Eugene or
WIL Eyes
By HOWARD APPLEGATE
(United Prv Sporu Writer)
Tacoma, Wash., Ort. 12 S1K The question
mark hanging over the Western International
baseball league seemed practically erased to
day with one outstanding exception.
Will the defunct Bremerton franchise wind
up in Eugene or Wenatchee?
Both cities want the franchise and both have
backers to buy the Bremerton club.
Frank Burrell, a California business man,
has been negotiating for some time to buy the
Bremerton team and move it to Eugene. But
one big snag has come up.
The Eugene school board has twice tabled
a request to lease Its Civic Stadium, the only
present suitable location in the city, to a
professional baseball team. It is not known
if Burrell would construct a new park there
should he finally be denied use of the stadium.
A group of Wenatchee businessmen, headed
by Joe Brownlow, former team president, has
notified League President Robert Abel here it
wants to buy the Bremerton franchise and keep
a team there. Wenatchee civic leaders were
unhappy over transfer of the present fran
LOCAL UNITED PRESS
Salem, Oregon,
WVL Interest Centers
On Woodburn-Sandy Go
The eight members of the Wil
lamette Valley prep league will
swing into third round of com
petition Friday with principal
interest being centered on the
Woodburn-Sandy clash at San
dy. The Sandy club Is current
ly tied with Estacada for league
leadership, with a record of not
having had its goal line crossed
this season.
Woodburn, tied by Silverton,
dged Mt. Angel last week by a
single conversion point.
Estacada will entertain the
Dallas Dragons who are having
difficulty in finding a scoring
combination. They have lost
both encounters to date, having
been beaten on successive Fri
days with Canby and Sandy.
Silverton, with a record of
one win and one tie, moves
over to Mt. Angel for a mix
with the Preps who were
beaten in the first game of the
season by Estacada and then
dropped a close one to the
Woodburn Bulldogs last week.
Molalla'will host the Canby
Cougars in a tilt that favors the
latter.
Charles-Valentino
Heavy
Title Bout
Stirs Up Interest
San Francisco, Oct. 12 W)
This city's first heavy
weight title fight in forty years
found interests mounting by
the minute today as NBA
champion Ezxard Charles and
Pat Valentino finished train
ing. Their 15-round battle will
be waged at the Cow Palace
Friday night.
Charles, recognized by the
National Boxing Association as
the boss of the big fellows,
was a 1-5 favorite to defeat
the San Franciscan, holder of
the California state title.
The Cincinnati Negro
speedy, clever and a slashing
type of hitter Is expected to
prove too elusive a target for
the slower moving Valentino.
Pat is a terrific body hitter,
undoubtedly with more power
behind his blows than Char
les. It will be Charles best
money shot. He's fighting for
a $40,000 guarantee or the op
tion of 35 percent of the gate.
The bout may draw in the
neighborhood of 150,000.
OCE Wolves Face
Stiff Workouts
For Vanport Game
Oregon College of Education
Monmouth, Oct. 12 Hard work
Is in store this week for Coach
Bill McArthur's Oregon College
of Education eleven. McArthur
was "plain disgusted" with the
showing of his crew in the
George Fox college game Satur
day night and will spend the en
tire week smoothing out the
rough spots. Although second
and third stringers played most
of the way for OCE, the victory
margin of 20-0 was not what it
could have been had the Wolves
played up to par.
One bright spot which pleased
McArthur was the running of
Ralph Capasso in the Quaker
clash. Capasso scored two of
the three touchdowns on runs of
8 and IS yards. Capasso,
"human piston," stands only five
feet two inches in height, weighs
only 165 pounds, but when he
runs he's hard to stop,
has averaged better
Capasso
yards per try in twenty trips
with the ball this season and has
cored four times for the Wolves
to lead In that department. "Lit
tle Ralph" is Bushing veteran
Corky Van Loo for the starting!
light half back position.
Wenatchee?
Franchise Future
chise to the tri-clty area of Pasco-Richland-Kennewick.
And Wenatchee has one big advantage. It
has ball park. League officials bint Wen
atchee will get the franchise if Eugene doesn't
come up with a ball park.
The ultimate fate apparently rests with the
Eugene school board, which is not expected to
make an Immediate decision.
Outside of this the picture U cleared.
League directors have approved transfer
of the present Wenatchee franchise to Trl
City if it can provide a suitable park. Abel
said the site there has already been purchased.
Vancouver is also building a new park.
Tacoma and Salem clubs are up for sale
by the parent San Diego Padres and Portland
Beavers, respectively, of the Coast league.
However, Portland has indicated it wilt back
a team next season, which possibly could be
Salem If no takers come forth. Negotiations
are also reportedly underway with a group
of Tacoma businessman to buy the Tiger fran
chise. Yakima, Spokane and Victoria are
all set.
ASSOCIATED PRESS NEWS AND FEATURES
Wednesday, October 12, 1949
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Duck Quarterback
Shows Mud Talent
Eugene, Ore., Oct. 12 m
Quarterback Earl Stelle might
make a good politician he s a
good mud-slinger.
