SPORTS
Page 8, Eugene, Ore., Mon., Feb. 21, 1949
Complete Local and National Coverage
HIGHLIGHTS
Consolidation of Eugene and University High would give
the city a "united" front athletically ... No longer would the
town's loyalty be divided between
This matter of combining the
"tor some time, though no official
school board on the matter . . . Mucn aepenos on wnai oeinei De
cides to do, but it seems very likely that Bethel will have a setup
of its own by fall . . .
A combination could mean that no new coaches would be added
to the staff at Eugene until the new school is built . . . Ray Hend
rickson will undoubtedly handle football for the "two schools" next
year, with Hank Kuchera running the hoop program . . . Anyway,
such a division seems logical . , .
According to figures released last week, some 80 students now
In the tenth and eleventh grades at UHS will be in the new Bethel
district ... On top of this, 54 Bethel students are attending the
Junior highs in Eugene, and a large portion of these would normally
matriculate to University . . .
Hcndrickson was kind enough to make us out a list of the Bethel
boys who have shown some interest in athletics at the campus
school . . . Thirteen names were listed, and it includes three letter
men Glen Athey, Wyman Sorg, and Duane Wilson . . Sorg, in
cidentally, Is captain elect of the football team for the Tiders next
'Cari.' ihnf rnnnlirlntlne the two schools whether it takes
place by next year or in a couple
constructed will ocgin a new cm m "..
longer will the interests be divided, and think of the teams that
Eugene will bo able to turn out i i i
STATE BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT MARCH 15-19
The Eugene Active Club is "going all out" this year to
make the state tournament a big success . . . This Is really the
"do or die" year for keeping the tournament In Eugene, where we
all should want it . . . Next year, (Jorvailis will De ready to mane
a bid . . . The OSAA delegates (meaning the school supervisors and
coaches) will moke the final decision, so Eugene has a "selling job"
In rin ....
Eugene battled alone to get
and now we have to battle to Keep it nere . . .
The Active Club and the University can't do it alone ... It will
take support irom all the people, and especially the merchants of
Eugene, who have been very generous In the past . . . Financially,
Hie stale tournament is a very luscious plum for the city . . .
Over the past two years, it
that an average of 5000 people attend each or tne live oaiiy sessions,
and each person spends on the average of ten dollars per day . . .
Thai's a quarter-of-a-million bucks seing spent in Eugene, which
means money in the pocket of "every" businessman in the town . . .
Some (such as amusement places, restaurants, service stations, etc.)
benefit directly, hut every business is aided Indirectly . . .
At the same time, it will be up to all basketball fans to back the
tournament bv mirchnsine season tickets ... If you plan to see any
sizable number of the Rames, you're money ahead with a ducat
. good for nil games, you'll have the choice seats, and you II De enow
Ing the OSAA that E'ugcne wants to keep the tournament . . .
STATE BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT MARCH 15-19
' ir ODDS 'N ENDS . . . Don Easlburn, who sank a frccthrow
In an overtime over a week
to beat Eugene 28-27, attended the Eugene school In his sophomore
year ... He was overlooked in the large shuffle of EHS athletes,
o went back down to Grove for his final two years ... He had
played his freshman athletics at Grove ...
Mike Lynch of University High does all right for himself from
the freethrow line ... He has missed only three of 19 tries in dis
trict games to date ... If Dean Parsons, the very promising Eugene
sophomore, can throw a baseball half as hard as he pitches the
basketball or half as far as he wings a pigskin, he could become
Suite a diamond prospect . . . With those hands of his, he ought to
o almost anything with the horschidc if he can learn to put the
Ball where he wants It . . .
Until its game with Eugene last week, Elmira led the district
In the number of points scored in district play, as well as in the
points-scorod-agalnst column . . , Jim Mulvahill has done a good
job in bringing the Elmira boys along . , . And of the boys who
have seen regular action this year, only Tom Brown will be absent
when hoop time calls again next season . . .
