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r Skits and Scratches By Fred Zimmerman CaDiiai Journal Spurts fcditoi Anybody in those parts inter ested in professional basketball on a leacue ha? is? If so, one .Jo seph Behoff. who gives his ad dress as fil9 South Key street, Tacnma. would like to hear from them. Behoff. who gives no in formation concerning his back ground, writes that he plans to get behind professional basket ball in the northwest aftrr Hip close of the war. "It will be a long time brfore bis league baseball will be played in the northwest, or it may never be played here." comments Be hoff. "Football had its fling and failed. Big time basketball can he had here and it will not fail if properly handed. My plans are to give every large city in the northwest a special weekly attraction of the very best teams in the country. What I would like to do right now would be to get in touch with the general sporting element of the north west, such as players, coaches, managers, promoters, sponsors and others who would be inter ested." One thine: professional bas ketball has over football or baseball is the smaller amount of money involved. Equipment, quite an investment in football and baseball, costs little on a comparative basis for basket ball. Fewer players are needed, cutting down travel and living costs. The larger centers of the east have gone for pro basket ball in a big way and something on a smnller scale might be ac complished out this way. .lust what Behoff means by the "large" cities of the northwest we have no way of determining. Gurnee Flesher physical di rector of boys for Salem schools, fully intends to place baseball in the curriculum this spring but he's making no schedule of games until he has had a chance to locate a few prospective pitchers. A general call for can didates for all positions will be issued in a few days. After that, Gurnee may hi'e something to say concerning competition. . . . Salem high doesn't plan to enter a team in the wrestling meet which C a n b y is beating the drum for next Friday night. Canby is said to have a wrestl ing team of championship cali bre and is anxious to see how the matmen slack up against outside competition, In any event, it is br-ing advertised as a "state meet" under the joint sponsorship of Coach C. A. Blood of Cnnhv and Coach Geo. Gillis of Sandy. "We have some pretty good boys, but we haven't had time to really get down and drill fir tournament compel it ion," Phy sical Director Flesher comments. Wrestling such as has hern spon sored at the Viking institution, has been on a physical condi t inning basis, rather than for com pet it ion. However, a dozen or 1 5 boy s will be en I ered i n the three-way meet at the blind school Thursday evening Dal las high will be the third mem ber of the group. If this sort of weather continues for long val ley schools may be forced to center on sports that can be played under cover. Certainly the cold rains have not been conducive to participation in bsaebnll and track. Tf boxing promoters In this country feel they are having their difficulties herausr of war, lime obstacles, they should com- j parr notes with Sergeant Allen1 , a Com be, whn lias been doing I the leg work for his lieutenant In Iran. "My pnnr lieutenant is flie one who is blowing his top trying to arm hep meals, because Egyptians, Indians, Russians, Arabs. Persians do not eat cer tain foods o n v e rt a in days, I guess he will have to fix separ ate meals f f i r each team." There were fi7 fighters in the tourna ment. II Egyptians. 17 HntMi ers, Cuited S'ates 22 while the Kussi;iiis, Arabs and Per sians entered four each. fir$$fone II II in o Insulation SXVfS UP TO 30,o IN FUEL COSTS Rrl 298 17".., ff. FREE ESTIMATE Tire tone STOIC Thnne Dill for ! Ihrrtv A f rntrr St Blooper Rip ff Signs Contract New York. March 21 Truett "Rip" Seweli and his famous "blooper"' pitch will be back with the Pittsburgh Pirates as usual this year. The veteran righthander, who won 21 games last season, signed his contract veterdav. The Pirates' pitching prob I lems thus diminished. Max But ! eher, thfir 13-gamo winner in ' 1944. helped the situation by rrpnru rig if) uie .n ui il n.