Skits and
Scratches
By Fred Zlmmermao
Capital Juiirnal Spuria Editor
' The revival of junior high in
terest in football hasn't come a
bit too soon, judging by the
losses which will be sustained
nt the Vikings institution
through graduation and de
mands of the armed forces.
Coach Tom Dryr.an loses 14
seniors via the natural route
of graduation while a number
of juniors who, under ordinary
circumstances, would have been
eligible next fall, will probably
find themselves in the navy, the
nrmy or Ihc marine corps before
the 1945 grid season rolls
around. Seniors who arc play
ing their last prep games in
clude Jack Slater, Tom Board
man, Wayne Weston, Bob Web
er, Bill Barlow, Ed McCall, Don
Wilson, Art Gottfried, Daryl
Otjcn. Curt Coc. Ray Litkc,
Harold McCauley, Mel Hilfickcr
and Eugene Lowe.
Juniors on this year's scjuad
include Ben Lambert, L'v Staats,
Bunny Mason, Nile Castor, Jim
Barlow, Bob Thompson, Bill
Heady, Itlcliard Harrison, Al
lan Bellinger, Jim Hess, Bruce
Rogers, frank Prince, Kugene
fowler and George Ross, Not
nil of this group will have
reached their 18th birthday by
next fall, but quite a number
will have arrived at that fate
ful age. It hasn't been the pol
icy nf the Vikjng institution to
play sophomores to any great
extent but it may become nec
essary next fall,
Horse racing in France has
been dealt a hard blow by the
Germans who swiped many of
the country's best sires. The
Germans just walked in and
looted many of the better breed
ing establishments probably
including those of Baron de
Edouard Rothschild, Richard
Strassburgcr, Lord Derby, Lady
Gianard and many others. The
exact number of the great stal
lions removed from Normandy
to the reich by use of armed
forces may never be known.
Cqnditions in that area now are
so chaotic that any sort of tab
ulation Is impossible.
A release from the Thorough
bred Racing association gives
an Inkling concerning the meth
od employed by the Germans
In taking the horses. The Ger
mans took rbarls, n prize sire
owned by Marcel Boussac. They
sent Boussac a check for six
hundred thousand francs and a
note saying they "(bought this
a fair price." "Monsieur Boiis
ac Is an old and very proper
and dignified Frenchman," the
story relates. "Undoubtedly a
good many Americans who went
racing in F'rancc will remember
him. He is small, with a well
(rimmed heard, and a little
stooped. He was very angry.
He wrote hack to the Germans,
returning the check, and told
the looters bluntly that he
, wouldn't sell Pilaris to them for
15 million francs. That would
he about a million dollars at
pre-war rates. But he didn't
get his stallion back."
Given time the Oregon High
School Activities association
will evolve a workable plan for
its annual championship foot
ball games. It can't be accom
plished overnight. One of the
weaknesses of the present sys
tem is the apparent unbalanced
condition of the four districts.
This applies particularly to No.
3 which includes all Class A
schools west of the Cascades
north from Collage Grove to the
Columbia river, exclusive of the
cily of Portland. There are so
many schools In this district
that it's almost impossible to de
termine a winner between the
time the football season opens
and the date fixed for the semi
finals. That's one reason the
issue had In be decided this
year on something of a compro
mise basis, although the hoard
nf control probably made a good
seleclion when they nominated
Grcsham. However, there's
bound to be a few squawks in
case Medford trims the No. 3
representative by a one-sided
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Army and Navy
Top Grid Poll
By Harold Claassen
New York, Nov. 21 M'' Army
and Navy the teams that meet
in Baltimore on December 2 in
the football game of the decade
rate No. 1 and 2 in today's
Associated Press poll to determ
ine the country's outstanding
eleven.
The Cadets, who conquered
Pennsylvania by a 62 to 7 score
last Saturday, hung onto first
place in the opinions of the 98
voting scribes but the remaind
er of the top ten underwent a
shake-up that ousted Duke, des
pite its 34 to 7 triumph over
South Carolina, and elevated
Southern California.
Navy, 32 to 0 winner over
Purdue, climbed to second place
from third a week ago. Ohio
Stale retained third but Ran
dolph Field, which romped to
a 58 to 0 verdict over South'
wcstern of Texas, skidded from
the runner-up berth to fourth.
The Fliers were followed by
Bainbridge Naval, Michigan, Io
wa Pie-flight, Southern Cali
fornia, Fourth Air Force of
March Field and Georgia Tech.
