Skits and
Scratches
By Fred Zimmerman
Capital Journal Sports Editor
The millennium hasn't ar
rived, but the closest thing to
that haDDV event is on the boards
for next Monday night at the
chamber of commerce, wnen
SDec Keene will preside over a
meeting in which Jim Aiken,
coach at the University of Ore
eon, will be the principal speak
er. Whatever the cause, there
appears to be an era of good
feeling coming up between Ore
gon State and Oregon. Arrival
nf .Tim Aiken on the Webfoot
eamrjus not only has revived
the flaeffine soirits of the uni'
versity faithful but his tour of
the state has brought aDour a
friendly feeling between alum
ni of the two institutions. It may
be nothing more than an arm
ed truce, but selection of Spec
Kopnp as athletic director of
the Beaver college will go a
lone wav toward keeping peace
,., in the ranks of the department
' of higher education. Spec isn't
a panty waist, but ne s an easy
person to get along with. And
while, Jim Aiken is just a hired
man on the University of ure
V .nn r-amnus. wc believe his
( ,ir,Hiv attitude will accomplish
a great deal in the matter of
public relations.
Nevertheless, there will be no
truce In the matter of attract
ing high ranking hign scnool
athletes to the respective schools
though Pacific Coast conference
rules are supposed to keep the
competition for talent on some
thing less that a shooting basis.
One of Coach Aiken's famous
letters is "M" meaning mater
ialand no doubt he will in
sist that Oregon secure its share
of boys who are prospective
gridders. Over at Oregon State
where Uoach l.on stiner nas
been getting the material and
making good use of it, as the
records will verify, there is no
iirfi-atinn that complacency
..,111 niai asirressiveness. The
Beavers do not expect to rest on
the record and live in the past.
Snooks Lacey is one of the
better boxers of the northwest-
one reason why he is regaraea
in many quarters as the feather
weight champion of this section
of the country. But we do hope
he will not crawl into his shell
when he comes out next Wed
npsdav nieht for a 10 round ses
sion with Bobby Richards who
won a decision over Lacey about
year ago. If Lacey wants re
Yvenee for that beating as badly
as he would lead people to be
lieve, then he should realize
that, in a close battle the fellow
who is the aggressor quite fre
rmontlv has his arm lifted in
token of victory. Lacey is a No.
1 counter puncher, a skillful
boxer and a likeable chap. But
to please most fans a fisticuffer
must do a bit of the leading
now and then. Perhaps he will
force Richards' hand in the
lorthcoming engagement.
Oregon State's Jayvees were
the only basketeers who were
able to down Coach Otto Sko-
Dil's super varsity aggregation
at Willamette during a 14 game
season. The Beaver Pups de
feated the Skopil clan twice
but had to come from behind to
do the trick. The Staters won
the first game, 34-31 and the
second, 29-27. Victims of the
Willamette crew were Vanport,
Pacific university, Lewis and
, Clark, Oregon College of Edu
cation and Page W.oolens, ' Port
land U.. Salem City league con
lenders. Members of the Skopil
coached outfit were Dale Bates,
Ted Johnson, Jim Cline, Bob
Lakie, Fred Graham, Verd Rus
sell, Don Preiss, Gordon Kunke,
Darrel Hawes and Bernard Ben
nett. If Otto ever decides to store
his law books, he has a future
in coaching.
Vanport Wins
In Consolation
. Compton, Calif., March 8 UP)
i The 1947 championship of the
" Western States College Basket
ball tournament will be decided
when the two survivors of the
16 starters, Compton College, the
host team, and Phoenix, Ariz.,
Junior College, play the finale
tonight.
Vanport College of Portland.
Ore., defeated in the first round
by Phoenix, won the consolation
final last night by defeating the
Branch Agricultural College
quintet from Cedar City, Utah
65 to 59.
135 Nominated
For K-Derby
Louisville, Ky., March 8 (UP)
A total of 135 three-year-olds,
now scattered to the four cor
ners of the nation but with their
93 owners all dreaming of the
winner's circle at Churchill
Downs, have been nominated for
the 1947 Kentucky derby, to be
run Saturday, May 3, Col. Matt
J. Winn announced today.
The list of 108 colts, 20 geld
ings and seven fillies included
46 horses who either won or
placed in stakes last year and
Indicated the wide open race the
73rd running of the $100,000
I classic promises to be.