Lebanon Is the second team to gain a stale tourney berth,
Joining Scappoose . . . Bud Page's crew won ten straight district
fames without a setback . . . They have a good bunch of boys, but
have already tasted defeat from two of the three District 6 leaders
Cottage GYove and Junction City . . .
Oregon, Washington Ski Clubs
Split in PNSA Cross-Country
By Ruby Fraslrr
Btglilar-Gaard Bfcl wrlttr
i WILLAMETTE PASS SKI
" VAREA, Feb. 21 Ski clubs widely
scattered over Oregon and Wash
ington shared honors In the sec
ond annual PNSA Cross-Country
meet run Sunday at Willamette
Pass Ski Area, where 72 racers
Mmnnlnil fn lYinrinW nn,l I Milile I
offered by the sponsoring Obsidian I w C l"""8 Jf" one mile)
, " . , . i wcre W011 bv David Rasmussen,
Club of Eugene and the PNSA. Skylincrs, and Claudctle Gardner,
Described by Buster Campbell, Obsidians.
University of Washington ski coach I Kpccrs wn0 have CMt(,rca cross.
as "a difficult race, but excellently ; '"'r;v ,,"ec.,s ln. oiJ Pr' f
organized." this meet preceded ,,v ; ' -'"'lr.v described the Willnm
one week the national cross-eoiin-. .""". lp"nin ' to
try event scheduled for Tailgate I
ski, near Baker, area next Sun-
day. Campbell said this Is Ihe ' , ' . , T ' . .1
first time skiers from the north-! ' " csontc?, 'r0,!les l ,'
west have hart a chance to enter ; n, c'. " cCrcdi? Si,rlMKS
a cross-country competition be- pvc V" ""V ",!,VP
fore Jumping right Into the na- 'n"ls 'irst Place
tionals. and provided good ex-T''."' ""'"Plimented George
nerlenre I Ko,n' rnce chairman, for organlza-
' " ,. , , Hon of the event, and said he wa;
Gunvnlrf Ilmigcn, racing for, looking for the day when the nn
Fjeld Ski Club at Ml. Baker, j tional competitions will be held In
Wash, placed first In a field of j this area.
six Class A men. His lime for ri. A Men -Won v.v riunvaid it,,,,
the 12-mlle course was 112:47.0. f"- i:; Bui c.Ym'hlu.
Class A and 11 men ran Ihe three ferSSSf fSi.ynSS&uX'KSi
to four mile course three li"'es.lti'r!rV,nl;S5!V?inni,h,"XV'
A series of longer courses had ' ''" i jj jfk Mtiuntr, Ob
been planned, but because of lhe!,"'.,r;.V iV xi:nLl? nif Rodrrt.
exceedingly deep snow officials! ,,"! lj,,kr,V "- : Brmiy.
had racers ue the shorter course 'hmw k. Im... 1'imrrMiv ,. w.'hi;!',.
two or three times IV"' ;1 J"k 'r, Sun
mu it wmc nines. - Mminuin. (outlh. I.M W J: Nil llri.
nam followed by a freee, made
racing dangerous for the fir
'list Part'
of the meet because of an ley
crust A, the weather warmed
during Ihe day the surface soft-
ened. but the snow was slower. I
mm notirKarn. SKimc for the
. c
.,
Other
laced
Anthony Lnkcs C'ltib (and bro
of fnnious Olnf Rodrpnrd) pliu
nisi in n iirm oi six i. inss ii nien
with a lime of 112:4,1 4 over 12
miles. Clifford Smith, also
of
Anthony Lakes, took Class
nonnrs i-n muesj with time
Of
92:24.8.
