Skits and
Scratches
Bj Fred Zimmerman
Capital Journal Sports Editor
The "Dad's Club," formally
organized by a serious minded
group of solid citizens Wednes
day night, can be a mighty
, force for good in connection not
! only with Salem high school
athletics but for all amateur
sports as well even though it
was determined, for the time
; being, at least, that their pro
' gram would be confined to Vik
' lng activities. Some times such
'. an organization gets out of hand
and eventually does more harm
,' than good and this writer was
pleased when N. S. Rogers,
state forester, said the found
ers had no intention of becom
ing a "pressure group," more
' Interested in winning ball
games than in developing faci
lities for the largest number of
: youngsters. Bill Phillips, the
1 president, backed this up in
i stating that the club would
cooperate in the school's pro
's gram, giving assistance wher
ever possible. Incidentally, the
' Dads are fortunate in obtain
- ing the services of Bill, for he's
a busy man. But when he takes
' a job of this sort he sees it
through if given any assistance
at all.
And while Salem is assured
of the 1946 state basketball
tournament, largely because the
, rank and file of the schools in
, volved desire that the tourney
be continued in the city where
It was inaugurated, it is con
vincingly evident that the time
has come for the capital to do
something in connection with
the develoDment of more com-
- modious facilities than are
avauaoie on w marm-Lit; s cam-
pus. Willamette will be the
the tourney is held on the cam
pus or at me siaie iairgrounas.
; We have a feeling that the board
of control of the Oregon State
High School Activities associa
tion has been spoiled and has
. used the threat of removal of
the tourney to jew Willamette's
share down to where it was less
than four per cent last March.
Under the original agreement.
Willamette and the OHSAA
divided 50-50 after expenses
had been met. However, the
board will agree to a higher
percentage should the stadium
be made available. Neverthe
less, they don't talk in terms
of 25 per cent, the amount they
pay the Multnomah stadium as-
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ball championship game.
Since Camp Adair has been
declared surplus, might be a
good thing to investigate the
possibility of hauling away one
of the large gymnasiums erect-
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. aalem. In view of the various
commodities government agen
. cies have tossed into the ocean,
burned or smashed under ma
chines, the gift of a gymnasium
to the public schools of the
state wouldn't work much of
a hardship on anybody,
Hubbard Rockets
Lose to St. Paul
Hubbard Hubbard Rockets
! were defeated by a score of 31
21 by the St. Paul Buckaroos,
Tuesday night on the local floor.
The Hubbard second string lost
to the St. Paul "B's" 32-6.
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Btrawn 6 F Spjmip
Morgan 4 F 7 Merton
Miller 6 0 4 Kirk
Lnvrle 1 O 1J Phllllrsi
Dnhl OH Smith
llubhard Bcea (6) m) St. Paul
Myrra F 4 Biir.vrla
Hosier 4 F 18 Kirk
Bracken c 4 Bmllh
Brechlel a J Casey
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Whitney 3 B 4 Labor, e
Hanson Bottled,
Cougars Beaten
Vancouver, B. C, Dec. 21 UP)
After four tic-scores during the
ursi ten minutes of play, the
University of British Columbia
Thunderbirds won their second
game over Northwest confer
ence basketball teams when they
took the Washington Slate Cou
gars, 65-51, last night.
WSC's famed scorer Vince
Hanson, didn't have a chance
when the Vancouver team bot
tled him up from the start. He
only managed nine points and
Cougar Coach Jack Fricl's num
ber two boy, Ray Arndt, scored
five.
Open
Christmas Day
See announcement in
Saturday's paper.
NORMANDY
MANOR
Babe Supplants
Curtis at Top
New York, Dec. 21 (IP) Mil
dred (Babe) Didrikson Zahar
ias, who has been winning as
sorted championships for the
last 15 years, today was named
the outstanding woman athlete
of 1945 by an Associated Press
poll of 70 sports editors.
Mrs. Zaharias dethroned the
1944 champion, Ann Curtis of
San Francisco, to reign beside
Byron Nelson, the native Texan
who was elected male athlete
of the year for the second
straight time. Mrs. Zaharias had
126 points to 104 for Miss Curtis.
Although Mrs. Zaharias first
won fame as a track star and
later competed in most sports
as an amateur and profession
al, she now concentrates on
golf. It was in that field that
she was outstanding during the
'45 campaign.