Woolens Win State
Viks Cop District Crown
Earn Berth
In National
AAU Tourney
Portland (Special)
Teamwork payed off in trophies
on the Portland armory basket
ball floor Friday night. The
Page Woolen Mills team of Sa
lem defeated Eugene's Oregon
Lumber Sales 46-37 to win the
Oregon state AAU champion
ship and the right to enter the
national playoffs at Denver,
Colo., opening March 16.
It wasn't the fact that the
Salemites won the 16-team tour
nament that was the outstand
ing Page accomplishment of
the four-night hoop show it
was how they did it. You
couldn't have picked a "star"
nor an "ace" on the Page squad;
the team was comprised of ten
Salem fellows out there with a
single thought in mind win
that tournament and phooey on
individual glory. Their playing
theory was awarded with the
highest honor an Oregon inde
pendent basketball team can
receive, to mention nothing of
13 gleaming, well-earned tro
phies. A large "roving" cup, to
be handed from champion-to-
champion until one team has
won it three years, was carted
home by a proud gang of Wool
en basketeers, who each receiv
ed a ten-inch individual tro
phy as a member of the title-
winning team. A permanent tro
phy also was presented to the
team. Manager Harry Mason
got his reward for directing the
potent Pagers; he was presented
with a personal trophy, too.
In winning the tourney's fi
nal game Friday night, the
Woolens started slow, trailing
2-7 early in the game. Then
they struck hard, and after the
armory's portable basketball
floor had taken a terrific pound
ing from Page's fast-breaking
offense for several minutes, the
Woolens found themselves on
top, 12-9, early in the second
period. Eugene, managed by
former U. of Oregon great Bob
by Anet, tied it up at 12-all,
and from then on a steady flur
ry of good, steady, team bas
ketball outshone the lanky
Lumberjack efforts.
Leading scorer for Page's in
the title contest was Forward
Eddie Salstrom with 15 points,
while Fank Page dunked a doz
en counters. Particularly effec
tive Friday was the aggressive
ness of the entire Salem team
on defense, and the performance
of Center Courtney Jones un
der the backboards.
Page's will enter the tourna
ment at Denver, providing lo
cal citizens raise some expense
money for the team. The AAU
has offered but $518 for the
cause, and an additional $500
must be raised if the team is
to make the jaunt
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87 EUGENE
6 E. FOX
7 Burris
4 Bonney
3 Kerns
8 Anct
Pane subs CHnc
Gem me 11, Jones
5, Wolf 5: Euecne subs Taylor
Fox 2, Pupke 4, Hlxoil.
Mangrum &
Little Threat
Miami, Fla.,- March 8 (UJ
Lawson Little and Lloyd Man
grum appeared to be the. chief
threats to Defending Cham
pions Ben Hogan and Jimmy
Demaret today as the field
swung into the semi-finals of
the $10,000 Miami international
four-ball golf tournament.
Little and Mangrum, who de
feated Toney Penna and George
Schoux yesterday, 5 and 4,
meet Sammy Byrd and Johnny
Revolta, who eliminated Johnny
Bulla and Harry" Todd.
Hogan and Demaret disposed
of Jim Ferrier and Fred Haas,
Jr., 5 and 4. The co-favorites
meet Dick Metz and Chick Har
bert today.
Utah Jumping
Event Opens
Salt Lake City, Utah, March 8
'IP) Leaps of up to 300 feet were
forecast as possible today as 50
athletes prepared to compete in
Utah's centennial ski jumping
championships.
Utah's Alf Engen leaped 246
feet from the Ecker hill takeoff
during the recent intermountain
championships. Officials of Utah
Ski club predicted that with fa
vorable conditions leaps up to
300 feet might result from the
star-studded field entered in the
centennial event.
Heading the skiers is'Arnyoldt
Kongsgaard of Kongsberg, Nor
way, winner of the national ski
jumping championship at Ish
peming, Mich., February 28.
