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Ufoot Swimming Team emerges Oregon Mate I . r-av mven US' tvauenn thdversity of Oregon feS Pacific coast P swimming meet at the F? clwrriav afternoon be- Xr-capacity crowd. , i0hn McGee copped places for the Webfoot rX won every event, 0 .L modlev and free- But the higher scor Ro double winners. Cub t etterman who won the Hree-style and 150-yard L'e events, and Al.Sund mlsin freshman from SSw?th. 100 and 220-1-styles, shared top hon Fmm points each. Not far was Val Robbins who won breast-stroke and Jan(l Beavers New Ballpark rrAND, Ore., Jan. 19 U.R he time the Pacific Coast 1 league hopes to have a ' -nrhl! In 1948 the Lj baseball club will have ri -.., anH steel crand- lith seating capacity of 16,- llliam H. ruepper, BCireim f of the Beavers, an il Saturday. Eer the new stand, pat fter Briggs stadium in De- lill be at the present oau e or in a new location still Liter of conjecture. L learned that George W. nf the nlub. and tficials have been looking fcw site that win permit ex L but no decision has been ted. actor in favor of the pres- b is the high cost oi prop Korfan declared last sum- lien he was in Portland over possibilities of a new . that rtrlrps asked were ted beyond the reach of shared with Willis McCullough the diving honors. Oregon State naa no entries m the diving. The Beavers, without a ' single letterman, had to be content with two second places and four thirds. Ed Ullman, in the 440-yard free style, and Jerry Oliver, in the 100 yard free-style, won the second place points. Oliver also finished second in the ?20-yard free-style but was disqualified because of two faulty turns. Although the times were unim pressive, Corley did not have his men placed in the most advantag eous positions. The Webfools will need all their strength next week against the Washington Huskies. There was little comDetition. although Callis nosed out Bob Prowell, the only other Oregon letterman, in a "workout" back stroke race. The medley was won by more than two lengths, the 220 in nearly a length and all the oth er events with comparative ease. The most decisive win came in the final 400-yard free-style relay in wnicn tne weDtoots won by nearly three lengths. The closest race of the day was for second place in the 440-yard free-style in which Ullman of OSC barely touched out McGee of the Webfoots. The meet was well conducted for the first event of the year. Summary: 300 yard medley relay Won by Ore gon (Prowell, backstroke; Robbins. breast-stroke; Moorehead, free-style). Time 3:33.0. 220-yard free-style Won by Sundlle 'Oregon). Tretheway (Oregon), second; Ullman (OSC), third. Time 2:42.4. 80-yard tree-style Won by CaUis (Oregon), Moorehead (Oregon), second; Possman (OSC) third. Tome 132.2. Diving Tie for first, Robbins and Mc Cullough (Oregon). No OSC entries. 100-yard free-style Won by Sundlle (Oregon), Oliver (OSC), second; McGee (Oregon). Time :60.8. 150-yard backstroke Won by Callis (Oregon). Prowell (Oreeonl. ancntiH Lewellen (OSC), third. Time 1:57. 200-yard breast-stroke Won by Rob bins (Oregon), Brooks (Oregon), second; Hoddel (OSC), third. Time 3:01.2. 440-yard free-style Won by Tretheway (Oregon). Ullman (OSCl. umnri: m. Gee (Oregon!, third. Time 8:21.2. 400-yard free-style Telay Won by Ore gon (Moorehead. Prowell. Sundll. ritlllii. Time 4:07.4. . , Final score: Oregon 84, Oregon State 10. Eugene Re poster-Guard, Sunday, Jan. 80, 14 Mapleton, Pleasant Hill Still Unbeaten In T Leagues Leaders Win Easy Victories I.ine 'B'' Btiketbtll SUndinn tHrn w l Pleasant Hilt s o st. Mary'i GROUP JHggK Ofl hospital z9Bm Si ' ' PLAN THE LANE COUNTY HEALTH AND ACCIDENT AGENCY offers a COMPLETE family group hospital plan. 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Springfield Phone 313 Lorane , n The Mapleton Sailors and the Pleasant Hill Hillbillies continued to roll along toward the cham pionships of the Western and Eastern divisions, respectively, in the Lane county "B" basketball league. The undefeated Mapleton quintet registered a convincing 51-12 victory over Lorane Friday night and the Hilrbillies trampled Lowell 64-23. Other games in the Western sec tor Friday night saw Elmira trounce Triangle Lake 38-18 in the Tree-Toppers own bailiwick and Crow down Coburg 42-26 at Crow. In the Eastern division, besides the game at Lowell, the second place St. Mary's Gaels decisioned Oakridge 41-24 in the St. Mary's gym and McKenzie registered its second straight