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Newspaper Page TextThe Capital Journal, Salem, Skits and Scratches By Pied Zimmerman ' Capital Journal Spuria editor "Spring sports Slants," a mi meographed pamphlet bound In blue and maise, edited and publish ed by Whitman college, and dropped on thlB writer's desk by the post man, points out that "Whitman's baseball team has won the North west conference championship nine times In the 16 years since the cir cuit was organized, Whitman has won the baseball title four times In the last five years, and hals fail ed to qualify for the championship only once In the last 14 years. Whit man has won Bix consecutive cham pionship series from Willamette, not losing to the Bearcats since 1031, although Willamette won its last title in 1940, when Whitman did not qualify for the series." i We do not have the records to check the statements which the brochure sets forth with so much pride. Undoubtedly they are true for Nig Borleske and his Mission aries haw turned out some fine col lege baseball clubs. Climatic condi tions around Walla Walla permit the playing of baseball far earlier than is the case in the Willamette valley. That, In our humble opinion, .' Is the reason the Walla Waljans have dominated the conference. A point In this connection is contained in the pamphlet: "Whitman's greatest team In 1038 won 44 games, lost 10, compiled separate winning streaks of 9, 1 and 10 games In a row, and won two out of three against Yakima, Western In ternational champions that year." Fifty-four games in a single season! Up at Willam ette lf Spec Keene and his Bearcats get at 25 games they feel they are doing well. And , even if the weather permitted, they would have used up their ; allotment of baseballs long be fore the half century mark . could be reached. : "Whitman doesn't need to worry " much about us this year," .Coach Keene declares. "Linfield should have the talent west of the Cas cades and therefore will probably make the trip to Walla Walla." The Bearcat mentor may feel that way about the situation but nobody ex pects he will not try hard to make himself a poor prophet.. - ' : - ''There has long been a feeling by the university group who follow the tournaments and by many Sa lemltes that the local high school 'student body and. its athletic teams have been entirely too cocky over their 'achievements, and display a far too 'superlpr' air towards other teams in tne staxe. as a result, uie setback to their morale received by the vaunted Viks during the course of the tournament proved much to the delight of John Q, Pan who by nature likes to see the underdog : come out on top," writes Gil Leiser in his Sport Lights column in the latest ' edition of the Willamette Collegian. " Gil Is just about as correct In his deductions as he was In his broadcasting over the publio ad dress system during the state tournament 25 per cent to be real generous. That the average fan pulls for the under dog, there Is 'no denying. But when Gil claims that "many Salem Ites" feel that the Vikings are too cocky, he ventures beyond the boundaries of truth, But, granted the Viks and their follpwers are "cocky,'1 this writer believes any. athletic outfit that has gone undefeated through No Name . league competition, has won the state championship no less than a half dozen times and has turned in similar accomplishments, has a right to "tell the world." Person ally, we prefer a student body that has a bit of life and pep to one which has consistently had an ap proximate 10 per cent attendance at basketball games a situation which existed at an institution not very far from the pioneer atop the state capltol building, For a column that is headed "Sport Lights," the author thereof seems to have been groping In the dark when he admits that he "can' not find out from officials Just how positions of entries are decid ed" in connection with state tourn ament participation, Gil, for four days sat within arm's length of two gentlemen who could have explained the manner In which the teams are grouped. He Intimates that there was some under cover work because North Bend found Itself in the lower bracket' along with Astoria and Baker. Troy Walker, secretary of the OHSAA or Frank Gianelll, Oergonlan sports writer could have Informed Lteser that 16 numbers are placed In a hat and the pairings of the