Yank Pitchers to Oppose Bums
Havana, March 8 u. Man-,
ager Bucky Harris of the Newi
York Yankees nominated pitch-!
ers Charlie Wensloff. Joe Page
and Frank (Spec) Shea to op-
I f V - ft , f i
CHAMPION SKATER RETURNS Barbara Ann Scott, the
world's champion figure skater, waves from the deuk of the
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the world title in competition at
Til Beat Him (Richards)
This Time Comments Lacey
"I'll beat him this time and get even for that bum decision
he was awarded over me last year in Potrland," declared Snooks
Lacey, northwest featherweight champion as he took time out
from his training chores to comment concerning his 10-round en
gagement with Bobby Richards in the armory next Wednesday
Levine Wins
Decision
New York. March 8 (U.R An
other formidable contender was
added to the talent-packed mid
dleweight division last night
when Herbic Kronowitz of
Coney Island, Just a substitute,
lost a terrifically unpopular de
cision to Artie Levine of Brook
lyn before 11,886 fans at Madi
son Square Garden
For more than five minutes
the fans shook the Garden's
girders with their roars of pro
test against the decision in which
the three ring officials had voted
in unison.
As it was, Levine. favored at
13-5, had to come from behind
to gain the verdict against a
youngster who was fighting his
first main event in the Garden
and -who had been given the top
billing merely because Georgie
Abrams of Washington. D. C.
had injured his side in training
for the Levine bout.
Handsome, hazel-haired Le
vine- who had the great Ray
(Sugar) Robinson on the floor
al Cleveland last November 6
failed to drop his lightly re
garded opponent once. Instead
the crowd was brought to its
feet in screaming surprise in the
very first round when Levine
hit the canvas for no count when
Kronowitz landed a long
straight right to the face, just as
Artie half-slipped in trying to
pull away from it: It was an
official knockdown, and the only
one of the 10-round brawl.
Dallas Quint
Trims Hopsters
Dallas By defeating Inde-
nendence Friday night, 38 to
27, Coach Bobby Daggett's Dal
las Dragons made a clean sweep
of the series with the Hopsters.
The Dallas Jayvees downed thej
Independence second siring, 52
to 24 in the preliminary.
DALLAS M 27 1NDEP.
Dunn 5 P 16 Glrard
N. Perry 6 F Bullock
DtBby 9 C 8 Walker
Kahler 1 G 3 Patton
Fisher S G 1 Fulmer
Subs: Dallas. McCully 3, Balzer 7, Jones
2; Indep.. Pettlt 2.
Bosox Regs vs. Scrubs
Sarasota, Fla., March 8 (U.R)
The Boston Red Sox regulars
will meet the Yannigan? today
in a six-inning contest in prcpar-
ation for the club's exhibition!
game against the Philadelphia
Phillies on Sunday. I
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night. The scrap will be an over
weight affair and Lacey's title
will not be at stake. However,
Richards has insisted upon two
contracts being drawn up: one
for Wednesday night's engage
ment and the second for a return
match with the crown at stake in
event he decisions the champ.
Richards is said to be a great
boxer and a pretty fair puncher
and it is probable the bout will
go the distance. However. Lacey
has uncorked a pretty fair wal
lop along with his counter
punching and might tag his op
ponent before the end of the
tenth.
The six - round preliminary
will pit Dick Abney of Salem
against Ray Garcia of Portland.
Abney, in much better condition
than was the case a year ago,
came through with a smashing
kayo over Johnny O'Day 10 days
ago. Garcia, however, is an ag
gressive boxer and may give the
local scrapper some anxious mo
ments. Cruz Scores
TKO Victory
Portland, March 8 Wi A vi
cious head and body attack that
sent Jimmy Casino, 185, Los An
geles, tumbling to the canvas
seven times gave Costello Cruz,
173. Santa Barbara, a TKO win
at the end of the third round of
their scheduled 10-round main
event here last night. Referee
Packy McFarland awarded the
bout to Cruz after Casino had
difficulty answering the bell for
the fourth canto.
In the scheduled six-round
semi-windup Dick Wagner, 158.
Oregon City, scored a third
round TKO over Steve Moran,
163, Seattle. Preliminary results
included: Rocky Sullivan, 139,
Spokane, knocked out Duane
Hoag, 136, Portland (1); Dick
Abney. 150, Salem, TKO overj
Pat Kelly, 153, Portland (l);j
Frankie Rowe, 178, Fort Lewis,
outpointed Bomber Daniels, 177,1
Portland (4)
Browns Minus Victory
Miami Beach, Fla., March 8
(U.R) The St. Louis Browns, with
a record of five successive de
feats, still were looking for their
first exhibition game victory
today.
