A
Elbow
nanny Robert Vlllemaln (right) of France was as
I handy In blocking as In punching when he
took down an unanimous 10-round decision over Jake LaMotta
In an upset at New York's Madison Square Garden; Here
VlUemain uses his elbow to deflect a hard left thrown by the
middleweight champ in their non-title bout. (Acme Tele-photo)
Villemain to Battle
For France and Cerdan
By OSCAR FRALEY
United Press Sports Writer
New York (U.B Robert Ville
main is a typical prize fighter,
a chunky battered and scarred
little man not given much to
emotion, but his deep brown
eyes glowed with fanatical zeal
today as he promised to win
the middleweight title "for ze
honor of La Belle France."
Villemain is spurred by a
frenzied fervor seldom connected
with the oft-brutal and ever
mercenary fight game. This
bout, if a shot at LaMotta's
crown is scheduled, has fired
the Frenchman to the pitch of a
Holy Crusade.
It is a pledge to the memory
of a friend snatched away by
fate before he could do the
job. . That man was Marcel
Cerdan. He died October 28
when his plane crashed against
a mountaintop in the Azores
as he was en route back to the
United States for a title bout
with LaMotta.
"When Cerdan lose his life,"
Villemain breathed heavily in his
broken English, "he - lose his
Bearcats Face Wolves on
Heels of Overtime Defeat
Willamette's Bearcats, some
what tuckered out from their
marathon with Chico State, will
engage the O.C.E. Wolves at
Monmouth Tuesday night. .The
contest is the first of a pair be
tween the two quints. The sec
ond is booked for February 7.
Coach Bob Knox' squad is
composed of lettermen, fresh
men, transfers and candidates
from last year's Jayvee club.
The Wolves have none too
much height but are reported
to be blessed with a maximum
amount of speed . . . The letter
men are Marv Heibert, Harrel
Smith, Chet Hogan and Chuck
Humble. '
Playing a much better brand
of ball than was displayed the
previous evening Willamette
and Chico toiled through more
than two hours of cage competi
tion Saturday night with the
Bearcats losing 87 to 83. The
score was tied at 60-all seconds
from the end of the regulation
time when Can Montag looped
in a two pointer from well back
of the foul circle. The contest
then went through three five
minute overtime' periods.
The first overtime ended
with the score tied at 65, the
second at 73. Coach Johnny
Lewis' quint apparently had
the game on ice when they
held a 73-72 lead with seconds
to go in the second overtime
period. However, a charging
foul was called with Willa
mette in possesion of the ball
and Chico took advantage of
the foul to force the program
Winter Slicker
Golfing Moves
At Fast Pace
When the third week of com
petition In the "Winter Slicker'
golf tournament of the Salem
Men's club ended Sunday, the
program was farther along than
had been anticipated.
However, play is expected to
lack up a bit during the bal-
ance of the year due to the
holiday season.
Competition during the past
week gave the following re
suits:
Thre. I division: Putnam-Martin 3'4,
Mccalluter - Wolfe tt; Wadman-Harp
8. J. Thomas-Sloan 9.
Texas: Hendrle-Lenaren 3: Toomba
Jones o; Hunt-Oraham 3, Wattier-John-aon
0: Ourner.zialer 2, Kolb-Scheldei-er
1.
Coast: HMdham-Ownra t, Klmmell-Ous-wm
1; napes-Baxter 3. Thompson
rrlce e.
Omi: Har-Hlcks I. Ensllsh-Crlckson
4); Alexander-Hoar 0. V. lilller-Potta 8.
W.I.L.: No competition.
. American: Goodwin-Eater s, llcUullen
j"ers 0: niKr-FUb 2, Sheler-Mannlm
National: Vlctor-Arehart 3. SSeldon
rrlibl i Rltner-Kjrra Va. Dw-Snuth
a
chance and the chance for
France. I swear I will win it
back. It is a vow I shall keep."
The handsome Cerdan and
the plain Villemain were fast
friends, an Athos and Forthos
of the ring determined to bring
gloved glory to the fleur-de-lis.
