Skits and
Scratches
B; Fred Zimmerman
Canlini Journal Suoru Kdltoi
Silvrrtrm failed to finish in
the money in the Duration bas
ketball loaiiuc but mine of the
other quints that will participate
in the orthcommn district tour
nament should sell the Silver
Foxes short. They came close to
opsonins the Wooclbtim BuU
rioss the other nihl and prob
ahlv would have turned the trick
had not two of their members
fouled out. Woodburn and Sa
lem seem to be the strongest
outfits of the five encased, but
most anything can happen in a
double elimination series. One
thins is sure, the favorite can't
be given the bums' rush at the
outset because of an upset vic
tory on the part of a so-called
weaker quint.
V
.Must of the larcer schools pre
fer to decide the state tourna
ment issue on the basis of season
competition and lake their
chances on that sort of a pro
gram. The smaller ones, with
nothing; to lose and everything
to sain if they can slip over an
unexpected win, prefer In bc
comc involved in district play.
Such a system gives them a
chance to make a bit of money.
Viidmihlcdly Ml. Ansel's gym
nasium will he packed every
night. The Angels will be able
lo lake care nf the players and
crowds in nice fashion for they
have one of the best Symnasi
ums in lite valley.
Virgil Swanson, one lime bas
ketball and football ace of Med
ford high's squad, a member of
J the ' Black Tornado'' grid club,
1 coached by Prink Callison that
' smothered McLoughlin high in
I r27 43 to n, is joining up with
, 4 Uncle Sam. He has gone lo fori
Lewis for a new suit of clothes
and the regulation equipment.
Swanson is :to years old and an
employe of the Medford postal
force. He has kept in touch
with athletics by refereeing dur
ing the current season.
The Chinook arc not passing
over Bonneville dam in numbers
comparable with other seasnns
nf migration. There has been a
steady decline in the number of
Chinook passing over the ob
struction since 1041, The fish
and wild life service of the fed-
eral government gives six rea-
l sons for the Tailing off: Con-
?j Ntruclion of dams on the Cnlum-
hta river and its tributaries cut
l' J(lie fish off from their spawning
I grounds; drying up of streams
hy use of water for irrigation
purposes; death of young sal-
mon in irrigation ditches on
(heir way clown stream; ovcr-
i fishing due to lack nf centraliz
ed fishing conlrnl; water pollu-
3 tion, chiefly from sewage, min
ing and industrial waste, and
erosion which has damaged
spawning beds. Eventually the
streams will be cleaned nf the
sewage but it will be a long drag.
However, the gnnd accomplished
hy this will probably be more
than offset by the constructinn
nf mnre high dams, like the nnc
which is In he built just below
Detroit in the Sanllam. Another
decade and the salmnll fishing in
Oregon will he something for
the oldtimers tn talk ahnut.
".Eugene. Feb. 21 0J.R The Eu
gene high school basketball
squad extended one of the long
est win streaks in Oregon hoop
history last night by scoring an
easy 48-33 victory over Cottage
Grove.
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2 More Quints
In Title Seats
'By t!'. A'.ocl.vprl Prr)
Two more Oregon hoop
squads piled into district title :
seats today as the annual state j
prep basketball race swung ;
nearer to the finish line.
The Gresham Gophers clinch- j
cd ti' 1 district 13 championship
decided on percentage basis
by swamping Hill Military of
Portland. 34-27. last night
(Tujsriay). Washington's Tall
Firs battled to a narrow 28-24
victory over Jefferson to lake
the Portland league title and a
berth in the state tourney as
representative of districts 15-16.
In district 7 where Corvallis
and Lebanon have been sec-sawing
for the title, the Corvallis
quintet collapsed. 33-43. before
a lat;:-starling dark horse from
Toledo.
Another upset struck the
Blue Mountain area. Pendle
ton, which stands second to
Bak, r in the Blue Mountain j
league, dropped a game to third
place Milton Freewaler in the ,
crucial semi-final playoff for I
the district 2 crown. It was the
first step in an elimination j
round between Pendleton, Mil- :
ton freewaler, and Hermiston '
for tlx right to meet Hood River
or The Dalles in a title lilt.
McMinnville and Newbcrg. ;
neck and neck top-placers in :
district 8. hung on to their,
places with a pair of victories.
