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Wolfe Clubs 10-Round Nod
Over Nunes; Eagleman Wins
II Lou Nunes had not nratvl
ously been aware of the fact
mat it taxes something other
than wild rushes and a Texas
sidewinder stance to win ring en
gagements, he most certainly
gained that knowledge during
his 10 round enagement with
Dick Wolfe Wednesday night.
Wolfe, Indian boxer who
stalked his foe relentlessly won
the unanimous verdict of Ref
eree Bobby Ambrose, Buck
Main and Harry Levy, Judges.
After the first two rounds whiph
were won by Nunes through his
well known rushing tactics, the
Wolves Eye First
Contest in Newly
Formed League
Monmouth Bob Knox and his
OCE varsity basketball crew
will get their first taste of action
In the newly formed Oregon
Collegiate conference when they
tangle with the Vanport Vikings
at 8:30 p.m. in Monmouth Fri
day night. A JV preliminary pre
cedes the varsity tussle.
Vanport and the Wolves both
boast of fine pre-season records
and are about on even terms on
paper. Neither team has a big
burly gang of basketeers, but re
ly on speed afoot and scrap un
der the backboards. Vanport
holds a 64-59 victory over Lin
field and the Wolves met defeat
at the h a n d s of the Wildcats
67-56.
Knox will rely on the quint
he started against Willamette
Tuesday night to. turn the ta
bles on the Vikings. Harrel
Smith and Marv Heibert will
be at the forwards, Abe John
son at the pivot post, and the
guards will be Chet Hogan
and Bob Bushnell.
Boudreau-Gordon
Chat Called Just
Social Confab
Eugene, Ore., Dec. 15 W) It
was mostly social, that telephone
conversation between Lou Bou
- dreau in Illinois and Joe Gordon
In Eugene.
Boudreau had said he was go
ing to find out definitely if Gor
don planned to play baseball
next summer for the Cleveland
Indians. Gordon said he told the
Cleveland manager he still want
ed his release so he could join a
Pacific Coast league team and
be closer to home.
But most of their talk, said
Gordon, was about players and
the league just social.
kit& Scratched
By FRED ZIMMERMAN, Capital Journal Sports Editor
Oregon scatter gun artists played an important part in the 1949
firing, records compiled by the Pacific International Trapshoot
ers association, indicate. Cal Ray of Eugene, who shoots clay
pigeons from Oregon to Cuba, topped Webfoot trigger pullers with
a mark of .9690 on 2100 targets. Harry Niedermyer of Medford
was second with .9606 on 1500 while Bryan Smith of Harrisburg,
finished third with .9591. Nine other Oregon sharpshooters, fin
ished in the 95 per cent bracket: Clarence Townsend, Salem;
Mrs. Ruth Hay, Ray Glass, Doron Miller and Emerson Brickley,
Eugene; Clyde Fox, Merrill; George Blum, Tillamook; Dick Skeet
ers, Medford and M. W. Ray of John Day. Ruth - Ray topped
women gunners on the Pacific coast with .9543.
Opposes Platoon System
' "Stack" Stackhouse, Willamette's director of athletics, believes
the platoon system of football should be modified a bit and has
so informed the rules committee which will soon go into a huddle.
"Stack" would change the rules to permit no more than four
men to be substituted during a time out. Otherwise he has no
suggestions for changes in gridiron regulations. This, he points
out, would permit a coach to get key men into the game or an
entire new backfield. It would eliminate, in his opinion, the
"mess" that now exists when four complete elevens are moving
about whenever the ball changes sides.
Iron Man Basketball .
Coach John Warren used but seven men in the Webfoots'
second game against the Blue and Gold Nuggets and the ex
periment paid off with a 61 to 57 win. This "iron man" court
procedure isn't a precedent for the season and "Honest John"
believes that the ton seven will need help during the two
game scries with Stanford December 21) and 21. However, the
result in the Nugget contest may play a prominent part In
Warren's thinking. Mel Streeter, a hustler from Riverside
junior college, apparently has ousted Bob Amacher from his
Job at center although the change has meant considerably
less heighth in the front line. With Streeter at center the
Webfoots have no man over six feet three inches in the line
up. Both Bill Urban and Streeter are 6-3, Paul Sowers is 6-2
and Mel Krause and Ken Hunt are 5-11.
