperiences opponent in close and hammered ,.ain him with a merciless barrage of Great Lakes, which had one of rights to the Jaw and body. the nat0n' top baseball teams Referee Reggie Gilmore saved ( last sea,on, wju play practically Rojo from complete annihilation alj 0 tne major league teams this when he halted the one-sided year rhty won 48 out of 50 mtrh after 1:54 of the eighth. I ,.. . v.ar aeo and whipped Gilmore stopped ihe bout when Rojo s second, Dan i n o m a , iumned into the ring, shouting that hhr boy had taken enough. U-Bowl Bowling In Super league matches Tues day night Jones Sen-Ice nosed out the strong Hart Larsen squad In three close games 2-1: the Spring j.'.u di uui onintet defeated i,C " ena 0' six innings "'rw"- n e regulars leading the yan-1 Richfield Oil 2-1; the Piul D, if - Battta Maim. SIS. I Green keglers rolled over Dotson "e new fir, h.mn .nt I Radio 2-1: and Pennywise Drug In three National Loop Reveals Slate NEW YORK, March . UB The 1945 national league schedule, calling for the usual 154-fame season. Involves 8,765 more miles of team travel than last year, a United Press mile age cheek revealed today. Like the American league, however, the national hopes to achieve the 25 per rent travel reduction stipulated In the vol. untary program baseball sub mitted to the Office of Defense Transportation by the elimina tion of the all-star game, mak ing short trips with reduced squads and having umpires stay in one city longer. The 1945 American league schedule calls for 6,476 more miles of team travel than the 1944 card. The team travel in the 1(45 National league sked amounts to 91,479 miles as compared to 85,714 last year. Divorce Bill Filed Aflainct Inta I AIIIC " JVW LVIIU CHICAGO, March 21, (U K A neanng in a aivorce suit against day. The. .,;t ,. nj J,o.-j- bv the rhsmninn'a wife. M.rvo sertea ner 0ct 2, 1942. It was the second divorce suit filed against Louis in the- last ; four years. A previous one was dropped when the couplo effected a reconciliation. Mrs. Louis, who recently com pleted a New York singing en gagement, asked custody ot their child Jacqueline, 2, and made no request for alimony. It was understood that Louis had made arrangements for a leave from his Camp Shank, N. Y., station to attend the hearing, 1 aunougn nis manager, austin Black, said ha had not been in. formed of tha elan. . I L c j i-urge msn quaa Out For Grid Work SOUTH BEND, Ind., March 21 W Hugh Devore, Notre Dame's new football coach, count ed four lettermen from the 1944 squad among the 54 candidates who reported for spring grid practice yesterday. The spring drills will be held tor 30 days and Devore said there would be four week summer drill be- 1 ginning on July 15 AT CLOSE QUARTERS IN GARDEN BOUT Bay "Sugar" Rob inson iriaht) ef Harlem, NYC, and Jake LaMotU of the Bronx, NYC, mix it up at close quarter In their ten-round bout at Madison Square Garden. Robinson won a unanimous decision, (AP Wirephoto.) Bob Feller To Throw, Coach Great Lakes Bluejacket Nine By WALTER BYERS United Press Staff Correspondent GREAT LAKES, 111., March SI (U.PJ Bob Feller' blazing fait ball has come back to baseball. Feller, chief specialist in the naw. was assigned today to coach the Great Lake Bluejacket base ball team and as a playing coach he will be throwing his tamed fast --lnt hi Imsii teams onea i ,even big leegue clubs under the i guidance or L.I. tmor. uoroon rMickev) Cochrane, now on c tive duty in the Pacific. Feller's return to the mound will orovide the first real test of whether big league sen-ice stars will be able to come back to shine as brightly as before. Feller is one of the American league's greatest pitchers. He Is now 26 years old and has been aboard the high seas ior almost ei monvis. As a director of quadruple-mount heavy machine guns In the battle ship gunnery division. Feller saw j action in the Marshall, Gilbert, i Ball Clubs Sign Holdouts, Drill Bv TED MEIER NEW YORK, March 21. Truett "Rip" Sewell and his fam ous "blooper" pitch will be back with the Pittsburgh Pirates as usual this year. The veteran righthander, who won 11 games last season, signed his contract yesterday. The Pirates' pitching problems thus diminished. Max Butcher, their 13-game winner in 1944, helped the situation by reporting to the Muncle, Ind., camp. Elsewhere on the baseball train ing front: Brooklyn Manager Leo Dur ocher took the offer of president Branch Rickey that he would pay a bonus of 81,000 it Leo would play second base for the frst 15 games of the season. -' Chicago Cubs Bob Chipman, No. 1 southpaw checked In camp last night, saying he's in "pretty