various teams result from their extraction, Wood Contract Let Sclo The Scio school board has contracted with Oliver Beard and Angus Leffler for 65 cords of 4-foot wood for the local schools for the 1942-43 school year, Price to be paid is 16 per cord delivered on or be fore August It, - , Ore. Fred Zimmerman, Shaughnessy Quits As Stanford Mentor Stanford University, Calif., March, 21 (U.R) Clark D. Shaughnessy, pilot of the old model T, quits his post as head football coach at Stanfod university today to go to the Uni versity of Maryland. Shaughnessy's resignation will be placed in the hands of the board of athletic con trol. Dr. Ray Altman Wilbur, chancellor of the university, has announced Stanford authorities will not hold the veteran coach to his contract, which still has three years to run. ' Confirmation , of Shaunghnessy's resignation came from his son, Clark, Jr., who made the announce ment In the Santa Paula Chronicle, of which the youth is sports editor. Appointment of Jim Lawson, all Amerlcan end. at Stanford In 1924 and assistant coach there for 15 years, as head coach was under stood to be "in the bag." Shaughnessy will leave the Pa ficic coast with a top-hole record. He came to Stanford In 1940 after a disastrous season at Chicago, where football was dropped because of lack of enthusiasm. In his first year as pilot of the Indians he brought Stanford the conference title and the Rose Bowl crown, with 10 straight victories. According to Clark, Jr., Shaugh nessy . will become Maryland's di rector of athletics and physical ed ucation and head football coach at a reputed salary of (10,000 a year under a 10-year contract. He will report at College Park April 1. The prospect of lean football years on the Pacific coast was be lieved to have promoted Shaugh nessy to seek other fields. "Football coaching for the next few years won't be much of a Job," Shaughnessy was quoted by his son. "A job of dlrecjor of athletics is mucn sater ana mucn more m tune with the times. Molalla First, In Track Meet Woodburn Molalla high by tak ing 71 1-8 points, won first place In a . three-way track meet here Friday afternoon with Woodburn and Ohemawa. Woodburn placed second with 50 1-6, while Ohemawa trailed with .30 2-3. , The results:. -' , Hih hurdles Shields. tJl. first! Kaiiff- man, M. second; Domett, M, third- : 16-4. 100 yard danh Peltz, W, first; Halter, W, second; Shields,, M-. third. :10,8., Mile r tin Calhoun. M, first; Bell amy, W, second; Karskadon, W, third. 4:50. 440 yard dash Dickey, M, first; Cor ns tt, M. second: Maxwell, C. third. :S.8. 300 yard low hurdles Kauffman, M, first; Halter, W. second Beckford, W, third. ;36.3. 330 yard dash Peltf. W. first; Dickey, M, second! Wood,' M, third. , ;34. 980 yard run Younaman, O, first; Sorenson, W, second; Calhoun, M, third. 3:13. Pole vault Shields, M, first; Williams, O, second; Tom Shields, third. 11 feet. High jump Edflen, c, first; Olson, M, second; Williams. O, third. 5-2. Broad Jump Peltz, w, first; Shields, M, second; Halter, W, Walter, O, tied lor third. M-fltt. Shotput Hepler, M, first; Duncan, W, second: Whitford, C, third. 43-1. Discus Duncan, W, first; Hepler, M. second; Beaudry. O. third. 12IM0H. javelin Duncan, w, first; Williams, c secona; wnitman, h, intra, isb-io. Relay Molalla (Dickey, Olson, Wood, Dayton Back in Baseball Fold , Dayton Baseball will be enjoyed by Dayton fans again after an ab' sence of five years. Through the ef. forts of the Dayton American Le. glon and school board new suits and new equipment have been pur chased. Coach Ted Hlppl announced that about 20 boys are turning out regu larly and that he hopes to have nine hopefuls chosen by the time the league opens. Principal Rex Kaaeber announo ed the Dayton baseball schedule as follows: i , April lo-Dayton here; April 14 Oarlton there; April 17 Yamhill here; April 24 Lafayette there; Ap ril 28 Dundee there; May 1, Carl ton here; May 6, Yamhill there; May 12 Lafayette here, Foxx' Broken Toe Now on Mend Sarasota, Fla., March 21' (Pi X-ray pictures today showed that Jimmy Foxx broken toe was heal ing and Indicated that the Boston Red Sox slugger would be back In action with in a week. Ted Wil liams' hip Injury also Is improving but his return to the lineup still Is a few days off. Lakeland, Fla., March 21 VP, Hal White's performance against the Cincinnati Reds yesterday vir tually ' clinched the righthander a Job with the Detroit Tigers. He re. tired 12 Red batters In order In tie four innings he worked. Volunteers Wanted For Air Observing Sclo More volunteers are needed for duty at (he major aircraft warn ing station In the Sclo vicinity, ac cording to P, W. Schrunk, who Is locally In charge of the work under army supervision. Four hours a day for one week, with two weeks off duty, Is the current schedule. Per sons available for this service are urged to report Immediately to Schrunk or Bea Oooch. . 