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Skits and Scratches By Fred Ztmmermaa Capital Journal Spora Editor I Desirable as a 18-team tour 1 nament would be from the ! standpoint of providing compe- titlon for a greater number of '-. boys, the board of control of ; the OHSAA undoubtedly will have to consider the realities of ; the situation come next March. Twelve teams were present last ; week and the facilities of the 1 village were taxed to the limit J If housing conditions are no bet ' ter next spring, some arrange ! ments would have to be made to take care of the youngsters ! If the number is upped by an ; other 40. That wouldn't be so '. bad and it probably could be ; figured out. But four more ! teams mean a lot more fans who J would come here expecting to i find beds and food. However. conditions may be different by - the time a decision has to be made. Some new system of stnpplnc fie contestants during a heated struggle should be devised. With the stands In an uproar it Is vir tually Impossible for the offi cials on the floor to hear a whis tle from the scoring bench which has nothing stronger than lung power behind It. Placing an amplified horn on one of the girders above the court, to be operated by a button from the .bench would go a long way to- ward calling a halt to proceed i lngs without delay, i Another need is a more mod 1 em clock. In fact there is need i for two one in the southwest ' corner and a second diagonally i opposite. The present tlme ' piece, donated by . Ben Pade, i State street merchant, had done yeoman service for a number of i years. Since Its installation vast Improvements have been made i and the modern clock is not : quite as temperamental as the one which times the games. A i big help to the spectators would be the Identification of the play ers. Cards with the fapys' names and numbers could be placed In a rack. However, these are war times and many things which would add to the convenience of players and customers alike may have to be held In abeyance. Dick Strife of the Eugene Register-Guard, who ducked the tournament after seeing the Springfield Millers lose to the Corvallls Spartans In the first round, believes Ralph Coleman made a mistake In accepting the officiating assignment for that particular contest. "In the first place, a Corvallls man had no business tooting the whistle for Corvallls high school; In the sec ' ond place Coleman made whnt i we (from the press box) be- lleved to be questionable, decl- slons against the Millers," Strlte wrote In his High Climber col i umn. He felt that Coleman J should have retired In favor of i one of the other officials al- though the assignment are i made out before the tournament starts on a rotating basis. "Home town" officials have ! always been the subject of con- i siderable conversation, some of ! It rather bitter. Here In Salem, ' Tom Drynan, a member of the ! high school faculty worked all of the Vikings home games. We ! heard no criticism from the out ' side, although a few of the lo- r cal fans felt Tom leaned over ' backwards at times in trying to , avoid accusations of being a 1 "home town" official. We suspect Coleman would have preferred to have sat out the Sprlngfield-Corvallls tilt, ; but given the assignment by the the board, there was little he could do about It. For that mnt- ter, Paul Warren and Emll Pll ' uso are from Portland but there was no criticism because they I were on the floor when Wash ' Ington was performing. They I were both officiating when the Colonials played Corvallls for ', third place. J It may be In the course of time, If Salem high Is contin J ued In It's no host basis, the capital city will be asked to prn Jvide one of the tournament rcf serees. Of course, the best ; should be sought, but if evpry- thing Is equal we see no reason J why Portland should monopo- lize the situation. longworth New Golf Champion J Portland, March 21 fPi Ted Longworth, Waverley Golf club, is the state professional golf champion today. J Battling slow greens and wind, i he won the revived Oregon state j; pro golf tourney on the Port aland Golf club course yester Jday with a 73-76 149, five over par. J Larry Lamberger, Portland, placed second with 74-78 152, 'and Joe Morel, pro at Lloyd's, third, with 74-80154. Among the first to supple ment sailing ships with oars Jwere Mediterranean pirates, who overhauled becalmed vie-'Urns. Vikings Plan 10 Grid Games A 10 game football schedule for the Salem Vikings is in the process of being programmed by Gurnee Flesher, boys physical director. Several of the dates are still in the tentative stage while others have been con tracted. Inability to close with