Notre Dame, whose long ten
ure in the elite ranking was
broken last week when it was
ranked 11th, fluttered clear
down to 18th this time, despite
a 21-0 conquest of Northwestern.
They were followed by the Sec
ond Air Force.
Both Army and Navy will be
idle this week as they prepare
for their titantic struggle in Bal
timore 10 days hence.
Sf. Paul, Stayton
Play, 8 Tonight
St. Paul The chambionship
of the Marion county class "B"
football league will be at stake
here Tuesday night when St.
Paul and Staylon high school
grid clubs clash at 8 o'clock on
the rodeo grounds. Stayton
won the south Marion title last
Friday by beating Jefferson 25
to 7. St. Paul went through
an undefeated season to lake
the pennant in the north end.
Stayfon Roils Up
Tolal 133 Points
Stayton Slayton high's grid
clcrs. who have scored a tolal
of 133 points in seven games
against 20 for the opposition,
will get a real test Tuesday
evening when they meet the St.
Paul club on the lattcr's rodeo
field at 8 o'clock. St. Paul has
not been defeated this season.
Stayton lost one game to Sil-
vcrton by a single point 12-13.
The Bcanpickcrs came back last
Friday to more than get re
venge when they piled up a 25
to 7 count against the Jeffs. The
record for the season;
Start on Opponent
M Aumftvtllr 0.
Aum.sriltr 0.
12 Ciervfti.s 0.
fi Jpifersoii 0.
3i Orvai 0.
12 .IrrfrrsAn II.
25 .Trflrron 7.
Halt Ticketlale
Baltimore Game
Baltimore, Nov. 21 W The
Maryland war finance commit
tee, snowed under by an ava
lanche of applications for tick
ets to the Army-Navy football
game here December 2, an
nounced today it would accept
no more requests because its
allotment already had been ex
ceeded. More than 15,000 individual
requests already have been re
ceived and officials said there
were enough additional envel
ops in the Baltimore poslofficc
In exceed the ticket quola. All
further applications after Ihc
next delivery will be returned,
they added.
DiMaggio Visits
In New York City
New York, Nov. 21 UR Staff
Sgt. Joe DiMaggio, premier
home run hitter of Ihe majors
before his induction into the ar
my, was back in New York to
day but had no comment on his
business other than that he hop
ed to remain to celebrate his
30th birthday Friday.
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Hudson Thinks of Everything
For His Four Day Tournament
Portland, Ore., Nov, 21 Wj If more innovations can be found
to enhance a golf tournament, the promoter of Portland's S15.500
open would like to hear about them , Robert A. Hudson, whole
Dempsey Explains
Famous long Count'
Chicago, Nov. 21 OP) Com
mander Jack Dempsey of the
coast guard, one-time king of
the heavyweights, came back to
the scene of his bitterest ring
disappointment and blamed
himself for that long-argued
"long count" loss to Gene Tun
ney 17 years ago.
Apparently mellowed by the
years that have passed since he
failed to regain his crown from
Tunney here in 1927, and evi
dently no longer concerned
with the length of that count,
he told the Quarterback club
here:
"Nobody is to blame for that
long count. The referee was
not responsible for it, Tunney
was not responsible for it, the
timer was not responsible for
it. The only person responsi
ble was myself."
The famous "long count"
came after Dempsey had floor
ed Tunney and then failed to
go into a neutral corner quick
ly. Dempsey was here with For
mer Lightweight Champion Lou
Ambers in the interest of the
sixth war loan drive.
Eighth Graders
Take 3rd Title
The eighth graders captured
the Leslie junior high school
intramural touch football cham
pionship Monday afternoon. The
winners blanked their ninth
grada opponents, 12 to 0, with
Al Smith and Irwin Fredericks
scoring touchdowns. Previous
ly the 8th grade club had
swamped the seventh graders,
25 to 0. This championship is
the third gleaned by the eighth
graders. Earlier in the season
they took first place in the soc
cer and horseshoe tournaments.
Muscle Party In
Armory Arena
A re-match between the man
in the mask and Rony Ross is
booked for tonight's tumbling
parly, better known as profes- i
sional wrestling, in the armory i
arena. Last week's meeting be-
tween the pair of grapplers was !
halted after each man had gain-1
ed a fall, because, it is alleged, ;
the masked marvel had been in- i
jured too seriously to continue.
The show will open at 8:30
with Bulldog Jackson and Herb ;
Parks tangling in a 30-minute
preliminary. Gust Johnson and
Earl Malone have been assigned j
the semi-final.
