Finns, Dragons Post Wins
As Hoop Tourney Opens
Vikinqs in
Action With
jTeddie Quint
J By Chris Kowilz
Eugene (Snccial) The Salem
JVikings were scheduled to tan
gle with Coach "Roland Rotirkc's
Ttoosevoll high Teddies of Port
Sand in an opening-round battle
"pt the Oregon state high school
basketball tournament in gi
gantic McArthur court here at
$:30 Wednesday afternoon. The
annual hoop classic opened with
Jtwo games Tuesday night, when
(the proverbial strong Washing
Ion Colonials of Portland de
feated Astoria's Fishermen 30
28 and Hood River's rugged Blue
Sragons measured the Redmond
Panthers 41-29.
Eugene (S p e e i a 1) Cub
4 Houck and Dick Mane, for-
wards on the Salem' hiirh Vik
J inr baseball squad, were
scheduled to appear in the Vik
starting lineup opposite Roose
. velt high of Portland Tucs-
day, Salem Coach Harold
I Hauk said Monday night. Both
Houck and Mase are recover-
ing from cases of the flu.
Houck did not make the trip
1 here with the team Monday.
but traveled here by himself
J Tuesday morning.
i Washington and Hood River
"thus became the first two teams
Jo advance into the quarter-final
round. The Colonials and
Dragons will square off at 3:15
y.m. Thursday.
Different Ball Club
Astoria, looking like an en
tirely different ball club than
Ihe one which absorbed two
Josses at Salem early this sea
son, threw a big scare into the
fast-breaking Washington five
early in Monday night's fracas.
The Fishermen held a 13-10
lead at the end of the first quar
ter. Since showing in Salem.
Jhe Finns have added a smooth
working weave to their offon
sive attack a weave which
fends Fred Ihandcr. Bill Korpela
and Stan Grimberg moving
around the court like Ihe stream
ers on a May pole. This type of
offensive thrust paid off heav
ily for the Finns in the initial
canto, but the Washingtonians'
fast-break earned higher divi
dends in the second period
Coach Arba Ager's Portlandcrs
took a 25-20 halflime advantage
Astoria was held to but eight
points in the second half as the
Colonials rolled to victory. Ray
Folcen, all-city Colonial center,
was a dead-eye demon from the
corners Monday as he led the
winners in scoring with 13
points. Top man for Astoria was
Grimberg with 10 tallies.
Ditto Fracas
The second till of the evening
that pitting Hood River opposite
Redmond, progressed in a man
ner much like that of its pre
decessor the losers-to-be jump
ing off to an early lead, and the
winners doing the nucleus of
their damage in the second half
It was 7-3. Redmond, as the first
quarter ended. The Dragons, a
hefty lot of footballers who at
times Monday night looked like
they forgot they weren't on
gridiron, hadn't scored a field
goal in that lead-off canto. Red
mond built up a 15-8 lead mid
way in the second quarter,
thanks mainly to some brilliant
play by Bob Harmon. But Hood
River, with Lloyd Buettgen-
bach, who plopped in a total of
18 points Monday, leading the
way. forged to the front at 17-15
as the period ended and stretched
its advantage steadily during the
second half. Stanley Sturza, a
cool ballplayer but plenty ag
gressive, led the Panthers' pa
rade with 13 counters.
The Slate
W e d n c s d a y's tournament
schedule: 1 p.m. Coos Bay vs.
Molalla: 2:15 p.m. Sandy vs.
Rainier: 3:30 p.m. Roosevelt
vs. Salem: 4:45 p.m. Hillsboro
vs. Newberg; 7:30 p.m. La
Grande vs. Eugene: 8:45 p.m.
Lebanon vs. Klamath Falls.
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WINTER CARNIVAL QUEEN Marjorie Shenton of Wlnniper wears her crown
and carries skis as she reigns as queen of the annual winter carnival at Banff, Alberta.
Eugene (Special) The caliber of basketball displayed in the
first two games of the 1947 state high school basketball tourna
ment here Monday night shouldn't be bragged about by any of
the four participating teams, but offsetting this was the color,
drama and suspense that has predominated all 27 previous state
casaba classics.
Monday's crowd was about half students and half adults, but
when the Redmond Panther aggregation trotted onto the floor
for their nightcap battle with Hood River's Blue Dragons, we'd
have sworn the whole place was swarming with Redmonders.
