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m i ho urn t Skits and Scratches By Fred Zimmerman Capital Journal Sports Editor It seems that a leaning "T" Isn't a brand used by cattlemen of central Oregon as a means of Identifying their steers (perhaps that's a Lazy T). The leaning "T" is the type of football of fense currently being employed by the Portland Pilots under the tutelage of Coach Hal Moe. Furthermore, it will be used in all of its modifications against the Bearcats of Willamette in Multnomah stadium Friday night. The leaning "T" varies Jtrom the straight "T" in that the 'Quarterback, instead of stand ing Immediately behind the cen ter, takes up his position to 'j.hc rear of a guard and then leans over to take the ball. Jlowever, in the case of the Pilots, the pass goes directly "to one of the other three backs Tebout 75 per cent of the time, Teleasing the quarterback for duties of a third guard. The System has several good points nd perhaps a few drawbacks. - 5 The University of British Columbia football team is not taking the progress anticipated by a number of grid students at the outset of the current sea son. The Tundcrbirds had the appearance of an excellent club .in the making when Willamette "rlowned them early in October. i!since then, however, they have liowed to every Northwest con ference team they have en countered. The Canadians are paving a difficult time shifting 4rom the type of play used for "Siiany years across the border 'to the American brand of com petition. The coaching staff ad mnitted they were having a bit JJrif trouble selling the game to riheir players, although It was evident that the manpower was inhere. Until the high schools !Tpf the provinces turn to Am erican football, the Thundcr Jjilrcls will find it tough to turn rOut winning ball clubs, n o Since the Chcmawa Indians tiave been classified as a "B" school, why is it that most of thc Marion county football clubs tif that category have declined to meet the redskins on the Tgridiron this season? So far as we recall, Grrvais high has been fine only school to live up to sthe schedule that was worked Jibut early in the season. In view tot the circumstances, it appears IJtiat the Chemawa boys have a clear claim to the county "championship, since they were 'willing to go through with their part of the bargain. If we are wrong in our deductions, we will be glad to hear from some 'one who can put us right, w J Up Eugene way, the tenla--tive plans for a slate champion ship football game, involving .the Axemen, are being dusted off. Such plans, Dick Strite of ,the Eugene Guard, hastens to Jioint out, are contingent upon 1e success of the Axemen in getting over the Klamath Peli cans and the Salem Vikings on successive Friday nights. Eu 'Igene has a civic stadium but the gridiron gets a bit heavy jpfler the fail rains and a title game there would probably draw some caustic remarks, es pecially if Hood River is in volved. So, it has been sug gested thnt Haywnrd field be secured, where greater scaling Rapacity is available. And would those Sulcm Vikings take grcnt delight in shuttering the Axemen's dream of a title game? The answer Is unanimous. . No City basketball league In sofar as the championship of the YMCA is concerned. Jim pimlt, physical director, will concentrate on a church pro gram, preceded by a course of instruction beginning Wednes day evening, November 6. El mer Schoake, head cage coach at Willamette, and Spec Kcenc will head up the coaching de partment, with assistance from Bob Keuscher and Harry Mohr of Leslie and Bob Melzger of Porrish. Plans call for four nights of the basketball school 4-Nov. 6, 13, 20 and 27. Boys of junior high age will be the students. Monmouth-Monroe Return Game on Friday Monmoulh Monmouth high school, which lost to Monroe there last Friday, 42 to 14, will have opportunity for retalia tion when (he Monroe football squad comes to Monmouth Fri day to meet the local team nt 2 p.m. al the Fairgrounds field. Virgil Buss and Keith Houk have been appointed to assist the yell queens in furnishing ! rooter support to the gridsters. Silence in Mississippi Covers Football Bar Starkvillc, Miss., Oct. 31 IU.R) Mississippi State college of ficials were silent today on the ticklish question over eligibility of Nevada's two star negro foot ball players except for the crisp statement that the "situation will be worked out within the next few days." The teams are scheduled for a game Novem ber 16. WU Eleven Never Fears Lack of Flashing Legs If Coach Walter Erickson's Bearcats can perform according to the way they are turned out Friday night, then the contest with the Portland Pilots in Multnomah stadium should prove interest ing to say