Charles Moores. Peallle, placed r.Mi:""'.: '"J? 'ii.h'i" I
, . ' i.nM, krv-oMd. ip:s:0; st,,ioi Gardner,
first in junior bOVS, making Ihe OhMln, third. Tl SI O; Shirler O-uen.
single run of Ihe course in 4B;06 2. "-,
Everelt Alford. Obsidian, wasi,?,".''.':,";w,V,v': wSn..b, r'v'l, "
second with time of 48:19.8. liS?r"rM,?,?Vt r!S.,CThXd:
r, , , l"on. Skyllnrri. third, 50; Tern Tot.
I lass C Women was won by simer. hiUih. jo:ij t. r..n Mim-
el-H. Ohldt!-ii. filth. 30 W0; BUC
MLVr-Ven. Orwidfuu. $lxlh. M UI.
HOME TAI FVT Jinenlle nirl,: Won by t'laiidelle Oarfl-
.. . . ' "hsmiain. JJ IS . Clara Sleraa.
Kight of the twelve plavers on lln'. 'ii. m s: o: jm Kem.. ob
the Vlllanova I'ollene bs'.ketball r,nTyl"V,'; S5"
quad s. e from Philadelphia, all , V,.?u,',r.'- L.x ,w
four rf the rthcii from nearby , p' i" ch wni, and nwiaii t ij-h
New Jerify, lutr ,r lhr contt.
By
BILL LOVE
two public schools . . .
two schools has been In the air
action has been taken by the
of years when the new school is
the tournament out of Salem,
has been conservatively estimated
ago which allowed Cottage Grove
Birglt Tjader, unattached, wttn I
time of 59:49.0.
Martha Skjcrsaa, Bend Sky
liners, took home first place
trophy for Junior girls. Both she
and Moores will keep the Jack
Mcissner perpetual trophies for
one year. These trophies go each
year to the winning Junior boy
and girl in the cross-country
OVOnt
l anything in the nation for cross
country racing."
Baker Ferguson, PNSA prcsi-
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(Kih, 4 xyi; ion immeriiit, Fhyimrru
Jlltltor tiirU' Win h lar-(ai
Eugene Hosis
Springfield in
Vifel Hoop Go
Axemen Need Win at
Igloo to Stay Abreast
Eugene High goes up against
Springfield tonight in McArthur
Court in a very important District
6 contest. Game time will be 8
p.m., preceded by a 'B' squad con
test getting underway at 6:30.
A victory is very vital to Eu
gene, bringing it into a tie with
Junction City in the district race
and setting the stage for next
Thursday's 'meeting between the
two schools at Junction.
Parsons Questionable
Coach Stan Williamson has his
boys geared to stop the Axemen.
While Springfield is out of the
title contention, it has played the
"giant killing" role this season.
Already the Millers have knocked
over Cottage Grove and Junction
and would like to add Eugene to
their string of victims.
Eugene will probably play
without the services of high-scor
ing Jack Parsons. Parsons has
bad back and has not been re
sponding to treatment as rapidly
as predicted. If Parsons is out of
the lineup, the opening Eugene
unit will consist of Wayne John
son and Ron Murray at the for
wards. Dean Parsons at center,
and Clark Hollis and Gene Lewis
at the guard slots.
Tuesday Game at Armory
For Springfield, Williamson will
undoubtedly stick with Bob King
and Leon Bender at forwards, Bob
Paddock at center, and Darwin
Allison and Ted Johnson at the
guards.
In Tuesday night tussles, Uni
versity High and St. Mary's clash
at the Armory in a district en
counter. Junction City is host to
Sweet Home, and Cottage Grove
coes to Lebanon in non- district
games.
SOCE Beaten
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 19.
(U.R) San Francisco State Satur
day night defeated the Southern
Oregon College of Education by a
score of 77 to 70 before 2000 spec
tators in Kezar Pavilion.
This was their second victory in
two nights over the visiting Ore
gon club. San Francisco won Fri
day nights game by 75 to 72.
