Lkit and
By Fred Zimmermen
Capital Journal Spoils Writer
A rugged, hard driving basketball squad is in prospect at
Willamette. The type of an outfit fans like to see-on. Tthat"oars
up and down the floor, yet has a pretty good idea of what thev
iicully confronting Coach Spec
Keeno is the problem of man
power. His team may be intact
after the Christmas vacation per
iod and scattered to the four
winds a week later. It would
be Spec's luck to have all of the
makings in sight and then have
the mixture blow up in his
face. .''
Quite a bit of uncertainty '
has been injected into inter
collegiate athletics by rea
son of the decision of the
Shrine Squads
Intact Hard
Work Booked
San Francisco, Dec. 21 (U.R)
The entire personnel of the east
and west grid huskies, signed
for the Shrine New Year's day
all-star game, today was expect
ed to be gathered to respective
folds by nightfall in preparation
for opening workouts.
During the last few days the
clcated gentry have been strag
gling into town and today they
were practically all accounted
for.
This included Don Faurot,
Missouri's c h a m p i o n-builder
coach, who arrived yesterday to
collaborate with Babe Holling
bery of Washington State in
whipping the formidable west
squad into shape.
Expected at any moment were
Coaches Andy Kerr of Colgate
. and Dr. George Hauser of Min
nesota, who will master mind
the cast squad.
Coaches and players of both
teams were invited to the shrine
club's public luncheon at the
Palace Hotel today and then
they were whisked off to rug
ged business of conditioning and
mapping of - strategy for the
benefit grid classic at Kezar New
Year s day. . :
Faurot, who coached Missouri
to the Big Six Conference title
this season, showed up shortly
after three proteges hit' down.
The three, largely instrumental
in the Tiger title drive, were
Bob Steubcr, 195-pound, back:
Don Recce, 225-pound blocking
Dack, and Mike Fitzgerald, 205
pound guard.
Spok
ane Bombers
Deep
in Texas
Los Angeles, Dec. 21 W)
Folks in El Paso, Tex., are going
to see one of the best teams in
the entire west New Year's day.
They'll be watching the sec
ond a.ir force bombers of Spo
kane, , Wish.,' against Hardin
Simmons' Texas Cowboys. The
Bombers yesterday won the west
coast army grid title by trounc
ing Capt. Paul Schissler's March
Field Fliers, 26 to 13. They won
10 games this season and are un
beaten. March Field had lost only one
game and had won seven
straight. . . Among its victims
were two professional teams.
Against the northwest Bombers
March Field was outclassed.
There were too many good backs
and ends pouring in and out of
the bomber lineup Hal Van
Every and Vic Spadacinni of
Minnesota; Johnny Holmes and
Billy Sewell of Washington
State, for instance. All can pass
and Van Every .and Sewell are
long distance kickers.
Expensive Training
Trips May be Passe
By Hugh Fullerton, Jr.
New York, Dec. 21 VP) It might, be a humorous (in some
quarters) development if some of the baseball club owners who
are busy finding new training quarters because of transportation
difficulties, etc., should learn
that those long, expensive jaunts
weren't necessary at all . . .
There have been complaints at
times that training under a hot
Florida or California sun and
then coming back to major lea
gue territory in mid-April did
n't always produce the best re
sults . . . And it isn't violating
the censorship to point out that
northern April weather often
isn't fit for man or beast, much
less baseball . . .' . So it might be
that the players would have
fewer sore muscles if they did
n't have to undergo such a
complete change.
Time to Duck
Ray (World Telly) Trullinger
lolls this one about a Connecti
cut duck hunter who invited
three friends to spend a day on !
Long Island Sound. They hard-
ly had set out their decoys when
CETa(U:Efc
government to chance the
educational program for
men eligible for combat
duty. The situation may be
cleared by the first of the
year and it is the wish of all
concerned that all may know
where they stand without
more delay than is abso
lutely necessary. ,
Wally Palmberg, who became
a papa recently while he was on
the sidelines watching his As
toria Fishermen perform, claims
he is through with basketball
as a personal competitor. He
played with the Astoria All-Stars
Friday night, garnering" seven
points. When he walked off the
floor he said it was his last
performance. - When Wally first
took over the Fishermen a few
seasons back, he was as Jumpy
as a champjon jitterbug and most
fans got more fun but of watch
ing his emotional conduct than
they secured from observing his
floor-burning courtsters. No
doubt about Palmberg being one
of the greatest basket perform
ers to come out of Oregon State.
