Skits and
Scratches
By Fred Zimmerman
Capital Journal Sports Editor
Walter Erickson hasn't suc
ceeded in perfecting his grid
machine at Willamette Univer
sity, but, judging by operations
against Lini'ield college, the
Bearcat coach is getting results
that didn't seem possible at the
outset of the practice season.
Many adjustments must be
made before timing, blocking
and all of the other very essen
tial requirements of a smooth
functioning football team are
near anything like perfection.
Given the wholehearted support
of the squad members during
the next crucial weeks, Coach
Erickson will develop an outfit
that will be a credit to the in
stitution. Apparently there re
mains a lot of work with the
reserves before they can hope to
equal the performance of the
startel-s. And what a dangerous
man this fellow Howard Lorenz
will develop into! He came
from Camas, Wash., virtually
unheralded, but unless we are
away off base, he won t remain
that way for long. He's one of
these backs you don's have to
wind up before giving him the
hall, for he's going full speed
"Ifithin two or three strides. Lo
renz, with no varsity experience
prior to this season, weighs 155
pounds and is five feet six in
height, if Ihe 1946 edition of
the "Bearcat Book" is to be be
licved.
Bill Salkcld, former Coast
league backstop and more re
cently connected with tile Pitts
burgh Pirates, came up to
Salem last week with brother
Tex and reported he was en
route to Los Angeles where he
will resume his winter's job at
the Paramount studios. Bill
said he didn't know whether lie
would rejoin the Pirates next
spring, but "I hope I will," was
his frank comment. Salkcld suf
fercd a badly spiked leg while
catching for the Padres a mini
her of years ago. Infection set
in almost immediately and two
blood transfusions were used to
save his life. The member is
still a bit stiff, but Salkcld man
ages to turn in an acceptable
job of catching. He has a wife
and two nice looking young
daughters.
That S3. 60 top price which
prevailed for the first VFW
fight card last week isn't to be
come a permanent thing. "We
will revert to the prices that
prevailed when we shut down
last spring, except in cases
where we bring in men of wide
imputation," said Matchmaker
Tex Salkcld. The gate for the
card was around the 52000
mark, probably the highest fig
ure for fistic entertainment
the history of Salem.
Nice gesture in presenting
Spec Keene with a life time
pass to all Willamette's home
games. Ho spent 18 years on
the Bearcat campus collecting
championships and grey hairs
before he decided to join How
ard Maple in his State street
enterprise. Wo never asked
Spec what he considered the de
ciding factor in his ability to
whip up pennant winning clubs,
but we imagine ho would place
beating the bushes during the
summer months high up on his
list of priorities. Few of the
boys who later became outstand
ing athletes at Willamette came
to the institution on their own.
Most of them had been sold the
idea by Spec during his journeys
over the northwest during the
summer months.
Bears and Redskins Take
Familiar Pro Grid Spots
New York; Oct. 15 (P) The Chicago Bears and Washington
Redskins were doing business at their old familiar stands today
atop the two divisions of the National Football league. It was
li quicK return 10 weii-Known
surroundings f r the Skins, who
'topped the Eastern Division last
season, but the Bears, who went
into a tailspin during the war
years, were in command in the
west after a somewhat lengthy
absence.
With the New York Gianls
and Philadelphia Eagles meet
ing their first defeats, the Bears
and Redskins emerged from
Sunday's games as the only un
defeated teams in the circuit,
and even they have been tied.
Five league games Sun
day drew a total attendance
of 172,252, second largest
- for a single day in the his
tory of the loop. The rec
ord of 175,535 was set last
year.
Sid Luckman kept the Bears
atop the heap Sunday by hurl
ing three touchdown passes and
spearheading a last period rally
that enabled the Bears to tie the
champion Los Angeles Rams
28-28 before 44,211 fans at
Chicago.
Sammy Baugh sparked the
Redskins to a 24-14 win over
the New York Giants at the
nation's capital.
Dick Cray Leads Win
For US Chicks in Japan
Tokyo, Oct. 15. Sparked
by Dick Gray, former Oregon
!sVte College star, the U. S.