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sale grocer and "angel" of this
winter-swing inaugural, be
lieves he has even outdone
Charles S, May, sponsor of that
three-ring links circus known
as the Tarn O'Shanler All
America. The tournament, beginning
Thursday and last through Sun
day, has attracted almost every
top-flight professional in the
land, plus many amateurs and
both amateur and professional
women stars.
An elaborate scoreboard at
the clubhouse, raised, covered
and floodlighted, will keep the
paying clients and the press in
formed of all action transpiring
on the course of the Portland
Golf club.
Soldiers packing walkie
talkies will follow each three
some as they battle par over
the 72-hoIe route, medal play,
flashing the hole-by-hole scores
back to the clubhouse for im
mediate notation on the score
board. Hudson was worried about a
possible caddie shortage until
he contacted sports writers of
school papers at Portland's
eight prep institutions. They
told him they would line up the
bagtoters, and they did 150
of them.
But Hudson wasn't through
with the caddies. He announc
ed that he would pay their fees
out of his own pocket, taking
that burden off the players'
shoulders.
Hudson's crowning tone h,
however, was the decision to
construct grandstands along the
playing route for the benefit of
spectators and convalescent
soldiers, five for the former
and one for the latter.
The stands will be so situat
ed, he says, that watchers won't
have to pick golf balls out of
their hair.
Silvcrton The second clash
of the season between the Wood
burn and Silvcrton high school
football teams is booked for Sil
verton Thursday afternoon at
2:30 o'clock. The Bulldogs, win
ners of the Duration league pen
nant, walloped Silverton Armis
tice day 27 to 6. They will be
favored to repeat over the Silver
Foxes in the Thanksgiving day
classic.
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Odd Occurrence
In Hockey Game
Windsor, Ont., Nov. 21
W1 Here's a puzzler that
not even the rule books
seem to solve:
In a recent Ford hockey
league fame goalie Jimmy
Hogan thought he had
stopped a shot from the
stick of Al Shields, because
he felt the puck in his arm
pit. To his amazement,
however, he saw the red
light flash and a puck in
the back of the net. So Ho
gan lifted his army and a
puck dropped to the ice.
The rubber disc, made
in layers, had split in two.
The officials ruled a goal,
but the disputed decision
was referred to the Na
tional Hockey League for
settlement.
No Football Game
For Thanksgiving
For the first time in a num
ber of years Salem will be with
out a Thanksgiving day football
game. Decision to call off a
proposed contest with Jeffer
son high of Portland was reach
ed yesterday when it developed
a half dozen members of Coach
Tom Drynan's Vikings, includ
ing the regular backfield, would
not be able to play because of
injuries received in the Cen
tral Catholic tilt of last Feb
ruary. Salem originally had a
game scheduled against Medford
but this was cancelled when
the latter became involved in
the state championship series.
The Viks won four games
against six defeats.
For a number of years Sa
lem and Willamette had alter
nated in providing the Thanks
giving day contest. The Bear
cats season was concluded some
weeks ago.
Sacramento Ousts
Director O'Neill
Sacramento, Calif., Nov. 21
lPl Joe O'Neill, second vice
president of the Pacific Coast
baseball league has been ousted
from the board of directors of
the Sacramento club and an
nounced he would not accept
re-election to the club presi
dency. O'Neill, one of a group of
"little people" who effected out
right purchase of the Solons
from the St. Louis Cardinals last
spring, failed to win a place am
ong the seven directors chosen
yesterday. He announced later
he would not accept the presi
dency of the club again if it
were offered him.
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Bowl Guessing
Popular Snort
By Jack cuddy
New York, Nov. 21 (U.B The
; New Year's day football bowl
1 game people are getting ready
i to send out the R.S.V.P. invita-
tions to their annual sociables
: and the country-wide gridiron
guessing contest as to who will
go and who will' have to stay
at home is well underway.
A lot depends upon what may
happen this week-end, but as of
now it appears that a Jan. 7
lineup of opponents something
similar to this may nut be far
amiss:
Rose Bowl, Pasadena, Calif.
Southern California vs. Geor
gia Tech or Duke.
Cotton Bowl, Dallas, Tex.
Texas Christian vs. Oklahoma
A. & M. or Iowa Stale.
Sugar Bowl, New Orleans
Georgia Tech or Duke vs. Ala
bama or Tennessee.
Orange Bowl, Miami Wake
Forest vs. Tulsa.
Oil Bowl, Houston, Tex.
Rice vs. Oklahoma.
Sun Bowl, El Paso, Tex.
