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Skits and Scratches By Fred Zimmerman Capital Journal Sport Editor Dick Weisgerber, one of the : famous touchdown twins who i made backfield football history at Willamette a few years back i' under the direction of Spec y Keene, has become a corporal in the army and a daddy almost simultaneously. This information . was relayed to us by George .1 Lloyd, Willamette grad who re ceived a letter recently from Mrs. Weisgerber. Dick had re- cently been granted a furlough from his army duties to get a first glimpse of his offspring. ' Vincent "Stubby" Harriman, another member of the Bearcat I) athletic family of a few seasons back, reports from the air force I of the V. S. army, Drew field Tampa, that he was fortunate enough to become a member of the baseball club of his outfit. '.. "We managed to get six days leave towards the end of the season, and reached the seml- finals in a tournament held In I Jacksonville. When the army 7 doesn't give me enough exercise, I manage to get some of my own and have remained in fairly good shape. Military life hasn't done me any harm, and I only feel half of my ancient 29 years." Playing on their own court and having the benefit of a couple of scouting ventures on the part of Duane Mcllem, the Eugene Axemen are farvored to win over the Axemen Friday night. But lest the Axemen grow ' a bit over-confident we would - remind them of what has hap- pened in recent years when the J old rivals get together. Because of a division of the No Name J league into north and south sec- tions, Eugene and Salem didn't J get together for basketball com- petition last year. Prior to that Jthe Axemen had won but a single contest out of 12 played. Eu J gene managed a 23-17 victory I back In 1837, but since that time ' has been forced to take what ! the Vlks wished to dish out. More angles than the Pen- thanon building are entering into Friday night's cage contest between the Oregon Webfoots and the Washington Huskies. Rumors were being Issued from the Wcbfoot campus at an aver age of one every five minutes as he time approached for the big blow-off. The entire pro ceedings smacked of tactics em ployed by professional wrest ling's press agent department to drum up a crowd. And with out queslion McArthur court will be packed to the upper tier of seats. The latest flash is to the effect that Hec Edmundson plans to fly a couple of his men to Eugene, thereby circumvent ing conference rules without drawing a penalty. Coach Howard Hobson and his cagers are reported to have been slightly burned up over the dunking handed out by the Huskies in Eugene. However, it may be that the alumni are the ones who resented the so called "pouring on" tactics of Uncle Hec. The Webfoots show ed considerable punch against Oregon State last Saturday night . and no one would be greatly surprised to see them ride the Huskies into the floor during their two game engagement. Something of a tough break for Eugene and Salem high school quints who have to play second fiddle to the big show tonight. Gates Defeated By Mill City Mill City The Mill City Tim- berwolves defeated the Gates high school basketball team last Tuesday nicht on the Gates floor. 24 to 11. Mill Ctly tut (II) ntr Wrlilesworth 2 ...F 3 Oliver Drvir F 1 Hrnri'ft Tnirtnn 12 C Rilntn A O 4 Tnomni Prters 4 O 2 Oliver Bnbn (or Mill Cttr: Durrrd 1; Orih. Ruin 2. Aumsville Forming More Club Projects Aumsville Aumsville high school Hangers will entertain the league leading Stayton quint Friday night. The Rangers lost to Monmouth Tuesday night, 30 lo 24. West coast factories in the U.S. had an average of almost 100 planes a day between Pearl Harbor and December, 1943. AND NOW FOR FARMERS! An Automatic cnvrrane on all liability and property Aantare. Such as: on all autos, trucks, tractors and equipment on highways or arms Your hired men Injuring themselves and suing you for damages (Including their doctor and hospital bills If injured! your stock straying on highways and being killed or causing wrecks - your brush fire spreading to neighbor (arms and burning their property - your hired man nslng his car to run an errand lor you and having an accident - your bull goring a hired man or a neighbor - cattle rustlers stealing and ilaughtertng your atock -and many other perils. Without obligation w will quote it's low cost to you. CHUCK lilslNSURANCE 'ro V urn OREGON'S LARGEST UPSTATE AGENCY. SALEM AND 13ft N. rnmmrrrlRl Rt Aumsville Plays Stayton High Aumsville The 4H clubs un der the leadership of Mrs. Fran cis Sims, Mrs. Sehon and Mrs. Elmer Klein have been organ ized and are working on their various projects in clothing and knitting. Mrs. E. A. Bradley is leading a group of girls in cook ing 1 and 2 and Mrs. Ed Holm quist will organize and lead a group of boys and girls in Camp Cookery. Amos Bicrly and "Doc" Allen will meet with any boy or girl interested in a calf or livestock club, at the Elmer Klein home Saturday evening at 8 o'clock. Hornsby Offered Mexican Berth Mexico City, Jan. 20 (Pi Ro gers Hornsby is south of the bor der to discuss a contract as man ager of the Vera Cruz club of the Mexican baseball league but indicates that he prefers to re main pilot of Fort Worth in case the Texas league resumes play. "I'm trying to get the Texas league started again," Hornsby said, "but only Fort Worth and Oklahoma City are interested so far." Rival Courtsters Meet in Eugene Salem and Eugene highs, riv als in every branch of athletics down through the years, will swap baskets and fouls on the Axemen's court Friday night. It is the first of the home and home series with the second game to be played on the Vik ing floor the night of January 28. Because the Axemen trimmed the Albany Bulldogs by a lop sided score and because they succeeded in beating Corvallis, a trick the Viks failed to turn, the Eugene club is favored to win over the Red and Black to night. Salem has been a low scoring outfit all season and their 38 points against McMinn ville in the first game of the year were the most they have been able to collect at any time. On the other hand, their defense has been tight, too, and Spring field's 40 markers constitute the high point for the opposition. Rickey Confident Baseball Future New York, Jan. 21 (U.R) Branch Rickey is confident of baseball's future despite war time uncertainties, but he is glad to learn that the double-A minor leagues have a similar faith In the sport to withstand further losses in manpower. "They'll do all right, too, if players remain available," the Brooklyn president told his weekly press conference yester day. "As far as the majors are concerned, I can't find any rea son at all to doubt their going ahead, regardless of what hap pens in the minors." Colombia is the world's prin cipal source of emeralds and in the production of platinum is surpassed only by Russia. IE DISCRIMINATING Drink America's UNEXCELLED WHISKEY AITIMOM, MAIYIANO ESTABLISHED 1885 TMf STIArCHT WHISKIES IN THIS MO DUCT AM YRS. 01 MOtl OlD if . CMET MAttSHPIrXD Ralem rHftl 44 BLINDED Jff STRAIGHT Wff 1 & A WHISKIES I Melrose Oregon Eager Avenge Loss Eugene, Ore., Jan. 21 W.Ri Although they haven't showed much improvement in practice this week, University of Ore gon Webfoots are determined to even the score with University of Washington Huskies here to night for the double defeat suf fered in Seattle two weeks ago 40-38 and 67-25. Despite their 52-33 victory over OSC here last Saturday, the Webfoots are worried about the two-game northern division series with the Huskies tonight and tomorrow. Reports from Seattle indicate Coach Hec Edmundson will have all his civilian guns aimed at the Oregon hoopsters. Nine will make up the traveling squad, with Ronald Haug, a fleet-footed sure-shot, and Jim Mallory, forwards; Jack Nich ols, center; and Al Mar and Johnny Codd or Don O'Neil, guards, as probable starters. Pat Sutherland, center; Hal Robin son, guard, and Jim Peterson, forward, also will make the trip. Conference regulations allow one more player, and if it is Bill Morris, AU-American guard on last year's coast champion ship club now a marine trainee, at least one victory for the Huskies would be a cinch. Starting lineup for Oregon is indefinite. With the annual dad's day celebration on the campus this week-end, attend ance is expected to be at a sea son high of 5,000 spectators each night. Vines of Net Fame Shifts to Golf San Gabriel, Calif.. Jan. 21 It has taken three years of