The Oregon quarterback had
little difficulty in hanging onto
the ball yesterday as he tossed
passes during a two-hour drill
on a mud-covered field in prep
aration for Saturday's tiff with
Colorado here.
Leahy Credits T
With Victory over Purdue
By FRANK LEAHY
(Head FootbfH coach Untveraitr
ot Notre Damt)
A football axiom, "as the
quarterback goes, so goes the
"T" formation," proved to be
absolutely true Saturday as
Notre Dame defeated Purdue
University 35 to 12 at Lafayette,
Indiana,
The outstanding offensive
signal calling of quarterback
Bobby Williams was the big
factor in the Irish victory.
Throwing but four passes in the
entire ball game, Williams de
pended on the fine running of
his backfield mates to eat up
the necessary yardage. ,
During our coaching career
we have watched men with
more experience handling the
throttle of the "T" but never
have we seen a quarterback
exploit the natural talents of
the running backs to the ex
tent that 19-year-old Williams
did.
aucn a statement is proven
by the fact that all of thp Notre
Dame backs chalked up sizable
gams against the "Boilermak
er?." Frank Spaniel. Emil
Sitko, Larry Coutre, Jack Land
ry, Bill Gay, Bill Barrett, and
Mike Swistowicz, all did some
creditable running on well se
lected plays.
Most pleasing to the coach
ing staff was that for the first
time this fall our linemen
were moving out in front of
the ball carrier to do some
downfield blocking, hence the
extra yardage.
Naturally, a football coach
never leaves the field complete
ly satisfied with the work of
his team, and we feel that Notre
Dame must do a great deal of
work on defense this week, if
we are to turn in a respectable
showing against Tulane's power
ful Green Wave come Saturday
Lacking the necessary
depth, the Notre Dame line
was subjected to many on
slaughts by Purdue's hard
running backs that eventually
ended up In two touchdowns,
and might have been consider
ably more costly had it not
been for Purdues fumbles and
some timely pass Interceptions
by the Notre Dame secondary,
A new wrinkle appeared in
the Notre Dame offense Satur
day, and although not a long
gainer it proved most timely
as Emil (Six Yard) Sitko scored
Notre Dame's third touchdown
fit is a play that we have noticed
than 10Bud Wilkinson's Oklahoma team
uses with considerable success.
Quarterback Williams Ukes
the ball from center and starts
around his own end fairlv
cloe to the line of scrimmage.
'! Sitko about three yards
to nit outside, Aa soon as the
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To Poll Senator
Purchase Group
For Meeting Date
Because of Inability of Wil
liam Mulligan, business man
ager of the Portland Beavers
to keep a tentative Thursday
engagement with the commit
tee beaded by Harry V. Col
lins, a poll of the members of
the local group is being taken
to fix a new date.
Mulligan had planned to
meet with the Salem commit
tee Thursday afternoon at the
Collins home but late Tuesday
telephoned that he had found
it impossible to keep the en
gagement. He asked that an
other time be set at the con
venience of the local organ
ization. The committee is expected
to tender an offer of 160,000
for the Salem Senator fran
chise and the Waters field
plant.
defensive end commits him
self as to which man he Is
going to tackle then oar quar
terback makes his decision as
to who is going to carry the
ball.
On the occasion of Sitko's
touchdown the end was playing
it as cautiously as possible and
waited until Williams started ud
field before tackling him
As soon as the Purdue end
had his hands on him, Wil
liams lateraled to Sitko who
went into the end xone stand
ing up Undoubtedly, our fu
ture opponents will devise a
plan to halt this play, but it
will give them two definite
threats to worry about every
time the quarterback starts
to sweep the end.
Elsewhere on the nation's
gridiron upseets were the or
der of the day with the aca
demies leading the way.
Army's decisive victory over
Michigan proves that Earl
Blaik has again molded a
powerhouse at the Point, and
like in the Notre Dame vic
tory the quarterback, Arnold
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Fighter Fatally Injured
ring at Detroit, Mich,, by Dr. Joseph Cahalan (center back
ground) physician for the Michigan boxing commission, after
he was seriously injured in his bout with Luther Rawitngs
of Chicago. Bussey lay near death at St. Mary' hospital
where he was rushed after a ninth round knockout. Surgeons
removed a blood clot from his 'brain. Be died later. (AP
Wirephoto)
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Police and Ring
Officials Probe
Boxing Fatality
Detroit, Oct. 12 (S Police
and boxing officials pressed an
investigation today Into the death
of a young fighter who suffered
fatal Injuries in a Detroit ring
Talmadge Bussey, 25-year-old
Negro lightweight, died of a
blood clot on the brain yester
day, 11 hours after a otid head
blow by Luther Rawitngs ot
Chicago sent him sprawling into
the ropes.
An emergency operation to re
move the clot proved futile.
Police inspector George Kim
ball of the homicide squad
quickly launched an investiga
tion. He met for a time late!