Milwaukie for a November 17 tentative date, is holding up part of the schedule. In all probability play will open on September 22 against a Portland team in Portland. Klamath Falls will be brought here September 29, while it is expected the Vikings will trav el to Medford Thanksgiving day unless one or the other is in volved in a state championship engagement. Medford will come here the following year. The schedule in its present form: Sept. 22 Portland there Sept. 29 Klamath Falls here Oct. 6 Albany here Oct. 13 Corvallis there Oct. 20 Oregon City here Oct. 27 Bend there Nov. 3 A3toria here. Nov. 10 Eugene here Nov. 17 Milwaukie here Nov. 24 Medford there Joseph Gurzenski Replaces Dickey Atlantic City, N. J., March 21 (U.R) You won't read his name in the box score, but Joseph Gurzenski, a 34-year-old former miner from the Pennsylvania coal fields, was expected today to do the majority of the catch ing chores for the world cham pion New York Yankees this season. Joseph is better known in the bat and ball trade as Joe Glenn, a name he purloined from his employer when he was a part time delivery man for a Dick son City. Pa., baker. As Joe Glenn, Gurzenski has his task all cut out for him filling the oversized brogans of a guy named Bill Dickey, who signalled the Yankees' famed murderer's row to so many pen nants and world championships and whose home run at Sports man's park last fall gave the Yankees a revenge triumph over the St. Louis Cards in the 1943 world series. Semi-Finals of New York Games New York, March 21 W It will be DePaul vs. the Okla homa Aggies and Kentucky vs. St. John's In the semi-finals of the national Invitation basket ball tourney at Madison Square Garden tomorrow (Wednesday) night. A crowd of 16,273 turned out at the Garden last night and watched the Aggies sweep aside Canisius. of Buffalo, 43 to 29, and Kentucky overcame a stub born Utah quintet, 46-38, to gain their places in the round of four. In their quarter-final games last week DePaul whipped Muhlenberg, 68-45, and St. John's tripped Bowling Green, 44-40. The Aggies were held even by Canisius for the first 15 min utes, but after that Bib Bob Kur lnnd and Floyd Burdette took charge and the Aggies gradu ally pulled away, at one time holding a 30-14 advantage. Kur land and Burdette together col lected 31 points. Salem Leffermen To Hold Banquet The annual banquet of the "S" club, Salem high school let tcrman organization Is to be held in the cafeteria at 7:30 Tuesday evening. Fred D. Wolf, who recently resigned from the principalship will be guest of the club as will be Superintend ent Frank B. Bennett, Walter Snyder, curriculum coordinator and several other school offic ials. Properties Are Sold Amity Homer L. Fitzgerald has sold his place In the south east part of Amity to Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Mathews of Tillamook who will take possession this spring. Mr. Fitzgerald has bought the F. Chase Thomas property on south Trade street. The Thomas family moved to Portland two years ago. Mr. Fitzgerald is the local painter and paper hanger. Wrestling SALEM ARMORY TONIGHT, 8:30 Featuring Some of the World's Best Light Heavy weights Salem Wrestling Comm. 6 Capital Journal, Salem, Oregon, Tuesday, Mar. 21, 1944 Thorpe Recommends Athletic Program to Cure Delinquency By Ben H. Cook Hollywood, March 21 lMt) Jim Thorpe, who was 19 years old when Glenn S. (Pop) Warner first got him interested in becoming an athlete, thinks the Amateur Athletic union could develop good, Pitcher Seeking Shift Spotlight Lafayette, Ind., March 21 (U.R) Mike Naymlck, Giant Cleveland pitcher, whose size 17 shoes have photographed oftener than a Hollywood sweater girl, hopes the 1944 baseball season will gain him a more dignified trademark. ..Naymick speaks of his newly -developed aldearm pitch, instead of his over developed feet. The six foot, eight inch, 204 pound right hander, patted his pitching arm affectionately after the Cleveland Indians closed a spring drill at Purdue's unversity field house, and said: "I'm not making any predictions, but I hope this is my year. This sidearm delivery has done wonders for me, and I'm learning to control it better all the time. Maybe I'll have something to talk about besides my big feet." Sarge Harrison Leading McSpaden Charlotte, N. C, March 21 M Sgt. Ed (Dutch) Harrison, for mer Little Rock, Ark., pro, 14 under par for 54 holes and four strokes ahead of Harold (Jug) McSpaden of Philadelphia, was the choice today to win the $7500 Charlotte golf open. Harrison, who made a hole-in-one in the second day of the meet Saturday, continued his near-flawless golf yesterday and played the 18 holes In six