Utes Well Trained
The University of Utah.Utes will not be an untried outfit when
they assist in the dedication of Oregon State's new athletic pavi
lion Friday night. In fact they will have had 17 contests under
their belt by the time they arrive in the Benton county metro
polis. Fifteen of the 17 games have been won, the only losses be
ing to one to the Flamengo club during the recent South Ameri
can tour and the other to Denver university. The latter game
was played in connection with the recent Skyline Six tournament.
Glen Smith is the principal scorer of the Utes, having potted 220
points in seventeen games for a 12.9 point average. Coach Vadal
Peterson claims he has been short of reserves most of the season
and expresses a bit of concern over the two strenuous games with
Slats GUI's club.
Money Talks
' Spurred on by the flow of additional money into the cash
registers, it didn't take National baseball league magnates
long to reach the conclusion that unlimited night play was the
thing. The fact that many major league players do not like the
glare of the bright lights will not prevent the owners from
goinr ahead with the program. Night baseball certainly can
be much more comfortable in the middle west and the east
during the hot summer months. Such is not the case on the
Pacific slope where games under the lights are for the sole
purpose of getting the last available fan through the turnstiles.
outcome was pretty much a fore
gone conclusion.
The trend of the battle in
favor of Wolfe came in the
third round when Nunes was
forced to give ground as the
two flailed away in close
quarters against the ropes.
From that point on Nunes
spent most of tht time back
pedaling a procedure that
convinced some of the none
too numerous fans that the
squat knockle tosser from Los
Angeles had postponed his
road work until such time as
he crawled into the armory ar
ena. Many of Nunes' punches were
short and at times Wolfe had his
foe missing badly. There was
just one knockdown although
Nunes went to the canvas on two
or three occasions by reason of
his own rushes. Wolfe broke
through with a solid right to the
jaw early in the 10th that drop
ped Nunes who came up before
the referee could start a count.
He spent the balance of the
round staging a furious counter
attack that had absolutely no ef
fect on the outcome. At one
time he protested to the referee
that he had been hit a low
blow. But the protest was ig
nored. The semi-final between Mel
Giant-Brave Half Million
Swap Starts Diamond Talk
New York, Dec. 15 VP) Base
ball's biggest transaction in
years the New York-Boston
deal that involved upwards of
a half million dollars in talent
had buzzing bystanders ask
ing today: .
"Who got thd better of the
trade, the Giants or the Braves?
In a spectacular llth-hour
swap, the Braves sent their dou
ble play combination of short
stop Alvin Dark and second base
man Eddie Stanky to the Giants
in exchange for outfielders Sid
Gordon, Willard Marshall, short
stop Buddy Kerr and pitcher
Sam Webb.
This swap easily overshadow
ed three other big league trades,
the most impotrant of which sent
St. Louis second baseman Gerry
Priddy to Detroit for $100,000
The Browns acquired pitcher
Lou Kretlow in addition to the
huge bundle of cash,
; Priddy's sale added more than
$200,000 to the Browni1 ex
chequer, since late Tuesday night
the club collected in excess of
Eagleman of Salem and Tony
Decca of Portland come to an
abrupt end at the start of the
third when Decca failed to
come out of his corner. Ea
gleman floored his opponent
just before the bell concluded
the first round and again
shook him badly with a rip
ping uppercut as the second
stanza ended.
After putting on a friendly
boxing performance for a round
Whitey Kirscll of Eugene and
Bob Shatter of Springfield went
to work in earnest. A warning
from Matchmaker Tex Salkeld to
either mix matters or get out
had the desired effect. The bout
was called a draw although a
short right to the jaw by Shafter
dropped his much heavier op
ponent to his knees in the
fourth.
