Eugene register-guard. (Eugene, Or.) 1930-1983, September 08, 1949, Image 21

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    Preppers Eye
Opening Grid
INCE HINES, Superintendent of Schools in Eu-
baking sure the new turr ai uvic aimn . iu
for the mammoth football jamDoree rriaay
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and brush treatment 10 insure ucm6 jiui
jjrst annual Exchange Club sponsored classic.
Electrics Edge
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Semi-Pro Crown
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Eugene, Ore., Thtirs,, Sept. 8, 1949 Page 21A
A lull-scale dress rehearsal was
due Thursday night at Chic
Stadium for Eugene's first high
school football jamboree that will
stadium's new, green turfed field . WIHIT- Kan 8 (U.B
J5;M rtrt fi rnnnh Fnrsees
A ,-,,," f, Wednesday night with a a ta 4i
was over the Golden, Colo, Coors 5
Brewers. I
Shooters Slice Money Melon
been distributed to the 1906
dead-eye dirks and doras who
competed this year.
The big winner was Ohmer
to a full 52 page
largest ever produced locally for
a high school event. All proceeds
from advertising and tale of the
program will go into the fund to
purchase a new modern score
board for the stadium. In addition
all profits the Exchangers make
from the concession sales will go
into the scoreboard fund.
At the four schools who are
competing Eugene, University,
Cottage Grove and Junction City
the four football squads were
ready and anxious to go.
It was the third year in a row!
that the Indiana team has cap-
Rosier Grid Picture
VANDALIA, O.. Sept. S fP
They called it the "Golden
Grand" and that's Just what
it was!
The auditors finished figuring! Webb of Was.htaton D. C who
Thursday on the recenHy-eom- :Droke 100 straight to capture the
pleted nine-day 50th Grand Am- 100-clay preliminary handicap.
ertcan Trap?hom. gnrt the prae Webb, with the t rtiy perfect score
payoff was practically prepos- j jn the event, dragged down $5442
terotts. . tfor his 40 minutes of shooting.
Ray E. Loring, manager of the For the ftrrf Ume to a half
Amateur Trapshooting Assteiation j century the feature event, the
since the early SO's, announced ', Grand American Handicap, wound
thai about S220.000 m purses had up in a perfect-score lie.
J
ANNAPOLIS, Md., Sept
tared the national flag but the: are going to be bet-'
5!."th,a.t.theLiaVeZe.t fjter this year, Coach George Sauer
the Colorado team.
The General Electrics won the
title by scoring a second defeat in
two days over the Brewers. As
the two teams entered the finals
the Fort Wayne team was at
of the Navy football team prom
ised Wednesday.
The youthful Middie mentor
frankly told a news conference
Thursday was being devoted to f) Jf
light drills and issuing of uni
forms. The early week was de
voted to more rugged work but
the squads by Wednesday were
rounding Into good shape.
Inexperience was the cry of
most coaches. Nearly every men
tor had weakness in his team of
one kind or another. At Cottage
their tourney record against the
perfect slate of the Coors Brew
ers,
The General Electrics had lost a
single game in regular competM
tion about mid-way in the tour
ney and that game had been lost
to the Colorado team.
Meyer Predicts
Kiner to Belt
Over 50 Homers
A chilled crowd of 8000 fansj PITTSBURGH. Sept 8
that the all-around grid picture Is iff
considerably rosier than when he f'S
came here a year ago. M
A tie with Army in the finale .
was the best the Navy recorded;
last season.
Coach Sauer figures the SItd-:
dies have a chance to win at least
half of their games in the ttpcom- i li
ing season. He rates Ms teanJipff
equal to Princeton, Buke, Wis- f t
consul, Pennsylvania and Colum-jfci
bia, ' r jf
"This year we won't be so far
outclassed as we were last year," ig
said Sauer. jj,
He stilt rates the Kavy a de- jg
cided underdog to Southern Cat- i
ifornia, Notre Dame, Tulane and E i
Army.
Coach Sauer freely predicts the jii
Navy is going to be better tapj-
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passing and pass defense.
"Oar running game will be
about the same, and perhaps we'll
the be a little looser," he adds,
also! But he isn't crying "tough
Annual Prep Jamboree
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Minute Games
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id
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loo Ceremony Bands
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Joe Gordon's Rich's Jewelry
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Electrics combined two walks tlme ma'r eague norae run rec-
and two hits with th hnbhe5 in oro or ou nomera uy t nu
mssh across four runs and brpalr a :1s 1927,
scoring deadlock.