victory by trim ming Creswell 31-26 at Creswell. Bob Jones led the scoring par ade in the Mapleton victory. The Sailor forward .poured in 20 points. The winners led all the way and held a 23-5 advantage at halftime. The Mapleton "B" squad defeated the Lorane reserves 53-4 and the Mapleton girls made it a clean sweep by winning the vol leyball game 51-18. Crow didn't have much trouble with Coburg. The winners led 16-4 at the end of the first quar ter and held a commanding 31-8 lead at halftime. Crow also made a clean sweep by winning the sec ond team game 23-15 and the girls' volleyball game 53-17. Elmira built up an early lead over Triangle Lake and the Tree Toppers were never able to get within hailing distance. The half time count favored the Falcons 22-4. Elmira also won the "B" squad game, 12-4, and the girls' volleyball game 43-16. Chet Hutton had a big evening for Pleasant Hill. He scored 21 points. Alvin Lindley and . John Dowdy also had fair success for the 'Billies with 16 and 12 points, respectively. Pleasant Hill en joyed a 26-8 halftime bulge over the Lowell club. The Hillbilly "B" squad took a close 22-19 decision from the Red Devil reserves. The Lowell girls won the volleyball gam?. St. Mary's stayed firmly en trenched in second place in the Eastern division as a result of the Gaels victory over Oakridge. Jack Greig was the leading point-getter for the Gaels with 18 points. The Warriors made a fight of it in the first half and were only trail ing 15-13 at the midway point. St. Mary's built up a 25-18 lead at the end of the third quarter and won going away in the fourth. The Oakridge "B" squad won over the St. Mary's seconds. 23-12. The surprising McKenzie team which has now won its last two starts after dropping the first three came from behind to defeat Cres well. McKenzie was trailing 6-3 at the first quarter mark and 18-12 at halftime. The count, was knotted at 21-all at the end. of the third quarter. McKenzie ' scored 10 points in the fourth period while Creswell was only able to rack up five. Thomson led the scoring for McKenzie with 11 points. The Mc Kenzie 'B" squad defeated the Creswell reserves 28-16. Summaries: . St. Mary's (411 ' .(H) OskrlSre Greig, 18 " T 3 o. Anderson Jones. 4 T V, Anderson rurrer, 6 . C 5 Dorfler Bartholomew, 4 G 8 Camobell Pepllnskl -j-.G 3 McGuire Subs. St. Mary's Doss 8. Kremmell 2, Evonluk 1. Oakridge Stock 5, Swanson, Lockhard. MeCrossln. Referee: Slndberg. Lewell (28) (SI) Pleasant Hill Brewer. 0 T 18 Ltndley Neet. S T 12 Dowdy Oliver. 1 -C D. Kimball Haves. 3 : O 21 Button Williams O 8 Casey Subs: . Towell Wilson 1. McBee 1, Leavitt. Pleasant Hill Murphy, Lantz, Graham. Referee: Goddard. Creswell (81) MrKensle Joiner. 3 T 7 Llska Hoover. 10 r Prultt Black. I C 4 Harris Stott. 8 G 11 Thomson Harvey. .G Hall Subs: Creswell Ruede. Ktrknatrlck. Webb. Bowers. Anderson. McKenzie Buzzard. Courturfer 2, Harbick 7. Referee: Hufford. Triangle Lake (18) G. Sledge. 2 r Pennock. S r I3urrh, 4 C James. 5 G (28) Elmira 8 Guile 3 Shankel . 8 Wamke 8 Brown Johnson, 1 G 4 Staats Subs:: Triangle Lake T Sledge. Smith. Norton. Parker. Elmira Mock 3, Pettlt 2, Sellers 3. Toney 3. Referee: Hamar. , Crew (42)) ) Ceborg Goodbrod. 4 T Blackburn Ortloff. 13 r 4 T. Maxwell Ford. 13 ..C Funke Warren. 4 O 11 G. Smith Smith. 7 G 4 Maxwell Subs: Crow Baker 1, Henderer. Can adsy. Coburg Purkeson 7, Miller. t Referee: Pete Taylor. Mapleton (81) (12) trane Jones. 20 T 4 Briggs J. Garland r 1 McAttee R. Dot&on, 12 C Smith Mason. 12 G Perry Cole. 4 G vr -MP Subs: Mapleton K. Garland. D. Dot son 2, Mead 1, Davidson. Lorane War nock. Gibbons. DeSpain. Referee: Doc Taylor. 0 Eugene Bowlers Vie In Portland Over Week-End Most of Eugene's top-flight bowlers are in Portland this Week end, competing In team, doublet and singles matches in the first post-war state bowling tourna ment. The El Capitan women's team competed last week-end and the doubles team of Marjorie Ed wards and Norma Pearl rolled 1000, good for third place at that: Ume. I ."r - Professional football war roars on as Frank Sinkwich jumps Detroit Lions of National League for Yankees of All-America Conference. Coach Ray-Flaherty and Georgia's All-America tall back's pretty missus, Adeline, look on approvingly at he signs three-year contract in New York, . Busy Week In District Hoop; Neideigh Still Top Scorer Much heavy action is In' store for high school basketball teams this week. Three games are set for Tuesday night, two