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Skits and
Scratches
By Fred Zimmerman
Capita Journal Sports Editor
Jack Snap, the 159 pound
middleweight who makes his
Willamette valley debut as a
lighter against Ray Garcia in
the armory arena Wednesday
night, is far from being a novice
in the squared ring. His record
shows that he has been more
or less active since 1941 when
he enrolled as a student at the
University of Idaho, Southern
Branch after graduating from
Merrill, Ore. high school where
he was named a member of the
district all-star basketball team.
As captain of the Idaho boxing
sauad Snao won the Inter-
mountain middleweight title
1942. He was then sent to the
national championships in Bos
ton where he beat Jimmie Mulli
gan, the 1941 crown wearer ir
the semi-finals, but lost to Samp
son Powell of Chicago in the
final round.
Snap reported for cadet train
ing at the Lincoln, Icn. army
air base, later being transferred
to Pueblo, Colo. He was unde
feated in six tournaments ar
ranged to stimulate purchase of
war bonds in the Rocky moun
tain country. In the spring of
1946 he won the army air corps
middleweight title and later
took the Indiana A.A.I), title and
the Golden Gloves crown. He
eventually showed up for a sec
ond try at the national A.A.U.
championship at Boston but had
to retire after winning the quar
ter finals because of a severe
cut over an eye.
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Reluming to Klamath Falls,
Snap turned professional after
engaging in a number of ama
teur bouts. As an amateur he
scored a fifth round kayo of
"Bomber" Daniels and a five
round decision over Manuel
James. Fighting as a profession
al, Snap's record includes 10
round decision over Kelly Jack
son, and a third round KO over
Bob Patterson. He dropped a
10 round engagement to "Tut"
Tabor in San Francisco. Tabor
won over Freddie Volk in the
European service champion
ships. Roy Drake, who handles
Snap, is sold on his latest pro
tege. "He is the best fighter I
have ever handled, and, mark
my words, he will be fighting
for the world's middleweight
crown in another year." If that
is a true prophecy, then Garcia
would appear to have his hands
full Wednesday night.
Chuck's Tavern team of bowl
ers will have the honor of just
about winding up the 1947 world
championships at Los Angeles.
The tournament ends May 12
and Harold Olinger, Clayton
Foreman, Vera Perry, Ernie
Garbarino and Rex Adolph who
comprise the Tavern five, go to
the post at 10:15 the night of
May 11 on alley No. 9. At that
hour Salem's four other team
entrants Keith Brown Co.,
Cline's Coffee Shop, Capitol Al
leys and Karr's will start roll
ing. Two man participation for
the Salem keglers starts at 2:20
p.m., May 12. The following
pairs will participate: Mills Wal-ters-Wainer
R o st en, George
Scales-Bob King, Loren Kitchen
Walter Cline, Sr., Walter Cline
Jr.-Don Poulin, John Glodt
Robert Keel Dean Henderson
Warren Valdez, Bill West-Hi Ha
inan, Joe Coe-Ellsworth Hart-
well, Fred Karr-John Friesen,
Mike McFarlane-Walter Larson
Clayton Foreman-Harold Oling
er, Vernon Perry-Rex Adolph.
Given a bit more strength in
the short patch and pitching de
partments, and Salem will have
a first division ball club. So
says Tad Shelton, life long dia
mond fan who watched the Sen
ators wind up their training
chores at M c d f o r d over the
week-end . . . Every effort will
be made to fit Rudy Gentzkow
into the Solon lineup, although
it is probably he will not be
AMERICAN LEGION
WRESTLING
TONIGHT
8:30 Salem Armory
Pedro Cortez vs. Gorilla
Poggi, Georges Dusctte vs.
Benny Trudell, Herb Parks
vs. "Gray Mask."
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Friday Night
The Salem Senators were in
Corvallis Tuesday afternoon for
a round with Coach Ralph Cole
man's Oregon State Beavers.