Aro.in.d the rest of the state. ;
class A squads clutched already- !
won crowns, or pointed toward 1
week-end sessions to decide the .
district litle. j
Jayvees Wallop !
Monmouth, 50-20
The Salem high Jayvees. who:
tool; an easy 30 to 20 decision .
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over nit iwiMMin.,1 n - ,
'T'..ot.ri..,,. niniit wilt lake on the
Independence Hopsters, Polk
county B league champs at 8
o'clock Wednesday evening.
There will be no preliminary
since the Sophs till with the
Hopslers second string has been
cancelled.
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Tifiavcl 4B. Hillsboso 3B.
Srapuoope 44. Vrrnonia 40,
McMinnville .VJ, Fos-et Grove 33.
Nc.vhrrg 2H. Bravrrtrm 24.
Dallas 3", Silvei'ton
Toledo - ConalMs 33.
F.irchp 4fi. Cotiace Grove 33
llnivcr.Mly ' Eiisene 1 34. fto.-ehura 31.
Lebanon S3. .Junction City 4Ti.
CrntrHl Catholic 5fi. Parkio'-e 29.
Columbia Prcn 48. Saiuly 36.
CJrr.ihani 34, Hill Milidtry 27.
Albany 36. Sprinsfield 29.
ChemaAa 37. St Paul 3fi.
Salem .layvec 50. Monmouth 20.
Sac red Heart 1 Rale 111 32. Aum: vuie 30
Portland Wash. sigton 2H. Jcfler.-nn 24.
Portland -Bnisnn 37. Frank!. 11 33.
Portland Lincoln 33. Rmnevel; 32.
Dallas Dragons
Nose Silverton
Silvcrton After trailing all
through three periods of com
petition and well into the final
round, the Dallas Dragons ral
lied to take a 37 to 36 decision
over the Silverton Foxes Tues
day evening. The winners tal
lied 11 points early in the fourth
period to lake t lie lead for the
first time. Silverton was ahead
7-5 at the quarter, 21-11 at half
time and 29-22 at the three
quarter mark.
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Stage Set for First Junior
High Cage Game Thursday Eve
The dope favors the Parrish Pioneers and the pressure will be
on Coach Bob Metzgor and his squad Ihursday night when the
first game of the scries of three with Leslie junior high is played
on the senior high school gym1'
floor. The Pioneers have the 'ecause of illness among h,s
greater height and displayed ! Inspects, and it .s pos-
superiority over thtir Leslie ! t"cy won t all be (here
rivan during the inter-school
tournament completed a couple
of weeks ago. But regardless
of the outcome, the game prom
ises the maximum in action on
the floor as well as noise from
the bleachers and gallery.
Coach Bob Kcuscher has been
having his troubles at Leslie
Chemawa Defeats
St. Paul, 37 to 36
Gervais By the extremely will probably include Bill Fas
narrow margin of a single point, j nachi. Ralph Morgali and Low-
ihe Chemawa Indians captured
the North Marion County B lea-
sue basketball championship
Tuesday night, winning over the
St. Louis Saints 37 to 36. The
teams were tied at the end of
the regular season. The Indians
trailed 10-4 at the end of the
first period but rallied to take a
21-15 lead at the half.
St. Paul narrowed the gap to
a 35-32 basis at the end of the
third period and finally took
a 36-35 lead. A basket by How
ard Logan, redskin forward,
gave Chemawa the decision.
Chemawa will meet Detroit,
South Marion champions, for
the county title. The redskins
will be favored to win this one.
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Noon Basketball
League Standings
Wally Wengenroth of the Li
ons, with 55 points, Don Bren
nan. Panther. with 54, and Don
Fredcrickson, Lions, with 50,
all seventh graders, are reading
scorers in the National division
noon basketball league at Les
lie junior high, Coach Bob Kcu
scher reports.
American division leaders are:
Harry Culbertson, Seals, 75
points; Bob Funk, Whales, 46,
and Robert Kleiwer, Ducks, 45,
The standings:
N'altnn.i
L:0'X 1.1
P.ini:iers 11
Ainrricnn
Whale 10
Seals 7
6 2fi
Boxing Earns
Extra Rations
New Orleans, Feb.