In addition to defeating Betty
Jameson in a 72-hole challenge
match at Los Angeles and San
Antonio, Mrs. Zaharias became
the first woman to capture three
western open golf titles. Al
though she was upset by Phil
lis Otto in the Western Ama
teur, she bounced back to cop
the Texas Open.
Sarah Palfrey Cooke, who re
turned to tennis competition and
wrested the national singles ti
tle from Pauline Betz at For
est Hills, was third with 70
points.
In fourth place, completely
outdistanced by the top trio,
came Brenda Helser with 15
points, followed by Patty Berg
and Pauline Betz, tied for fifth
place at 14 points.
Special Season
Elk Called Off
Portland, Dec. 21 (IP) The
special elk-shooting season plan
ned for Baker county is off,
state game supervisor Frank B.
Wire said today. He reported op
position from Baker county res
idents who, he said, feared the
entire elk herd might be wiped
out by eager nimrods.
The special December 28-31
season had been planned to thin
out a herd of some 600 elk forc
ed into agricultural lowlands by
heavy mountain snows. Ranch
ers had complained to the game
commission that elk were
munching on their haystacks.
Leslie Dominates
Boxing Tourney
Taking eight out of the 15
bouts and settling for a draw on
another, Leslie junior high box
ers Thursday afternoon defeat
ed Parrish leather tossers. The
latter won a half dozen bouts.
Leslie seventh and ninth grade
teams took a majority of their
matches while the eighth grad
ers broke even.
The results:
Seventh grade arm Bo wen L. Keith
Mootrr P draw; Norman Tins Inn IL)
declsloned Wallace Oebow; Oleic Nelson
(L dec. Doniey CasptMl: Gory Hlsel (P
TKO Harold Pfiel; M All rice Irish (LI
dec. Bum Covalt; Tom Blair P dec.
Prank Gross; PeeWer Kimball. Denver
Roberts. Deb Davta, all of Porrlsh. and
Earl Mtachalke, Lawrence Brown of Lei
lie, unopposed.
Eiithlh urade: Ray Bog a (P) dec.
Fiord Herring ; Bill Powrr L dec. Allen
McMnllan; Herbert Williams (Ll dec.
Dale Olson: Tom Sodeman (P dec. Duane
Bowen; Harry Turner, Lyle Anderson,
Lee Rush in. Gordon Bacon, all Parrish,
and Bill Neal, Norman Weaver, Bob
Herring. Jim Moore nf Le.ille, unmatched.
Ninth grade: Bill Fickn 1P1 dec. Robert
Pattlson: Steve Benson L dec. Hitch
cock; Don Ray (L) dec. Homer Daven
port; Dyle Fussell -Li TKO James Jen
sen; Lloyd Drake "Pi dec. Allan Jones.
Kenneth ONfrin. Floyd Gartner, Ralph
Blakley, Norman TokMntl. Edward Meyerji.
Bill Davis, Robert Smith nt Leslie, and
Don McCracken, Oeu Schofield of Par
rish. unmatched.
The chimney swift makes its
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House
6 Capital Journal, Salem,
Still Figuring Ways, Means to
Hamstring Tall Hoop Players
By Cornelius Ryan
New York, Dec. 21 (U.R) Basketball coaches, hesitant about
"competing with Barnum and Bailey for the seven and eight
foot giants," may have found their answer today in legislation
Bahe Didrikson named by
Associated Press sports writers
as the outstanding woman ath
lete of 1945.
Pioneers
Play
Viking Squad
Those Oregon City Pioneers,
who last year took two games
from the Salem Vikings, will
try to make it three in a row
when they appear at 8 o'clock
tonight on the North 14th
street gym floor. However,
Coach Harold Hauk's casaba
chasers are just as determined
that enough is enough and ex
pect to slow the visitors to a
point where they will take home
with them the short end of the
final count. This Is a real chore
as those fans who have watched
the driving Pioneers will admit.
The Viks matched the Eugene
Axemen basket for basket early
this week but lost the ball game
when their work at the foul
line was somewhat below par.
Failure to drive prevented the
Viks from getting many close
in shots.
Aganist the Pioneers, Hauk
plans to start Ken Alberts, Al
lan Bellinger, Rod Province,
Dick Hendrie and Al Chamber
lain, although there is a possibil
ity Province may not be avail
able because he hurt an arm in
scrimmage Thursday evening.