good" condition. Detroit Total of 21 players now In camp. Notable absentees Include first baseman Rudy York, third baseman Pinky HIggins, pitcher Ruff Gentry and outfield ers Jimmy Outlaw and Don Rose. Cleveland Vice president Roger Peckinpaugh expected at camp to discuss holdouts Mickey Rocco, Jeff Heath and Roy Cul lenbine. Chicago White Sox Bill Negel, back in majors for third time, probably will be shifted from ! third to first base. I Phillies Pitchers Louis Lucler j Belcastro battle It doesn't seem 1 ent means of conserving angling and Charley Sproull and catcher j thai another good fight should j than natural spawning Is a mis Andy Semlnlck signed. !come up so soon but when the conception, Dr. Paul Needham, BobUiled Homer Hit I St. Louis Browns Pitchers Tex ' Shirley and Al Hollingsworth bore , down hard in batting practice. Boston Braves Johnny Hutch-1 Inas. 260-oound pitcher, hit a home run in practice, but fell ex- . hausted as he rounded third. Teammates rushed over, grabbed him by arms and legs and drag ged him over home plate. Boston Red Sox Outfielder Johnny Lazor, who also can catch, came to terms. New York Giants A three game exhibition series was ar ranged with Bainbridge (Md.) naval team for this week-end. The navy base will provide transporta- uon. New York Yankees Hank Bor woy, last year's 17-game winner, signed contract Washington Mickey Haefner joined club. St. Louis Cards Lost outfield er Danny Lltwhiler who was in ducted Into army for limited serv ice. GRID MENTOR DRAFTED LOS ANGELES, March 21. (U.FO Dan Barnhart, 32, coach of the Los Angeles Mustangs pro foot ball team, was scheduled to don khaki today at Ft, MacArthur l after induction into the army. Marianas, New Guinea and the Philippines. i Set To Q ! "I'm In good hape," Feller said. ; "Sure, I'm going to pitch with the i Bluejackets, t believe IU be as good as ever." "Good as ever" means Just about the best. The Van Meter, Iowa, meteor won 107 games and lost 54 during his six-year span with the Cleveland Indians. He joined the Indians in 1938, a kid of 18 years. During his first two years, Feller won 14 and lost 10 games. But in 1938 he began to get his lightning speed pitch under control to win 17 games, losing 11. Then came his sensational three rear pitching splurge. The Iowa farm boy won 24 and lost nine In 1939 and won 27 and lost 11 In 1940 as well as pitching no-hit, no-run game. In 1941, his last year with Cleveland, he won 25 ana l"t la Kuppenhelmer -Clothes Th Man's Shop BYROM & KNEELAND East 1Mb City Keglers To Hold Meet The Annual City Bowling tournament will begin at the Eugene Recreation next Sun day. March 15. There will be three flight ot men's teams at 1. 4 and 7 p.m. Entries will close Friday midnight. The. men's doubles and sin gin still be bowled Sunday, April 1. Teams will be handi capped from 950, doubles from 400 and singles from 240. These handicap will enable all bowl ers to have a good chance lo win some of the cash prises. The Women's City Bowling association tournament will be held on April S for the teams and on April 15 for ihe doub le and singles. Entries for these events close at midnight, March 5. The team events will be held at Eugene Recreation aad the doubles and singles at U-BowL The time for the flights will be announced at a later date. All double partners will be paired off by high and low averages. These tournaments are the final wlndup of city league bowling for 1944-1945 season. The publlo la invited to at tend. .. Wagner, Maloney In Mat Semifinal Saturday night wrestling fans are really going to have are reallv aoine to have a treat I waiting for them at the armory, j After last week's Grev Mask- Mask was defeated Monday night in Portland he was said to have been so mad that he wanted to erase that blotch from his record as soon as possible. Headlined nminst the Mask will be Georges Dusette', the fellow that has made 'such a name for himself In the Pacific Northwest. Dusette' is very powerful man. Although his ; weight does not exceed 184 lbs., j ne Is said to oe one oi ine oesi grapplers In this part. Dusette' has never lost a match here In Eugene so he promises to be a strong opponent for the mighty Mask. Another good, bout has been scheduled for tha semi-final. George Wagner, who Is very well known around here and a new boy, Speedy Maloney. Maloney hails from Hollywood, Calif, and according to Don Owen, the 170 pounder will be a very equal match for Wagner. A new referee, Jack Donan, has been brought down from up north at the request of the mighty Mask. It seems that the poor guy doesn't get along to well with any of the local talent. Grid