A Christmas greeting and
note via Uncle Sam's mail
this morning from Tats
Yada, ' ex-Willamette uni
versity honor student and
Bearcat, footballer. "It is
now nearlng six months'
since ' our . departure . from '
that dear old city of Salem
. and how we' miss it!" writes
Tats. "Sometimes I won
der and daydream of how
things may have changed
and friends with whom' we
may have visited but its all
to be awaited.' - Being a
burden of the government is
no way of living, especially
when you are able . to do
more outside the relocation'
. center.
.. "On my arrival here I was dir
ector of athletics for the entire
center, organizing (Various acti
vities. In mid-September with
the opening of the high school
within the center, I accepted the
position as director of physical
education,. .as few teachers could
be obtained. With the enroll
ment of ;2, 400 students in the
junior and.senior high it was-a
big job, as I took charge of both
the boys and girls 'Classes. I
also set up the curriculum for
physical education - 'thanks to
Spec Kecne and Lea Sparks for
the college notes which I had
kept. As far as I can say, it
should be a typical Willamette
taught high school course. '
, "The .end of October saw me
going to eastern Oregon to the
call of the sugar beets and it
was really fine. I just returned
last week, but now I want to go
again where the air is clean and
the hospitality next to Salem.
If unable to secure employment
in eastern Oregon, where ' El-
don Cone, former Pacific U foot
ball player and later coach at
Woodburn high, is U. S. employ
ment man, I will most likely
head for Lincoln, Neb., where
my brother is working now and
plans to attend the University of
Nebraska next term."
' Yada, during his four years
at Willamette, where he was a
member of the Bearcat football
team, was one of the most popu
lar boys on the squad. And it
was not due to the fact that he
was one of the few young men
during the times of depression
who had- coin to jingle in his
pockets and was always" willing
to share his good fortune with
his mates.
a patrol boat approached.
"Better get out your coast guard
identification cards," suggested
the host . . . "Never heard of
'em," chorused the guests . . .
Just then a coast guardsman let
go a pistol shot not at the hunt
ers but at the decoys . . . It was
his turn to apologize when the
hunters suddenly appeared. .
Monday Matinee
Tulsa U. officials may ask to
have 'their early Missouri val
ley basketball games re-sche
duled because most of their cag
ers will be playing football in
the Sugar Bowl . . New York
baseball writers plan to hold
their annual dinner February 7.
but 'they're not expecting as big
an out-of-town attendance as last
winter, when they turned over
$2,500 profit to the Red Cross.
The Capital Journal, Salem, Ore.
Husky Quint Looms
As Northern Champs
Spokane, Dec. 21 (P) Coach Hec Edmundson's latest model
Washington basketball team loomed as the team to beat in the
northern division conference race today, after two wins over the
Vancouver, Wash., Ramblers,
strong independent outfit. Wash
ington meets Gonzaga here to
night.
The Huskies hung their sec
ond straight defeat on the Ramb
lers,, a team which includes the
trio which sparked Oregon
State to the northern division
title last year'by a 39 to 38 score
at Portland Saturday night. The
Ramblers trounced Oregon 45 to
39 on the Eugene floor earlier
this season. -
Washington dominated play
all during the game, leading
22-15 at halftime. In the final
eight minutes, Vancouver greet
ed Washington reserves with a
flurry which cut the Washington
lead to three points, but the
Washington first string was rush
ed In.
.John Mandic, Oregon Slate
center last year, was high with
16 points, and Chuck Gilmur,
his rival at center, held to four
points by the Ramblers the night
before, led Washington with 14.
Washington won Friday night
at Vancouver, 45 to 39.
Gonzaga has dropped two
games this year to the strong
eastern Washington college five.
Washington State and Oregon
State have eastern tours before
the start of northern division
conference play but the present
five-game trip is Washington's
main pre-season preparation.
Tomorrow night they meet the
Pasco Fliers, who won from the
Pendleton air base Saturday,
55 to 47, at Pasco and the next
night play Central Washington!
college at Ellensburg.
Beaver Cagers
Bound for Gotham
Oregon State College, Corval
lis, Dec. 21 Oregon State's bas
ketball team left on its second
annual road trip to the east Sat
urday night. The Beavers will
play five.of the strongest teams
in the east and midwest before
returning to Corvallis early in
January. -iS-' .
First game on the road is
with City College of New York
in the Madison Square Gar
den, December 26. City College
usually has one of the strongest
teams in the region. From New
York the Beavers will travel to
Detroit where they will play
Wayne university, December 28.
The next night, December 29,
Oregon State will be in East
Lansing, Mich., for a game with
Michigan State.. Powerful Brad
ley Tech will be host to the
Beavers in Peoria. January 1.