They returned to Waters field
Monday afternoon from Med
ford and immediately went into
brisk workout under ideal
weather conditions. They will
continue their practice chores
Wednesday forenoon and repeat
the performance Thursday night
in preparation for the season 5
opener against the Vancouver
Caps Friday night at 8 o'clock.
All grandstand seats will be re
served for the opener and warm
weather had speeded up their
sale at the downtown ticket of
fice at Maple's.
The batting order is still in
a state of flux with Manager
Jack Wilson continuing his ex
perimenting. However the out
field will undoubtedly include
Frank Lucchesi, fleet footed fly
chaser from last season in cen
ter; Burly Bill Gregory in right
and Paul Halter, Woodburn's
latest contribution to profes
sional baseball, in left.
Marty Krug appears lo have
the first sack nailed down al
though Rudy Gentzkow is be
ing given a trial 'at the initial
post. Lou, Kubiak, who went to
Spokane last season following
the disastrous bus accident, will
see action in the outfield. Other
infield assignments include Al
Spaeter at second, Carl Peter
son at short and Mel Nunes at
third. Henry Bartolomei may
take over the shortstop job in
case Peterson's sore arm hasn't
recovered.
Ted Kerr or Bill Beard will
draw the backstopping chores.
Beard, a Willamette .university
product, joined the club this
week as did Carl Gunnarson of
last year's pitching staff.
Ken Wyatt. 15 game winning
pitcher of last season, has a sore I
nft-n Virion T ,9ftf Tliflr Sinnvir
and other hurlers appear in good
condition.
Linfield Wins, 5-0
McMinnville, April 15 fP)
Linfield college shut out the
University of Montana, 5 to 0,
yesterday behind the five-hit
hurling of Gene Petersen. Pe
tersen also led Linfield hitting
with three in four times at bat.
retained as an infield prospect.
He may get a trial at first. Paul
Halter seems lo be a fixture in
the outfield. He has plenty of
speed and should be able to hit
Western International hitting.
Members of the Elks lodge
apparently believe in patroniz
ing their own activities. No less
than 79 wearers of the big tooth
are taking part in the third an
nual tournament sponsored by
the Salem lodge. We have this
information from Glenn Bur
right, one of the committee
members directing the show.
The first Elks' sponsored tour
ney attracted 88 golfers. The
second one 115 and this year's
event found 189 qualifiers. The
increase is due, partly, to the
fact that play was broadened to
take in the entire mid-Willamette
valley.
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Jayvees Formed
Formation of a "jayvee" base
ball club was announced Mon
day by Coach Walter Ericksonj
when he realized that interest
ir the sport warranted such ac
tion. Three games have been
booked with the first being play
ed Tuesday afternoon at Waters
field against the Salem high
Vikings. A second contest with
the Viks is booked for Olinger
field Wednesday afternoon. The
third of the week is set for
Thursday afternoon with Pa
cific university's Jayvees pro
viding the opposition. This game
will be played at Olinger field.
Yanks, Nats
Rained Out
(By the Associated Press)
President Truman, the New
York Yankees and the Wash
ington Senators, all scheduled
for action at the nation's cap
ital Monday, remained idle
when a steady downpour of
rain forced postponement of
the presidential major loop
opener. Truman was to have
thrown out the first ball of the
1947 season.
Field Meet Slated
Grand Island Six schools will
compete in an annual field meet
here April 25. Fairview, Grand
Island, Hopewell. Unionvale,
Pleasantdale and Wheatland arc
entered.
Wenotchee Chiefs Dotted
With New, Young Talent
Wenatchee, April 15 iPi When Manager Buddy Ryan sends
the Wenatchee Chiefs out in defense of their Wcstrn International
league baseball pennant in the season's opener against Victoria
here April 18, there will be only two players in the bunch who
worked with the champions last year.. But home town fans
aren't as worried as you might'
think. They remember that
Ryan look a flock of rookies last
year and built a pennant win
ner. Many of his aces have won
berths with teams in higher
classification baseball, including
a flock who have stuck with Sac
ramento in the Pacific coast
loop. Glenn Stetter, top bats
man of the W.I.L. in 1946, was
sold outright to Tacoma.