Threat Turns Tournament Golfer ATLANTA,- March 21 m A former football star who now commands a company of fledgling fliers at the Georgia navy pre flight school may be the dark horse of the $10,000 Iron Lung golf tournament here April 5 Lt. Frank Souchak, end with. Pittsburgh s rose bowl champions In their game against washing. ton in 1937, is a golfer too and he came over from Athens Sun day and played his first round on the Capital city club, site of the tourney. His score was 67, four under par, . Eugene Recreation In Willamette league matches Tuesday evening Booth-Kelly whitewashed Eugene Plywood 3 0; South Fork Logging did the same to Chula-Vista Dairy 3-0 Monroe also scored a shutout vic tory, beating Pioneer Grocery 3- 0; Southern Pacific duplicated the feat by blanking Douglas Lumber 3-0; and Springfield Tel. and Tel. made it five straight shutouts for the night by dumping Manerud Huntington 3-0. Insu I Whtm cm re unexpected Wrack fold your car up Llk an accordion our collision In surance, contract Will ilralqhlon lt out and max it useabls again. A. D. CAMPBELL INSURANCE AGENCY ( W. Broadway Phone, 10 7 RUSSELL "BIRD SHOOTER" BOOTS t Inch Top Men' Ue S to U's Ladle' Slie 5 to 7 Hendershott's Shoo Dept. 770 Willamette New Record Set In Casaba Meet DENVER, Colo., March 21 (U. The National AAU basketball tournament entered its fourth day today, but it was still anybody's guess whether the defending champion Phillips "68" Oilers of Bartlesville, Okla., would be able to retain their title in the face of increasingly fierce opposition. The Oklahoma team had a brief respite during last night's second round play, which was highlight ed by a Fort Warren, Wyo., team's overwhelming 76 to 44 victory over the Bushnell general hospital veterans. The Brlgham, Utah, hospital cagers, all veterans of oversea) service and wearers of the purple heart, put up a game defense but were outclassed from start to fin ish. The nation's leading scorer, Gall Bishop, led the Fort Lewis. Wash- team in art 87 to 21 pushover game, and personally scored 62 points for a new tournament rec ord. Bishop's teammates capitalised on a lack Of opposition from the Hoxie, Kan., Chamber of Com merce team and fed him the ball until he couldn't take another shot. Natural Spawning Means More Fish, e . 1;. c jpecioiist joys PORTLAND, March 21 Im The widespread belief that hatch, ery propagation is a more efflcl- director of state game commls sion fisheries, told the Rotary club here. "We found in California that you can't begin to stock a stream as economically as the natural replenishing," Dr. Needham said yesterday. "It would take hun dreds of hatcheries to accom plish the same results. . He said 98 per cent of natur ally deposited eggs survive. Dr. Needham urged improvement of the environment to which fish go to spawn, cleaning, up of streams and protection of fish in the pre-spawning period, "THE BUM" WINS BROOKLYN Al "Bummy1 Davl. 146, Brooklyn, knocked , out Rudy Blscombe, 181, Jersey' City, 6. THE PACIFIC TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY lit East Tenth Eugene 0 Telephone 30t Eugene Register-Guard, Wednesday, March 21, U4S Pag T Cleveland Mainstay Grabbed By Service GREAT LAKES. 111.. March II U.R Ken Keltner, third base man of the Cleveland Indians for the past seven years, was expect ed to report to the navy training center here today. Keltner passed his selective service physical In Milwaukee yesterday and was assigned here where he will join an old team mate, chief specialist Bob Feller, former Cleveland pitching star. Feller, just returned from Pa cific navy duty, has been appoint ed baseball coach ot the Great Lakes baseball team and Keltner will be playing under him this season, mm ax? To make potalble better, more templet service for youl That's the reason Oilmore Dealers have teamedupwith Mobllga Dealers, This happy, progressive and voluntary affiliation means, t former Gilmore dealer and their customer (1) Oreeter eonf venlence in buying. 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(U Walker Cochran, world's thre cushion billiard titliat gained twtt more points on challenger Willis) Hoppe Tuesday and stretched his lead on their cross-country tour to 30 points, Hoppe won the afternoon block 60-47 in 33 innings, while Coch ran cam back to take the evening block In 46 innings by score of 50-35.- Is INSULATION expensive est cheap? Surprisingly cheap. Twin Oaks, 669 High. his lide- MORI I r I , ,! , ( Kit i ). ' 'is.: l I- I;!-: 1'.' 'I .'.' - ? . . ij;it.r.i-i mm 'hi a m l mi r;Pi'T rJJ.I 'I'M 111! U i-; f- :,l " i tii i ;' i if .! , m mi l .;7 '1 i..