The starting lineups and num
bers: Salem Oregon City
8 BellmRer p MUU 8
M Alberta F Oswald 7
13 Province C Holman g
3 Hendrie o Pcrkover 12
i Chamberlain a Haucle 3
Salem sobs: ctlbson S. Pltumaurlce fl.
Mason 7. Qemmell 9. Houck 10, Hill 13,
Ma.se 13. Dnach 24. Oregon Clly: Lambert
i. Myers . Oanona 6. Bryant 10, HoH
man 11, Johnson 13.
Seattle Ironmen
Back in Cellar
Portland, Ore., Dec. 21 (IP)
The Seattle Ironmen, after en
joying a brief moment just one
floor up from the basement,
were pushed downstairs again
last night by the Portland Ea
gles, who dished out a heavy
handed shove and whipped the
Ironmen, 4-1, in a coast league
northern division hockey game.
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HEALTH
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of th
Capital Drnt Stora
The most valuable heritage
you can give your child is a
healthy body.
During his formative years,
let the doctor examine him reg
ularly. Be sure he is given im
munization against the many
diseases of childhood. With
your doctor's assistance, instill
in him good health habits. You
will be preparing him in a vital
way to meet the challenges of
adult life.
Prescriptions Intended for
children are especially impor
tant. They must be exactly as
the doctor orders. You can rely
on the druggist who is trusted
by your physician.
Thl, ta the 3S0th of a flerlea of Editorial
Advertisement, appearlna In The Cpltal
Journal each Friday.
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Oregon, Friday, Dec. 21, 1945
prepared by Coach Bruce Drake
of Oklahoma
As chairman of the research
committee of the National Bas
ketball Coaches' association, a
group instructed early this year
to investigate possibilities of
curbing the domination of the
game by big centers, Drake has
made an intensive study of the
problem.
"Right now the game is go
ing the wrong way," he said.
"Some center who is seven-feet
nine or even eight feet will come
along and then what will hap
pen? My plan will curb their
scoring power, although these
big fellows still will be able to
control most remounds and
jump-balls."
Drake's plan to be offered to
the association calls for a half
circle marked off on each end
of the court. This half-moon
figure will begin in the middle
of the free throw lane, three
feet from the bottom of the cir
cle. It would run to two points
at the end of the court, totally
embracing that patch of offens
ive territory usually worked
with high scoring results by the
huge centers. No player would
be allowed in the territory for
more than three seconds.
Or, an alternate plan would
find two 45 degree lines marked
from the edge of the free throw
lane just three feet from the cir
cle's bottom to the end of the
court.
Harry Gusfafson
First in Meet
With an entry list held to the
minimum because of weather
conditions, Harry Gustafson
proved the best of the lot when
he turned in an even par per
formance Thursday afternoon.
The mid-week tournament con
sisted of a match against par.
Gustafson had a gross of 41 and
a handicap of four. Tom Wise
finished second with a gross 42
and three stroke handicap. Six
teen members of the Men's club
participated.
Medford's Tornado
Cancels 3 Games
Medford, Dec. 21 P) Three
games on the Medford high
basketball schedule have been
dropped because of colds and
influenza, officials said today.
Medford called off games to
night and tomorrow with North
Bend and Coos Bay and Albany
cancelled its December 27 game
here.
Coach Al Simpson was report
ed among those ill.
Pilots Win Over Pacific
Portland, Dec. 21 IP) Over
coming a 6-2 Pacific lead in the
first three minutes, the Uni
versity of Portland Pilots romp
ed over Pacific university 46-35
in a rough game here last night.
Forty-four fouls were called
during the game the Pilots'
second win this season.
Silverlon Has
90 Wallonians
Silverton Arthur Gotten
berg was re-elected president of
the Izaak Walton league, Silver
ton chapter, at the regular
meeting this week at the Cham
ber of Commerce rooms when
a capacity crowd attended the
business session and remained
for the program presented by
Bill Davidson, Portland, and L.
H. Douglas of the forestry de
partment of the state, in show
ing of films in color and a talk
on the condition of elk increase
in Oregon.
The recently organized Izaak
Walton auxiliary and troop No.
52, Boy Scouts of which J. E.
Stoy is master, were program
and refreshment guests of the
league.