DOWN HIS ALLEY It may
look like Wayne Glasgow is
picking a bowling hall from a
rack, but baseball Is more down
the Oklahoma guard's alley, and
he's rbooslnr; a ball of that type
from the cart.
jnnilK DYRFS. former
skipper of Ihe ( lilraeo White
Sox and later the Hollywood
Stars, will do his comic antics
for the Philadelphia Athletics
this yrar, as a roach.
FIRST ONE-POINTER
When Alabama bowed to Tu
lane 21-20 last season it marked
the first time the Crimson Tide
ever lost a football game by one
point-
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Coast Clubs Begin Training Grind Mo
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 21
(U.R) The crack of the bat and
the thud of baseballs Into gloves
and mitts resounded through the
West Monday as the advance
guard of the eight teams In the
Pacific Coast League opened
their annual spring training
camps.
Pitchers and catchers, plus a
few assorted veterans and rook
ies, made up the major share of
the fellows who reported to the
eight managers five of them
directing PCL teams for the
first time.
Few Titles Cinched on Nation's Hoop Fro
Yale, Columbia
1-2 For Ivy Lead
Oklahoma A. M. Vies
With St. Louis Again
NEW YORK, Feb. 21 VP)
Oklahoma A. and M. and St,
Louis play a return engagement
Saturday night, with second place
in the national basketball rank
ings hanging in the balance.
The Aggies, currently rated No.
3 behind Kentucky and St. Louis,
also could wrap up the Missouri
Valley title with a victory.
Aggies Won Last
The last time the two clubs met
the Aggies pulled out a 29-27 vic
tory in overtime at Stillwater. The
loss knocked St. Louis from first
place in the Associated Press poll.
This time the fray will be in
St. Louis' Kiel Auditorium, where
the Aggies won last year, 33-30.
The St. Louis test isn't the only
tough one on the Aggies schedule
this week. On Wednesday night
they entertain the University of
Oklahoma, at Stillwater. The
Sooners soundly whipped the A.
and M. outfit two weeks ago.
Elsewhere the conference races
go into their final two weeks
without a sure-fire champion in
sight.
Even Kentucky (22-1) has to go
through the formality of winning
the Southeastern Conference tour
nament starting March 3. The
Wildcats have beaten league oppo
nents 11 times in a row and wind
up against Georgia Tech Monday
night and Vanderbilt Saturday.
North Carolina State (19-8)
also has to win a tournament to
retain its Southern Conference
Crown, although it has won 12 of
13 games with league foes.
Big Nine Narrows
The Big Nine has narrowed to
Illinois and Minnesota. Four
teams Nebraska, Oklahoma, Mis
souri and Kansas State still have
a chance in the Big Seven. Wyom
ing is in front in the Big Six,
but Utah and Denver still are
fighting.
Yale appears on its way to the
Ivy League crown, but Defending
champion Columbia isn't out of it
entirely. Arkansas leads the
Southwest, Arizona the Border
and Oregon State the Northern
Division of the Pacific Coast, but
none have the titles clinched. The
Southern Coast loop lead in held
jointly by U.C.L.A. and Southern
California:
BUSHEL, Citation', English
bulldog buddy, sees that the
champion has strict privacy ln
his stall at Florida's Hialeah
Tark. The popped osselet In the
tvonder horse's left foreankle Is
healing.
111 ' '
MASON SAND
Glenwood Sand & Gravel
3506 Highway 99 South
Phone 5859-J
The batterymen will get a full
week's practice before the In
fielded and outfielders report
on Feb. 28.
Five new managers who will
look over their new charges are:
Bucky Harris with the San
Diego Padres at Ontario; Char
ley Dressen with the Oakland
Acorns at Glendale; Fred Hancy
with the Hollywood Stars at San
Fernando; ' Bill Sweeney with
the Portland Beavers at River
side; and Del Baker with the
Sacramento Solons at Anaheim.
The veteran managers return
ALTHOUGH apromlslng
jockey, apprentice Eldon Nelson
doesn't mind pitching in with
chores around the stable area at
Florida's Hialeah Park. The
Ponce City, Okla. lad rode 75
winners last year.