Fighting Heart Gave
Everything for C ards
By Leo H. Petersen
(United Press Sports Editor)
St. Louis, Mo., Oct. IS U.R) Little Murry Dickson, a pitcher
with a fighting heart and a 14-game arm. and Big Dave Ferriss, a
25-game winner, went out after the seventh and deciding contest
of the World Series today with the St. Louis Cardinals and the
Boston Red Sox tied at three games all. Dickson was Manager
Eddie Dyer's choice to make hisf
first season as big time skipper
a success
Second Facing
It was the second time in this
series the two hurlers had faced
one anothei. In the third game,
Dickson gave up three runs in
the first inning and eventually
was charged with the loss as
Ferriss won on a shutout, 4-0.
In that one, Dickson made
one mistake when he dished
up one fat one to Rudy York,
Film Exec Sees
Cards on Coast
St. Louis. Oct. 15 (U.R)At
least two prospective buyers are
on the market for the St. Louis
Cardinals. J. G. Taylor Spink
reported ir the Sporting News
today.
Two groups of possible pur
chasers are said "on good au
thority" to be eyeing the club
owned by Sam Breadon, the
article said.
According to the Sporting
News they are headed by Mark
C. Steinberg, St. Louis Invest
ment broker and director of the
club for many years, and Louis
B. Mayer, Hollywood film ty
coon. Steinberg, the article
said, would keep the club in St.
Louis while Mayer would move
the Cards to Los Angeles.
Texas and Army Win
But Power Flicks a Bit
New York, Oct. 15 U.R) Texas and Army, still unbeaten but
rudely removed from the super-team class, dominated the big
five of collegiate football again today and riled as early favorites
to bounce two more undefeated teams out. of the running Saturday.
Army tackles Lou Little's plucky Columbia Lions at West
Point and Texas meets once-tied Arkansas, which has con
founded critics in the southwest fight from the start.
Both Texas and Army pulled out their fourth victory of the
season last week by identical 20 to 13 scores but the feeling, of
invincibility which accompanied each through earlier triumphs
received a severe shock. Army had to go into the final minute
before its conquest of Michigan was a dead certainty and Texas
had many a scare before downing defensively-tough Oklahoma.
Columbia, meanwhile, came from behind to defeat one of the
finest Yale elevens in years, 28 to 20, while Arkansas was knock
ing over Baylor, 13 to 0, in the only southwest conference game
of the week.
High-scoring UCLA and Alabama both arc in action Sat
urday but Notre Dame, another of the big five, has an open
date after its 49 to 6 breeze with Purdue. UCLA, victor
over Stanford, 26 to 6, meets California and Alabama, which
finally got its touchdown machine limbered up in a 54 to 0
breather with Southwestern Louisiana, meets Tennessee in
an all-out test. Unbeaten Tennessee romped over Chatta
nooga last week, 47 to 7.
For the most part, last week's upsets we're strictly mild with
Indiana's 14 to 7 victory over high-rated Illinois the notable
exception. California came from behind and bowled over St.
Mary's, 20 to 13, in a West Coast surprise.
Playfair Track Closes
Record Breaking Year
Spokane, Oct. 15 VP) A record-breaking
31-day horse rac
ing season came to a close at
Playfair track yesterday, with
Kelly's Rose winning the $2,
000 Washington State breeders
handicap.
Officials declared the meet
drew more than 160,000 cus
tomers who wagered $4,440,058
and got $3,766,509 of it back
through Ihe mutuel window.
In Topeka, Kansas, "Fido"
Murphy owns the' baseball club,
"Bow W o w" Wojtkiewicz
coaches the Catholic high school,
and "Poochie" Coffman man-
Viking Spirit Rises
For Spartan Fray
Fired by a spirit that leads to
wins on gridirons, the Salem
Viking football squad resumed
workouts on dinger field Mon
day afternoon for preparations
that will catapult the eleven into
Corvallis Spartans October 25.
A recap of last Friday
night's Bend game shows a
fighting spirit of Vikings that
kept coming back against
heavy odds. Lava Bears tal
lied at the close of first half,
and boosted their lead to 26-6
with a touchdown runback of
the second half klckoff. Vi
kings plowed back and had
the score reading 26-19 before
the final gun.
Injuries are clearing as the
major headache for Coach Har
old Hauk. Center Bob Seam
ster hurt an old shoulder injury
in the Bend game, but is ex
pected to be ready for full ac
tion before Corvallis.
Eighth Army Chicks of Yoko
hama scored a thumping 62 to 0
victory over the Ninth Corps
eleven in an American foot
ball league in Japan game to
day. Gray ran back the open
ing kickoff 85 yards before
being stopped.
who lifted it out of Fenway
Park.
