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Two Grid Champs Die in Flaming
Bus as Tragedy Strikes Cavemen
Grants. Pass. Ic. 6 -Tn'
high school athlete were killed!
and 25 other memners ann
coaches of the Grants Pass foot -
ball team ere injurert wnen a
bus overturned and burned
near hers, last nignt. ,t skidded and turned com-
The squad was within five'pletely around and turned over.
milea of home and a rousing
welcome planned for their win
ning of the state football cham
pionship the day previous at
Portland.
Survivors said the chartered
bus was enveloped in flames im
mediately and that they escap
ed by smashing the windows.
Both the victims were believ
ed stunned when the bus over
turned. Their charred bodies
were found two hours later in
aeparate sections of the bus.
They were star Halfback
Al Newman and varsity Line
man Sterling Heater.
Five other boys are in the
Josephine hospital. One of
these, Vernon Craft, who starred
at halfback in the championship!
game Saturday, suffered a seri
ous back injury. The others
were Ray Alpeter, who has a
fractured leg; Russ Jacobsen,
who has a severed leg tendon:
Jim Peckham and Bob Graue,
the team's quarterback.
High School Principal Frank
Thomas said the 17 other squad
members and the three coaches
were treated for bruises, cuts
and slight burns at the hospital
and then sent home.
The accident occurred on a
down grade of Sexton mountair
on highway R9 north of the city
coach Jess coffer, who was
aboard, said he noticed the bus
driver "fighting the wheel
shortly after the bus came over
the summit, the highest point on
Dayton Gridders
Win B Title in
12-0 Week-ender
McMinnville, Ore., Dec. 6 U.S
Dayton high school won the
Oregon "B"' football title Sat
urday with a 12 to 0 victory
over Henley.
The winners scored in the
first and fourth periods. "Doc"
Wanning made the irst touch
down on a . three-yard plunge
through left tackle to end a 70
yard drive.
The last tally came on a two
yard quarterback sneak by Mar
vin Lorenien after Henley lost
the hall on downs.
'Cats to Meet Wolves
For Second Home Game
Willamette's Bearcats, conquerors of the University of Oregon
Webfoota last week, will engage in their second basketball tilt
of the season Tuesday night on the local court. Oregon College of
Education with a record of wins over Reed college and Clark
Junior college, will provide the opposition for the 'Cats.
In a further effort to deter-1
mine, his best combination Coach yearling, performed well against
John Lewis Is expected to use!,h, Webfoots.
a. many player, as possible a!-
though he will probably string
long with the Johnson boy
Jim, Bob and Ted, Tom Warren
nd Ted Loder, a freshman. Lo
der and Doug Logue. another
Salem Chess Men
'Defeat Corvallis
Th Salem Chess club won by
a margin of 17 to 3 over the
; Oregon Stata college rlub in
(Corvallis Sunday afternoon. A
return match is scheduled for
'January. The local cluh meets
' each Monday evening at St.
Tsui's Episcopal church and nil
chess enthusiasts are welcome.
Making the trip to Corvallis
were Karl Wenger, Edgar Reay.
Pr. Dean Brooks, Rev. George
'H .Swift. MrArthur rrochstal.
JCIare A. Lee, E. M. Hunter, Neil
P. Wlttting, R. Bnyinglon and
Fred Riekrr.
Headed for TD
t.nd I. eon
af Noire
11
his way past a group of Southern California
players aa he crosses the Trojan 23 yard
line and heads for a touchdown In the
game at l.o Angeles. He took a pass from
Quarterback Frank Tripurka on a plar
mountainous road. He raid
tn, oul, wfn ff the edge of the
1 highway and. Just when it seem-Iter
j the driver was about to get
bus back onto the pavement,
The fire broke out Immedi
ately, I.offer said, and the
hoys had to break the win
dows and squeexe out. He
said the doors apparently
were jammed.
12
Salem, Oregon. Monday, December fi, 1948
Bearcats
46-7, In Spud Go
"We most certainly were not 'up' for the competition we
fared in Santa Barbara college," commented Coach Jerry Llllle,
who, with his Willamette university football team returned
early Monday from their "Potato Bowl" engagement with the
Gaurhos Saturday night. The Bearcats dropped the contest, f,
t 7.
