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.
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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
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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."
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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.
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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!
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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.
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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.
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