8 porta Editor Relaxation plays a big part in swinging a gun onto the target in trapshootlng. Fred R. Etch en, noted Instructor is shown above in what he considers the proper position. The gun is high on the shoulder, cheek resting on top of the stock and the gun barrel directly in line with the eyes. , Warmerdam Fails In Record Attempt Chicago, March 21 (U.R) Freddie Wolcott of Rice flashed his Jack rabbit heels at the field in three hurdle events at the sixth annual Chicago relays to better one world's record and equal two others. Stealing the spotlight from Cor. nelius Warmerdam, who broke the meet record but failed to better his own world's record in the pole vault, Wolcott made a sweep of the hurdle races before a crowd of 18,000 at the midwest's outstanding track carnival last night. The lanky Texan established a new world's Indoor mark in the 40 yard high hurdles when he went over the timbers in five seconds, flat, to break a mark set here in 1939 by Alan Tolmich of Wayne university. He equalled his own world's records of 6.1 seconds in the 60 yard high hurdles and 7.2 seconds In the 60 yard highs. Warmerdam, angular California school teacher, established a new meet record when he won the pole vault with a leap of 16 feet two Inches, Officers Elected By Grade Pupils Jefferson The fifth and sixth grades of the local grade school, taught by Mrs, Clifford Rich, elect ed officers to serve during the spring term. Junior Wickcrsham was named president; Donna Lee Bruce, vice president; Betty Jean Black, secretary-treasurer; Dolores Underwood, reporter, The fifth and sixth grades en Joyed a party Friday afternoon in honor of the birthday anniversary of Teddy McKee. Mrs. H, E. Mo Kee served refreshments, assisted by Mrs. Clifford Rich, teacher, Stanley Miller and Shirley Oil- mour, representing the Junior class, attended the Willamette University citizenship institute Tuesday. Miss Josephine Getchell, social science Instructor, accompanied them. Pat Beal, superintendent of the local schools, will attend the Ore gon state teachers' convention In Portland next Wednesday, Thurs day and Friday, a delegate of the Marion county division of the O. S. T. A. Dr. Oroelng, of Llnfield college, talked to the seniors- Wednesday morning at 9 o clock. Pastor Buys Bikes Monmouth The rationing of gas and shortage of tires are problems which Rev. and Mrs, Victor Ballan tyne, Jr., solved by buying two bi cycles which they will use for the duration. Rev. Ballantyne Is pas tor of Zlon Evangelical church, Mon mouth, Saturday, March 21, 1942 Pollard Leads Stanford to Win Over Rice (Br the Associated Press) Illinois and Colorado, which had been favored to meet in Kansas City next week-end for the National Collegiate basketball title, had var ied success last night in a pair of contests that ended with Identical scores. The sophomore sensations of the Big Ten were spilled by Kentucky, champions of the southeast confer ence, 46 to 44, in the eastern play offs at New Orleans while Colorado sneaked by Kansas in the western meeting at Kansas City by the same two points. Dartmouth's eastern league cham pions subdued Penn State, district No. 2 representatives, 44 to 39, In the other game at New Orleans and Stanford eliminated Rice, 83 to 47, in the opener at Kansas City. Tonight's program pits the New Hampshire Indians against the Blue Shirts of Kentucky in the feature event at New Orleans with Stan ford and Colorado tangling in the western meet. The two winners will collide" next Saturday in Kansas City for the NCAA crown. Elimination of Illinois, the Big Ten champion, so early in the com petition was the shock of the first night's play. Pollard, the Stanford sophomore, poured in 26 points on 12 baskets and a pair of free throws. The smooth-passing Stanford out fit, which has great height and knows how to use It, commanded a 12-point lead over Rice at halftlme in the opening western playoff game. But;- for seven minutes in the last period the Indians were .scoreless while the Houston, Tex., club, buoyed by stocky Ohet Palm er, crashed into a breath-taking lead. Stanford won, but not until Pol lard came to the rescue with an eight-point barrage in the last min utes. , Letters Issued Jefferson High Jefferso n Basketball letters were Issued at a special assembly in the high school Thursday to the following: Don Gilmour, 3rd year; Gary Barna,. 