-, u m., , camp. Elsewhere on the baseball training front: ! Brooklyn Manager Leo Du , rocher took the offer of Presi i dent Branch Rickey that he I would pay a bonus of $1000 if Leo would play second base for the firt la games of the season, i Chicago Cubs Bob Chipman, N'o. 1 southpaw checked into : camp last night, saying he's in j "pretty good" condition. I Detroit Total of 21 players ! now in camp. Nolable absentees i include first baseman Rudy York, third baseman Pinky Ilifi I gins, pitcher Rufe Gentry, and outfielders Jimmy Outlaw and Don Rose. t Cleveland Vice President 1 Roger Peckin.jaugh expected at i camp to discuss holdouts Miek ! ey Roceo, Jeff Heath and Roy j Cullenbine. Chicago White Sox Rill Ne f gel, back in majors for third ; lime, probably will be shifted : from third to first bae. j Boston Braves Johnny Mid dlings, 2fi0-pound pitcher, hit a ' home run in practice, but fell exhauster! as he rounded third. I Tea in ma t es rush ed o ver, g ra b- bed him by arms and legs and j dragged him over home plate. i Expect Race Ban Will Be Lifted Chicago, March 21 U.R) Morse racing will be resumed in the United States by "May fir June, if not before." Thom as M. McCreery. national pres ident (tf the Horsemen's Benev olent and Protective association, predicted today. Stressing that it was his opin ion the racing ban would be 1 i ft ed w i t h i n t wo or t h ree months, McCreery mad a full report to a group of midwest horsemen on his recent corre spondence and talks with high government officials. His report, some of which was (ff the record, contained the best news horse racing has received since January 3. when it was banner! for the duration by War Mobilization Director James F. Byrnes. Submarine Barbel Loss Announced Washington. March 21 fU.R. The navy announced today that : the American submarine Barbel ', has been lost, presumably in the j Pacific or far eastern waters. Forty American undersea craft have been lost during thisj war. Less than a month ago. the navy disclosed that the suhma- ! Hues Ksenlar and Shark were j overdue from patrol and pre sumed lost. I The Barbel was skippered by ! Lt. Cmdr Confle L. Raguot of ; Norfolk, Va. It carried a nor- : mal complement of fifi men. All 1 of its crew were listed as miss- ing in action and their next of kin have been notified. i Governor Vetoes Racing Measure Boise, Idaho, March 21 (jT A legislat ivo enactment which would have legalized pari-niu-luel wagering on horse and dog racing in Idaho was vetoed by j Gov. C. C. C.ossett Inst night! only n few hours before the j vein deadline. r ff When You Recap Be sure your No Shimmy! Exclusive with our KRAFT SYSTEM RECAPPING STATE TIRE SERVICE .U k Frnt lUrnrr n Onttnnnrri lrf C01l(. Sis. 1MIONF !i:ns -UM. ORMiOS llPitriqujirlfr for I. rtirr.il Tir-hf.tll vlrm Bnlnm-rd Bfripptni Snw dtiftallne lh ShHI Srnlre tiinn in ronjunrlinn wild out tlri WMlrt fi Capital Journal, Salem, Ore., Wednesday, Mar. 21. 1945 Surplus of Pitching Power Looms for Cards after War By Jack Cuddy New York. March 21 'U.R' The world champion St. Louis Cardinals are going to have so many pitchers when the war ends that head man Sam Breadon may have to call in the surplus rinm mnfl i t ific rnrnnra t inn tn ri i e- pose of them, it seemed evident ! today. Although such a situation seems amazing in these days of acute manpower shortage. the Cards will "be stacked with the greatest accumulation j of top quality hurling talent j ever owned by one major league Scouts Guests of Izaak Waltons Silverton Arthur Gntten berg. president, was official host to the members of the Izaak Walton League local chapter Monday evening at the Chamber of Commerce rooms, when the group had as special guests, t h rne 1 roo ps of Boy Scou t s. f'Knrlnt I n.lurnnrl nf Dnrl. land, assistant state game com-1 inner, told of the wild life of Oregon with his talk illustrat ed by many films of scenes, fish j industry, raising of Chinese pheasants. Gottenberg named ' Edwin Overlund and John Beck-! er as the committee personnel on the scout nrocram of