Action Dated
For City 5's
Monday and Tuesday nights
will be busy ones for Eugene in
dependent hoopers as playoffs for
the Minor City League are slated
and AAU district playoffs begin.
Tonight at UHS the Eugene
Junior Chamber of Commerce will
meet Simmon's Independents for
the Minor League title. The Jay
cees won the first half and Sim.
mons the second half. Game time
will be 8 p.m.
Tuesday at Colin Kelly the Eu
gene Planing Mill tangles with
Oregon Lumber Sales in a first
round game of the district AAU
tourney. Thursday the winner
takes on the River Road Mer
cnants, tne winner of that one
winning a ticket to the state AAU
tourney at Oregon City.
CAN SUE Danny Gardrlla,
former major leatue baseball
player, now working as an or
derly In a Sit. Vernon. N. Y
hospital, carries a tray on his
Job after hearing of the derision
of the V. S. Court of Appeals
which permits him to go ahead
with his suit against ortanned
baseball, which, he claims, de
Privrd him of a means of livelihood.
I fr'
1 1 -vVr .-s I
f- ' V
J, ' .f;'J
ing are Lefty O'Doul, In his 14th
year as manager of the San
Francisco . Seals at Boyes
Spring; Jo-Jo White with the
Seattle Rainiers at Wilmington;
and Bill Kelly, with the Los
Angeles Angels at Fullerton.
Most of the big name bitters
from last year will be missing
from the training-camp lineups
this spring because they all have
graduated to the majors. Gone
will be the league's top hitter of
1948, Gene Woodling, who was
sold to the New York Yankees.
Gus Zernial, who led the loop
Johnny Palmer
Houston Winner
Steady Golf Beats
Cary Middlecoff
HOUSTON, Tex., Feb. 21 u.R)
Happy John Palmer, Badin,
N.C., tourist on golfdom's winter
trail, Monday was hailed as the
best bet in the Rio Grande Valley
open, a $10,000 tournament that
begins in Harlingen, Tex., next
Thursday.
Palmer jumped into the favor
ite's role Sunday immediately
after he sloshed through- the
muddy Pine Forest Country Club
course to post a 72-hole total of
272 that was good enough to win
the $10,000 Houston Open.
Playing a steady game that was
never sensational, Palmer fired a
33-34 67, five under par, to
finish a stroke ahead of Dr. Cary
Middlecoff, the Memphis, Tenn.,
dentist.
Palmer pocketed the $2000 first
prize money.
Jim Turnesa, Briar Cliff, N.Y.,
finished third Sunday with a 274,
coming in with a 69 on the last
round.
Other top winners were Jim
Ferrier, the Aussie from San
Francisco, and Marty Furgol of
Albuquerque, with 276's, and E. H,
"Dutch" Harrison also of Albu
querque, with a 279.
Slammin' Sammy Snead sank
seven birdies for a 66 and a tour
nament total of 281.
He finished ahead of Lloyd
Mangrum of Niles, 111., a pro-tour-ney
favorite,
Mangrum could salvage some
satisfaction from his comparative
ly slow performance. The
$415 that he 'earned brought his
season total to $6170, and estab
lished him as the circuit's leading
money winner.
ACTING TRAINER Charlie
Stevenson holds up new arrival
at Hialeah Tark while prond
mother, Sicke Sun, looks on.
First horse foaled at the Miami
track since it was built in 1925.
the youngster will be named
Hialeah Parke. '
By H. F. "MAC" McDANIEL
Don't worry If you're not as
sharp as a tack or as bright as
a Hottentot's bangles ... be
cause scientists claim that the
brainy folks with high I.Q.s
arent the happiest. In fact,
you're better off with a slight
touch of moron In your make
up. You sleep better because
you have fewer wheels going
around In your noggin to keep
you awake. You're a better
driver because your mind Isn't
wandering off on Fuclld and
Plato. Furthermore, the brainy
type has a harder time adjust
ing to the stresses and strains
of life. So If you're accused of
being a little Mortimer Snerd
Ish , . . remember, it pays to be
Ignorant.