The townspeople in that small Central Oregon city had gotten be
hind the team 100 percent since the Panthers upset Bend to gain
a state tourney slot.
Eugene Band on Hand
Eugene high school's band was on hand to add to the color
as well as the noise of the opening night session. Redmond's
band, bedecked in bright purple uniforms, likewise did its share
of tooting and drum-hammering.
Informal Coaches' Confab
Coaches galore mentors of teams In the tourney and out of
the tourney sat together in a section in front of the scorer's
table. Salem Coach Harold Hauk and Vik Athletic Director Vern
Gilmoi'c were chumming it up with Rex Hunsaker and Tom
Drynan of the Albany Bulldog coaching staff. (Albany, inci
dentally, did not qualify for a tournament slot this year). Dallas
Dragon Coach Bob Daggct was here, too, seen with none other
than Jim Aiken, new grid boss at U. of O., the school that's host
ing this huge hoop parly.
This Is the Life
They treat the sporlswrllers like kings around this town. At
McArthur court, site of all tourney games, mimeographed ros
ters of all teams, compiled in the form most convenient for any
scribe, had been placed in each space of the long press row, where
there's plenty of telephones handy to call up the home town daily
with the glad or sad news. And just exactly eight minutes after
Ihe first game ended, every person in the press row was handed
a box score of the game just completed. The sports scribe's score
book is becoming extinct. Downtown, at the Eugene hotel (shh,
in room 723) is the "press room." We failed to notice any type
writers, but there were several leather-upholstered davenports,
an oversize couch, a table of food and a well-supplied bar, all at
the free disposal of the press and radio men.
McArthur Court Hot
Hottest thing in the tournament in its opening day of firing was
McArthur court itself. By the time some kind person opened a
few windows shortly before the outset of the second and final
game of the evening, more than a few ties had been looscnd due
to the heat. The temperature during the initial game was warm
on the playing floor, loo that was evident when one noticed the
moisture on the players' uniforms.
Dolan Loses
To Aurel Toma
Scuttle. March 12 (ft Joey
Dolan, Spokane's high-ranking
featherweight, dropped a 10
round decision last night to
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Aurel Toma. as the 122-pound
Romanian staged a final two
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Lacey Faces Richards
In Armory Main Event
It will be an overweight affair Wednesday night's 10-round
main event between Snooks Lacey and Bobby Richards hut
there is every indication that it will be a scrap worth watching.
Richards beat I.accv in Portland several months ago by a fairly
close margin and the negro boxer has been anxious to get Rich-
Eagle Rally
Nips Canucks
Vancouver, B. C, March 12
(U.RiThe Portland Eagles slugged
in three goals in the final pe
riod last night to defeat the
Vancouver Canucks 4-3 in a
Northern division Pacific Coast
ice hockey league playoff game
before 5,500 fans at the forum
here.
The Canucks opened the scor
ing with two goals in the first
stanza. The teams counted one
each to give Vancouver a 3-1
lead at the end of the second
frame. The Eagles started to
move in the third period and
scored the three markers to
clinch the contest.
The teams renew hostilities
here Friday night. Portland
now has a two to one lead in
the best-of-fivc series.
Ski Meet Set
For Ruud Runs
Sun Valley, Idaho, March 12
P) Top European and Cana
dian talent was pitted today
against the American skiers
most likely to gain berths on the
U.S. Olympic ski team in a spe
cial invitational open slalom on
Ruud mountain. The select
field comprised 34 of the world's
greatest skiers from this country
Canada, Switzerland, France
and Norway.
Making the run between the
gates for the Americans will be
the three men and three girls
who took honors in the Olympic
trials here last week-end. The
selection of the final team has
been postponed until after the
Harriman cup races this week
end in which 30 of the trials
finalists will compete. They in
clude Gretchen Fraser of Van
couver, Wash.
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vards m the ring with him ever
since. And as far as Richards
is concerned, he wants a crack
at Lacey's northwest feather
weight championship. With this
in view Richards insisted that
Matchmaker Tex Salkeld draw
up two contracts one for Wed
nesday night's bout and the
other for a title bout in case
he decisions Lacey.
Lacey predicts, without res
ervation that there will be no
need for a second bout, for he
feels sure he will win so de
cisively that Richards will lose
all interest in further contests.