Santa Barbara scored on th
p
first play via the aerial route,
apparently taking a page from
the recent Pacific-Willamette
mix. The Gauchos added two
more In the first quarter, one In
the second, two in the third and
a final six pointer in the sixth.
Willamettte's touchdown came
in the third on the passing com
bination of John Burleigh to
Bob Warren. Al Minn converted.
Willamette had another good
opportunity to score but it was
muffed.
Santa Barbara, beaten by the
University of Oregon early in
the season, recuperated from
drubbing to finish strong, win
ning their last two games by
decisive margins.
The Bearcats won six and lost
five games. They were beaten by
Central Washington, CP S., Le
wis & Clark, Pacific and Santa
Barbara. Wins were over Uni
versity of - Portland, Eastern
Oregon College of Education,
College of Idaho, U.B.C. , Lin-
field and Whitman.
w
K ,,.,) ron,.
only one freshman being in
cluded In the squad.
Thursday night Willamette
will entertain
college.
Pasadena Junior
USC Coach Takes Tie 'Blame'
New York, Doc. 6 tUPSouth
rrn California can blame onlv
Coach .Toff Cravath today for Its
failure to heat instead of tie
Notre Dame in the football Rea
son's greatest surprise.
And the authority for that
statement ii none other than
Coach Jeff Cravath himself.
While the football filberts still
cast astonished looks at the fa
bulous 14 to 14 score, Cravath
said the Southern Cal kickoff
after the second Trojan touch
down was the difference be
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Hart (arrow)
Dame (In his
Within a few minute, the
'fire had burned through a cen-i
section of the bus and one;
portion tumbled over a 7.1-foot
embankment Into a gully. Later
the body of one boy was found I high school grounds were first
in the wreckage on the road and told that there had been an acci
the other was discovered in the dent and the team wouldn't ar
gully. jrive on schedule. But in a few
Head Coach Mel Ingram was i minutes, it' was reported that
not aboard. He had driven to j the bus was burning on nearby
Portland with his family and
was returning home with them
Peeled,
I- ..is
rOSlCSt 1111111011 IS
Finally Credited
With Record Dash
New York, Dec. 6 MP) It took
a hurried special committee
meeting to do it, but Mel Pat
ton was credited today with a
9.3 seconds 100-yard dash, the
world's fastest.
After first rejecting the appli
cation, the amateur athletic
union approved the southern
California speedster's mark as
an American record yesterday
shortly before closing its annual
convention.
It's the easiest time ever turn
ed in for the 100 unrter accept
able conditions. Patton, the
Olympic 200-meter champion,
turned in the mark last May 15
at Fresno, Calif.
A special meeting of the rec
ords committee was called and
the group was shown reports
that of the three official timers
two caught Patton In 9:3 and
the other in B.4. Also one of the
alternate timers clocked the
Southern Cal star in 0.3 while
the other had 9.4.
The committee approved the
record and the convention sanc
tioned it.
Basketball Scores
IB. th Ajwwlatad PrM)
rni.i.sr.K scours
tnh M Oi.eon Stat 43.
Utah AMI' M. Idaho 37
Or.ann Vaner.tivrr Clnvr Laf M.
Washtniton 4.V Hrttixh Cnltimhia 31. -Washington
Aral SI. Mnn'ant aft
W.aam Wahinaton SI, eWttla P-aflf-C
M.
Onntaaa A4. Whitman 43
Portland U 73. Pacttir -t'lthpran 43.
Clark J. C M. Vanport Colin 34
Central WaAhtntton AS, Lwu Si Clark
tween victory and a tie. Notre
Dame's Bill Gay ran the kickoff
back 87 yards to set up the Irish
touchdown which produced the
deadlock.
"1 told our kicker. Chuck Pe
terson, to get the hall all the
way down there." Cravath said.
It was a perfect kick, real high,
and that gave Guy a perfect
shot at catching the ball, mar
shalling his blockers and scoot
ing through us.