hatch- i ing pheasants in this eommunty. The young pheasants will be 'latched during the month of May. The league favored by resolu tion the federal measure con trolling river pollution. Per sonal letters will be written to congressmen by league mem bers urging favorable action on the bill. Nelson and Snead Even at Charlotte Charlotte. N. C. March 21 M Byron Nelson, the leading mon ey winner this year and last, and Sammy Snead, leading tour nament winner, continued their golf marathon today for the SlO.nOO Charlotte open title a preview of their scheduled na tional championship meeting in New York later this season. - The two ace shotmrkers who hove won 10 of the 13 tourna ments played on the winter cir cuit Snead six and Nelson four finished all square at the end of their first lfl-hole play off before some 3000 customers yesterday, after tieing al 272 for the regulation 72 holes. Each had a 60, three under par. The players themselves de cided on the extra 16 holes in stead of going on to the l!)1h for a sudden death finish, al though neither will benefit from the added gate. Norton Ready To Accept Post Los Angeles. March 21 (U Pi ll omer Norton, offensive-minded font ball coach at Texas A. & M. since 1 HIM, today was re ported ready- to accept the head football coach's job at the Uni versity of California at Los An geles if the Bruins up the ante $2,000. Norton informed UCLA Grad uate Manager William C. Ack erinan that he would be willing to accept the job if the added amount were paid him for "liv ing expenses." Birthday Celebrated lllihee Mrs. A. L. Dake of Port land spent several days with her aunt, Mrs. C. M. Cum mings. While here she helped her aunt celebrate her 65th birthday. tires are More Mileage I ,eam hpn tneir 'fihtinS mpn come home. All of this came to light to day in the red-white-blue be decked roster of the world champions a roster that brought back memories of some "l l" Md,l"uul wvims mdi we nan seen. AMiuii lie :n nirn imw m'i v ing their country for the Red birds are 10 pitchers of proven major league ability. Add to that six established regular hurlers from last year's cham pionship squad, and the six standout newcomers up from farm clubs and it totals better than three complete pitching staffs. And that doesn't include the inevitably promising crop of youngsters now working out with Cardinal farm clubs and who through regular Breadon "Rraduation exercises" will ad- vance through the ranks until they too are major league tim ber. So what is the alternative? I appears to us that Breadon w 111 ni"e , c?,im,cl Ine Kroai" cst and he hopes the most pensive saie oi soup nones in history and he'll have one inducement. Buyers won't need any ration points, but it should lake plenty of cold cash. According to major and mi nor league regulations tenta tively in effect, but awaiting clarification, when the service men return they must be given a period in which 1o acclimate themselves with the club of their pre-war connection. Play ers on the club at the time will have the same status as any major league player, they may be sold, traded, optioned, waived, or released. The list includes Johnny Beazley, John Grodzicki, Mat Surkont. Howie Pollet, Alpha Brazle, Murry Dickson, Howie Krist, Ernie White, George Munger. Yard Conversion Proceeds Rapidly Washington, March 21 0P Conversion of west coast ship yards is proceeding at such a pace that by the end of the year no yard will be engaged exclu sively in building ships, Rear Admiral E. L. Cochrane, chief of the navy bureau of ships, de clared last night. Nine west coast yards already have been converted to repair yards and six others are in the process of conversion, he dis closed. "That was the idea of putting construction work on the west coast in the first place. Coch rane said, "to have facilities which could be converted for; repair when the time came. Last ! year we transferred back to the I east coast S300.000.000 worth of ship building, which opened up a number of yards for repair work." Yards which have been con verted to repair work include: Todd -Pacific Shipyards. Inc.. Seattle (formerly a destroyer