the least. After hav- ing been compelled to play in their practice pants half way through the season, the Bear cats have finally received a complete set of game pants gold with cardinal stripes. "We'll really look good," promised Coach Erickson. But he then went on to relate that Pat White, veteran center, had pulled a neck ligament in the CPS game while Bob Hill, al ternate pivot man, is recover ing from a bad cold. The 'Cats are hoping for a dry field while preparing for heavy going. Special emphasis has been placed on defense against the "T" and its varia tions during this week's prac tice sessions. Glenn Dobbs Takes Top On Pro Grid Offense New York, Oct. 31 UP) Glenn Dobbs, Brooklyn's stellar half back, assumed the All-America football conference leadership in total offense while remaining runner-up in passing and firsl in punting conference statistics disclosed today. The former Tulsa great re placed Chicago's Bob (Hunchy) Hoernschemeyer as the total of fense leader. Dobbs has gained 891 yards in 170 plays. Major Bowlers Tap 500 The bowler who totaled a score of less than 500 Wednesday night on the Capitol alleys was far behind the regular run as top-notch Major league pin spillers set a new sight on the Ameri can Bowling Congress that looms in the future. Goldt, bowling for Clipboard Cafe, was leading bowler of the night with a 193-206-195595 total. Colonial House Doyce 175 197525 124405 Oarbarino 1R6 Bone l3 Mlrieh 177 Murdock 104 202351 18352?) 203573 Totals .927 899 951 2777 Cupboard Cafe Simon 12( 192502 166527 102554 131470 195 J03 Hrndernon 101 MeCurdy 187 Co 174 Olodt 132 Totals 916 950 924 2796 Kellh Brown Co, Kitchen mo 212 190 -5R2 Hostrn ISO 176 181537 200 IflD 515 1B1 141530 170 178511 909 930 2818 Valdea 120 Scales 109 King 154 Total , Capital Derlrlinr Co. Poulln I5fl FrJewMi 113 Lnrson ,'.,.. IB3 Karr 150 McClusky 174 174517 127 3.J2 13fi 4:lfl 149435 182 523 Totals R25 860 817 2502 Salcrn Hardware Co. Wrst If)6 Wilkerson lflo Nelson 205 MoParlana 172 Ha ma no 1 86538 105555 170513 153506 194 52H Total 057 883 923 2765 Valley Motor Co. Nuber 16ft Price ne Welch 141 Blank lag Page 202 Total! 918 Cllne'a Coffee Shop Hnrtwcll 180 LtitB 300 Evans lo Cline. Jr 180 Keel 175 i;6 164488 177 160 51J 147 155443 138 153460 167 177546 852 871 2041 177 100556 183 178 5'il 161 126137 161 187508 169 310 5(4 Tot.lt Churk'i T.vrrn OIlliKrr Foreman Perry Adolph Young TotAls ...930 910 910 2771 .118 1M 117439 ,.U6 150 177 . .163 1HS 174 M J .186 133 142431 ,l3 1M 140-403 .BS6 940 820 3322 Salem J-V's vs. St. Pau Coach Loren Mori takes Vik ing junior varsity footballers over to St. Paul Thursday night for a 7:30 p.m. game that will highlight Halloween festivities. A big parade is scheduled fol lowing the rodeo grounds grid iron duel. -TEEN-AGERS- Don't Miss the Fun Learn the Popular Dances In Special Teen Age Classes Starting November 1 -ENROLL NOW- ARTHUR Vikings Taper Astoria Eve Grid Sessions Dummy scrimmage work and tapering off will occupy mem bers of the Salem senior high school Viking football squad Thursday afternoon on dinger field as Coach Harold Hauk smooths out rough edges before the Friduy night game with Astoria under the Sweetland wield lights at 8 p.m. Linemen have come in for more than their share of work this week as efforts were made to fill guard spots made vacant by first string losses, Nile Caster and George Zur linden have drawn the start ing nod from Coach Hauk. Center of the line reserves will be Bob Howard, who moved over from blocking back, and Ray Cummings, ex-center, along with veteran Warren Bacon. The invading Astoria eleven features a single wing attack that is based on power plays. Damp weather conditions may turn the fray into a sludging affair. Yankee Pilot Name is Held New York. Oct. 31 VP) The end is in sight to that intrigu ing off-season guessing contest entitled "who will manage the Yankees next year?" Larry MacPhail, president of the New York American league club, announced yesterday that the identity of the new pilot would be disclosed at a press conference in his office next Tuesday. Bucky Harris, Leo Durocher, Charley Dresscn and Frankie Frisch have been mentioned most prominently for the job vacated early Inst season by Joe McCarthy and subsequently filled by Bill Dickey and Johnny Noun. George Clark of Duke and Bob Fenimore of Oklahoma A. & M. are listed as the most dangerous safety men in football. SALEM HI-SCHOOL VIKINGS vs. ASTORIA HI-SCHOOL FISHERMEN SWEETLAND FIELD FRIDAY, NOV. 1 8 P.M. ADMISSION, ADULTS. $1, TAX INCL. Tickets on Sale at: Maple Keenc's Sporting Goods - Senior Hi-School Come in Today or Call 6126 MURRAY DANCE 155 SOUTH LIBERTY Pro Basketball Loop Plans Settled The Pacific Coast