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CENTRAL OREGON'S DAILY NEWSPAPER
34th Year
TWO SECTIONS
BEND,. DESCHUTES COUNTY, OREGON. FRIDAY, MARCH 3, 1950
Sport Parade
By Oscar Fraley
(United Preu Sparta Writer)
Cummings-Carr Wrestling
Team Victorious in Match
With Williams-Strickland
Bob Cummings and Charlie ,Cnrr last night paired to defeat
Eddie Williams and George Strickland in a two-of -three falls
tag team wrestling match at the national guard armory in
Bend.
Cumings and Carr won the bout by winning two successive
falls with leg binder holds, after losing the first fall in the
opening seconds of the match.
As the bout opened Williams dropped Carr to the mat with
a series ot head locks, men?'
Strickland took over and con
tinued punishing Carr with
additional headlocks, and Wil
liams put on the finishing
touch with ,an abdominal
stretch. Time of the fall was
50 seconds.
Second Fall in 22 Minutes
The second fall of the battle
came some 22 minutes later when
Cummings and Carr alternated in
working over Strickland with a
series of leg binder holds. Strick
land gave up after being subject
ed to the hold for a matter of five
minutes or more.
The final fall came less than a
minute later when Cummings and
Carr again utilized the leg binder
hold to pin Williams.
Two 15 - minute preliminary
matches, featuring Williams ver
sus Carr and Strickland versus
Cummings ended in draws.
Maurice LaChappelle won hon
ors in last night's 45-minute semi
final bout by winning two of
three falls from Glenn Detton.
LaChappelle took the first fall
in 12 minutes on a series of head
locks, a body slam and body press.
Detton dropped his opponent
some eight minutes later with a
cradle hold, and LaChappelle end
ed the match by pinning Detton
with a reverse Indian death lock
and sulf board hold.
Big Basketball
Tourneys Near.
By John Griffin
(United PreM SporU Writer)
New York, March 3 UP The
big .post-season basketball tour
naments started moving fast to
ward completion of their fields
today, 'as Syracuse entered the
national invitation, with Long Is
land U. certain to follow, and
Bradley given a shot at a spot
in the N.C.A.A. tourney.
The selection of Syracuse, with
a record of 17 wins and six de
feats, left seven spots still open
in the N.I.T.
And one of those was sure to
go to L.I.U., either today or only
hours later. The Blackbirds sew
ed it up last night when they
trounced a top-note Hamline uni
versity team, 63 to 52, in Madison
Square garden.
It was the -20th victory in 24
games for the men of Coach Clair
Bee and they achieved it despite
a 33-point splurge by Hal Haskins
of Hamline. L.I.U., paced by
Sherman While's 18 points, never
was behind. Hamline, with 27
wins and two losses, is headed
for the N.A.I.B. tourney in Kan
sas City.
Bradley Delighted
Bradley, already entered in the
N.I.T., was delighted at getting
a chance at the district five spot
in the N.C.A.A.
The Braves had coveted both
slots, but were told last Tuesday
by the district five selection com
mittee that they had forfeited
their right to an N.C.A.A. bid by
accepting the N.I.T. Following
inquiries from Bradley and pro
tests from Braves' supporters, the
selection committee reversed it
self in a meeting in Kansas City
last night and declared Bradley
was eligible.
So, now, Bradley, champion of
the Missouri valley conference,
will tangle with the Big Seven
champion for the district five slot.
The Big Seven king will be either
Nebraska or Kansas State.
Whichever it is, Bradley will be
favored In the playoff.
That means the Braves are
likely to try the stunt that Ken
tucky tried last year play in both
tourneys. The Wildcats won the
NCAA, lost in the N.I.T.
And Kentucky is moving to
ward an entry in one or both
again. The Wildcats start seek
ing their eighth straight south
eastern conference championship
tonight when they tangle with
Mississippi State In the S.E.C.
tourney at Louisville. Ky. It's a
quarter-final game, and the Wild
cats aren't expected to have trou
ble until probably the final round.