21
Sgt. Calvin K. Benedict is mak
ing good use of the boxing he
learned while attending Tulane.
He was one of a group of para
troopers taken prisoner by the
Germans. In a letter to his par
ents here he related he had been
awarded extra rations by win
ning boxing bouts in prison
camp tournaments.
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bcrlon and Funk his regular
lorwaros nave neen out 01
school while Ray Turner, con
tor, has been nursing a leg in-
jury. However, if matters im
j prov- the lineup will be Cul
I bcrison and Funk, forwards:
Turner, center; W ins ton Cobb
'and Larry Kleinsmit h, guards.
Kip: I string alternates are Bill
I Sproulc and Jack Miller, for
wards, and Billy Johnston,
guard.
The Parrish starting liiM-np
ell Spagle. all better than six
; feet, Dave Chamberlain and Ken
Gibson, high scorer of both jun
ior highs.
Eighth grade quints from the
, two reboots will open the pro
gram at 6:45.
Academy Cagers
Beat Aumsvilie
j Sacred Heart academy cagers ;
; took a double win over Aums- I
iville hich of the South Marion,
i County B league Tuesday night. I
: The first string won 32 to 30
while the SMA Bees were fore- ;
led into three overtime sessions i
before they emerged 29-28 win- 1
ners. In this contest. Johnson j
caged 12 points for the winners, j
The main event was close all
the way with the lead changing
repeatedly. Christensen of Sa- j
cred Heart was high with 17
points, followed by Gilbert of .
Aumsvilie with 16. Schwartz
looped the winning basket in
the last minute of play.
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In Hoop Race ;
Eugene, Feb. 21 i.-V.Tlie Uni
versity of Oregon breathed a bit .
more casilv in t he rarif ied at-
mospherc atop the northern divi-
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smn, Pacific Loa?t conlerence,
case ladder today after turning
back a spirited second-half Ida
ho rally last night to win 5H-4.V j
The victory put the Oregon- ,
ian? a half-same in front of idle j
i Oregon State and a full game
; ahead of also idle Washington
i state. The two teams meet again
j (un wit, uiaho scheduled to
; p week-end series in
, cvais WasninRton Slatc ,ack.
les the University of Washington
in a week-end doublebill and
winds up with a pair against
Idaho.
After tying the count at 9-all,
Idaho faded rapidly to fall ne-
j hind 34-12 shortly before the;
! half, then flurried for 9 points j
j to leave the midway count H 4 -10.
! Bob Hamilton and Ken Hays
paced the winners with 17 and j
: U points each while Leonard j
Pyne led the Idahoans with 14
tallies.
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The intramural basketball
program at Leslie junior high
school, just about half complet
ed, has developed a new high
scorer in Jim Moore of the sev
enth grade. Jim has collected
a total of 176 points in 15
games played with the Jackals,
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a fourth prrioH quint. Hp i
a seventh grader, one of that
group destined to write cage
history at Leslie. The Jackals
have not boon defeated. I
The standings of the other'
divisions include: Whales, first ,
period, ft wins, 2 losses, lead
ing scorer, Allan Kleiiismith, 96
. ' ' .' ,.,
land 1, Ben Pitzer. 14:! points; i
' Bulldogs, third period. 8 and O, ;
Harry Culbcrtson, 115; Elc- 1
phanls. 5th period, 1 1 and (1, Don
Hay, 160 points; Clnaffes, 6th,
period, 6 and 0, Jack Miller,
112.
Ray Turner, a third period
performer, set up a new intra- i
mural record for a single game :
when lie caged 44 points. The
old record was bold by Roger
Dasch with his lUi tallies.
Dayton High Boys
Guests at Party
Dayton The Dayton union
high school basketball team of
ten boys were honored guests
complimenting them for being
the 1944-45 Yamhill county B
league champions when Mr. and
Mrs. Everett MeReynolds, Day
ton coach and his wife. Mr. and
Mrs. D. B. Clark, principal and
his wife, Mr. and Mrs. Earl
Coburn, score keeper and his
wife, Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Bud
ke. president of Dayton Cham
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: David Little and George Trunk
! took them to attend the Oregon
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Oregon basketball game at Cor
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Ford Frick of the American
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