One of the current crop of
rookies, just out of Folsom,
Calif., high school, is Hal Rhyne,
Jr., son of the former Tacoma
manager. He'll be at first base.
Ryan describes his team as
"young, promising, but lacking
in experience," and says his
biggest need is for a couple of
experienced pitchers. Club
President Joe Brownlow is look
ing to the parent Sacramento
club for some aid in the mound
department.
Teddy Grenhalgh, here from
Sacramento on option, and
Eddie Barr from the 1946 squad
are the Chiefs' experienced out-,
fielders. Clyde Haskell, short
stop who nearly made the grade
with Sacramento this year, is
the other holdover. One catch
er, Gabe Sandy, played a few
games with the Chiefs at the end
of last season.
Tommy Warner and Husky
Dave Soracco, 19 years old and
just out of Sacramento high,
SHRITS a COMIiNLM Al. UlSHI.LI.NU
Parks, Mask
Clash Again
A recurrence of last week's
draw between the Grey Mask
and Herb Parks will not appear
Tuesday night. Parks, who last
Tuesday suffered a bad gash
above one eye which forced the
referee to call a halt to the mat
proceedings, feels that he could
have emerged victoriously had
the bout been allowed to con
tinue. When Parks and the Mask
were rematched for a Tuesday
night battle this week, Parks
immediately requested that
strict orders be given the ref
eree not to stop the fight unless
one man is definitely beaten
As Parks puts it, "I don't have
to walk on my eye, but the Mask
has to walk on his leg." Parks
evidently was referring to last
Veek's melee, during which the
Mask's leg took a terrific beat
ing from Parks' stomping, de
spite the fact that Parks was
spilling blood all the while
Parks, it thus appears, will use
his stomping as his chief offen
sive weapon again this week.
The wrestling commission has
agreed to fulfill Parks' request,
so Tuesday's mat mixup will nol
be stopped if one man appears
injured, unless that man is hurt
: such a manner that it makes
it impossible for him to grapple
In the semi - final event,
George Dusctte meets the rough
lumberjack from Quebec, Ben
ny Trudell.
Russia began coining
num money in 1828.
plali-
round out the outfield. Other
catchers are Rookies LcRoy
Winter and George Bandy. An
other high schooler, Hal Hutch
inson, 18, and from Alameda,
Calif., will be at second base.
The youthful complexion
holds from top to bottom in the
pitching staff. Less Logg was
with the club briefly last sea
son before going to the Pioneer
loop and Bob Condon joined the
team in the last week of action,
winping one g me. Bill Os
borne, who won 23 straight for
Wartime high school, is out of
the navy and ready for action.
Another G.I., Bill Monahan, has
shown promise. Tom Rose, Bob
Capps and Bob Frost complete
the rosier of righthanders and
the southpaws are Dean Hamil
ton, Bob Adams and Jim Mann.
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When all those who qualified
for the Elks club's Mid-Willam
ette Valley golf tournament it
was found that 189 were ready
for the first round of competi-i
lion that must be completed by
next Sunday evening. They were
arranged in 12 flights, including
the championship, and after tne
first round the beaten eight in'
each flight will be dropped down1
to form another. Thus a golfer
will get two cracks at it. The
pairings:
Championship Bennett vs. Kriuj;
Sehultz vi, Albrich; Ingram va. WahUren;
Manning vs. Clme: Russell vs. Painter;
Estey va. Lena re n: Sheldon vs. Needham;
Baxter vs. J. Brandr.
Second Flight Burrell vs. Davenport:
Mapea vs. Waterman; dinger vs. Potts:
Wood va. F. Shafer; Peterson vs. Hug;
Powell vs. Miklla; Snafrr vs. Moore; Kin
va. Oaat.