Cerdan reached the goal
first when he captured the
middleweight title from Tony
Zale in 1948. But then he lost
it to LaMotta last June.
They had a rematch for Sep
tember 28 and four days before
the fight Villemain visited the
optimistic Marcel at his training
camp. They were together when
the word came that the fight had
been postponed to December 2.,
Cerdan, fit and confident, cried
like a child. Villemain, with an
arm around his friend's should
ers, wept bitterly. There was
no jealousy in Villemain's soul,
only a searing frustration for the
loss of an opportunity by Mar
cel and by France.
They went home with their
disappointment, Cerdan never
to return. But Villemain came
back and won.
into a third five minutes of
overtime.
The visiting Wildcats out
scored Willamette 35 to 31 in
OCE Cage Coach
Prefers Score
Limit to Clock
Monmouth The Monmouth
Luncheon club met with Coach
Knox the principal speaker. He
says that with the new rule on
the last two minutes of a basket
ball game the spectators might
as well go home at the 38-min-
ute mark for there can be no
switch in lead after that nor
much of interest.
His suggestion is the complete
elimination of time as an element
the game, setting up instead
an arbitrary score at which the
game would end. He suggested
60 points for college games.
Jersey Bowler
Is Match Champ
Chicago, Dec. 12 P) James
(Junie) McMahon, 37-year-old
Chicago bowling instructor, is
1949 national all-star individual
match game bowling champion.
McMahon, a native of Passaic,
N. J., won the title last night
by finishing the 64-game round
robin schedule with a record of
44 victories and 19 defeats.
He collected 13,712 pins - for
318.37 points under the Peter
sen scoring system.
Eagles and Rams Vie for
National Grid Loop Title
(By the Am existed Press)
The Philadelphia Eagles and
Los Angeles Rams will bump
helmets next Sunday for the
National league title, plus a seat
next to the Cleveland Browns of
the all-America conference a:
co-champions of 1949 pro foot
ball. The Browns, by routing the
San Francisco 49ers, 21-7, in
their playoff final in Cleveland
yesterday, were champions of the
now defunct AAC since its in
ception in 1946. Their four-year
reign is a pro grid record.
The Rams had to go right
diwn to the last game of the
regular season to clinch the
Western division title in the
NFL. They blasted Washington's
Redskins, 53-27, before 44.899
coast admirers. The triumph as
sured them of meeting the east
Northwest Loop
Reverses Success
In Cage Season
Northwest conference football
success against non-conference
teams have been reiersed to date
in pre-season basketball.
Only six times in 23 starts
have the Northwest conference
schools come out on top. They
had a wide margin over the
Evergreen conference in foot
ball, but to date have scored
but a single win in six tries
against the Washington quints.
Linfield has recorded the
most wins with a three and
three record, but Willamette
with two wins and one loss
has the best percentage.
Willamette has made the best
offensive record, averaging 67
points per contest for three
games. Linfield has averaged
56 points, College of Idaho 48,
Lewis & Clark 44, Pacific 42
and Whitman 41.
Idaho has exhibited the tight
est defense with an average of
51 points per game. Pacific has
a defensive mark of 53, Linfield
60, Willamette 61, Whitman 63
and Lewis and Clark 65.
OREGON TIDES
Correct for Newport
aiib
1:41 a.m. 7
6:15 p.m. 7.1
7:33 a.m. 8.1
7:34 p.m. 6.7
8:23 a.m. 8.6
8:32 p.m. 6.5
9:12 a.m. 9.1
10:08 p.m. 6.5
Low
0:03 a.m.
12:47 p.m.
0:54 a.m.
2:00 p.m. 2.3
1:50 a.m.
3:06 p.m.
2:47 a.m.
4:07 p.m.
the field goal department, with
Butler, a guard, potting an even
dozen. Ted Loder's 22 markers
were high on the Bearcat side
of the ledger.
Willamette (831 (81) Chico
Loder 22 F 22 OUen
Brouwer 14 F 3 Skojlund
Loeue 11 C 5 Armstrona
Belllnaer 13 ......O. 10 Cowan
Scrlvens 12 0 26 Butler
Subs: wu Montac 4, KoDlnson 3.
ans 4; Chico Bukavina 3, Okerbers
Carabello 7.