District Six games and a No-Name league game. The district games will bring Cottage Grove to McArthur court to play University high while the first-place Eugene Axe men travel to Junction City to play the Tigers. The No-Name league game will find the Spring- Vincent Heads Country Club The Western Golf Supply company of k ortland is expected to have the new watering sys tem at the Eugene Country club completer before spring and preliminary work has al ready been started, according to Chet Vincent, new club presi dent. Although no announcement was trade, the contract is be lieved to call for an expendi ture of around $40,000, Addi tion of a watering system Is ex pected to make the 18-hoIe course, originally designed by the lute Chandler Egan, one of the finest golf courses in the Pacific northwest. Vincent said Saturday, uwe are planning no other major im provements, but the course will be maintained In such a man ner that will be In keeping with the new watering system.'' At the recent annual meet Ins; of the club membership, Vincent was elected president for the coming year, replacing Verl Smith, resigned after five years of extremely successful leadership. Arch Lewis was elected vice-president and Loy Rowling re-elected treasurer. Jack Lewis and Clarence Miller were elected as new members of the board and Claire Kneeland was elected to re place Belden Babb who resign ed. Holdover board members are Dave Evans, Joe Koke, Rube Rosii and Earl Thompson. Snuffy Stirweiss Chosen Year's Best Player By Writers NEW YORK, Jan. 19 W George Stirnweiss, New York Yankee, second baseman who led the American league both in bat ting and in stolen bases the past season, has been voted the Sid Mercer memorial award as play er of the year by the New York chapter of the Baseball Writers. Stirnweiss, son of a New York City policeman, hit .309 and stole 33 bases while playing in every Yankee game for the second straight year. Before entering professional baseball he gained national recognition as a half back at North Carolina Univer sity. He will be given the player of the year award at the chapter's annual dinner and show here Feb. 3. field Millers entertaining the Cor vallis Spartans. ' A Thursday night Polio Bene fit game at the armory will be the second round of the intra-city series between Eugene high and the St. Mary's Gaels.. The Axe men won the first game back in December and will be favored to take the second although the Gaels have been . having consider able success In the Eastern divi sion Lane county "B" league. Friday night the Axemen will continue their intra-city series as they meet University high for the first time of the season at Mc Arthur court. This will be a Dis trict Six game and the Tide which has shown plenty of class in its last two starts may give the Eu gene quintet some trouble. Another Friday night District Six contest will take the cellar dwelling Springfield Millers to Cottage Grove. Junction City will see action outside the district as they travel to Lebanon. A Satur day night non-league game will find Cottage Grove traveling to Corvallis. t Cottage Grove's Gordon Nei deigh stayed at the top of the District Six individual scoring race with a four-game total of 57 points. His average of 14.2 is also tne best in the district. Rennie Young of Roseburg took over second place with a four game total of 54 points. Tabula tion does not include the Satur day night game between Rose burg and Springfield. Ed Bennett of Junction City Is third with 49 points in four games and Uni high's Bill Clausen is fourth with 39 points. Eugene's Ernie Wilde Ms down in seventh place but his 27 points in two games is the second best average in the district at 13.5. All players In the district wh'o have scored 20 or more points up to and including Friday night's games follow: Player, Serine! O ris. Ave. Neideigh. Cottage Orove 4 7 14.2 Young. Roseburg ... 4 S4 131 Bennett, Junction City 4 4!) 12.2 Clausen, Unl high 4 39 Patton, Junction City 4 ' 33 Heath, Cottage Orove 4 28 Wilde, Eugene 2 27 Coley, Roseburg .4 26 Hultgren. Unl high --4 24 Purcell. Unl high 4 24 Mclnroe. Unl high . 