Winding up the road trip sche
dule will be a game with Wash
ington university of St. Louis
in-bt. Louis, January 2.
Coach Slats Gill will take the
following men on this trip: Glen
Warrerf, Mickey Brophy, Don
Cecil and Bob Howard, for
wards; Erland Anderson and Bob
Harvey, centers; and Don Dur-
dan, Lewis Beck, Fred Winter
and Howard Jeffries, guards.
Student Manager Vince Jessup
will also make the trip.
Hubbard Rockets
Defeat St. Paul
Hubbard The Hubbard Rock
ets defeated the St. Paul Pan
thers, 19-18, in a league basket
ball game played here last Fri
day night. (
Lineups: St. Paul Smith,
Kirk, Al Smith, Trent, Williams,
Ernest, Phillips, Coleman, Don
Smith. Hubbard Bower, Scha
fer, Moore, Ostrum, Garren,
Bravec, O'Brien, Morgan.
Cagers Take Turn
Letter Writing
Cleveland, Dec. 21 (P)
Once a week, during the
regular practice period,
the Collinwood high school
basketball 'squad lines up
at a table to work out
with pen, paper and ink.
Letter-writing seems to
have no place in cage prac
tice, but Coach Harry New
man isn't forgetting the
boys in the armed forces
who made up his teams in
other years. Sixty-four let
termen are on Collinwood's
honor roll.
That's why Newman
calls time out every week,
huddles his present satel
lites around the table and
tells them to start pitching
words to the school's alum
ni in the service.'
. Monday, December 21, 1942
Williams Paces
American Loop
.356 Average
By Paul Scheffels
New York, Dec. 21 (U.R) Ted
Williams, husky Boston Red
Sox outfielder who went into the
naval air corps, finished his
baseball career for the duration
by winning the American league
triple crown, official averages
disclosed today.
Williams, classed as one of the
greatest hitters since the days
of Cobb, Speaker and Ruth, led
the circuit last season in batting,
runs-batted-in and homers. " ' .
Last year he became the first
hitter in more than a decade to
bat over .400 and although he
dropped 50 points from his 1941
mark in the past season, Wil
liams spread-eagled the field to
lead by points with 'an average
of ';356 for 150 games. He won
the coveted triplicate title by
hitting 36 homers and checking
in with the most runs batted in,
137.
Williams was the man. of the
year in two other departments.
In total bases, he piled up 338.
Williams paced the runs scored
department with 141 to 123 for
DiMaggio. Top one-man per
formance In this' division last
season was the league-record
deed of Rudy York of Detroit
who scored five times against
the Chicago White Sox on May
24 to equal the best previous
total.
There were only seven play
ers among 100-game perform
ers who batted .300 or. better.
Johnny Pesky, Williams' team
mate on the field and in the
air corps, finished 25 points
down the line with a first-year
average of .331 for 147 games.
Others' to gain hat select cir
cle were Stan Spence, Washing
ton, .323; Joe Gordon, Yankees,
.322; George Case, Washington,
.320; Walt Judhich, St. Louis,
313; and Joe DiMaggio, Yankees,
.305. .. ..
Runner-up mark in homers
was compiled by Chet Laabs of
St. Louis with 27. Charlie
Keller and DiMaggio, of the
Yankees, hit 26 and 21, respec
tively, i
Spence led in three-base hits
with 15 followed by DiMaggio
of the Yanks and Jeff Heath of
Cleveland, with 13 each. The
St. Louis Browns paced the
teams with 62.
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Dayton Schedules
Nine Cage Games
Dayton Dayton high school
has a schedule which calls for
nine games between December.
23 and February 19. Amity high,
Yamhill-Polk county league
champs of last season have been
added to the Yamhill loop.
Dec. 23 Amity at Amity.,
Dec. 30 Lafayette at Lafay
ette.. .
Jan. 8 Dundee at Dayton.
Jan. 15 Carlton at Carlton.
Jan. 22 Yamhill at Yamhill.
Jan. 29 Amity at Dayton.
Feb. 5 Lafayette at Dayton.
. Feb. 12 Dundee at Dundee.
Feb. 19 Carlton at Carlton.
Vandals Trim
Whitman, 31-19
Walla Walla, Dec. 21 m The
Idaho-Whitman basketball game
here Saturday night started out
like a Whitman vs. Fred Quinn,
Idaho center, contest.
Quinn tossed in each of his
team's first 16 points.
Then he let up somewhat, but
he counted 22 points altogther
as Idaho won 31 to 19. The game
was stopped five minutes be
fore the end so Idaho could catch
a train. Whitman took a 7 to 6
lead but Idaho left- at the half,
20 to 10. : ,
Quinn scored 10 field goals.