"1 was wrong. I should have
told Peterson to lav the ball
good for 4 yards and the score. Halfback
Rill Car (tl) of Notre Dime la blocking
Halfback Jay ttnundy (It) of I SC out of
the play. n sS for I'SC" la Fnd Oliver
Fletcher. No. Is for Notre Dam la Guard
Frank Johnson. The lama ended in a U
14 lie. (AT Miff photo)
! Other iquad members were aim
riding with parenta and friend
in other cars.
Student fans and town boost-
era and parents waiting at the
Sexton mountain.
The crowd then surged to
tha hospital and waited out
side for aeveral hours while
the state champions were
brought In and treated.
The Greyhound Bus company
identified the driver as A. F.
Coale of Portland.
All of the team members lost
their personal belongings and
most of the tesm equipment
went up in flames.
But the state championship
silver trophy, awarded to the
rhampions at the Multnomah
Stadium turf Saturday after
defeating Jefferson of Portland,
6 to 0, waa saved. Coach Lof-
fer said one of the players grab
bed the trophy or was holding
it at the time of the wreck and
took it along when he squeezed
out of a window.
Other members of the squad
aboard the bus were Bob Roark,
Keith Bertrand, Don Hedgepeth,
Walter Johnson, Gerald Hudson,
Ed Zottola, Sid Frank, Bob
Davis, Ed Malone, Ed Green
wood, Jon Walker, Bill Wilcox,
Jes Jordan, Bob Flock, Dale Fer
guson, Don Donovan, Clint
Reese. The other two coaches
aboard were Russ Warner and
Keith Woodward.
The bus had stopped at Rose-
burg for dinner about 4:30 p.m.
and started the last leg home
ward. It had left Portland Sun
day morning at 9 o'clock.
Sterling Heater's death in the
crash was attributed by one of
the injured players to Heater's
refusal to escape while he could
help his teammates.
Ray Alpeter, whose leg was
fractured in the crash, said
Heater could have clambered
from the window, but remained
to help Alpeters get out of the
wreckage. Apparently after that
the flames trapped Heater in
side. The other young victim, Al
Newman, had won his high
school goal a football letter
in the title game Saturday after
four years of turning out for
every practice. A substitute
player, he was sent into the
championship game in the clos
ing minutes so he could com
plete the letter requirements.
Head Coach Mel Ingram said
the survivors were unanimous in
their praise of Athletic Director
Jess Loffers work in getting the
boys out of the bus.
"I am too stunned yet to get
my wits together." Ingram said,
"but this I can say. from all re
ports, my boys kept their heads.
That team work they displayed
on the football field throughout
the season was still in evidence.
They were helping each other
and following the instructions of
their coaches. Terrible as the
tragedy was, 1 am thankful it
was not worse, as it might well
have been."
flat on the ground and boot a
low, hard-to-handle kick. We
would have won that way."
But the Ifs notwithstanding,
Southern Cal certainly earned a
moral victory in that marathon
of madness played before 10(1.
000 in Los Angeles. The Irish,
prohibitive pre-game favorites,
had won 21 games in a row and
were undefeated and untied for
this season when the Jolt came.
Clemson's terrific Tigers wrap
ped up their first undefeated,
untied season In 48 years with
a 20 to 0 victory over the
Citadel.
Alabama and Auburn resumed
their intercollegiate rivalry af
ter a 41 year lapse, with Ala
bama coming out on top of a SIS
to 0 heap. ,
The 41-game winning streak
of Missouri Valley's Vikings was
snapped by Evansville. Ind , Col
lege, 1.1 to 7, in the Refrigera
tor Bowl at Evansville. It was
the first defeat for a regular
Missouri Valley team since 1841.
Toledo overpowered Okla
homa City. 27 to 14. In the Glas
Bowl at Toledo, O., Saturday
and John Carroll laced Canlsius.
14 to 13, In the Great Lakes
Bowl at Cleveland. Southern
University of Baton Rouge, La.,
maintained its undefeated, un
tied record by downing San
Francisco State, 30 to ft In the
Fruit Bowl at San Franisco yes
terday. WRESTLING
Tuesday Night 8:30
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Gierke? Knrilaen vs. Rene Ijillell
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SALEM ARMORY
City Hoop Loop
Teams Initiate
Action Monday
Initial competition In the City
basketball league, a circuit that
involves two divisions Ameri
can and National is slated for
Monday night on Leslie Junior
high's floor.