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DANCE
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Salem High
Will Enter
State Meet
Salem's Vikings and Roose
velt high school of Portland will
meet at 3:30 next Wednesday
afternoon at Eugene in the op
ening round of the Oregon state
prep basketball tournament.
The Viks and Teddies were the
last two teams to qualify for
the state meet, Salem earning its
tourney berth by blasting a hap
less Sacred Hear Academy five
48-15 on the Viks' court Friday;
night, and Roosevelt qualifying j
for a trip to Eugene by defeat
ing cross-town Jefferson 37-27
in Portland Friday afternoon.
First quarter of the Vik-SHA
affair was a slow, sloppy affair
and the wee bit of polished
hooping that was exhibited
came from Coach Harold Hauk's
Viks. Salem led 8-1 as the per
iod ended. The Vikings got hot
in the second quarter to post a
30-5 intermission lead, tnd the
second half was merely rou
tine, though the Viks didn't
garner a single point in the
third quarter, with second
stringers on the floor for Salem
It was 30-8 as the final canto
opened.
Academy Center Tom John-i
son, who had averaged over 12
points per contest in four pre
vious double-elimination tour
ney tilts, was held to but two
points by the Vikings. Cub
Houck provided the cork which
stopped up Johnson's flow of
points in the first half, and'!
Ralph Morgan kept the SHA ace
bottled up in the second half.
Houck s 10 points led scoring
for the evening.
SAI.EM 48 15 SACREn HF4BT
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Dasch g 9 ColWnn
Hfndrie S G J Mullcr
Salem subs Bemmtrr 3. Miller 2. Mor-
Alllson 4. Chamberlain 7; Sacred
subs Davey, Comstock, Coffey.
Heart
Keene.
P-H, Union
In 'B' Finale
Arlington, Ore., March 8 (U.R)
Pleasant Hill and Union fight it
out here tonight for the Ore
gon state class "B" high school
basketball championship. Pleas
ant Hill, favored by fans here
to take the title, trounced Park
dale 58 to 22 in last night's semi
final round. Union fought
through to the finals with a
close 43 to 42 victory over Star
of the Sea high of Astoria.
Star of the Sea and Parkdale
will vie in the first game to
night for third place in the
tourney, and the championship
tilt will get under way at 8:45
p.m.
Dayton and Myrtle Creek
were slated to meet this after
noon (2:30 o'clock) in the con
solation finals.
Slicker Golf
Meet Resumes
Jack Russell and Joe Steigcr,
who took all three points in
their match with Floyd Kenyon
and Bob King last week, will
try their luck against Bill Scha-
fer and Floyd Baxter Sunday in
the play-offs of the Winter
Slicker tournament.
Meanwhile Knyon and King
will meet Jim Sheldon and Bob
Burns. The latter duo salvaged
a half point as a result of their
clash with Schafer and Baxter
last week.
A tournament for players not
engaged otherwise will be i
ranged by Pro Jim Russell. The
Men's club banquet in midweek
was well attended and the cook
received much praise for the
roast turkey dinner served.
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COACH JIM AIKEN of the
University of Oregon, who will
be guest of the Salem Dads'
club, during a night meeting
scheduled for the Chamber of
Commerce next Monday night.
He will be introduced by R. S
"Spec" Keene, president of the
Dads club, who will take over
the duties of athletic director
of Oregon Stale college March
17.
RIGHT ON T1IK CHIN Johnny Izzo (right) of Newark, N.J.,
hangs one on the chin of Jerome
third round of their semi-final bout in the 160-pound class of the
Eastern Golden Gloves amateur tournament in New York. Rich
ardson won a decision and went on to take another In the final.
(AP Wirephnto)
Training Camp Tidbits
Phoenix, Ariz., March 8 (U.R) The New York Giants, with prize
rookie Clint Hartung in the lineup, were ready to meet the Cleve
land Indians today in the first game of their series on the
"Cactus" circuit.
Avalon, Calif., March 8 The Chicago Cubs were in Los An
geles today for a tussle with their city-rival While Sox, the first
of a 36-game exhibition schedule. Hank Borowy and Clifr Cham
bers were designed as the Cubs' opening pitchers when they broke
camp here yesterday.