The semi-final, a six-rounder
between Dick Abney and Ray
Garcia, promises to be as enter
taining as the main event. Ab
ney has grown progressively
stronger in ring strategy in re
cent months and Matchmaker
Salkeld believes he has a real
future. '
The three preliminaries:
Ralph Ayres, Salem, vs. Pat
Kelly, Portland; Gene Damico
vs. Aaron Hamilton, Portland:
Nick Damico vs. Mike Burley
Portland.
NIB Tourney
Resumes Firing
Kansas City, Mo., March 12
U.P Sixteen teams from 13
states which survived their first
test with scores ranging from
44 to 113 points moved into the
second round of the National In
tercollegiate Basketball tourna
ment today.
The top game of the day for
spectator interest pitted the fa
fored Marshall College of Hunt
ington, W. Va., against Hamline
University of St. Paul, Minn.
The West Virginia team moved
into the No. 1 spot Monday by
setting a new tournament scor
ing record of 113 points in elim
inating its first round opponent.
Hamline knocked out the Uni
versity of Mexico 71 to 49 last
night.
'Crests Thump Indians
Bellingham, March 13 (fP
Bcllingham's Fircrests regained
the Coast professional basket
ball playoff lead last night with
a 60-45 triumph over the Port
land Indians.
Maulin' Manuel Back on Top
Of World Bantamweight List
Los Angeles, March 12 UP) Maulin' Manuel Ortiz, one of Cali
fornia's most popular champions, is back on top of the world's
bantamweights. The 30-year-old El Centro farmer regained the
crown last night in a tight 15-round squeak over clever young
Harold Dade, Los Angeles negro who put up a gallant defense
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The Santiam Ski club will
hold its regular meeting at 8
o'clock Thursday night at the
Salem Chamber of Commerce,
reminds President Harvey
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Jerome Cecil "Jerry" Lillie, director of athletics at the Puna
hou school in Honolulu, will take over the reigns of the head
football coaching position at Willamette university. He was
elected to the position during a conference of the trustees held
late Tuesday in Portland. At Willamette he will hold the rank
of assistant professor of educa
tion and will direct track as well
as football. His assistant will not
be named until Lillie has been
given an opportunity to indicate
his desires in this matter.
The new coach graduated
from Grant high in Portland
and from the University of Ore
gon in 1931 where he was out
standing performer in football
and basketball. His coaching ex
perience includes five years at
St. Helens, two years at Bend
and eight seasons at Grant high.
He transferred to Central Wash
ington college in Ellensburg and
went from there to Hawaii. His
teams have been eminently suc
cessful. At Bend the Bears won
nine straight and tied in the
tenth. During his regime at
Grant the Generals tied for the
city crown in 1940 and 1941.
Lillie holds a master of arts
degree from the University of
Oregon.
Bull, Weaver
Score Mat Wins
Bull Weidner an i Buck Weav
er registered mat victories over
the Grey Mask and Herb Parks.
respectively, in Tuesday night's
weekly professional wrestling
party on the Salem armory mat.
Weidner's victory came via a
foul after each grappler had
won one fall, the Mask stopping
Weidner with a half crab and
being stopped by the Bull's fa
vorite offensive weapon, the air
plane spin. Weaver had to win
but one fall, that by a neck
breaker hold, to earn a win over
Parks. Time ran out before
either matmen could do more
damage. George Dusette used a
full Nelson to defeat Tony Ross
in another armory mat mate
Tuesday.
Boxing Tourney Opens
Portland, March 12 Pl Ti.
annual Oregon A A U boxing
tournament opens tonight with
25 bouts scheduled. The meet
will continue through Friday
night. James J. Richardson
AAU- chairman, reported 90 en
trants were listed to try to make
the eight-man team that will
represent Oregon at the National
tournament in Boston.
of the title he lifted from Ortiz
two months ago,
It was the consensus that if
Dade's punches had packed a bit
more authority he would still be
champion today. The 23-year-old
ex-Chicagoan outboxed Ortiz
much of the way and landed
more punches, but they did little
damage.
Ortiz, considerably slower
than in the heyday of his previ
ous 4 Ms -year championship
reign, made the most of his
blows and was the same old mas
ter at infighting, despite the fact
he doesn't get around much any
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that is in charge of prepara
tions, announces that when
the entry list was closed
early this week there were 451
dogs listed. This is approxi
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