4 23 Miner, Unl high 2 22 Aune, Springfield 3 20 Mayther Only Fighter Booked For Polio Card Clifford Mayther, 150-pound, 16-year-old amateur fighter, has been the lone volunteer to offer his services for the proposed Polio benefit fight card tentatively plan ned by Don and Elton Owen. May ther has fought in the Golden Gloves, and Bond Drive fight cards and has won all three am ateur starts. . Boxers who wish to volunteer to take part in the program are asked to write the Register-Guard sports department and give their full names, weight, age and experience. .7 8.2 7.2 13.S 8.2 S S.7 11 10 Bonney Tops Hoop Scorers Cal Bonney, high-scoring center of the Rubenstein Juniors, took a commanding lead in the city in dependent basketball league in dividual scoring race as he pour ed in 22 paints In each of two games during the past week. Bonney's total now stands at 165 points in nine games for an 18.3 average. Everett Fox . of the Copping Tlremen, who wa. only two points behind Bonney last week, still is In second place but now trails by 25 points. Fox has 140 points in nine games for a 15.5 aver age. Bill Mayther of the Farm er's Creamery climbed into a tie for third place with Palmer King of the Tiremen. Both have 116 points but Mayther's points were scored in six games and King's in nine games. Mayther's 19.3 av erage is the best in the league. Marvin "Ace" Plath of the Rubes follows Mayther and King with Hi points in nine games. The Tiremen and the Rubes are still tied for the lead in the league, each with eight victories and one defeat. The Tiremen may run into trouble Tuesday nigni wnen tncy play the r unn er's Creamery quintet. T h e Creamery men are once more a strong contingent with Bill May ther and Bob Caviness- in the lineup along with Ray Blatch ley. They lost three games dur ing the Christmas holidays when Caviness and Mayther were not available and have won all the rest of their games. In fact both the lenders may stumble over the Crcamerymon since Hie Rubes will meet them Thursday night. Other games Tuesday night will pit the Burnum Machines against Model Grocery and the Danebo Boys against Richfield Oil. The other two games Thursday night will find Richfield Oil meeting Model Grocery and Burnum Ma chines playing the Danebo boys. Players in the league who' have scored 40 or more points follow: Player, Team O Bonney, Rubes o E. Cox. Copping f6 Mayther. Fanner's Cr'y .6 P. King. Copping 9 Plath. Rubes 9 Blatchley. Farmer's Cr'y .9 Jones, Copping 9 Burnum, Burnum ..-.8 Berg. Richfield 6 B. Caviness. Farmer's Cr'y 8 Blals. Dnnebo 8 Frnoderlck. Richfield 8 Pulps. Richfield 5 Swarlz, Model Grocery 8 Hnmer, Rubes ...9 Wolfe, Model Grocery 4 Lane, Burnum ,7 E. Peterson. Danebo 9 Martin, Farmer's Cr'y 7 . P. Peterson, Dnnebo 8 Mack. Rich leld 6 BJnncha:d. Model Grocery 4 Gulsvlg, Burnum ... 7 McCready, Copping 9 4 Polio Fund WATCH IT GROW Contributed to date: Mail-A-Buck $ 58.00 Colin Kelly J. H. 13.81 Eugene Recreation 18.00 Mapleton High 153.00 Moose Member Sponsors 52.08 Oak Street Gang 26.15 Moose Bowlers 57.00 Junction City high grade .. 110.00 Total $488.03 Scheduled Events . Jan. 24. Eugene high basket ball benefit, armory. Jan. 25 McKenzie high basket ball benefit. Jan. 29 Unl high basketball benefit, igloo. Jan. 29 Lowell high basketball benefit. i Jan. 29 Triangle high basket ball benefit. j Feb. 1 Elmira high basketball benefit. i National PGA Golf Tourney Set August 19-25 At Portland By JOHN W. DUNLAP United Press Sports Writer PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 19 (U.R) Topflight golfers from every part of the nation will meet in Portland next Aug. 19-25 for the 28(li annual championship of the Professional Golfers Association, sponsor Robert A. Hudson an nounced Saturday. Hudson, president of the Port land Golf club who lured the PGA to Portland after singing the Portland Opens of 1944 and 1045, said 120 players will tee off in the title play. Details were arranged in San Frandsco by Hudson, President Ed Dudley and Secre tary Fred Corcoran of the PGA. National champion Byron Nel son and host professional Larry Lamberger are the only players not having to qualify. Sectional qualifying dates will be announc- JESSOP SUSPENDED HIALEAH PARK. Fla.. Jan. 19 W Bob Jessop, the nation's star jockey in 1945 with 290 witv ners, Saturday was suspended for 10 days by maleah Park stewards, who charged the Nibley, Utah, pilot with rough riding. ed early this spring. Hudion'a- record prize money of $25,000 via" expected to lure a big field. i The Portland event will replace)' the Portland Open as well as the Seattle, Spokane and Tacoma Open meets held last year. The schedule calls for 36 holes qualifying rounds, with 18 holes Monday, Aug. 19 and another Is' Tuesday. 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