ar duous practice, but Henry Ells worth Vines, once the monarch of the tennis world, has come into his own as a golf profes sional. Elly Vines, one of the all time greats of the net game, has just won his first golf tourna ment against big-time competi tion. He captured the San Gab riel Country club's pro-amateur best-ball event yesterday with a course record-equalling 64, sev en strokes under par. AS Everybody knows how much trouble can be saved by taking a stitch in time and right now isjhe time! Since the b?st possible thread for mending the war-torn world Is a war bond and then another and another we must buy at least a S200 bond over and above our regular bond purchases, let's win the battle of the 4th War Loan! 6 Capital Journal, Salem, Langford, One Of Prize Ring, By Jack Cuddy New York, Jan. 21 U.R) A new world opened warm and invit ing arms today to old Sam Langford as Boston's legendary "Tar Baby" sat blind and penniless in his frigid, dingy room in Harlem. A grouD of New York business men . and women launched nation-wide drive for contribu tions that might lift the once great negro pugilist out of his poverty and provide the. 57-ycar-old gladiator with enough money so he can at least keep buying some "baccy" for his pipe. Langford is broke and blind now. Gone is the roar of the crowd that accompanied his amazing performances during Teachers Champs Volleyball Play For the first time in the his tory of volleyball competition at Leslie junior high school the faculty team of men and wom en has won the championship. The team was made of Principal R. W. Tavenner, Harry Mohr, Bob Keuscher, Ruth Carkin, Don Davis, Carl Thelen, Josie Holmes, Don Darby and Eleonor Roberts. The teachers, who won five straight during noon time competition, edged the Whites, who sustained their only loss at the hands of the faculty. This was a 9lh grade "A" league pro gram. Ttio Wli!l urnn lliP Olh crnrlo "B" division with six straight. Other league champs include: 8th grade "A", Greens first with six straight. Reds second with four wins and two losses; 8th grade "B," Blue-Greens first with four wins, one loss and one tie for a total of nine points; Red-Whites second with four wins, two losses, eight points. 7th grade "A," Greens and Whites tied with five wins and one loss each; 7th B, Red- Greens won with six straight wins. Oregon, Friday, Jan. 21, 1944 Time Terror Blind and Broke y 642 professional figiits. Gone is the golden harvest that meant so little to him when the whole world seemed his friend. The brown-skinned gnome like man, with the sawed-off, pudgy body and derrick shoul ders and basket-like hands can not understand his poverty be cause he can only feel it the cold and the hunger, and the absence of tobacco and the absence of visitors as he sits alone in his cubicle of a room with only his memories to re mind him that he is not dead. Although he is blind and broke, old Sam is richer than moat mortals in memories. And he should be. because his prow ess from 1902 to 1923 enriched the pugilistic world with fistic feats that never have been ri valled. From the time he licked Joe Gans as a lightweight, he tangled with the greatest fight ers of his day mostly heavy weights, although his best adult weight was only 162',2. Why was he living in abject poverty existing on a few dol lars given him every month by a foundation for the blind? Where were his former man ager, his former friends, and his relatives? He said, "I'm just an old I 0,',ore? ma" I'd rather not talk about that." Synthetic Snow For Ski Meet Chicago, Jan. 21 M There Is no snow in Chicago and none is in prospect, so Norge Ski club officials had a batch of the beau tiful stuff manufactured and placed on the ski slide in Wrig ley field, scene of an invita tional meet Sunday. One of the feature attractions will be Sgt. Torger Tokle, U.S. Milkers Toss Financiers CitT Lnm w. l Pf. Pa. Mayflower 5 1 168 15 Gen. Pint nc i 1 l6 114 Cavalry 4 2 17 141 Freshmen 3 3 1S7 1T0 Wooleni 1 5 139 154 Alrbme 0 92 13S General Finance cageros, who led the pack all through the first half of the City league season, found themselves tied after a session with Mayflower Milk Thursday night. The latter col lected sufficient points in the closing minutes of