under par for a 54-hole total of 202. McSpaden, with 206, was four strokes ahead of Sammy Byrd, Detroit, both of whom had four under par 68's, yesterday. Craig Wood of Mamaroneck, N. Y., had a 68 which gave him fourth place with 211. Jimmy Hines of Great Neck, N. Y., was fifth with 212. Byron Nelson, Toledo, O., had 213, Thurman Edwards, Winston-Salem, N. C, 214; Bob Hamilton of Evansville, Ind., the winner of the north and south open, 216. Beavers Prepare For Seals Tilt San Jose. Cal., Mrach 21 U. The Portland Beavers were scheduled to hold a hot practice session today in preparation for tomorrow night's game against the San Francisco Seals. The Beavers will meet the Alameda coast guard nine Fri day, the Navy Sea Lions, Satur day and McClellan Field, Sacra mento, Sunday. Manager Marvin Owens said he was pleased with his new pitcher, left-hander Joe Sulli van, who took part in a light work out yesterday. Dallas Hi Coach Wins on Ashland Dallas With his bets cannily placed on the Ashland high team as a winner in the basketball tournament held last week in Salem, Coach O. E Anderson of the Dallas Dragons, pocketed change over the week-end from Dallasites whose prognostica tions were less accurate. Ander son, whose Dragons made a rec ord of 16 wins for the season, with single point losses to Mc Minnville and Mt. Angel, is now lining up a baseball team with games scheduled to start some time In April. Am you CANADA DRY WATER ,B post-war American Olympic champions and at the same time keep the country's boys so busy they won t have time to be delinquents by sponsoring an nual junior Olympics. Otherwise, contends the husky 55-year-old Indian who still holds two unofficial Olym pic games records set at Stock hold in 1912, the boys will have nothing to keep their competi tive spirit alive, and resumption of the Olympics after the war might see the end of American supremacy. Here's what he recommends: Events for boys of all ages, with competitive divisions based upon age, weight or school year. Local tryouts, followed by state-wide competition to select entrants for the national junior Olympics "somewhere in the middle west." "Everyone realizes that juve nile delinquency increases in war time. With summer and school vacations coming, I be lieve we can give the kids a healthy, clean method of occu pying their time by putting the junior Olympics plan in motion now. "A boy who goes Into training with the Idea that some day he may become one of the world's greatest athletes will have little time to get into mischief. He will be thinking too much about building up that valuable body of his," Thorpe said. Kiser and McEuin In Armory Arena A rematch between Jack Kiser and Bill McEuin highlight Tuesday night's wrestling show at the armory. The "revote" was arranged after the old fami liar mixup with the third man in the ring last week. The semi-windup will feature Ernie Piluso and Buck Davidson In a 30-minute engagement. The ex hibition will open with Toughie Porter opposing Milt Olson. Athletics Go to Field in Sled Frederick, Md March 21 U Another sleigh ride was in prosDect today for the Phila delphia Athletics, who were forced to divide their big squad and go into separate indoor training sessions at the local armory and the' YMCA. Mana ger Connie Mack hired an old fashioned sleigh with a team of horses to transport the players from their headquarters. Out fielder Rip Radcliff notified Mack he would take his pre-in-duction physical examination March 2. Medford, Mass., March 21 (U.R) Manager Joe Cronin, short on pitchers, was pleased today with the work of George Woods, big right hander who won five and lost eight for the Boston Red Sox in 1943. It is estimated that American victory gardens will produce 2 billion pounds more food in 1944 than they did last year. TIRE Re-Treading Passenger and Truck Tiretfone Factory-Controlled 1. METHODS 2. MATERIALS 3. WORKMANSHIP Prompt Service No Certificate Necessary ?irttotte STORES Center A Liberty sta tear tie u: nus DEPOSIT Unada rt First Contest Denver. March 21 U0 Keen er competition was the keynote today as the national A. A. U. basketball tournament moved into the third day of play. Play last night was featured by the successful debut of the defending champion Phillips 68" Oilers. The Bartlesville, Okla., five appeared to have dif ficulty in getting started early in their game with Old Home Bread of Sioux City, la., but after warming up had no trou ble in taking the contest, 65-43. Scores in yesterday's play ran high for the most part, as in the opening day games. One other featured game on yesterday's program was that of Denver's Ambrose-Legion and the Amer ican Gear squad