Randolf Field Fliers vs. Second
Air Force Superbombers.
Although the Rose Bowl
committee openly favors Ohio
State, the faculty fathers of the
Big Ten are expected to turn
down a proposal to lift the ban
on post-season games at a meet
ing this week-end. Moreover,
Michigan's Wolverines are lurk
ing just around the corner and
if they hand the Buckeyes their
first beating the Rose Bowl
boom probably will collapse.
Zamperini Heard
Tokyo Broadcast
Torance, Calif., Nov. 21 (UP)
Louis Zamperini, former Uni
versity of Southern California
and Olympic track star declar-
llr7 VfOf
9 UNLESS YOU CARE FOR YOUR CAR
NOW. Every car on the road toctay is
facing its third winter of wartime driv
ing; and winter driving is the toughest of
all. Summer dust and motor grit cause
costly engine wear. Metal wears on
metal when precious gears continue to
turn in worn-out summer lubricants. Ask
your Richfield dealer to help you beat
wartime and wintertime driving hazards.
10 VITAL SERVICES One SfudJ'P
1. SPARK PLUGS cleaned. 6. TIRES checked, inflated,
2. AIR CLEANER cleaned and cross-switched,
reoiled. lFJj 7. FRONT WHEEL BEARINGS
3. CRANKCASE refilled with uj lubricated.
Richlube Motor Oil. Wfmk 8' RADATOR cleaned.
4. DIFFERENTIAL refilled. (pf 9- CHASSIS lubricated.
5. BATTERY checked. ilaiO. TRANSMISSION refilled.
WINTER-SHIELD NOW!
ed officially dead by the army
six days ago, is alive, his family
said today, after a dramatic
midnight broadcast from Tokyo,
Monday apparently by Zam
perini himself.
Relatives and friends called
Ihc Zamperini home immediate
ly after the broadcast of the
"Postman Calls" program from
the Japanese capital with details
of Zamperini's talk, convincing
the family that it was really
him.
Portland Awarded
Title Grid Game
Portland, Nov. 21 W) Re
gardless of which teams win
Thanksgiving day semi-final
games, Oregon's 11)44 prep state
title clash will be staged in
Portland's Multnomah stadium
the afternoon of December 2,
Oregon High School Activities
Association officials announced
here today.
Victors in Ihe semi-final lilts
Gresham al Medford and Roo
sevelt of Portland at La Grande
will vie in the championship
battle.
Portland' Grant high whipped
Klamath Falls 6 to 0 to win the
1943 crown.
Mack Hopeful
1945 Athletics
Philadelphia. Nov. 21 UP)
Connie Mack, California-bound
for a three-month vacation,
paused last night to predict a
strong 1945 season for his Phil
adelphia Athletics and to scoff
at reports that he intends to
swap pitcher Don Black and
catcher Frank Hayes to Cleve
land for pitcher Jim Bagby and
outfielder Jeff Heath.
"But I can assure you," Jie
said, "that Hayes isn't going to
catch as often as he did this
year. Jim Pruett, our new catch
er, will help him."
Juniors Ready
For Big Game
Final preparations for tl
15th meeting between Leslie and
Parrish junior high gridiron
warriors were under way today
as both sides looked ahead to
Wednesday night's production on .
Swectland field with consider
able enthusiasm. The game is
booked for 7:30 with Parrish a
slight favorite because of super
ior performance during the re
cent intramural season when the
North Capitol street clubs won
every game over their Mission
ary rivals. Parrish, by reason of
its almost 2 to 1 superiority in
students over Leslie, has domin
ated gridiron relationships be
tween the two schools ever since
they were organized.
At Leslie, Co-Coaches Bob
Kcuscher and Harry Mohr have
selected approximately 30 play
ers for Wednesday night's pro
duction. Frank Brown and rAb
Metzger, Parrish mentors, h;rv?
been working with an equal
number in an effort to coordin
ate two different types of grid
iron strategy employed during
tile 'mural season.
Little weight difference exists
between the two squads and the
lines are expected to be about
on a par. Leslie's teams have
shown considerable defensive
strength in recent weeks but of
fcnsively they have not shown
the power of their Parrish riv
als. Nevertheless, in Bob Funk,
Larry Kleinsmilh, Bud Michaels
and Winston Cobb, the Mission
aries have a strong backfield.
Funk is an excellent left handed
passer who has not been able to
to get the best of results because
his receivers have not been able
to handle his tosses.
Bill Day, Carlos Houck, Frank
Garland and Ron Cummings, do
the heavy work in the Parristiw.
backfield.
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