The Cardinals tied up the
series by winning the sixth
game here Sunday behind Harry
(The Cat) Brecheen, 4-1.
Clash of Precedents
Today's game presented a
clash of precedents for the two
ball clubs.
The Red Sox, in a series for
the first time since 1918, have
yet to lose a world title fight
Their record for victories dates
back to 1903 and shows five vic
tories, and paradoxically in two
sets they were forced to extend
to the limit.
On the other hand, the Car
dinals have never lost a seven-game
series. They were
forced to Ihe limit on three
separate occasions in nine
series starts.
Dickson, a bullpen artist be
fore Max Lanier and Freddie
Martin went to the Mexican
league, hasn't failed his boss
since the day he came out of
that inconspicuous role for a
starting chance.
He never has let Dyer down
despite that third game loss
when ho pitched well enough to
win almost any ball game. So
now, when World Series gold
and glory are riding on every
throw, this little guy with a
baseball heart was the clutch
man for the National league
pennant winners.
Help The OB
Just a Little
Chicago, Oct. 15 VP) A six
man minimum defensive line in
football today was proposed by
veteran Coach Frank Murray of
Marquette university to help
quarterbacks now bewildered
by numerous "screwy" defens
ive formations.
Murray, who returned to
Marquette this season after a
nine-year stay at Virginia,
complained that young signal
callers were constantly per
plexed by last-second defens
ive shifts to five and even
four-man front walls.
"The football code requires
seven offensive players on the
line," Murray told the Herald
American Quarterback luncheon
yesterday.
"It also should require a cer
tain number of defensive play
ers." DADS' CLuTmEET
WITH GUEST MOMS
Dads made a night of it Mon
day in the senior high school
auditorium as the group enter
tained guest mothers first 'with
a discussion of various business
angles, then listened to a trio of
high school students, a piano
solo, met the Viking coaches and
football players, and even heard
a recording of President Tru
man's nation-wide address, with
George Emigh officiating. Roy
Metzgar. Parrish; senior high
mentors, Harold Hauk, Elroy
Jansen, Loren Mort, Hank Jur
an, were introduced by Vern
Gilmore, director of athletics of
the Salem public schools system.
Wanda Boynton, Lorctta Lentz
and Ramona Van Hess harmo
nized, and Bob Meany gave sev
eral boogie selections on the
piano. Dads will meet again No
vember 12 in the Chamber of
Commerce room.
J-V's Play Chemawa
Coach Loren Alort will send
his Viking junior varsity eleven
against the Chemawa team
Tuesday night at 8 p.m. on Les
lie field. Teams will battle for
breaking a 6-6 deadlock during
their last game together earlier
in the season.
Gidlic Signs
As Top Solon
As had been forecast some
time ago, Ted Gullic will guide
the Salem Senators during the
1947 Western International
baseball season. The man who
directed the Solons to second
place this past season signed his
contract late yesterday. At no
time was there any disagree
mcnt over the salary, but Gul
lic did nut like the phrasing of
the first contract presented and
when this was ironed out to his
satisfaction, the signing was a
mere formality.
Business Manager George
Emigh will visit Medford late
this week seeking to determine
whether facilities can be secur
ed in that southern Oregon com
munity in connection with next
spring's training camp for the
Senators. Limgh has not com'
milted himself one way or the
other and his trip is purely one
of inspection.
GETTING FORTIFIED Can't
make it through the game with
out nourishment before, during
and after Results in Commcr
cial league No. 2 Monday night
Straw and Straw, 2; Marion
Creamery. 1; Good Housekeep
ing, 2; Woodburn, 1; Goldics of
Silvcrton, 2; Doolittles, 1; Team
stcrs No. 324, 2; Eagles, 1.
Elfslntm'i
D. Brown 1!)4
Maenii5en 134
lilt 1M 4.i0
12R 131 393
133372
...1BI 144
15 4
113 448
Total 862 841 747 '.
Wallnn-llron n Co.
Walton 13.1
C. B. Brown 2D!
Sllkr 193
Rirrcy 168
Onllatthrr 2-3
Richce I ISO
184 133432
162 177-
K!6 18.S-
181 147-
11)9 148
Total; 854 882 788 2504
l.tll HnmU
Olodt 143
USston 214
T. Brcn:ian 147
Price 159
Lutz 209
Totals .' 872
1R-2 487
1J3 349
Slarr Fruit C
et'R
.132
157
161
Kitnnlle:
Powell 141
Lencren 172
Nelson 159
Totals 735
138 429
;,B 4R7
184 334
864 900 234D
Court SI. Radio
Cfidy
till Buy
McClinc
Mnlhls
Bolton
Total!