3rd ., year; Jimmie Henderson, 3rd year; Earl Marcum, 2nd year; Robert Bruce, 1st year; Monte Weddle, 1st year; Arthur Harris, 1st year. Yell leader letters were awarded to Mattie Lou PUcher and Ruth Overholser. Song queen letter was awarded to Mickie Thurston, Baseball practice opened Wednes day with 31 boys out for the team. Three positions, catcher, pitcher, and first base, have to be filled as a result of graduation last spring, Over Night Camping Trip Occupies Club Aurora ' Members of the Aurora Squirrels forestry club attended the Marion county forestry trip recent ly. The trip was spent at Silver Falls recreation area, which was an over night camping trip, spent in the in terest of, completing their projects, Those attending from here included Richard Von, Wayne Russell, Bob by Ezzelli Edward Koenig, Oreta Brown, Warren Ingalls, Helen Clark and Charles Diller, accompanied by their leader, Mrs. Ruby Schantz, The identification contest result ed in a four-way tie for first place. Charles Diller and Edward Koenig from the local school and two boys from Marlon each getting 15 soeel mens, and Wayne Russell, also of Aurora, receiving 14, All Aurora members placed high in the con test. . The return trip from the recrea- tlonal area was devoted to a wiener roast at the South Falls. Fox, Resigns McLoughlin High Mllton-Freewater, March 21 () Rufus Fox, McLoughlin high school basketball coach for five years, an nounced yesterday he would reBlgn at the end of the school year, He did not disclose future plans, Mare Island Wins . 5-Game Series Vallejo, Calif,, Jarch 21 (U.R) The Mare Island navy yard appren tice basketball team won Its annual three-game series with the Puget Sound navy yard apprentices by defeating the visitors, 43 to 37, in the deciding game last night. Puget Sound won the opener Wednesday night and Mare Island evened the series Thursday night, Mare Island led at half-time, 19 16, in last night's game. Coke Mor rison and Ken Harrison shared high honors for the winners. Each with 17 points, Puget Sound guard A. Jensen led the losers with 12 points, Forests of pine and spruce cover more than half the area of Swe den. , Running Up the IlijjKWSiKMa COUPLE - TZna ;i WAT'S a WHtN 60AL High Score Make Hit with Fans By Hugh Fullerton, Jr, ' (Wide World Sports Columnist), New York, March 21 You may argue that it isn't bas ketball, but this two-points-minute stuff really gets the fans. . . . At the Garden the other night a guy who would walk out of a 2-0 ball game in the seventh inning saw Toledo bust the scoring record, then said: "Let's stick around and watch Rhode Island do it, too." . . , William (T-bone) Ma honey, Notre Dame's youthful track coach, Is the son of an old-time Arizona gold prospector. They say Lebanon Plays Sweet Home Nine Lebanon Lebanon high school will open its 1942 baseball season Monday afternoon in a contest with Sweet Home. The game will be played on the local diamond, start- lng about 2:30, Coach Roy Helser announced. While little has been learned here as to the quality of Sweet Home's aggregation, the Lebanon nine should be able to take care of Itself with several veterans in the lineup. The still untried position is pit cher, where only Joe Mangold has had any experience with the first string. He, along with Ted Manela and Ted Dally, who pitched In Jun lor high, will probably share mound duties. Arnold Ryder and Richard De Kuyper are also trying for the post. Letterman Bob Thoma will prob ably .handle the major portion of the catching duties, with Kenny Christ substituting. Three players, Clinton Smith, Bud Throm and Wendell Cook are competing for first base, Alvin Jennings seems assured of second, and Chuck Long at short stop, with Chuck Ensley a strong threat for the latter two posts. Captain Bill "Porky"'Reeves looks best on