Major Leaguers
Study Uniform
Playoff Plans
New York, Dec. 12 (U.R)
Major league baseball club
owners were about to get to
gether today on a uniform
playoff plan to be used when
ever there are tie finishes in
the pennant races.
That, was one of the most
important items on the calen
dar as the big league big-wigs
met for their annual mid-winter
business sessions, at which
time they also hope to make
some startling player deals,
again increase the number of
night games, and try to get
the minor leagues to reconsid
er their failure to repeal the
controversial bonus rule.
Must of the time will be de
voted to study of a new draft
of the entire structure of play
ing rules by a seven-man com
mittee which was appointed
by Commissioner A. B. Chand
ler of Sarasota, Fla., last
spring.
ern division winners, the Eagles
in the titular playoff in Los
Angeles.
Chicago's Bears, who had to
win while the Rams were losing
order to overtake Los An
geles, did their part by battering
the Chicago Cardinals, 52-21.
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Page Woolens to
Open Game Play
Monday Night
Page Woolens, a quint that
has ruled the amateur field
in and around Salem for a
number of seasons, will get
its first competition of the
City basketball program Mon
day night on the Leslie gym
floor. They will meet they
Epping Lumber quint at 9
o'clock.
Twelfth Street Market, 60
to 25 winners over Knights of
Columbus last week, will en
gage Warner Motors who won
their first encounter of Ep
ping's. This tilt is slated for
7 o'clock. The 8 o'clock spot
will pair Knights of Columbus
and Capitol Post No. 9.
LOCAL UNITED PRESS
Webfoots Collect Win
From Oakland Nuggets
Eugene, Dec. 12 W Field
goals by Will Urban and Bob
Lavey in the final minutes of
their game gave the University
of Oregon a 61 to 57 victory
Saturday over the AAU Oakland
Nuggets.
The Oregon win split the two-
game exhibition series ana
broke up a 49-game winning
streak of the national AAU bas
ketball champions.
Tlte game was tied at the
half-time, 34-34, and the lead
shifted frequently until those
final minutes.
, The Blue and Gold Nuggets
were in front 57-56 when Lavey
Honor System
Depends on View;
Opinions Varied
Apparently the "supervisor'
and the players do not see eye
to eye in the matter of rule In
fractions in connection with the
"honor" system of basketball. At
least that was the conclusion
after the First Christian and En
glewood U. B. church quints had
staged an exhibition at the
YMCA Saturday night.
Fred Cords, physical director,
who sponsored the demonstra.
tion which included the calling
of fouls by the players on them
selves, will try again.
The "supervisor" who had
nominal charge of the contest,
chalked up 32 infractions on
both teams. The Christians
thought they had fouled just
three times while the Brethren
called six on themselves.
The players were divided a:
to the virtues of the system.
Eight expressed the belief that
competition was less interesting
than is the case with officials
working. Four believed play
was of a higher calibre and two
could see little or no difference
Incidentally the U. B. quint
won, 47-44.
Atlas-Dusette
Rematch Comes
After Mat Mix
As had been anticipated, a re
match between the "Great At
las," and George Dusette will
highlight Tuesday night's profes
sional wrestling program at the
armory. A mixup in the signals
a week ago caused the previous
match to be dumped in the laps
of the local commission.
Preliminary to the main event
will be a curtain raiser at 8:30
between Buck Davidson and
Mike Nazerian. The sime-wind-up
will bring together Al Szasz
end Maurice LaChapclle.
Willamina Cuts Squad
Willamina Coach Pete
Gretsch of Willamina high school
now has his defending champion
team of the Yamhill county
league cut down to workable
size. Ten players whom he hopes
will bring him another cham
pionship are Leroy Nokleby, Ted
Letterberg, Ronnie Pedersen,
Harold Helgerson, Bob Hen
thorn, Bob Billson, Darrell Hel
gerson, Buddy Ellis, Clyde Bice
and Ronnie Eggert.