The other players in the game
got 13 all told between them.
Dayton Union High
Edges Yamhill
Dayton Dayton Union high
school basketball team won the
first league game of the season,
played here Friday evening with
Yamhill. The score was 18 to
17.
U.S. Secures Corner
On Best Racing Stock
By Jack Cuddy
New York, Dec. 21 (U.R) When the war is over we can expect
a tremendous demand from turf men in other countries for Amer
ican thoroughbreds. Because of the nar, we have virtually corner
ed the thoroughbred breeding
market. Even the British have
shipped a large portion of their
choice stock to this country.
There are now approximately
1,000 farms in 40 states with a
total of almost 1,000 stallions and
12,000 mares, many of them
gathered from all parts of Eur
ope, Australia and South Am
erica. Youth is having its fling on
the Boston Bruins, pace-setters
of the National Hockey league.
Behind the club's astonishing
success this season is the kid
line composed of Billy Shill, Don
Gallinger and Bep Guidolin. It
is the youngest and most effec
tive rookie combination seen in
the league in many years a
combination that has inspired
the squad's older players to sur
prising efforts.
"Two-Ton" Tony Galcnlo, for
mer heavyweight champion chal
lenger, who is grooming for a
comeback, trained all last week
at Bey's Camp, Summit, N. J.
This week he expects to shift
his conditioning quarters to Still
man's gym in New York. He
plans to return, in about six
weeks. ,
The Rose Bowl committee Is
slated to convene soon and vote
a portion of the UCLA-Georgia
game profits to war relief. How
ever, we understand that the
Sugar Bowlers of New Orleans
can't follow suit because of
clauses preventing any money
from being given to charity un-
til the Sugar Bowl bond issue
is redeemed.
Sgt. Jackie Wilson, welter -
weight contender, writes us:
Wolves Boast
Clean Slate
The Wolves, Ducks, Falcons
and Blacks lead the four basket
ball leagues at Parrish junior
high after two weeks of play.
The Wolves have the only un
beaten slate in the fast ninth
grade loop. The Ducks and Fal
cons have similar records in the
eighth grade "A" and "B"
leagues, and the Blacks lop the
seventh grade circuit. Games
this week will wind up the first
quarter of (he cage schedules, in
all leagues.
The Wolves, paced by tall
Bill Worley at center and clever
dribbling Allen Gcmmell, have
three wins and a draw and need
only to beat the fifth place Hus
kies this week to wind up the
first trip around the circuit un
beaten. Close, on their heels are
the Badgers with three wins and
loss and the Bears with two
wins, a loss, and a tie.' Big Bill
Gash and Bobby Hagedorn have
paced the Badgers thus far,
while Alton Chamberlain and
Bud Campbell have led the
Bears. The Badgers play the
fourth place Beavers and the
Bears take on the Wildcats this
week.
Five top scorers in the league
are Worley with 43, Gash 31,
Hagedorn 28, Burt Kaphart,
Beavers, 24, and Fred Welsh,
Wildcats, 23.
The Ducks racked up three
straight wins in the first round
of play in the eighth grade "A"
loop and the second place Hawks
have won two of three starts.
Dick Hendrle paces the circuit
with 34 points, 21 of which he
scored in one game. Captain
Dick Allison of the Ducks is
second with 24.
Walter Foster's Falcons have
won both their starts in the "B"
eighth grade league and Teddy
Covalt's Blacks have won their
first two games in the seventh
grade circuit. Both face crucial
games this week when the Fal
cons take on the second place
Wrens in their loop and the
Blacks play the second best
seventh grade outfit, the Blues.
Bruce Baggett has 14 points to
head the former league, while
Davey Chamberlain is tops In
the seventh grade with 20.
West Salem and
Baptists Winners
West Salem and First Baptist
quints were winners Saturday
night in the second scries of
games being played by the A
division of the church basketball
league. West Salem thumped
First Methodist, 26 to 18, while
First Baptist won over Dallas,
32 to 21. A third game resulted
In a 48 to 44 win for Calvary
Baptist over First Presbyterian
although the losers had but
three men on the floor against
four for Calvary.
REMEMBER?!
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CORNED BEEF and
CABBAGE
Tuesday and Thursdays
47 Court St.
"I see in the papers that Ray
Robinson refused a match with
Henry Armstrong, claiming that
he didn't want to hurt Henry.
Well, I've been trying to get a
match with Robinson for
months, but he won't fight me.
He's not afraid of hurting me;
he's afraid I'll knock his brains
out."
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