W. Clark Bachman, active in
the state work, served as nomi
nation chairman, resulting in
Gottenberg's assisting officers
being Miles Tobias, vice presi
dent; Ed Overlund, secretary,
and as trustees, Alfred Jensen,
Christ Christenson, Ed Jantz
and John Becker. Installation
of officers will be at the Mon
day evening, January 21 meet
ing. With 16 new members re
ported at the meeting, the to
tal membership for the league
has reached an all-time high in
more than 90 members. .
De Paul's Demons
To Play Beavers
Chicago, Dec. 21 (IP) De
Paul's undefeated basketball
team, led by high scoring George
Mikan, will be after its eighth
straight win tonight in a game
against Oregon State.
The Demons and Beavers will
meet in the feature contest in
the season's first cage double
header at Chicago stadium. In
the first game undefeated
Northwestern will meet Michi
gan State.
St. Mary's Gaels
En Route Orleans
Los Angeles, Dec. 21 (IP) St.
Mary's Gaels, after a brief lim
bering up stopover, continued
by train to New Orleans today
for a New Year's Day Sugar
Bowl football game with the
Oklahoma Aggies.
Coach Jimmy Phelan report
ed that all his charges are in
good condition, including
Tackle Harvey Adair and End
Ed Hyan who had been on the
casualty list.
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Pasadena, Calif., Dec.
21 (IP) Today was the
day for 7500 of football's
faithful followers. There
were that many tickets on
public sale for the Alabama-Southern
California
New Year's game.
And more than that
many of the faithful.
They started lining up
at 5 a. m. yesterday 28
hours before the windows
opened, and spent all day
and night, sometimes In a
drizzle, just waiting.
But it was an old story
to Customer No. 1, R. W.
Tomlinson of Baltimore,
Md who said he once
waited 72 hours in Phila
delphia for world series
tickets.
A couple of servicemen
were early-comers, but
they didn't mind, either.
"We're used to waiting
in line," they remarked.
Klamath Scores
Most in Tourney
Grants Pass, Dec. 21 UP) Kla
math Falls, Grants Pass, Cottage
Grove, and the Weed, Calif., "A"
team reached the second round
of play in the Rogue river val
ley invitational basketball tour
ney today.
California cagers made a poor
showing both Eureka's squads
and one of Weed's going down
to defeat by Oregon hoopsters.
Klamath Falls scored the
highest, downing Eureka's "B"
team 63-22. Cottage Grove lac
ed Eureka's "A" squad 40-23.
Grants Pass defeated Weed "B"
boys 32-23, and Weed's "A"
hoopsters edged Roseburg 35-34.
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Hoop Tourney
Salem March 12
Portland, Dec. 21 (IP) The
Oregon state prep basketball
tournament was set today for
March 12-16 at Salem.
Oregon High School Activi
ties association, which announc
ed the date, said the tourney
would be held either at Willam
ette university gym or the state
fairgrounds pavilion.
The 16 district champions will
be pitted this way in first tour
ney rounds: District 4 champion
vs. district 16 champion; 3 vs.
14, 9 vs. 6, 11 vs. 5, 8 vs. 13,
1 vs. 12, 15 vs. 2, and 10 vs. 7.
The state tourney for "B"
schools, already slated for Arl
ington, Ore., March 5-7, will
hold opening rounds on this
schedule: District 4 champion vs.
district 3 champs; 1 vs. 2, 5 vs. 7
and vs. 8.
First round pairings as an
nounced in Portland means that
the winner of District 11 (Mt.
Angel, Woodburn, Salem or Sil
verton) plays No. 5 (Coquille,
Marshfield, Myrtle Point, North
Bend) in the fourth game of
competition. The two Portland
entrants (15 and 16) are on op
posite sides of the bracket while
the southern Oregon champion
(4) will play one of the Port
land quints in the first game
of the series.
Albany Cancels
Court Contests
Albany All basketball games
scheduled for Albany high
school from now until January
4 were canceled Thursday by
Coach Rex Hunsaker after he
had ascertained that nine of
his first string squad of 12
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players are out of commission
with colds.
None of the boys is seriously
ill, Coach Hunsaker said, but
the squad is too badly crip
pled at this time to put a team
on the floor without endanger-
ing health of players not com
pletely recovered.
This means, Coach Hunsaker
said, that the contemplated road
trip which called for games with
Grants Pass, December 26; Med
ford, December 27; Klamath
Falls, December 28, and Ash
land, December 29, is called
off. Some of these games may
be arranged later.
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