BASKETBALL
SALEM HI SCHOOL
vs.
TILLAMOOK HI SCHOOL
TUESDAY, DEC. 13 - 8:15 P.M.
Preliminary of 6:45
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Vikings Await Cheesemen
After Sweep of Tourney
By DAVID BLACKMER
A' confident sanj of Salem
high cagers polished plays Mon
day as they set their sights for
the first home game of the sea
son Tuesday night when they
meet Tillamook's Cheesemak
ers. The team, along with Coach
Harold Hauk, returned to Sa
lem Sunday after scoring a clean
sweep in the 20-30 invitation
tournament which was held at
Union high in Klamath Falls. In
three successive nights, the Vi
kings toppled an equal number
of top flight opponents.
ASSOCIATED PRESS NEWS AND FEATURES
Salem, Oregon, Monday, December 12, 1949 Page 13
tossed in a foul line shot to dead
lock the score.
After Oregon took the ball
out of bounds, Urban on a
pass from Jack Keller and
Lavey went in under the bas
ket tor a cripple shot and a
two-point lead. An Oakland
try from the floor missed a
chance to tie and Lavey, on
a pass from Streeter, raced in
under to sink a hook shot.
There was less than a minute
of play remaining and, after
Oakland's Dave Minor missed
two foul line shots, Oregon re
tained control of the game un
til the end.
Oregon used only two sub
stitutes throughout the contest
and Urban, Lavey and Paul
Sowers played the ditsance. Ur
ban scored 20 points to tie with
Oakland's Don Barksdale for
high man.
The box:
Oakland AAU (ST) (61) Oreson
Is 1 1 pi tp It ft pf tp
Barksdle.r 1 I UD uroan.r 18 3
Hanser.f 7 1 til Sowcra.f 4 1 :
Bnnlnstn.o 12 2 4 Streeter.. 4 I
Minors 1 1 4 11 Krause.. 1 1
Marfan).! 1 0 2 3 Hunt.a I 2 I
O'Nelll.c 113 3 Laver.f 3 1
Relmcke.t 1 0 3 2 Keller,! 0 0
Moreno. f 0 0 0 0
Totals 24 9 16 7 Totals 34 13 11 01
Halftlme score: Oakland 34. Oreson 34.
Free throws missed: Oakland AAU
Hanger 1, Minor 4, Marianl 1. Oregon
Urban 3, Sowers 1, Streeter 2, Krause
Keller 1.
Hogan Shoots
Hot Game over
Tough Course
Fort Worth, Tex., Dec. 12 wV
Bantam Ben Hogan hasn't lost
his touch. .
Sidelined for 10 months be
cause of injuries received in an
automobile accident, the former
king of America's professional
golfers played his first golf over
the week-end. He shot a 71 and
72 over a par 70 course that's
considered one of the toughest
in the southwest.
Lebanon Evens
Teddie Series
Lebanon The Lebanon War
riors nudged Roosevelt of Port
land Saturday night 48 to 46.
The win evened the series with
the Teddies who took the Fri
day night encounter 57-33.
The count was deadlocked at
the half.
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The third victory came Sat
urday as Salem defeated the
high-powered Klamath Falls
Pelican squad coached by Paul
SAL KM TOURNEY STATISTICS
Individual scoring:
Rogers, Doug, f 30
Rock, Jim, c 21
Oirod, Daryl. t 31
Walling. Wayne, c 16
Davis. Deb, I 12
Cliamberliln. Larry 8
McKenzle, Don, t 7
Dcen. Dick, f 7
Pa u Ins, Larrr, I 7
arver. Gene, tr 6
Total FGA, 188; TO 83.
Total FT A 98; FTM 29.
Fouls 48.
Team total 135
Points scored against Salem 87
Arkansas Trojans
Win Little Rose
Bowl by 25-19
Pasadena, Calif., Dec. 12 W)
The Little Rock Trojans headed
home for Arkansas today as the
first eastern champions of the
little Rose Bowl.
The Trojans beat Santa Ana,
Calif., junior college 25-19 Sat
urday in the fourth annual jun
lor college grid classic.