But the Brewers retaliated in
the fifth inning when Bob Taft,
Clayton Frees, Bill Hardy and
Cliff Pemberton singled and Paul
Dyke poked out a double. The
five hit combination brought four
runs across.
Bowling Teams Open
Af Eugene Recreation
The 1849-50 bowling season of
ficially got underway Wednesday
night at the Eugene Recreation
where the Major League was the
first loop to jump into the new
season.
Arbuckles Shoes topped the Tri
angle Lake Resort quintet 3-1,
Kiner agrees with the Pirate geia as "very
pedagogue on his first prediction, if at
But he won't hazard a guess about
beating Ruth's mark.
"I m just meeting that DaB ana
hoping." Kiner said modestly
Wednesday.
They used to say "as Kiner
goes, so goes Pittsburgh."
That's so far from the mark
lately it won't be repeated soon.
The Pirates are mired to sixth
j place.
Kiner Is batting at a .SOT clip.
His homer against Cincinnati
Tuesday night brought his sea
son's total to 43, keeping him way
ahead of all sluggers to the majors.
Meyer put In the understate
ment of the year when he said
Ralph has been one of his few
bright spots. The weary Pirate
boss looked up anl added:
He's hit his 43rd homer so far
mits, "we're going to play a few
games this year where the odds
wont be so great against us."
Coach Sauer classified ms back-
small, but very
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Grove, Bob Dusenberry has an, last night saw the Indiana cham-t B.inh KinerV hm save Ralnh
experienced lineman and an ex-iPions break up a 4-all tie in the!wm beat his best previous record
perienced back but the rest of his seventh inning with a single score :0 51 homers before the National
lineup is filled with fellows who)ana capture me $iu,uuu tirst prize jLeague season ends.
have seen little action in the past:money Billy Meyer, skipper of
few years. Two fnnrth-innino rnre hv , hapless Pittsburgh Pirates,
Hank Nilsen at Eugene High Brewers were a deciding factor in ! believes there's an ouWde chance schedule." The Navy coach ad-
has a veteran backfield but his;the mp-and-tuck battle. The!"15 le" iiemer miu
line is inexperienced. At Univer
sity High Ray Hendrickson has
only spotted experience in the
backfield and line the rest of his
team woefully green.
Junction City is having trouble
getting a team in shape. Only
about an hour every evening has
been devoted to practice because
most of the team is still working.
Having no lights further handi
caps the Tigers evening workouts.
Despite the limited time the
I Tigers have had, Coach Adrian
Dickson is pretty well set on a
starting lineup, although with the
advent of school and additional
turnouts the lineup may be shifted
somewhat.
Huskies Drill On
Single Wing Defense
SEATTLE, Sept. 8 (P) Al
though the single wing is about as
popular these days as onions on
Saturday night, the University of
Washington footballers expect to
meet four versions of the antique
formation this fall.
In addition, the 1949 Huskies
will look, at several versions of
the T-formation, some of it com
bined with Notre Dame box.
That's why Wednesday was typi
cal of practice programs Coach
Howie Odell spent a big share of
time on defensive drill.
This refers to the quartet of
Bill Earl of Arlington, Va,, at
Quarterback, Frank Huff of St.
Louis, Mo., and Bill Powers of!
Bryan, Tex., at half, Bnd Roger
Drew of Kenilworth, III, at full
back. Letter winners still are holding
down most of the line positions,
but Coach Sauer hopes there wilt
be "as many as five changes" in
the present starling eleven before;
long,
Cunningham Declared
Ineligible for Bears
while high single game and hightand that's three more than he had
all of last year. I belie-e he'u hit
more than 51 and. as for Ruth's
record, you never can tell. Ralph
has a lot of games at home ana
he's hot now."
Kiner has 145 hits In 470 'trips
for 1949. He's driven in 103 runs.
In addition to 43 homers, he's
come through with 15 doubles and
four triples,
Hager, McEuin Slated
For Saturday's Opener
Six of the best, and all looking
mer-Siglow, 4-0, Bill Troup roll-for a chance at the Pacific Coast
series went to members of the
losing five. Charles Toman rolled
a 557 and Louis Beihsimo picked
off a 207 first game.
Jim The Shoe Doctor bounced
Giustina Lumber in their initial
game of the season, 3-1, Ollie
Mercer banging out a 567 and Bob
Fuller a 211. Snellstrom's, top
team last year, defeated Plant
Plumbing, 3-1, with Lloyd Matti-
son leading the way with his 225
and 572.
