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I f : t ' i f ; s : Thursday, September 21, 1939 Elghf fhe Capita! Journal, Salem, Oregon Vikings Preparing for First Game Grid Season Friday BP fm "Tl fBSf US (BW "iJ5 ES ES 619 ESI EBI E3 E8 Eft KH ESI 8EB P" ET ESI KS) E8 ES ESI E3 ES E9 ES B3S BB ES BBS ESI ESI E3S ESI ESI ESI E9 ESI ESI B5S ESI ESI ESI ESI fi National League Pennant Race to Reach Crucial Stage in Closing Days Hauk Transfers Yada to Guard, Pearmine Out Timing may be expected to be considerably oft beat and the boys will doubtless get mixed up In their assignments, but the Vikings can be counted on to put up a stiff tat tle tomorrow night when Salem high makes its Initial gridiron ap pearance of the season. They will take on Jerry Gastlneau's band of Braves from Chemawa on Sweet- lanad field at 8 o'clock Two days of scrimmaging under e blazing sun have served to bring about a semblance of an organlza tlon, but It Isn't much more than that. The Vikings have the desire to go places but as yet are a little indecisive as to their directions. Yesterday a pail of guards knocked heads when they tried to hit the same spot simultaneously. Today Coach Harold Hauk planned spend In teaching his squad signals of the few plays which will be tried out against the Bucks. Ko Yada, who worked in the backflcld during the spring ma neuvers will probably go back his old guard slot Friday night He knows this position like a book and pulls out much faster than Ol son, who has been worked there In scrimmage this week. Pearmine, who suffered a sprained wrist last week, will be kept on the bench for the first game. As a consequence It will probably be Tandy and Two or Tragllo in the flank positions, With Yada and Wadsworth guard, Boardman . and Sholseth, tackles and Gottfried at center, the Viking line should prove plenty tough. Heckes, another capable center, limped off the field yester day but will probably be okeh by Friday night as will Blandy Domo galla, Bartruff and Irish are re serve tackles. The starting backfleld will likely Include Waller, Andrews, Swingle and Shlnn, with Evans, Doerfler, Elsey and Randall in reserve. An drews' drive has featured this week's scrimmages. Salem Skate Club Elects Officers The Salem Skating club held the first of Its regular fall and winter business meetings Tuesday evening at which time the following officers were elected: Don Douris, presi dent; Warren Butler, vice-president; Sally Douris, secretary, and Doris Schunke, treasurer. The meeting was followed by a skating party at the Capltola skating rink after which the members of the club and a few guests met at the Quelle for refreshments. Don Dou ris, president of the club; gave an interesting talk, showing pictures and souvenirs on his recent trip as a delegate from Salem to the World's Youth conference at Am sterdam, Holland, and of the places of Interest visited by the group. Those present Included Happy Collier and Bill Daschner, managers of the Capltola skating rink and Charles Hansen and Buster Scof fleld, managers of the Mellow Moon skating rink, as special guests of the club, Don Douris. Harold Douris, Sally Douris, Doris Schunke, Julia Pease, Loyal Sheridan, Wilbur Jory. Mllo Syverson, Tom Jaskoskl, War ren Butler, Johnny Zurcher, Jose phine Burko, Mildred Goforth, Vi vian Asplngall, Frnnk Sherwood, Charles Esplln, Jerry Gregson George Wagner, Eldon Slavins, Harold Hobble, Al Kenfield, Bcrnlta Strain and Roy Koch. (By the Awociated Press) Atnerlran Lratue 8t. Louis II, UoMon 8 (16 InnlnmO. rhllailrlphla 6. Detroit 4 (13 limine). New York 8, Chlcn.RO 4. Cleveland 7. Was Illusion 3, National l.rstne New York 4, Chlentu 3. 8t. Louis 10. Brooklyn 4. Cincinnati 3, Philadelphia 2. Boston al Pittsburgh, rain. Farlfle Coast (Playoffs)) Seattle b, Los Aniflcs 1. Sacramento b. Ban Francisco 4. Western International (Playoffs) Wcnatches 8, Tneoma 0. Final Auto Race For Oregon City Portland, Ore., Sept. 21 Midget auto racing in tin northwest will close Thursday night with the stag ing of the 100-lnp gold cup classic at Kelly field, Oregon Cily. This the longest of ell midget main events to be held this season, was moved to Oregon City because the bowl can accommodate more than 1000 per sons In the stands. Leading Pacific coast midget driv ers, Including many pilots from the south, will compete. The Oakland and San Francisco tracks closed last week and tho top drivers on these tracks came north for the 100-lap goin cup finale. Time trials will fclnrt at 7:30 pin. and the first race will get under way at 8:30 p.m. ( 'V' f r Si 4 1 