Safety man Benny (Little
Smackover) Scott of Little Rock
turned in the epic run of the day
a punt return that saw him re
verse himself three or four times,
wiggle and drop back from his
own 25 to the 15, and then set
off down the sidelines for the
goal, 85 yards away.
Coast Conference Men
To Debate Platoon Play
Carmel, Calif., Dec. 12 U.R)
The controversial platoon sys
tem of college football is expec
ted to come in for discussion
here today as faculty representa
tives and coaches of the 10
members of the Pacific coast
conference open their annual
winter meeting.
PCC headquarters said that
there would be some kind of an
nouncement on the subject af
ter today's meeting. It is re
ported that the smaller schools
Huskys' Skiier
Wins Hood Race
Government Camp, Ore., Dec.
12 (P) Swooping a mile in a
minute and 40 seconds, Alan
Fischer of the University of
Washington won the 11th an
nual Arnold Lunn downhill ski
race Sunday on Mt. Hood.
He beat out Karl Stingl of
Portland by a tenth of a second.
The women s Class A title
went to Elaine Holmestead of Se
attle on a timing of 2:01.2. San
dra Tomlinson of Vancouver,
B. C, was clocked 2:03 for sec
ond place.
Dave Fischer, Jr., Seattle, won
the Class B men's crown and
first place in Class B for women
went to Jackie Helming of Sun
Valley, Idaho.
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McCall to the tune of 53-37
Doug Rogers took high honors
Saturday night as he bucked 14
points and Captain Daryl Girod
was runner-up with 11 counters.
Scoring started as Dick Doege,
six loot five center bucketed i
two-pointer for K-Falls, but Sa
lem's Daryl Girod quickly
matched the score and put the
Viks in the lead with a gifter
Deb Davis, Doug Rogers and Jim
Rock each added a field goal to
bolster Salem s lead.
The Vikings never lost the
lead after they went ahead in
the first period. Salem led
15-5 at the end of the first
quarter and led by a score of
24-15 midway in the game. At
the end of the third, Salem
led 42-37.
Coach Harold Hauk took no
chances in the height advantage
that the Klamath team had. He
started his altitude players with
Center Wayne Walling, 6 foot,
4 V4 inches in the forward slot.
Salem, after winning over Ti-
gard, La Grande and Klamath
Falls, hopes to keep the slate
clean when the Haukmen play
host to the Cheesemakers at the
Vik Villa Tuesday night.
Friday night Salem will tan
gle with the Eugene Axemen on
the Vik maple boards.
The Cheesemakers scoring is
knotted up in Bob Dental, for
ward, who tallied 15 points
against the Oregon Frosh when
Tillamook bowed to the Colleg
ians. Salem (03)
(31) Klamath Falls
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Paulus.f
Deen.f
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Walllns.f
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4 3 5 11 Yarnell.e
1 0 3 2 Olaen.g
3 0 2 6 Zarsnskl.f
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Totals 22 0 33 S3 Totals 14 I 0 37
Halftlme score: Salem 24, Klamath Falls
are against retention of the sys
tem, but the larger institutions,
which outnumber the small ones,
would like to continue the un
limited substitution.
The California Intercollegiate
Baseball association, which is
meeting in conjunction with the
PCC, has adopted a 1950 sche
dule of 43 conference games.
Teams in the CIBA are USC,
UCLA, Stanford, California, St
Marys and Santa Clara.
The coaches pondered a pro
posal from the - Pacific coast
baseball league that an all-star
CIBA team be named to play a
PCL all-star team with the
funds to go to the CIBA fund
to develop and promote colle
giate baseball. The coaches will
check with their athletic admin
istration before making a deci
sion.
WRESTLING
Tuesday Night 8:30
MAIN EVENT
The Great Atlai ti.
Geo. Dusette
OPENER
Buck Davidson ti.
Mike Naierlan
SECOND
Al 8 Max vs.
Maruice LaChappelle
SALEM ARMORY
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Great day in the afternoon!
Did you ' ever see such a
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I spent my whole afternoon
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