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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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. Then 64 players will
start match play Wednesday, re-
ducing the field to 16 players,
These 16 will go 36 holes Thurs-i
day, eight survivors will play 8ft
holes Friday, four survivors gb
36 holes Saturday, and the two'
finalists battle it out over 36 holes.
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