HOf " Skits and Scratches By Fred Zimmerman Capital Journal Spurts Writer Chuck Wenger Is the sole surviv ing lettcrman of Coach Tom Dry nan's first class grid squad of Par- rish Junior high school, 1939 sea son. Something along the order of the last of the Mochlcans. But if Tom had a half dozen coming up, built like Chuck, he wouldn't need to worry about what is happening out In the south side. Wenger will check in at around 100 pounds when Tom issues the suits late this week or early next. Ho played end last season, where his six feet, two inches came in handy. Coach Drynan figures he will work well at tackle so that will probably be his spot this season. What's the hardest snot to fill in junior high football? End? Tackle? Fullback? Nope, It's the center slot. "None of tho boys In all my years of experi ence at rarrish has designated a preference for tho center Job," Tom says. "Thcro ahvnys is absolute silence when 1 ask 'who wants to play center?' So 1 have to point my finger at some youngster and say, 'Xou're it.' That's the way centers are born, at Farristi nt any ratc.'f Coach Drynan believes the lack of in terest In tile bull passing Job goes back to sandlot football. "Usually these 'teams' are rul ed by big kids who want to do all of the ball carrying, tackling and receiving of passes. They relegate the smaller ones to the Jobs they don't want, So when they show up here they want the tackle, backflcld and end jobs." Tom believes tho center posi tion Is one of the most interest ing ones on the entire squad. "Defensively the center Is in a stratcgiral spot In Intercept short passes and crack the offensive ball carriers when he pokes his head through the line." But to get back to this year's pos sibilities at Parrlsh. The boys, us a lot, are a bit smaller than last sea son. , Not quite so rangy or hefty. Tom has one 100 pounder, Vernon Strausbaugh, as a prospect. The rub is, however, Vernon doesn't know whether ho wants to play the game. He's going to try it a cuuplc of days and then mako up his mind. Then I hero Is a group of lads who wero In suit last year but saw little action mostly 7th and 0th graders at tho time. This bunch Includes Jlin Wenger, Bob Llndley, sub halt last season; Wesley Miller, half back; Earl Strausbaugh, fullback; Norman Wllllg, tackle, and Bud Llt wlller, halfback. Newcomers to the squad who look good to Tom aro Bob Case, 160 pounder who Is unlit Ilko an athlete; Bill Woelke, anoth er nice looking kid, and Raymond Weathers, 158 pounds. Porrlsh has equipment for 50 kids and it Is probablo they will all see service. Removing dams and recon structing (Mi ladders, a job which everybody ciinceriird rea llics was In need of accomplish ment, Is well on the nay to be ing cam! for. Urn I lusRi'lt, who has had many years of experi ence In the game and fish law enfori'cmrnt division, has been placed on the Job as "assistant superintendent of flshn-nya, Inrf dt'tt and screens.' mowing out mmw&VtemrMm!' ,,3' The Knockout! Louis Retains Championship Title Here's the finish of Bob Pastor's game but losing fight against Heavyweight Champion Joe Louis at Briggs Stadium, Detroit. After being dropped several times in the first and second rounds, Pastor came back to stay until the eleventh. But here he goes down for the ten-count after 38 seconds of the eleventh round of the scheduled twenty round bout. Sam Hennessy is the referee. Associated Press Photo. , ; ! ::a) v:- L:; . p? l,o uls Lands A Left Heavyweight Champion Joe Louts crashes a left Into the face of Challenger Bob Pastor, ex-New York col legian, in the first round of their bout at Brings Stadium, Detroit,' Louis knocked out Pastor in 38 seconds of the eleventh round to retain his World's Heavyweight championship. Associated Press Photo. of a rock obstruction In the Sllcti river below Val.sotz will open Unit stream to 40 or fit) miles or additional fishing mid (JO miles of spawning ground. Two dams have been taken out of the Little Lucklamutc, three out of the Kickrcall and n couple from Uutto creek. Ladders, in some cases so narrow that a salmon had absolutely no chance to maneuver, have been found and removed. A start has been made along right lines let's hone the work continues. MAJOR LEACUE LEADERS illy tho AssoclttU-d Tress) American League Balling DIMagglo, New York. .3H9; Fo.x, Boston, .358. Runs Rolfe, New York, 134; Foxx. Boston, 131. Hits Rolfc, New York, 303; Mc- Qulnn, St. Louis, 187. Home runs Foxx. Breton, 35; arcenberg, Detroit, 31. Pitching Sundnt, New York, 11 Donald, New York, 13-3. National laRtir Batting Mize, St. Louis, .35:; P Waner, Pittsburgh, .335. Runs Werner. Cincinnati, 103; Hack, Chicago, 103. Hits McCormlck, Cincinnati, lfli; Mrdwlrk, and Mize, Pt. Louis, 185. Homo runs Oil, New York, 37: Camllll. Brooklyn, and Mlze, St. Louis, 2(1. Pitching Derringer, Cliu'lnmill. 