TriaiiEle Tavern
Parker
Prlnrc
Wolfe
11 IIS 427
130 142408
139 191328
lflM 179328
173 182 4U1
776 780 2360
126 431
1A8 46
l.-,7 4M
m 42R
171 52ft
735 2267
Kn
OarbHrino 173
Totals
Stair St. Market
Hauler .4
McCIary i;4
Ma pes 164
Cherrincton o;-
Klcinkc 144
194 161500
142 173484
143 102471
168 177430
103 222529
Totals
KrMh Hruwn Cn.
Waitcri
Dyer
Jermuan
Cushina
Murdoch
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llfi 177 13247'.
.149 191 163303
113 149 187 4'.9
,202 176 13533
179 132 139490
791 843 816 2410
Totals
Izaak Waltons Plan
Overall Discussion
Wednesday night will be fish
night for the Salem chapter of
the Izaak Walton league at the
Dairy Co-op building on Fair
grounds road. President Chris
Kowitz announces that in addi
tion to a discussion of the steel
head measure which appears on
the November ballot. Prof. R. E.
Dimick, head of the fish and
game management department
of Oregon State college, will be
here to discuss some of the
scientific angles of fish.
Motion pictures taken by
James Loder in recent months
from the air and covering many
of the principal peaks of the
Cascades and Coast ranges will
be shown.
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BOWLING RESULTS
Jenkins Tries
For New Mark
In Power Car
Salt Lake City, Oct. 15 Wi
Tire and fuel crews were in
structed to join mechanics today
at the Bonneville salt flats
course on which Ab Jenkins
will attempt to set new automo
bile speed records in an assault
that may last from dawn Fri
day until dawn Saturday.
Jenkins, former mayor of
Salt Lake City, who current
ly holds virtually all world's
land speed records for dis
tances greater than 50 miles,
said his new racing car, the
lightweight ".Mobile Special,"
arrived at the race course 120
miles west of Salt Lake City
last night.
Workmen began yesterday the
task of smoothing two circular
10-milc courses.
The current world's record
for one hour, set by Jenkins
in 1910, is 182.5 miles per
hour. His mark for 24 hours
is 161.18 miles per hour. Jen
kins said he hoped to boost
the one hour mark to 200
miles per hour.
Bud Winficld, designer of the
V-8 powered car, and Jenkins'
son, Marv, who may aid his
father as relief driver, arrived
here from Los Angeles last
night.
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GIANT COACH
TnFr'-nr ii'iinirrlTiiifi'l
TRAVIS JACKSON, star
shortstop of the John McGraw
Bill Terry era, is returning to
the New York Giants next sea
son as a coach. He returns from
the Jackson, Mississippi, team
of the Southeastern league.
Williams Will Demand
$80,000 for '47 Year
Boston. Oct. 15 U,R Rod Sox
slugger Ted Williams, not pre
occupied entirely with his par
ticipation in today's final World
Scries game with the St. Louis
Cardinals, was reported by the
Boston Record today to be aim
ing for an $80,000 contract ncxl
season. Williams' demand equals
baseball's all-time high salary
paid to Babe Ruth in 1930 and
1931.
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Capital Journal, Salem, Oregon,
Coyotes Next
On Bearcat
Grid Program
Some folk around Willam
ette's campus may be taking
Collese of Idaho a bit lightly,
but Coach Walter Erickson be
lieves they will be tough when
they face his Bearcats next Fri
day night on Sweet land field
The Coyotes lost to Linficld by
a single point, but Coach Wayne
Ham of the Wildcats admitted
his club was lucky to win.
Loss of Herb Johnsrud, ca
pable reserve guard, by rea
son of pulled shoulder mus
cles, means that the coaching
staff may have to convert a
player from a different section
of the line where replace
ments are a bit more numer
ous. Rex Hardy, one of the
corps of halfbacks, is expect
ed back this week. He has
been out with an ankle injury.
Although Coach Erickson was
well pleased with the Bearcat
performance against Linficld,
with the forwards opening ga
ping holes for the backs to drive
through, the search is on for
some member of the team who
can better the conversion point
average. Fou:' out of 10 is the
record to date, with four misses
in five attempts constituting the
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Dick Gray, former Oregon
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Army Chicks to a 13-0 win over
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