building yard): Kaiser-Swan Isl and yard (maritime operated). Yards now starting to be eon verted include: Everett Pacific Shipbuilding and Dryriock Co., Everett, Wash.; Puget Sound Bridge and Dredging Co., and Associated Shipbuilders. Seat tle: Commercial Iron Works, "ortland. To make jvihle better, more complete service for you! That's the reason Gilmore Dealers have teamed up with Mobilgas Dealers. This happy, progressive and voluntary affiliation means, to former Gilmore dealers and their customers (1) Greater con venience in buving, (2) Greater availability of products, (3 Im proved research resources behind each product. Buy America's favorite petroleum products at the Sign of the Flying Red Horse. Feller Moans Like Veteran By Jimmy Jordan ! Great Lakes, 111., March 21 ii For a coach who's been on the job only 24 hours. Chief Specialist Boh (Rapid Robert) Feller can moan like a veteran. It was only yesterday the navy appointed Bob. Cleveland Indians' fireball artist a few years back, to head the Great Lakes baseball dynasty for 1945. Already he's worried about ma terial, but he has more able bodied and experienced players than many of the 16 major league clubs- Of course, the 26-year-old former pitching king of the American League is taking over his first managerial job right on j the heels of a great season by j bluejacket diamond stars, who j were managed bv Lt. Cmdr. Gordon (Mickey) Cochrane, one of the all-time great catchers of the majors and former Detroit manager. "I don't have near the play ers I should for the schedule we plan," Feller said in an inter view today. "You know, we nlan to play every maior league team at least once, and all niht American Association teams once each." Natural Spawning Best Says Expert Portland. March 21 P The widespread belief that hatchery propagation is a more efticient means of conserving angling than natural spawning is a mis conception. Dr. Paul Needham, director of state game commis sion fisheries, told the Rotary club here. "We found in California that you can't begin to stock a stream as economically as the natural replenishing." Dr. Needham said yesterday. 'It would take hun dreds of hatcheries to accom plish the same results." He said 98 percent of natur ally deposited eggs survive. Dr. Needham urged improvement of the environment to which fish go to spawn, cleaning up of streams and protection of fish in the pre-spawning period. Bob Montgomery Defeats Rojo Los Angeles. March 21 (U.R Bearcat Bob Montgomery. New York's version of the light weight boxing champion, weav ed and bobbed his way to an eighth round technical knockout over Genaro Rojo, Los Angeles, before 10,400 fans at Olympic auditorium last night. The outcome was never in doubt as the veteran New York er drew his game but inexper ienced opponent in close and hammered him with a merciless barrage of rights to the jaw and body. Referee Reggie Gilmore saved Rojo from complete annihila tion when he halted the one sided match after 1:54 of the eighth. Gilmore stopped the bout when Rojo's second Dan Thomas, jumped into the ring, shouting that his boy had taken enough. Keltner Will Report to Navy Great Lakes. III.. March 21 (U.R' Ken Keltner. third base man of the Cleveland Indians for the past seven years, was expected to report to the navy training center here today. Keltner passed his selective service physical in Milwaukee yesterday and was assigned here. Los Angeles. March 21 M.P Dan Barnhart. 32. coach of the Los Angeles Mustangs pro foot ball team, was scheduled to don khaki today at Ft. MacArthur after induction into the army. (DP Big Men Have It By Close Margin Wheaton. III.. March 21 (& The big men have it but not by much if one experiment on the basket ball court means anything. A team averaging six feet, seven inches, culled from five schools, last night beat a team averaging eight inches shorter, 59 to 57. Quintets represented in the Red Cross benefit tilt were Valparaiso I'ni versity of Indiana; Elm hurst, III., college; North ern Illinois Teachers; North Central of Naper ville. 