third, according to Helser, and in the outfield Calvin Jennings and Clinton Smith, unless assigned to first base, will be at two outfield positions, and Bill Heyne and Don Ellis competing for the other fly catching Job, Altogether a string of 25 players are turning out, including Kenneth Rountry, Stan Sylvester, Clifford Ensley, Reld Merrltt, Roland King, Jim Irvine, Walter Haven, Roy Ayres, John Elliott and Robert Erlckson. Stiner Prepares For Spring Drill Corvalils, Ore., March 21 (U,R The Oregon State college football team, Pacific Coast conference and Rose Bowl champion, will begin spring practice Tuesday regardless of any action taken at the confer ence meeting in Portland, Coach Lon Stiner announced today. Stiner said he did not know what players will report next fall but announced he would drill each line man and backflcld man to play every position in the line and back field to safeguard against being caught with Inexperienced start ers. He Issued a blanket invitation to the 2800 men at Oregon State to report for the 30-day spring prac tice, Why Suffer Any Longer? WHEN OTHERS FAIL, use our Ohlrsss .remedies Amazing BUG' cesl for 8000 Tears In "l"NA No matter with what ailments vou art afflicted Disorders, sinus itis, heart, lungs, liver. kldnr". Ktivnaith. vim Rnnnt.1nHt.lon ul'erS. diabetes, rheumstlam, gall and bladder, fever, skin, female com. plRlnts. Charlie Chan Chinee Herb Co, omct fiotmsi feMllf inS Selerilt ealr, I I I i.ie, ftetnMSer ens nSee e e.m. te MliSe 122 N. Coml St. Balem. Ore. Bill - By Art Krenz Games he has some pretty good prospects, too. - . Today's Guest Star Bob Phillips, Birmingham (Ala.) Age Heralds "It's nice, If a trifle unethical, that a talent ed baseball player should be financed through college by a professional team, especially if the player is genuinely Interest ed In getting an education whatever that means, Few schools lay It on the line in fees, board, books, laundry and ex tras for baseball players like they do for football players." Hoop-La The gals seem to have it over the boys In setting basketball records. . . Reports arriving in the past few days show (1) that the Borger (Tex.) Redbirds, state high school champs, won 32 of 33 games this year the last 27 in a row; (2) that the Oaklyn (N. J.) Junior high girls have chalked up 112 victories against two defeats and a tie in 10 years and have a current winning stream of 78; and (3) that the Ayr (N, Dj , girls have won 103 games In a row and five state titles in five seasons. Short Sport Story Jack Carberry of the Denver Post reports that when the na tional anthem was played be fore the A.A.TJ. basketball tour nament opened, the only play ers who knew the words and sang them were the Chicago Clippers Stanley Aimudzhl, Marion Padraza, Walter S. Ry blckl, Edward Bogdanskl, Caai mur Kllllan, Joseph Padraza, John Kardzlonsk, Joseph P. Prawdzlk, Dick Stargyk and Manager Frank Cajewskl, 1 ATTENTION! YOU WANT Today's NEWS Today and You Get It Only Thru The Capital Journal IT BRINGS YOU COVERAGE OF WORLD NEWS FIRST WAR NEWS The Capital Journal only Salem newspaper which' brings you the dispatches of the two great press asso ciations, United Press and Associated Press, so con sistently gives you today's news today, at iVo Increase in Price! BY MAIL 50c 1 MONTH BY MAIL $500 t YEAR BY CARRIER 60c PER MONTH PHONE 3571 War Causes Unusual Turnover in Coaches ? By Jack Ouenther New York, March 21 (U.R) At Fordham university to day a couple of engravers went to work on a glass panelled door bearing the title "Head Coach" and the minor operation they performed was thickly crusted m with significance for the town's football enthusiasts. They care fully scratched out the name of James Crowley and in its place let tered that of Earl Walsh. With minor variations the same ceremony will be repeated a dozen times between now and September at other major football colleges places luce Minnesota, Duke, Tulane, Navy, Southern California and Ne braska. Crowley Isn't the only couch off to the wars, The mentors are Joining up on all sides. The year Is still new, but already the turn over is unprecedented. The Fordham switch Is but one of many, yet it is notable, the rea son Is Earl Walsh, After almost a quarter century as a career football man this one-time running mate of George Olpp and discoverer of Frank Leahy has finally come into his