of Chicago. The Legion won by 47-37. Seeded teams to see action to day are 20th Century Fox, Dow E is a family WOMEN'S ROCHELLE OXFORDS 3.49 Give your feet a new lease on life with a pair of these famous corrective shoesl Quality leathers, expertly fashioned, go Into their making . , , and their firm support ii so comfortablel Rationed. MEN'S LA SALLE OXFORDS 4.95 For quality at a thrifty price, these LaSalle oxfords are hard to beatl For business or dress, you'll like the black leather custom oxford; for sports try a brown leather mudguard shoe. Rationed. BOYS' RUGGED BROWN OXFORDS 2.69 The mannish styles boys prefer . ; . the wing tip ond moc vamp ox . fords. Mothers like them too because they wear to long and well. Wing tip style hat Plioflex sole, moc oxford hat cord sole. Rationed. WOMEN'S NURSI OXFORD JL49 Trtat your fttt to nw comfort with th famous Nlghtandayi In imooth black kid. Rattontd., Mont Chemical, Fort Warren, Wyo., Boeing Bombers and Alpine Dairy. Scores yesterday included: (first Boundl Bon Hsrness, Des Moinei, la., 64, Lara nil. Wyo., Cleaner! 97. Fort Loian as. Camp Cooke. Cal.. 46. Esso, Baton Route. La., 64, Omaha Uni versity 42. (Second Bound) Loian, Utah, Collealana 4. Port Leav enworth. Kan.. 43. Albtna Hellshipt. Portland. Ore., W, Nut House. Lincoln. Neb.. It. Cessna Bobcats. Wichita. Kan., 51. Cen tral Coast All-Service 36. Allen-Bradltr. Milwaukee. 71. Colorado Colleie 43 Ambro.e-Letton 47. American Oear, Chlcaao 37. Phillips "66" 66. Old Home Bread, Bioux City. la.. 43. Eramex caverns. Stanton, Mo.. 40. Colorado U. Medics 38. Chinook Salmon Up Willamette Oregon City, March 21 UP) The Chinook salmon run has started in the Willamette river. Fishermen report week-end catches of salmon weighing up to 28 pounds at the mouth of the Clackamas river. An atoll consists of a coral reef surrounding a central lagoon. aster shopping for smart long-wearing shoes affair at Wards CHUIBY ANKLI OOT White kid, mad to give Infants chubby ankles me support they need. Slits 2 to 4, not rationed. gomery Football Plans Of Tri County Lebanon Coaches, principals and representatives of the Tri county league took advantage of their presence at the state high school basketball tournament last Saturday in Salem to elect officers and draft their 1944 football schedule. Cecil Davis, Springfield high principal, and Mel Johnson, Springfield coach, were elected president and secretary, respec tively, replacing Irvin F. Bryan and Lawrence F. Page, princi pal and coach both of Lebanon, in these positions. At the suggestion of Davis, the league voted to give his school $10 toward a trophy for their championship team of 1943. The league will again be di vided into a northern and south ern division, with three league games scheduled in each group. SPORT OXFORDS GIRLS LIKE 2.69 Girls and women choose these styles for their trim good looks and barefoot comfortl Some like the easy-fitting biucher with leather sole, others prefer a moc toe oxford with rubber sol. CHILDREN'S STURDY Rugged styles in durable brown leather that ars Ideal for school or playl The plain toe boot with leather soles gives firm support. The moc toe oxford with Plioflex soles Is made for rough wear. MISSES' WHITE DRESS PUMPS 2.39 Sparkling young pumps with the gay, dressed up look girls adore! Choose either a smart T ttrap, or a imooth bow pump, both In oft white leather with perforated vamps ond leather tolas. Rationed. GIRLS' PATINT T STRAP 2.85 She'll be proud to wear this dainty T strap for dretil Hat leather sates, Sim VA to 8. The championship playoff be tween north and south will be November 17 on the southern team's home field. Howevar, northern . and southern teajrij may play each other In non league contests prior to the play-off. Schedule for 1944: Northern Oct. 13 University HUth at Junction City Sweet Home at Lebanon Oct. 37 Ur.lverslty Hlih at Sweet Home Junction City ' at Lebanon Nov. 10-11 Sweet Home at Junction Cltj Lebanon at University Hlirt Southern 1 Oct. 13 Roieburr at Cottate Grove Spr.nifleld at Reedsport Oct. 31 Rosebura at Sprlndleld Reedsport at Cottaae Orovt Nov. 10-11 Sprlnafleld at Cottaae Orova Reedsport at Rosebura Nov. 17 Championship playofl in south. Powers Honored Guest Falls City Mrs. William Powers gave a birthday party honoring her husband, William Powers, at her home. Cards were played and refreshments were served to Mr. and Mrs. Chester Burbank, Mr. and Mrs, William Poland, Roy Jones, Mr. and Mrs. William Powers and daughter Violet. -f SHOES 2.49 GIRLS' WHITI MOC styh 2.19 An unlined camp not (n imooth (other, with hand -sown vamp ond black rubbtr lola. RoHontd. Ward -4- 155 NORTH LIBERTY PHONE 3194