Burke Has Lead
In Florida Meet
St. Petersburg, Fla., March 3 mi
Blond, curlvhaired Jack Burke
Jr.. of White Plains, N. Y., tabbed
by many experts as "the golfer
of tomorrow," enjoyed the lime
light of today, too, with a one
stroke lead in the second round of
the SIO.OOO St. Petorsbure ODcn
tournament
The youthful Burke, whose
lavish, richly-colored wardrobe
runs second only to Jimmy De
Maret's, fashioned a stylish four-
New York, March 3 UP Ex
treme stubbornness today threat
ened to cause Bobby Locke's ex
clusion from the U. S. open in
what would amount to a virtual
ban against the South African's
appearance on an American
golf course.
The British open champion was
suspended by the U. S. Profes
sional Golfers association last
summer when he failed to keep
commitments. It was a poor
move, resulting in charges that
the P.G.A. was jealous of his
tremendous money winnings, be
cause no action ever had been
taken against home members for
similar infractions.
Realizing the weakness of its
position, the P.G.A. offered to
reinstate Locke if he would apol
ogize for his commitment fail
ures. He did fail, so that should
have been easy. His reply was
more of an attack than an at
tempt to cement the breach.
Still Belligerent
Even Locke's American manu
facturing connections urged him
to make what amounted to a
token apology, which would have
sufficed for the P.G.A. He re
fused with the observation that
they were wrong and should in
vite him to return ' forgetting
that the P.G.A. can' do very nicely
without him, thank you.
Pobby Jones ignored the P.G.A:
problem and invited the Afrikan
der to play in the masters, April
6-9. But that wouldn't be enough
action to lure Locke all that dis
tance. The added attraction would
be the open.
But there's where the rub ap
peared to be.
- U.S.G.A. officials, the amateur
brass hats who run the open, usu
ally don't meddle in P.G.A. dis
putes. But it appeared possible
that in this instance an unpre
cedented case they might listen
to a protest from the P.G.A.
"If Locke's entry is accepted,"
U.S.G.A. officials said, "then
Locke autmoatically qualifies for
the open, as he tied for fourth
last year."
Notice that "if."
No Reason Given
The official could give no rea
son why an entry from such a
celebrated shotmaker as the
South African might not be ac
cepted, other than to say that "it
just might not."
The U.S.G.A. spokesman point
ed out that the P.G.A. never has
objected to anv entry but "left it
up to the U.S.G.A."
But you always get back to
that "if" on acceptance of his
entry. Nobody will know, until
time comes for filing of entries,
what might happen and whether
the P.G.A. would object. But it
seems to be in the back of at
least one man's mind.
Locke probably can do quite
well without coming to the Unit
ed States but definitely not as
well in the pocket lettuce depart
ment. If he is refused entry in
the open he automatically will be
barred from the Palm Beach
tournament at New Rochelle,
N.Y., June 1518.
Locke had advised his manu
facturing tie-up in New York that
he would like to play in about
six U. S. events this year. But
apparently everything hinged on
his playing in the open, and that
may depend on his token apology
to the P.G.A.
If he holds to his plan to let
them wait until there Is ice skat
ing in the nether regions, we'll
see no more of Bobby Locke.
No. 74
Cougars Need
But One Game
To Clinch Title
San Francisco, March 3 lPi
The Washington State Cougars,
"Cinderella" team of the Pacific
Coast conference basketball race
this season, need only one victory
in two tilts this week-end to clinch
the northern division crown.
Led by Ed Gayda and Gene
Conley, the Cougars meet the
University of Idaho Vandals both
tonight and Saturday. Just one
victory no matter how Wash
ington and Oregon State come out
in their pair of games will send
the Cougars to Los Angeles for a
conference playoff series with the
UCLA Bruins.
Meanwhile, the USC Trojans
will play a pair of tilts with the
Bruins, who tucked the southern
division crown away last week
end. Ma jor interest will be center
ed on Trojan forward Bill Shar
man's attack on PCC scoring records.
May Break Record
Sharman needs only 28 points
to crack the all-time record set by
incomparable Hank Luisettl of
Stanford in 1937.
In other conference games,
Stanford and California will bat
tle it out in a pair of home-and-home
contests for third place in
the southern division standings.
Among the independents, the
University of San Francisco Dons
continue their battle for an invi
tation to the national invitational
tournament in New York by
meeting the Loyola Lions tonight
and Saturday in the southland.
The Dons have a seasonal rec
ord of 17 wins and six losses, but
need to dump Loyola to get the
bid.