111., and Wheaton college. National League Travel lipped New York March 21 'U.R) The 1A45 National league sche dule, calling for the usual 154 gamc season, involves 5765 more miles of team travel than last year, a United Pvpss mileage check revealed today. Like the Amci'ic n league, however, the National hopes to achieve the 25 percent travel reduction stipulated in the vol untary program baseball sub mitted to the office of defense transportation by the elimina tion of the all-star game, mak ing short trips with reduced squads and having umpires stay in one city longer. The 1945 American league schedule calls for 6470 more miles of team travel than the 1944 card. The team travel in the 1945 National league skod amounts to 91.479 miles as com pared to 85.714 last year. Mrs. Joe Louis Seeks Divorce Chicago, March 21 P Mrs. .loe Louis filed her second div orce suit in less than four years Tuesday against the world's heavyweight boxing champion, charging him with desertion. Louis, a sergeant now, was in ducted into the army January 14. 1942. Mrs. Louis previously charg ed the heavyweight champion with cruelty in a suit filed July 2, 1941, but the two patched uo their differences and the ac tion was dismissed a few weens later. from the is 1 1 iA? ''d AforrfS CRME DOCTOR-Sunday Night, CBS ffl'jfljeZtZ- GINNY SIMMS-Tuesday Night, NBC IT PAYS TO BE IGNORANT-Friday Night, CBS CONSULT YOUt IOCAL PIMI 10 TIME AND STATION Bishop Sets AAU Record Denver. March 21 Pfc. Gale Bishop of Fort Lewis Wn., last night showed 3000 national A.A.U. basketball fans why he is the nation's leading scorer. Playing in a second round game against Hoxie. Kans.. the soldier sharpshooter whipped 28 field goals and six free throws through the hoop for 62 points a new A.A.U. tourna ment record. Bishop set the old mark of 50 points in the tournament here two years ago. During the past season the G.I. court wizard scored 1086 points in 43 games for the na tion's high total. The accuracy with which the husky Ft. Lewis player-coach hit the hoop amazed even veter an tourney observers who have watched all the A.A.U. point makers in the tourney's 11-year tenure in Denver. As he canned his first five shots without a bobble, spectat ors who were beginning to filet ( GOLD MEDAL kiwi 1 Distilled Dry I ( GIN M f 90 PROOF (Distilled from grain) kllA I Another Gold Medal PV. I f the maker of the fa- PK'JKm V mow Melrose Whiskey. NnvMV yyy V ,.r. combination of wg 3 tMM outstanding Gin quail j) a.b Vrflt? IT ml f thing discriminating v"t. R V 113-119 W. Lombard SI., BaHo. 1, MJ. f) ! 4 V. ) ESTABLISHED 1IBS V 1 Iv V ( 3rtj in No curative power is claimed for PHILIP MORRIS-buf worth a pound PHILIP MORRIS are scientifically proved far less Ir ritating to the nose and throat. When smokers changed to Philip Morris, substantially every case of irritation of the nose or throat due to smoking either cleared up completely, or definitely im proved ! findingi oi group oi Jhlinguithtd ioclort. DEDICATED TO THE PRODUCTION OF FINt TOBACCO PRODUCTS MR FINER FLAVOR PLUS MR MORE PROrEOON :" an Trr America's FINEST Cigarette out after looking at three other one-sided games, stopped to watch from the aisles and fin ally returned to their seats tn cheer the former Washington, State star. Altogether. BishoA hit 28 shots from the floor am missed only 16 tries, besides adding six free throws in eight chances. As he left the floor two min utes before the end of the game, which Fort Lewis won 87-21, fans gave the soldier star a roar ing salute that rattled the walls of ancient City auditorium. Fort Lewis became a more popular choice to go to the fin als Saturday after Bishop's record-breaking feat. Last team to enter the third round, the Wash ington soldiers meet the Peoria, III.. Caterpillars today at 2:30. In other second round games the Bushnell General Hospital, including four "Purple Heart" wearers, dropped a 76-44 deci sion to Fort Warren. Wyo.; Camp Robinson. Ark., officers elimin ated the San Diego Calif., Dons 62-40. Dormant spraying of fruit trees should be done as soon as pruning operations are complet ed, states Ben. A. Newell, as sistant Marion county agent. ' 1 of cure! J, H L i . j , , mmmm