Lakeland, Fla., March 8 (U.R1 Four Detroit Tiger regular hurl
crs were named to work today in the club's second intni-sqiiad
game. Hal Ncwhouscr and Al Benton were to oppose Freddie
Hutchinson and Stubby Ovcrmire in a six-inning affair.
St. Petersburg, Fla., March 8 (U.R) Pitcher Murry Dickson,
who spent most of his afternoons last season warming up when he
wasn't on the mound, was the only St. Louis Cardinal holdout
today after Outfielder Harry Walker signed his contract with the
world champions. Dickson won 14 games and lost 6 In 1046.
Pasadena, Calif., March 8 (U.R) Rookie Pitchers Karl Harris!,
Bob Gillespie and Pete Gcbrian will pilch for the Chicago White
Sox today in the team's opening exhibition game against the
Chicago Cubs.
Hoppe, Bozeman, Rubin
Unbeaten in Cue Meet
Chicago, March 8 IIP) Willie
Hoppe of White Plains, N. Y.;
Jay Bozeman of Vallejo, Calif.,
and Art Rubin of Brooklyn re
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Bevos Tip UCLA
In Series Start
Corvallis, Ore., March 8 (UK) The Oregon State Beavers, with
one foot in basketball heaven, expect to complete the big step
tonight when they face UCLA in the second game in their best-out-of-three
series for the Pacific Coast conference championship.
The eager Beavers lived up to their name last night in thorough
Devils Edge
Bells, 65-64
Seattle, March 8 lU.R) Norm
Dalthorp. ace forward of the
Spattle Blue Devils, looped in a
shot in the final three seconds to
give the Seattle team a 65-64
victory over the Bellingham
Fircrests in a Pacific Coast pro
fessional basketball league play
off game here last night.
Dalthoro's shot gave the Sc-
nitlr team their second playoff
victory and put them on top of
the Dost season standings, uaie
BishoD. former Washington
State star, led the Fircrests by
countering 22 points. Al Maul
had 15 points for Seattle.
Richardson of New York in the
mained undefeated as 10 of Ihe
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ly trouncing the Southern Di
vision winners, 69 to 52, before
2,500 astounded spectators who
watched in bewilderment as
OSC "piled it on" in th- all-out
battle.
The series winner is expected
to receive a bid to represent the
far west in the NCAA playoffs
at Kansas City next week. Also
at stake tonight is the race for
individual scoring honors be
tween OSC's Ephriam (Red)
Rocha. the Hawaiian beanpole,
and the Bruins' great Negro cen
ter. Don Barksdale.
Rocha added 20 points to his
regular seasonal total of 215
in last night's fray. Barksdale
tallied 15, giving him a 213
point accumulation.
What Oregon State did to
UCLA shouldn't happen to any
team. The Beavers, behind the
deadly shooting of Rocha in the
first half, raced to a 39-28 mar
gin at the intermission. Their
second half spree missed by a
point of equaling their opening
20-minute burst.
Coach Slats Gills' boys never
gave the Bruins a chance. UCLA
never got closer to OSC than 1 1
points at any time as the expect
ed battle of the giants Rocha
and Barksdale failed to live up
to expectations. Rocha guarded
Barksdale like a twin tap danc
er.
The Beavers' ball hawking
paid off after the opening few
minutes when they were all but
swept off the floor by the Bruins'
initial racehorse style of play.
Kramer, Betz
Net Favorites
New York, March 8 (U.R) Jack
Kramer and Pauline Betz of Los
Angeles, outdoor title-holders,
were favored to add indoor titles
to their trophies today as the
national indoor tennis cham
pionships moved into the final
round.
Kramer will meet Bob Fal-
kenburg, also of Los Angeles,
while Miss Betz opposes second,
seeded Doris Hart of Miami, Fla.
raiKcnourg, national intercolle
giate champion,, advanced into
the finals last night, by defeat
ing Billy Talbert of Wilmington,
Del., 7-9, 6-4, 6-4, 0-6, 6-4, and
Miss Hart moved up with a 6-3,
6-2 triumph over defending
champion Mrs. Helen Pedersen
Rihbany of Cambridge, Mass.
Both Kramer and Miss Betz were
idle yesterday.
Iron Man
New York, March 8 iff") Gil
Dodds, the new king of the
inilcrs, will perform an iron
man stunt tonight when ha
races in both the mile and two
mile events in the 28th annual
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