Most of the other colleges
either have ended their seasons or
will have ended them this weekend.
Chico State, winner of the Far
Western Conference crown with a
record of 14 wins and two losses.
plays Pepperdine, the California
Collegiate Athletic association
champion, on March 9. The win
ner gains the right to compete in
tne National Association of inter-
Ruetz Named
Head Coach
At St. Mary's
Moraga, Calif., March 3 HI'i
Joe Ruetz, 33-yenr-old former
Notre Dame all-American, has
been elevated to head football
coach at St. Mary's college.
School officials announced that
they will sign Ruetz to a two-year
contract today to replace Joe Ver
ducci, who resigned last month.
Terms of the pact were not
made known. It was understood,
however, that he will have full
say in selecting two assistants.
The decision to promote the
red-haired mentor from the line
coaching job he held last year, un
der Verducci was announced after
a meeting of the board of athletic
control last night.
A spokesman said Ruetz and
Norman (Red) Strader, present
coach of the professional New
York Bulldogs, were the only two
candidates "seriously" considered
for the post.
Strader Unavailable
Strader. who coached the gal
loping Gaels in the early war
years, was unable to' free himself
from New York commitments.
Officials said Ruetz should not
be considered a "second" choice.
"What we were trying to do
was to obtain both Ruetz and
Strader, Ruetz as a top assist
ant," a spokesman said.
Ruetz first came to St. Mary's
following his graduation from
Notre Dame where he played
guard for the Irish. He served as
an assistant under Coacn Edward
(Slip) Madigan in 1938 and 1939
and under Strader in 1940 and '41.
During the war, he served at St.
Mary's navy pre-flig'u school and
later won his wings as a marine
corp pilot. He played for the Chi
cago Rockets of the All-America
conference in 1946 and again in
1948, while studying for a doc
torate in anthropology at the Uni
versity of Chicago. He now is
studying at the University of California.
Additional Sports
(Continued on Page 8)
collegiate Basketball tournamenl
in Kansas City.
Bend-Redmond
Title Games Set
During Week End
The first contest of a two-of-three
game series for the central
Oregon district hoop champion
ship will be played tonight be
tween the Bend Lava Bears and
Redmond Panthers on the latter's
floor. The game is set lor 8
o'clock.
Strong favorites to take the
title are the Bears who twice de
feated the Panthers in games
played previously this season. In
their first meeting the Bruin
quintet downed the Panthers by
a 30-pint margin, and in the sec
ond meeting the Bears lopped
Redmond by an eight-point mar
gin. The second game of the title
series is slated for tomorrow
night. If one or the other of the
teams wins both these contests
the series will bo completed, but
In the event of a split the teams
Will complete the playoff jioxt
week.
All games are scheduled to be
played on the Panther floor.
Winner of the central Oregon
title will represent the area at
the state high school basketball
tournament in Salem.
CONLEY TOP SCORER
Los Angeies. iviarcn 3 (ll'i
Washington State college eager
tjenc Loniey is leading the Indi
vidual scoring race in the north
ern division PCC basketball cir
cuit with two games left to. play,
according to statistics released to
day by the conrrence commis
sioner's office.
In second place Is Conlev's
teammate, Eddie Gayda. Conley
has a total of 201 points for the
season, an average of 14.4 points
in 14 games. Gayda is 23 points
off the pace for a game average
of 12 7.
The Cougars still have a two
game series with the Idaho Van
dals tonight and tomorrow night
before completing their season.
Third place In the division is
held down by Washington's Louis
Soriana with a total of 166 points
and an average of ll.Q.
National League
To Ignore New
Strike lone Rule
Brandenton, Fla., March 3 HP
President Ford Frlck of the Na
tional league revealed today that
he had instructed his umpires to
disregard the new strike zone.
"I have told them to call the
balls and strikes this coming seas
on the same as they did last
year," he said. "The National
league is not going to be a party
in establishing a new twilight
zone for umpires.
1 he game has done pretty well
with the strike zone as it used to
be so wo are not changing it, no
matter what the rule book says."
Ihe new rule describes the
strike zone as that area between
the batter's arm pits and his
knees. That narrowed it down
for the benefit of the hitters
about three and a half inches less
than it used to be. Under the old
regulation the strike zone was the
area between the top of the bat
ter's shoulders and his knees.