Basketball league, comprising clubs in Vancouver, B.C., Spokane, Yak ima, Tacoma, Seattle and Bel lingham in Washington, Salem and Portland in Oregon, will open competition early in De cember with a schedule of 34 home games involved. Bobby Morris of Seattle has been nam ed league commissioner and Emil Piluso, chief official. The Salem club will have Frank 8 Capital Journal, Salem, Oregon, Thursday, Oct. 31, 1946 Ace Bowlers End Play; Averages Run 767-714 Chicago, Oct. 31 UP) Ned Day of West Allis, Wis., former national all-star individual match game bowling champion, and Joe Wilman of Berwyn, 111., the present titlist, will wind up their transcontinental match here Saturday and Sunday. Day and Wilman have bowled 162 games since the tour started in West Allis, continuing at San Francisco, Long Beach, San Diego and Santa Monica, Calif., and Philadel phia, Day has toppled 33,162 pins for a Petersen point total of 767.3750. Wilman has 32,418 pins and 714.4350 points. The final set of 27 games will be divided into three blocks. Rice End is Top Lineman New York, Oct. 31 (Pi Windell Williams, end on the Rice university football team, injured his ankle in practice a week ago. It didn't look like he would play against Texas. But he stayed with the team's trainer for hours on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, determined to play. He achieved his objective in such startling fashion that today he was selected as the "lineman of the week" in this fourth Associ ated Press poll of the season. Able to play only on the of fense (his ankle wasn't strong enough to stand battering on de fense) Williams caught two touchdown passes. On the first touchdown he ran into a fence and hurt his wrist so badly he had to leave. But later he came back to snare the pigskin for his second TD, a feat that tumbled Texas out of the unbeaten and untied ranks in a major grid upset. Williams thus joined Walter "Piggy" Barnes of Louisiana State; Burr Baldwin, UCLA, and Bernie Gallagher of Pennsyl vania, who gained the lineman award in previous weeks. Boxing's 10th Death Recorded in East Providence, R. I., Oct. 31 (P) Boxing today recorded its 10th ring fatality of the year with the death of Robert (Bobby) Burton, 24 year old Pittsburgh Negro father of two children who, a friend said, was seeking a little extra money while on a two weeks leave from his shipyard job. Burton, a welterweight who had been fighting professionally for two years, was felled In the fifth round of a six round pre liminary last night at the Arca- STUDIO Shone, Portland Beaver out fielder, as business manager. The Seattle club will be head ed by Judge Charles P. Mor iarty and Jerry Hartnett, with Stan Riddle as coach. "Slim" Wintermute, one of the famous "Tall Firs" turned out at the University of Oregon will serve as playing manager for the Portland club. He recently resigned his connection with the Dow Chemical company. Elra "Squinty" Hunter will coach the Albany Sets Offense For Final Home Duel Albany The Albany Bull dogs were making ready with vigor this week for the tradi tional battle with the invading Lebanon team Friday night at Hudson field. Coach Rex Hun saker has been sending his charges through some stiff workouts the last two nights and another is on the docket for Thursday. According to the local coach Albany has got to develop a punch and get the ball across the goal line instead of piling up tremendous yardage between the two 20s. The Lebanon game will be the last home game of the season for the Bulldogs who will wind up the season on Ar mistice day at Corvallis. dla by a right to the body de livered by a local fighter of the same name. Class of ATTTS (Sv 3E Spokane club while Jimmy En nis will direct operations for Tacoma. Bellingham has se- cured Gail Bishop, well known court contender. The league plans to use northwest and Pacific coast players and each club will be required to establish financial security. A 10-man player limit will be in effect after 10 days of com' petition. Boxing Card Gives KO Duef, Outclassed In every depart' ment except gameness "Red' Garrison of Aberdeen, Wash. succumbed to the cleverness of "Sugar" Eddie Wharton, Port land welterweight in the fifth round of Wednesday night's boxing- show at the armory. Wharton, an excellent boxer who has considerable authority in his two fists, dropped his op ponent six times in the fifth. Garrison would drop to his knees from a short punch to the chin and would bob up immedia- ately. But he couldn't keep it up forever and finally stayed down. Snooks Lacey, 133 pound Portland Negro, drew the doubtful honor of meeting Duane Hoag two weeks hence by decisioning Chuc k "Kid" Brown in the semi-final. Brown was unable to