In a Tulsa divorce the judge
split the custody of the family
ear. Hubby has II for business,
and the wife has It for shop
ping. That rould lead to more
Problems. Solve all of your
building problems at once.
Hrtng them to the MrDAMEL
LUMBER COMPANY. 240
River Road. Time payments If
Ton desire. Phone: 6900 and
8901. Drop In and talk things
over with our experts.
wood, Is with the Chicago White
Sox; Jack Graham. San Dies",
home run king, went to the St
Louis Browns; and JackW
Tobin. the base stealing Cam!
Pion, was picked off by th.
Pittsburgh Pirates. "
On the other hand, the pitch
ers who went to ramp Monday
l".c. Uded most of ,he top stars of
1948. Headlining the list w
Con Dempsey, who came up as a
freshman last year and won 16
and lost 11 for the Seals with an
earned run average of 2.10 runs
Per game. The only mark to top
ThumninM Tj
- rmmmy Lfil
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EVERRLAT1KS Pta p.t, ,
EVERGLADES, Fla., Feb. 21-
(U.R) Ted Williams of the Boston
Red Sox, lolling in a sun-baked
hamlet .85 miles from Miami, took
time out from his fishing Monday
to report that he is "shooting for
a .400 batting average this sea
son." The 30-year-old outfielder, the
American League's batting lead
er last season, admitted the .400
mark will be "a tough nut to
crack."
"Batting .400 Isn't as easy as
0n!rCf nut thara cnrl V,nn1:.
ftah S h. -m .r. '7J"f..'u.m tor court with
the Gulf of Mexico. I ?"ear-ld 3
"Sure. I hit .400 seven r :;.. .H?m
ago, but before that the last Oliv
er was Harry Heilmann about 20
years ago. Look at Stan Musial.
He can do anything with a bat
and he's never hit .400."
Gangling Ted has some other
aspirations for the 1949 campaign,
too.
"Frankly." bp crrinnai TM t;u
to lead the league in everything i ter with lK P1.'
I hit 25 homers last year but I'm panned- "ltl'as no p
sure I'll hit more this year."
"I've never felt so good in mv
life. I feel like I could go out
there and hit a few right now," he
asserted, swinging at an Imagin
ary Baseball.
"These everglades are right
down my alley. I get in all the
fishing I want and there's nobody
here to bother me. There isn't
more than 250 people in this town
and that suits me fine. No cars,
no buses, no noise. It's a pleasure
to be away from the rat-race in
cities."
Williams, who received a re
ported $80,000 last year, said he
iad been given a "nice raise" but
had not signed his contract yet.
"There are a few things I have
to straighten out and I guess I'll
sign in Sarasota within the next
few weeks"
The slugging left-hander laugh
ed when the question of his re
tirement came up but claimed, "I
would retire after three more
years if I could. I mean I would
retire if I were financially able to
do so. Right now I can't though.
I have to make more money.
"Baseball has been very goodiY
to me and I'd hale to get out. But A
when the time came, I'd go. I
don't want a manager's job or a
coaching job. You're generally in
debted to somebody for a job like S
that and I've always been inde-j?
pendent. That's the way I'll al-!'(
ways be."
At 195 pounds, Ted is only fiveji
pounds over his normal playing ft
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Eager for the start
son, hepreditw.w'
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had agoodreai;!
bletobeowto
Tom Yawkey (aed
. a winner. Hi',,
Owner in . .
miuams is living.
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seven years roaH mhiri, .-. f. .
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muc uy a marsh?
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man Ik- :.L .
these parts.
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mis use mat. t0
likes it here.
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and you'll get
ahead 'cause
we're not
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