Frlek Defiant,
'That old rule, which has been
in the books ever since the game
has been played, established a set
area for strikes so far as umpires
were concerned," Frlck explained
as he watched the Boston Braves
work out. "As a result, there
came into lieing a sort of a twi
light zone with the top of the
shoulder the boundary line.
Nothing above that ever was
called a 'strike'," he explained.
"But now, the rules ask the um
pires to change their perspective
and establish a new strike zone.
"Well, wo are not going to do
it. Our strikes and balls this seas
on will be the same as they al
ways have been."
Frick said the new strike zone
Bend Bowling Results
SHEVXIN HIXON I.EAGl'E
The Sawmill last night took
team honors with a game of 796
and series of 2212 while topping
the Roundhouse squad by four
points.
" In other matches the Electric
bowlers and Office scored three
point wins over the Shipping and
Yard teams, respectively, and the
Dry Kilns and Planers split two
and two.
Mel Basim took individual hon
ors with a 225 game and 600 ser
ies. Scores follow:
Dry K 1 1 n t Wlnnlow itttt : Prrry 347 :
Miller 4" ; 'I'hompimn 4X8: tntnl, 2001.
Planers: Plckmn 428: Key 997: Mans
field 880: CIIIU 422; total. 20O0.
Yard: Ilawes 441 ; Wilson 462 ; N. Douk
las fU; Petty 5)4 : total, 2124.
Office: Hamilton SH4 ; Rolfe 407 : Dona
hue t,m ; Shiek Mf, ; total. 2112.
Klectrii : YounitlwrK 4U0 : Rroilbury 4f) ;
Todd f.43; Selkin 61)2; total. 21UU.
KMpninK: Fields 425: I-'erituson 431".;
Kelly 365: Preede 471; total, 1U0.
Round House : Krederiekson 487 : Bruno
370 : StelMM! 407 : Peoples 420 : total, 1!M.
Sawmill : S. Jerome 636 ; Nnrdeen 443 ;
tlasim 600; J. Jerome 477 : total. 2212.
rule also was open to criticism
because of "unfortunate wording"
In the description of a batter's
crouch.
Crouch Problem
Under the new regulation,
adopted in the revised playing
code, the stipulation isthat a bat
ter's "normal crouch" must be
considered when the strike zone
area is considered. In other
words, a batter could come
crouched to the plate so low that
a pitcher would have very limited
space in which to throw a strike.
"We would see the biggest crop
of crouching batters In history if
we followed that rule," the league
prexy declared. "No one ever
would be able to settle an argu
ment as to a batter's normal
crouch."
"Had the rules committee said
natural stance, instead, it would
have made some sense. The um
pires, who know all the batters
well, could call a hitter for trying
to change his stance in order to
narrow the strike zone. But they
can't under this 'normal crouch'
stipulation."
WOMEN'S 650 LEAGUE
Polly's cafe last night rolled
high series of 2109 while downing
W.O.T.M. No. 1 by a 4-0 count.
: In other league action W.O.T.M.
No. 2 and Heath's Ice Cream de-
feated Eastman's Rockbusters
and the Oasis by three points, re
spectively. Hazel Powers rolled high game
of 203, and Betty Wallan scored
high series of 512.
Scores follow:
Heath's Ice Cream: Cslder 422: Steen ,
36! ; Corbin 338 -. Herredtte 301 ; Aleahire
453: total. 2057.
Oasis: Moore 300: Arnold 390; Stein
314: Meed 363; Norcott 509 ; total, 2019.
Polly's Cute: Keown 457 : l.ayne 318:
Knhtht 292; Wallin 512; Powers 507; to
tal, 2109.
W.O.T.M. No. 1: Wood 337; Smith 304:
Anderson 361 ; Parton 328 ; Cunderaon 307 ;
total, 1877,
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under-par 67 yesterday while
stringing together a 34-33 round.
Burke's closest pursuer was
Johnny Palmer, the Stock Badin,
N. C, long-ball belter who came
In with a 68. Toby Lyons, a War
ren, Pa., darkhorse, and George
Fazio, a fellow Pennsylvanian
from Conshohocken, were tied for
third place, one stroke behind
Palmer with 69 apiece.
Aluminum uses are constantly
increasing; annual American pro
duction is nearly one and a quar
ter million pounds.
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