Jones Sandwich Shop tumbled
Pit Barbecue 3-1, Vic Johnson
pacing the winners with a 245 and
592, and Rex Cafe blanked Plum
ing a 589, and Glendon Dotson a
222 stogie, game for the winners.
STANDINGS
i AMERICAN W t Pet.
' Varfc S2 48 ,S3I
'Boston 82 53
; Cleveland M 54
Detroit - 58
PhlladeSphli 65 65
Chicago M 80
iSt loui 81
;WMhtelton 4J W
! NATIONAL W I,
. St Umlt 83
Brooklyn 83 Si
51 64
? SS
SI
58 74
54 IS
ft2 83
w t,
86 7!
M .. 76
88 SO
. 87 St
85 85
81 8?
title now held by Buck Weaver,
will be in the ring at three differ
ent times Saturday night at the
Armory arena.
The latest pair signed up by
Matchmaker Don Owen for Sat
urday's mat card are Billy Me
Eufo and Tex Hager, a couple of
festies who will clash in the
evening's curtain raiser,
McEuin has waited a lone lime
H for a crack at the championship,
and chances are if he shows well
8 against the 'Creswell Cyclone, he
51 could possibly manage a bout with
JJi the crafty Weaver.
Peti But first he would have to beat
.828 the tUtie Hager, who already hat
had a hot match with Weaver,
Uss and is one more top-flight grsp
JH pier in the area who is in line tor
lm a crack at the title belt.
Both men are crowd pleaseri,
Pet fast, shifty, with plenty of ring
S8 ore 8n know-how.
;faS Lane County mat fans are in
'sis for a real battle in the main
;$J5 event, a red hot fight between
tio Tony Ross, the Toledo Terror, and
JM, Georges Dusette, the French-Canadian
strongmen. This bout ad
vanced from a flare-up between
Pel. the two at last week's battle royal,
g and (t has all the earmark of an
jas hour of fast and furious wrestl-
BERKELEY, Calif., Spt. S Mt
John Cunningham, first string
right end of the University of
California three seasons, has been
declared ineligible for 1849, the
Uni'ersity announced Wednesday
night.
Cunningham was declared in
eligible because he attended West
Texas State Teachers College
through the football season of
1842. The ruling was delivered by
Coast Conference Commissioner
Victor Schmidt in response to an
mouirv bv the imiversitv.
Cunningham entered service
shortly after leaving the Texas
School after the football season. If
he had left school during ihe
football season, his eligibility for
this year would not nave been
lost.
His loss will be a blow to Coach
Lynn Waldorf, The Bears already
haye lost their star fullback, Jack
Jensen, to professional baseball.
and Center Doug Duncan did not
return.
CROSBT STILL IN
JASPER, Alberta, Sept. 8
(CP) Crooner Bine Crosby, five
fellow Americans end two Can
adians made the grade Wednes
day as the Totem Pole Golf tour
nament reached quarter-finals.
; Philadelphia
? Boston
sew YOFK
Pfttsbursh
Cincinnati
Chicago
COAST
Hollywood
Oakland .
i Sacramento
Seattle
San Diezo
San Franciteo
Portland
Los Asselec . 64
Major Leaders
AMERICAN O AB B H
WlUlami, Bolton 136 500 134 15?
Kell, Detroit .. 135 492 S3 168
Diliincer, St. Louta ..118 466 61 1(9
. , - , Stng,
Robinaon, Brooklyn 138 524 105 isj .348 In the lemi-final encounter, two
siausnter, St. Louie ..129 481 84 183 .si? cleanies. At Szasez and George
Mu,iai, St. Loui, 135 533 106 169 .3;Striek1and wi ,B
Mont Hun Kiner, PIratea M, Wii-1 should be one of the best scien
&;,.i,F's'fr.he?s,','A8o!,3';! bouts seen here in many
Run batted in steohent. Red Sox its, months. Strickland is a newcomer
Wmiama, Heel Sox 141, Werii, Tiger 123,-from Denver hut arivanr, nnfrc
Hooimon, Dodgeri 113, Kiner, Pir.tea tos:1 , "ener. DUl advance nonces
Htehlnt Reynold!, Sew York, i5.4, Praise him M one tough mat act
Wi Willca, St Loula, 11 J, .536. (to Whip.
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