own, A Notre Dame product, this fel low has been working as backfleld coach at Fordham for nine years. He never received his share of pub licity because in football season he wasn't available. He never saw Fordham play.. Every week-end he was out of town carrying on his subversive activities as a football espionage agent , For nine years Walsh has been America's foremost football scout, hopping planes for Texas or North Carolina or Indiana and spying on forthcoming Ram opponents, LaEt year he traveled 20,000 miles and saw 20 different teams. More than one of Fordham's olose triumphs were won the week before they were played. Walsh won theft In stadi ums 1,000 miles away. He is an unusually apt observer and he didn't come by his talent suddenly. He has been in football all his life. He played halfback for three years at Notre Dame and in 1910 and 1020 he shared backfleld honors with Gipp. Coaches Suggest New Court Rules New Orleans, March 21 (U.R) The National Association of Basketball Coaches recommended to its rules committees today that rectangular backboards and stitched basket balls be recognized as standard of ficial equipment for universities and colleges. The backboard recommendation, made at yesterday's meeting, would eliminate fan-shaped boards used ,by many colleges. The coaches also recommended that time be called on a "held" ball at the referee's whistle and not be started until the ball had been tip ped on a Jump; that a fifth personal foul be allowed any player legally In a game in an overtime period, and that where possible a four-foot margin be instituted on court boun daries back of goals, Gill Assigned Rook Baseball Corvalils, March 21 (ff) Oregon State college named Amory T. "Slats" Gill, basketball coach, to take on the , freshman baseball coaching job yesterday, replacing J. W. Forrester, who resigned re cently. GUI was varsity baseball coach for several years. Ray Robinson Stops Rubio 2 New York, March 21 UP) Ray Robinson, the welterweight walloper from Harlem, owns the longest streak In boxing today but he had to unllmber all the artillery at his command to stop Norman Rubio and keep his record clean in last night's punching party at Madison Square Garden, ' For six rounds the crowding, crouching Rubio took everything Robinson had to offer and recip rocated with an equal dose of dy namite, although he Injured his left hand In the opening frame and an X-ray examination later dis closed a fractured metacarpal bone, Then came the seventh, and Ray burled the Albany, N. Y., clouter under a barrage of lefts and rights that sent him down for a count of nine, He was staggered again by a terrific left hook a split second before the end of the round and the bout was stopped. ' The victory was the 29th In a row for Robinson since he turned pro after winning all of his 89 fights as an amateur. It was his 23rd knock out as a professional. 3 New Faces in Coach Confab Portland, Maroh 21 (IP) There were three new faces today as Pa cific coast conference football coaches met with Commissioner Ed win Atherton as a prelude to the vital meeting of conference bigwigs which opens Sunday. ! Newcomers were Ralph "Pest" Welch, who succeeded his old boss Jimmy Phelan at Washington; Jeff Cravath, who returned to his alma mater to succeed Sam Barry . as head coach at southern California, and Jim Lawson, who apparently .is the heir-apparent at Stanford. Welch an Cravath were among those present at a hotel lobby fan ning bee last night when word came along from Palo Alto that Lawson was slated to succeed Clark "T Formation" Shaughnessy, who was ticketed to accept a coaching Job at Maryland. The newcomers, as well as some of the more veteran mentors such as Tex Oliver of Oregon and Babe Horrell of U.O.L.A., immediately extended hairy paws in congratula tion, but Lawson shrugged and de clared "It hasn't happened yet."'' Then he disclosed that Shaugh nessy's move came as no surprise to him, and that if he did receive the head coaching Job he would be faced with the problem of 'obtaining additional assistants. "We have Harry Shlpkey as frosh coach, and if the conference de clines to permit frosh to play varsity ball, Shlpkey will have to stay -at that Job," Lawson said. "Marchio Schwartz will be back, too, although he's now In a cast from a recent back operation, and Phil Bengston just left us to Join the navy."