32-7; Wyatt, Brooklyn, 8-3. J If Seattle Rainiers Even With Angels (By til Associated Press! Los Angeles and Seattle were even today in their half of the post season Shaughnessy playoffs in the Pacific Coast baseball league, but Sacramento was two up on the San Francisco Seals. A fivo hit, three mn blast in the first inning helped the pennant winning Seattle club to a 5 to 1 vic tor over the Angels at Seattle last night, while Sacramento won Its second straight from the Seals at San Francisco, 5 to 4, In 10 innings. Seattle's Les Webber had strong liciding support as he let the An gels down with only five hits, two of them In tho sixth when Arnold Slats drove in .Lou stringer with the sole Los Angeles tally. Los Angclci IBS Scatllo 8 13 1 Prim, Florcs (1) and R. Collins; Webber and llancken. Sacramento 5 14 2 San Francisco 4 13 2 10 innings. Scats. Smith (101 and Ocrodow ski, Grilk; Slulz, Jorgens i9) and Woodall, Leonaid. Stayton Team Nested Scio A Sclo foursome, E. ,1. Hol land, J. D. DfiiMiiiire. Jr., P. W Schrunk and M. D. Zander, bested Stayton team in 18 holes of goll Sunday on tho Brldgcway course at Albany. Tho Btayton team was composed of Tolllson, Bryant. Pen dleton and Kleckcr. A return match at SUveitou Js planned. o I. V n t! -y-: . ! Hopper Signs For Vet Card Tuffy Griffith, Oakland middle weight, and Curley Hopper were signed late last night to appear on the Veterans of Foreign Wars box ing club all-star fistic gigantic card at the armory September 27. Grif fith, who has met all the best mld dlewelghts, and a rough fellow who went the distance with Midnight Bell, will face Logger Jack Hibbard of Klamath Falls in one of the main events. Little Curley Hopper signed his contract to meet the rugged Filipino Mark Diaz of Los Angeles In the other main ivent. The Veterans club said they were all set with a northwest lightweight title scrap between Harry Conway of Sureka and Elmer "Buzz" Brown, northwest featherweight and light weight champion" of Portland on the top main event for the title. Leo "The Lion" Turner of Portland, holder of the state middleweight crown, will face southpaw Johnny Peters of Eureka, a stablemate of Conways in the other main go. The four round bout will be announced later. The Vets are trying to sign a pair of heavywelehts for this scrap. JltAIOHT. eOUHION WHISKIY i RF? fiEKV? ' A ; fi '093 C02O h SC&i, J (A II acaooQ mm IMPORTANT $Q ) TO YOU! TEN HIGH is America's largest-selling whiskey in open- ' JytMiinn state retail stores. Remember, that's where people demand 7jSlfiM the brand of whiskey they like best and ask for it by name; ! Reds Unable To Distance Card Pursuit By Judson Bailey (AuocUted Press 6poru Writer) Like the break of dawn. It's con stantly becoming clearer that the National league pennant race Isn't going to be decided until the Cin cinnati Reds and St. Louis Cardin als come to grips In the waning hours of the season next week. For days the two have been sep arated by the smallest of margins, unable to make a decisive gesture. This situation was emphasized yes terday as Bucky Walters pitched the Reds to a 3-2 victory over the Phillies and the Redblrds swarmed over the' Brooklyn Dodgers, 10-4, to maintain their stern vigil 2 '.a games out of first place. Louis, Maid Monarch Without Opposition By Jack Cuddy Detroit, Sept. 21 (U.R) Joe Louis, monarch of Maul, stood out today as one of the most isolated figures in the history of pugilism a champion without a worthwhile challenger. Who is there left to fight him, now that he has knocked out brave Bob Pas tor In the 11th round before 33,800 fans In Briggs stadium, the Tigers' ball park? Promoter Mike Jacobs had tenta tively matched the hard-hitting De troit negro to fight Tony Galento In Chicago next June, his ninth de fense since winning the title from Jim Braddock to 1937. No heavy weight champion in history ever risked his crown so often and so successfully. He has turned in seven kayoes in eight defenses, and there is only Galento left to fight again in June. Pastor looked great in getting kayoed last night before a crowd that provided a $347,870 gross gate. He was floored four times In the first round, once In the second, and again In the 11th when he took the 10-count, trying to support his bat tered, bloody body on his hands and knees. Six times the former New