the contest to win, 26 to 22. It was a close affair all of the way. Air Base was shoved a mite deeper into the basement when Willamette Freshmen clipped their wings, 26-19. The Cavalry quint had little difficulty in outscoring Page-Woolens, 32 to 18. Cavalry () UH) Pace-Wnnl Phillipi 1J r 3 Shattuck Robertson 6 F 6 Juz Frank 7 C 1 6 Skopi Watson 2 0 0 Farnum Turjanu 4 0 4 Yocum Cavalry ub: Rains 1. Officials: Niemi and Proctor, .Milken (18) Gen. Flnanre Garrett 8 P 4 Ccinipton Peters 0 P 5 Ransom Schwartzkopf 1 ...C 3 Morris Drynan 4 a 1 Bone LiBhtnrr 3 G 5 Sheldon Milker Mibs: Masness 9. Genrral Fi nance: Reinhari 4. Officials: Ferguson and Neime. WU Froih (38) (19) Air Raoe Fedae 7 P 7 Jacobs Reinhardt 4 F 0 Hemnvr Deckert C 7 Card well Proctor 1 G 1 5 OV-r- Anunsen 4 G 0 Gosselln Frosh subs: Onclls 2. Heu 3. Oflicidib. Donovan and Peters. Jefferson Beats Scio High, 29-14 Jefferson The Jefferson Lions defeated the Scio Loggers, there, Wednesday night, Janu ary 19. It was a very good game and showed excellent teamwork. High point man for the Lions was Bruce scoring 9 points, and VanCleave for the Loggers with 8 points. The lineup: .lerfrnnn t2 Ml) Scio Bruce 0 P 8 VanCleaev BRrnes 8 F 2 Bryan Weddle 8 C McDonald Hend.rson 3 0 Morgan Knight a 1 Condy Cote 1 S 3 Andrews Referee: Shelton. The preliminary game be tween the Lions second team and the Loggers was won by the Lions with a score of 16 to 12. Baxter scored high for Jef ferson with 7 points. ... Albany Plylock Loses to Lebanon Lebanon The Lebanon Town team won its second victory of the season by thumping Albany Plylock, .39 to 26, Wednesday night in Albany. After battling on even terms through the first half, which ended, 23-22 in Lebanon's favor, the Townies forged ahead, hold ing Albany scoreless in the third quarter to garner a 28 to 22 ad vantage going into the final frame. Atlanta Crackers Sign Ten Cubans Atlanta, Ga., Jan. 21 U.R) Earl Mann, president of the At lanta Crackers, who went on a "man hunt" in Cuba for play ers, reported today that he nev er had seen so much baseball played as on the island. "And it is good baseball, too," he said. "It certainly is the na tional game there." Mann, whose scouting efforts brought forth 10 players to bolster the draft-riddled roster of the Crackers next season, said the island should be the source of top flight playing talent in the future. "I saw all kinds of players, and we signed 10," he said. "We have hopes all will report. One of them is a big six-foot, 200 pound right handed pitcher, who looks as if he can win in the Southern association. They are all draft exempt for six months, so we'll be sure of having them for the entire season. Two are professionals, and the rest are amateurs. The commercial production of tobaco began in 1612. 'x.j .-y JLJ if yjV. Exclusive Mountings ml wl'se Our Lay-away Plan ml Extra Hooping , At Willamette It may be that Friday and Saturday nights cage contests will be the last on the home floor for Willamette university's squad. Following the three game series the schedule calls for the Seacats to take to the road vis iting Seattle, Portland and Wal la Walla. Whether other home contests will be played depends upon the availability of desir able competition. Friday night's encounter will bring the Pacific Packards here for the second time this season. The Packards and Willamette have divided their two game series and the third is the one that counts. Saturday night's double bill, a polio benefit affair, finds the 'Cats stacked up against two strong ball clubs the Tillamoolt Air Base at 7:30 and the ArmyV1 Ducks, coached by John Warren of the University of Oregon, The second game will probably start at 9 o'clock. Both the Air Base and the Army-Duck squads are well seasoned with experienced performers from widely scatter ed parts of the country. In all probability Coach Trot ter will employ two separate and distinct units in the twin bill. Church Classes Competing Sidnev-Talbot The Sirlnov. Talbot Sundav school now hove a contest under way, divided into groups by the letters of their first name. TIRE Re-Treading Passenger and Truck flrtttott Factory-Controlled 1. METHODS 2. MATERIALS 3. WORKMANSHIP Prompt Service TirtttotH STORES Center A Liberty