Fourth Flight Alley vs. Blatsdeil:
Thrush vs. McBurnett; Nicholls vs. Trap
nell: Mason vs. Pappin: Graham va. Stol
tenberg; Wise vs. Jayne; Shepherd vj.
Parker: Harris fbyeK
Sixth Flight Gadwa vs. McCrary: Pekar
vs. Klmmell: Paulson vs. QuLstad; Hockeii
v. Emleii; Joseph vs. Owen; Guslalatm vs
Nash; Dyer vs. Scales; Don Hendrle (bye).
Eighth Flight Jones vs. Jobe; Chase vs.
B. Brande; Needham vs. Bates: Fitzsim
ons vs. Chambers; McNeil vs. Bonesteele;
Allen vs. Phillips: Renn vs. Convey; Ha
inan vs. Armpnest.
Tenth Flight Copeland vs. McCalllster:
Owyiii. vs. Sloan: Eggleston vs. Larson:
Kitchen vs. Burright: Eyre vs. Medford;
Hoffman vs. Markuson; J'ortitr vs. Roth:
Maloney (bye).
Twelfth Flight Coe vs. Clark; Price vi.
Zander; Kletzing vs. Merrilield; Woodry
vs. Filler: Franzwa vs. Lightner: Robb a
Cross: Kenyon vs. Nicolla: Bnldock (byei.
Fourteenth Flight Johnston vs. Folium:
Pickens vs. Upston: Martin vs. Gillespie;
Wlttenbeiger vs. Gage; Lucius vs. Harp;
Stevenson vs. Dewey; MacLaushlin vs.
Thomas; De Guirre (bye).
Sixteenth Flight Olalsyer vs. Johnson:
Bower vs. Qulscnberry; ScluniLz vs. Wood:
HRUk vs. Coppock; Hobbs vs. Quesseth:
Benson vb. Foreman: Murdock vs. John
son; Dick Hendrle (bye.
Eighteenth Flight Booth vs. Hunt;
Smith vs. De Armond: Johns vs. Loucks;
Thompson vs. Fish; Green vs. Morrow;
Nash vs. Wormian; Page vs. Hoar; Folsum
vs. Puckett.
Twentieth Flight Wicklaiider vs. Rlpp;
Graham vs. Jaskoski; Salmon vs. Powell;
Burchell vs. McClain; Parker vs. Robins:
Schimberg vs. Kerr; Specht vs. Armpriest;
Noffsi .ger'vs. Kleinke.
Twenty-fcecond Flight L. Perry vs. Dii
fus: Fouchek vs. V. Perry; Erlckson vs.
Enilish; Bel s. Johnston: Cooley vs.
uance; uanan&n vs. Campbell; Prince vs.
0"MaIley: Gushing vs. Hazel.
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Alma Perry's 210 single
game and 552 scries lopped
individual duckpin bowling
performances on B & B alleys
Monday night as five ladies'
learns saw action.
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Its northern lights Seattle and Portland. At home for the first
time after a not-too-torrid fortnight on the road, the Rainiers and
Beavers will have a chance to settle into stride during the next
two weeks. If they can win
consistently in their own back
yards, the Northerners should
get into contention.
The seventh-place Rainiers
(5-9) open against Los Angeles
in a day game, while other de
layed openers put league-leading
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Sacramento at Oakland tonight.
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all comes tomorrow afternoon
against the defending champion
San Francisco Seals. The Beav
ers and Seals will take up the
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Friday night.
The Beavers surprised some
observers, who had picked them
as the circuit's weak sister, by
winning six of their first dozen
games. Manager Jim Turner's
charges were sparked by the
slugging of Outfielders Danny
Escobar and Herman Reich, and
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Vincc DiBiasi,
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Willamette's baseball club en
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there was a possibility that Ore
gon would come here Wednes
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nullified their work at the bat
and they dropped both games,
5-4 and 10-3. The Bearcats had
not had a ball in their hands for
practice purposes for more than
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in their defense. Ollio Williams,
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night and set the Vancouver,
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