The American division will
take the honors for the first
tip-off with 1,2th Street Market
meeting Warner Motors at 7
o'clock and Karakul Karpeti
and Knights of Columbus an
hour later.
Wednesday night the Nation
als will break out their five
team circuit. Naval Reserves
and Salem Sophs will tangle In
the 7 o'clock curtain raiser, fol
lowed by National Guard and
Montgomery Ward at 8.
Competition in both circuits
will be on a basis of two rounds
with a playoff between the wln-
ners closing the program late
in February.
Boudreau Recoups
From Blood Clot
Surgery on Side
Cleveland, Dec. 8 Man
ager Lou Boudreau of the Cleve
land Indians is recovering from
a minor operation that removed
a blood clot from his right side.
The operation was performed
last Monday, the Tribe's front
office said today, in Boudreau's
home town at Harvey, 111., to
clear up an injury he received
in a collision with Gil Coan
during a game with the Wash
ington Senators August 8.
The clot caused him consid
erable pain and he was benched
for a while. Physicians expect
no ill effect and Boudreau is
up and around even though he
must have the incision drained
twice a day at Harvey.
Frank T r I p u e k a, Notra
Dame's crack T quarterback,
hopes to become a sports an
nouncer when he graduates.
The forward passer Is shown
airing his views during the
regular weekly broadcast from
the campus radio station. Ha
was hospitalised in Loa An
geles for broken ribs Satur
day. Irish All-Star
Hospitalized by
Smashed Bones
Los Angeles, Dec. 8 W-
Quarterback Frank Tripucka's
Notre Dame teammates returned
to South Bend, Ind.. today, leav
ing him hospitalized in Los An
geles. The slar Irish footballer was
injured on the last play of the
first half of Saturday's tie game
with USC. Dr. Willis Acobus.
USC physician, termed Tri
pucka's condition "good' but
said he still is in some pain.
Tripucka suffered six minor
fractures of the ribs and verte
brae, but Notre Dame Physician
Dr. John Karn said the injuries
were not permanent. He expect
ed Tripucka to be laid up "two
to four weeks and will have to
go easy several weeks thereaf
ter." The brilliant back's nomina
tion to play on the East team in
the Shrine East-West classic Jan.
1 was announced Saturday but
doctors said he definitely would
be unable to play. Teammates
Bill Fischer and John Panelli
were also selected.
Hockey at a Glance
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Opening Action
lere's
ings went about their.
task of collecting a 81-41 decision from the
Roosevelt team of Portland. Keith Farnam,
shown with his hand outstretched, has just
shot the ball toward the point circle. Tom
Paulus, Vik center Is crouching In front of
Farnam to nab a rebound should the dead-
Challengers to Watch
VFW Card Headliners
The winner of the Bobby Richards-Monty Montgomery 10
round scrap at the armory Wednesday night will not lack for
future opponents, judging by the challenges that are being hurled
around. The pair will meet in-
the featured event of the Vet
erans of Foreign Wars card and
at least three men are expected
to be at the ringside ready to
challenge the man who comes
out on top. Paulie Cook of Ta
coma, and Joey Clemo and Jim
my Godding of Portland have
indicated they would like to take
on either Montgomery or Rich
ards. Richards, currently claimant
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how the Vik
of the featherweight crown of
the state, is an experienced
ringster, having appeared in Ma
dison Square Garden. He holds
a 15 round decision over Mont
gomery but the Klamath Indian
has acquired considerable expe
rience since then and may cause
Richards a bit of trouble.
Three four rounders, which
will include the appearance of
Dean and Bud Abney against
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eye's shot fail. To the right is Ben Fitter,
a newcomer to the varsity who collected 18
points on the opening game. The Negro play
er to the far left is Tom Winters, 21 point
man for Roosevelt, who registered the high
wore for all Portland players last year,
Farnam, who is shooting this one, collected
24 points.
Al Cliff and Dick Collie, respec
tively, plus a six round semi
final, Modoc Jack vs. Johnny
O'Day complete the card.
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