York U fullback hit the deck, sprawled on his knees, each time by a smashing right to the chin. Most of those starboard blows were crosses that smoked over Pastor's left Jabs. They were double-crosses, because Pastor and his handlers had expected that Louis would concentrate on left hooks, the portslde blows with which Louis won the title and his seven previous defenses. Pastor had evaded those left hooks in his first meeting with Louis In 37, when he lasted 10 full rounds. And he trained eight long weeks to avoid them this time. But the bomb er and his wily trainer, Jack Black burn, crossed up "Bicycle Bob." Joe's left saw little service, out that ex plosive right fist worked over time. Nearly 500,000 Boy Scouts are registered In the British Empire. A 40 MOOr. I HIIAM WAUt JOMSJNC, MORIA, itllNOIS J fSLr The day wasn't static throughout the circuit, however, because the Chicago Cubs lost to the New York Giants, 4-2, and saw their last hope of repeating their 1938 pennant par ade go glimmering. Carl Hubbell's hex put them teti games behind the leaders with only, nine left to play. This is the standing: ' Be- Games Club W L hind To Play Cincinnati ....87 64 .. 13 St. LOUlS 85 67 2" i 11 (X) Chicago 79 66 10 ' 9 Brooklyn 74 65 12 15 (x) One game with New York can celled. The New York Yankees, their Am erican league flag safely stowed away, showed no signs of letting down as they walloped the Chicago White Sox, 8-4, for Steve Sundra's 11th victory against no defeats. Coupled with Cleveland's 7-2 tri umph at Washington, this dropped the pale hose Into fourth place. The Indians' victory was accomplished on a six-hit pitching performance by Mel Harder. Coach R. L. Mathews Mathews to Start Weekly Forecasts The Capital Journal .tomorrow will publish the first "1939 edition of Coach's Choice, a weekly forecast of major western football games by R. L. (Matty) Mathews, football coach at the University of Portland. Mr. Mathews, former head coach at Willamette, Idaho and Qonzaga, had unusual success as a forecaster last year, and his weekly column will give football fans of Salem and vi cinity an expert's view of the major western grid contests of each week. He will forecast about the games each week, and give the reason for his choice. I Two Tentative Oregon Teams Put on Paper Eugene, Ore., Sept, 21 Coach Tex Oliver shuffled his University ofl Oregon football lineups this week with an eye to readying two equally balanced elevens for the Webfoots' opening game against Southern California at Los Angeles Septem ber 30. Barring further changes because of the spirited challenges by sopho more aspirants, the Webfoots prob ably will line up as follows for the Trojan test: Center Jim Cadenesso, senior, 100 pounds. Left guard- -Ernie Robertson, senior. 197 pounds. Right guard Cecs Walden, senior, 200 pounds. Left tackle Jim Stuart, Junior, 333 pounds. Right tackle Merle Peters, senior, 310 pounds. Left end Hymle Harris, sophomore, 193 pounds, Rlcht end Vlo Reslnato, senior, 190 pounds. Quarterback Dennis Donovan, senior, 190 pounds. Left hallback Jar Qraybeal, senior, 158 pounds. Right halfback Buck Berry, sopho more. 180 nounds. Fullback Frank Emmons, senior, 311 pounds. This combination will average 195 pounds per man with the line hitting 2003 pounds and the back field 188. Graybeal and Berry, as well as Reginato, are able kickera and both halfbacks and Emmons The second eleven, it now stands, includes: Center Al Samuelson, junior, 196 pounds. Left guard Ray Scgale, sophomore, sounds. Right guard Mel Passolt, Junior, pounds. Right tackle Roy Jensen, senior, llfS 308 pounds. Left end Bob Blenklnsop, Junior, 187 185 pounds. Rifht end Jim Harris, sophomore. pounds. Quarterback Roy Dyer, sophomore. 185 pounds. Left halfback Leonard Isberg, Junior, 183 pounds. Right halfback Bob Smith, senior, 100 pounds. Fullback Marshall Stenctrom. Junior, 308 pounds. Trojan Fullbacks Wage Merry War Los Angeles, Sept. 21 (Pi The battle for the fullback post at Sou thern California goes merrily on. Chief candidates are Jack Banta, Bill Sangster and Bob Peoples, either one of whom could lay claim to a regular berth on many of the country's gridiron aggregations. Sangster, a senior, may rate first honors because of his class, but the other two are pressing close behind. Berkeley, Calif., Sept. 21 OT The University of California Bears go through their first scrimmage to day, two days ahead of schedule, because, Coach Leonard "Stub" Allison explained, calisthenics un der Trainer "Cap" Pease put the football players in shape earlier than expected. in A I