Blue Lake Cannery, Miracle
Whip, Inc., Mrs. Ella Shafer and
I the Men s club.
Quarter
Galiffa, played a major offen
sive role in directing the at
tack. Navy's sophomore "T" pilot,
Bob Zastrow, continued his bril
liant playing as the Middies
knocked off previously unde
feated Duke University. Down
in Dallas, Texas, Oklahoma
made its strongest bid for high
national ranking as they handed
Texas its first setback.
Remaining with Oklahoma
and Army on top of the list are
Tulane, North Carolina, South
ern Methodist, California, and
Kentucky, while the 13 to 13
tie between Southern Califor
nia and Ohio State did little to
destroy the top honors deserved
by both of these schools.
Coaching bouquets for the
week-end's work go to Eart
Blaik, Navy's George Saner,
Yale's Herman Rlckman, Il
linois' Ray Eliot, and Mary
land's Jim Tatum, all of whom
fooled the experts, although
Maryland did lose by one
touchdown to mighty Michi
gan State.
SERVICE
DAY
AND
Solent, Oregon
Talmadge Bussey, 26, Detroit
lightweight, is examined In the
yesterday with officials ef the
Arcadia ring, Bussey's handlers
and the seconds for Rawlings
Bussey was the eighth boxer
to be injured fatally in the ring
this year.
Six-ounce gloves were used
in the battle, although the Na-
tional Boxing association code
calls for eight-ounce.
Nippon Throngs Cheer
Arrival of Ball Team
Tokyo, Oct It P The San
Francisco Seals arrived today
to a thunderous welcome for
their "bieyete aeries" with
Japanese and GI baseball
teams.
Tens of thousands lined
some five miles of eity street
to cheer the visiting Pacific
Coast leaguers first athletes
to come here since the war. It
was a bigger throng than Em
peror Hirohito has attracted In
recent years.
The reception began at Ka
neda airport where the squad
arrived in a Pan-American
clipper.
For as hour and a half the
team drove through streets
lined with thousands of Japa
nese from tots waving paper
flags which said "Welcome
Seals" to bewildered house
wives. "This Is great," said Frank
"Lefty" O'Doul, Seals mana
ger who I well remembered
for a barnstorming trip here
14 years ago.
"It's certainly good to be
back after all this time."
"Boy," said Pitcher Con
Dempsey, staring at the crowd.
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New lork, Oct. It W High
preseure schedules are making
all-winning college football
team as hard to find as a happy
Brookiynite.
While the Dodgers were tak
ing their lumps in the world
series, mighty Michigan and
plenty of other powers absorbed
lickings for the first time this
season.
A quirk cheek of the rec
ords ef the elevens that play
big time team from Septem
ber through November, shews
only 1 major settee! which
have won "es all thus far. In
cluded In the list are five
teams who have only played
twice.
And here it's only early Oc
tober!
Saturday couple of other
i heads will roll from the list, too
I It has to happen when Notre
Dame S-0, the nation No. 1
steam, entertains formidable Tu
Hane S-0, the fourth-ranked
i squad, in the game of the week.
Think How Easy
It Could Be for
Absent Hunter
Prfnevtlle, Ore., Oct. It !
Raymond Boyd, Ocfcoeo ran
ger station staff member, shot
a deer in IMS within a few
yards of an unidentified hunt
er campsite.
This year Boyd repeated the
1943 feat by bagging another
deer just as the animal ump
the eamp sSove. Boyd report
ed the gear of the absentee
hunter was the tame equip
ment belonging to last year's
unidentified hunter.
"the States were never like
this;"
"Yeah, said a teammate,
"what If we'd won the pen
nant? The Seats finished seventh
in the 194S PCL season.
Salmon Runs Get
Heavy on Siletz
Happy Landing, Oct. 12
"This Is it!
That was the information sent
out Wednesday from the Happy
Landing boat area on the lower
Siletz to advise Oregomans that
salmon runs are reaching their
climax.
Salmon are being caught regu
larly now from the bridge to the
mill at Kerrsville in greater num
bers than in any recent weeks.
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Cornell 3-0) and Yale (2-0),
a couple of rugged Ivy leaguer,
will bang head at New Haven
The alt winning teams and
their records include;
Four victories California.
UCLA, Kentucky, Yiftenovt.
Three victories Notre Dame,
Army, Baylor, Cornell, Pitts
burgh, Tulane, North Carolina,
Virginia, Minnesota, Oklahoma
Two victories Brown, Bos
ton U., Pennsylvania, Yale,
Southern Methodist.
Just a slight notch below
those teams are a few other all-
winner like Wyoming C4-0)
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High Coaches
The Junior high school "farm
system" of preparing athletes for
the Salem senior high school U
scheduled to be up for discus
sion Friday by Vera Gilmer,
athletic director for Salem
schools, and five junior high
football coaches.
The coaches scheduled to ad
dress the Breakfast club meeting
Friday morning are Bob metzger
and Clay Egetston of Farrish,
Jim Dsrait and Walt Dickson of
Leslie and Bill Hanauskc et West
Salem.
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