connect with his clever opponent who used an effective left hand on occasion. The only knockout on the pre liminary card came within four seconds of the end of the six round special event when John ny O'Day, Klamath boxer, ran into one of Davey Arndt's blows. It had been a fairly even scrap up until that time. By pounding his opponent's mid-section Graham Byron of Albany took a four round deci sion over big Eli Sutton of Port land. Spider Archer decisioned Bobby Hanson in the four round curtain raiser. They are from Portland; Nick Wall Critical San Mateo, Calif., Oct. 31 UP) Nick Wall, one of the nation's foremost jockeys, remained In a critical condition today from internal injuries suffered Tues day in a fall from his horse dur ing a race at Bay Meadows. 982 Beavers Pants Shortage Is Erased Before Fray (By the Associated Pressl Oregon State college views pessimistically the meeting with Stanford Saturday, but encouragingly the Beavers no longer expect to lose their pants. In addition to worrying about means of stopping Stanford's Lloyd Merriman, the Beavers' brows were furrowed over their pre-war uniforms which were coming apart Leslie Victory Adds to Total Over Parrish Leslie youths continued a surprising junior high school gridiron year in Salem Wed nesday afternoon on their home field as Golds romped to a 20 to 0 victory over cross-city Par rish Cardinals. Golds gave an early indica tion of how the game would go in the first quarter as they in vaded Cardinal territory and settled. The initial score came in the second period when Jean Garver connected with a touch down pass to Don Brennan. Allen McMullen blocked a Parrish kick for a second touchdown setup. A pass from Garver to Bill Johnson tallied six more Leslie points. Harry Mohr's Golds capped scoring ceremonies of the day in the third quarter when Harold Porter intercepted a Cardinal pass near midfield and raced for a score. Bren nan added the first two points after on passes from Garver. Sterling line work by Jack Anunsen, tackle, Dewayne Bow en and Buck Williams, guards, slopped Farrish drives time and again. Dale Olson sparked the Cardinal attack, with able sup port on line crashes by Howard Bacon. Melvin Taylor and Jack Layton played good ball in the line.. Rivalry continues Thursday afternoon on dinger field as Leslie Blues meet the Parrish Grays. Massachusetts Boosts All-Time Racing Income Boston, Oct. 31 (Pi The Com monwealth of Massachusetts re ceived an all-time high income of $10,147,983.67 in taxes from horse and dog racing during 1946, nearly double the $5,532,- 657.34 received in 1945. The increase was. attributed to added taxation on a sliding scale, a greater number of days of racing and more betting at tracks. ass of '827 yes tut even (lie "old grads" ; Feathers is now smoother, lighter, richer if finest-lasting Three Feathers in sixty-four years One sip will tell you it's the class of '46! THREE FEATHERS First Among Fine Whiskies at and around the scams. Yes terday the team outfitter showed up with new pants. The Stanford-Oregon State encounter at Corvallis, Ore., is one of four Pacific coast foot ball conference games Saturday. Interest is centered chiefly on the non-league tussle betwejn unbeaten UCLA the confer ence leaders and powerful St. Mary's in Los Angeles tomorrow night. Bruins Prep for Herman UCLA's scrimmage sessions concentrated on a defense against all-American Herman Wedemeyer. The St. Mary's squad arrives in Los Angeles to day. Conference games feature Washington State against the University of California at erkeley; Idaho and Montana uni versity at Missoula and unbeaten Oregon against the University of Southern California at Los An geles Injured Cougars Washington State's Cougars left by train for Berkeley lfcs night. Coach Phil Sorboe saia End Francis Bacoka and Cen ter Andy Lazor, regulars in jured in the 13 to 12 loss to Oregon State last week, were making the trip but may not play. Tackle Elmo Bond and Fullback Dick Abrams were left with injuries. The University of Oregon was polishing its passing de fense in anticipation of an aerial assault by USC. The Trojans were beaten 6 to 0 by Oregon State, but later smashed Washington and then came from behind to whip Stanford. USC is regarded as the team most capable of stopping UC LA's march toward the Rose Bowl when the teams meet late in November but Oregon is deemed USC's toughest oppon ent in the meantime. OCE Plays EOCE Monmouth The OCE Wolves meet the Eastern Oregon College of Education team Saturday evening, November 2, on the lighted field at La Grande, re suming c gridiron feud neglect ed since 1939. Several mem bers of the squad, injured in past games, hope to be ready for the battle. admit; than evet