Al Cliff gained a TKO over
Joe Schuster in the third of their
scheduled four rounder, Schus
ter ran entirely out of steam and
was virtually helpless when Am
brose stopped it.
Joe Vivilo of St. Helens and
Jerry Tompkins, heavyweights,
went four rounds to a draw.
Tompknis was far from being
in condition and appeared to be
carrying about 30 pounds of ex
cess weight, mostly around the
mid-section.
$100,000 plus four players from
the Philadelphia Athletics for
star third baseman, Bob Dillin
ger.
In a couple of other , deals
the Athletics traded third base
man Hank Majeski to the Chi
cago White Sox for relief pitch
er Ed Klieman, and the St.
Louis Cardinals re-acquired out
fielder Harry Walker in ex
change for flychaser Ron Northy
and utility infielder Lou Klein,
The cards are to get another
player, from the minors, at
future date.
Lovers of power and punch are
of the belief that the Braves got
much the better of the big Na-
Best Routes to
Gill Coliseum
Are Announced
Oregon State College, Cor
vallis, Dec. 15 Here are the
best routes to get to Gill Coli
seum. If you are driving in from
- the north on either 99W or
99E, continue south to Jeffer
son until you are even with
the men's dormitory which is
20th street. Turn left on 20th
and go south past Bell field
and across the railroad track
and you will see the Coliseum
on your right. Continue a
block further on 20th and you
will come to the parking lot
on the right side of the street.
SPORTS ROUNDUP
Billy Argues Pitchers
New York, Dec. 15 W) -Billy
Evans was sounding off just
after the American league had
refused to legalise the spitball
. "Something has to be done
for the pitchers," Billy argued.
"We all want them no club has
enough good pitcners. But in the
last 15 years nothing has been
done to give the pitchers a break.
Everything has helped the bat
ters . . . They outlawed freak
pitcnes; tney tnrow out a new
ball every few minutes and now
they've narrowed the strike zone
. When I was umpiring, I'd
give the pitcher a new ball any
time he'd ask for it, but not
when the batter wanted one.
The batters would demand a new
ball on every pitch if you'd let
them." . . . Billy, incidentally,
didn't voice his arguments dur
ing the league meeting, nor did
he dispute Tiger Manager Red
Rolfe's assertion that his club is
pretty well satisfied with its
pitching staff.
HOT STOVE STUFF
Eddie Dyer won't confirm
the report that the Reds of
fered him Ewell Blackwell in
a deal, but he comments:
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tional league deal. They - point
out that in giving up Gordon and
Marshall the Giants sent a pair
of sluggers who hit 38 home
runs between them in 1949 for
a pair who collected only four.
Gordon blasted 26 round trip
pers, Marshall 12, Dark three
and Stanky one. Herr had
none.
Advocates of the fast-fielding,
heady hit-and-run type of ath
lete think the Giants got the
edge." They point out that de
spite the 169 home runs hit by
the Gordon-Marshall duo during
their five years with the club
the Giants could finish no higher.
than third. Three times they
finished in the second division.
Santiam Skiers
Plan Sunday Trip
To Hoodoo Bowl
A chartered bus trip' to Hoo
doo Bowl under the sponsorship
of the bantiam Ski club has
been scheduled for Sunday for
skiers of the Salem area.
Members of the club are ex
pected to complete plans for the
trip at a meeting Thursday night
at the Mayflower hall. The meet
ing is set for 8 p.m.
The bus, open to any skier
who wants to make the trip to
Hoodoo.-is slated to load at 5:30
a.m. Sunday in front of Ander-
son's sporting goods store on
North Commercial street.
"This would be a poor time to
try to trade him; he hasn't
pitched nine full innings since
that kidney operation." . . ,
Donnie Bush, the Indianap
olis veteran, probably is the
most tireless lobby-pounder
in town ... A scout who
doesn't want his name men
tioned, says he'd like to pitch
all day to Boston's high-priced
rookie, Sam Jethroe. "If you
pitch with control and con
fidence, you can get him out.
I'll be surprised if he hits
more than .150," the guy says.
"But if he gets on base, he'll
kill you with that speed." . . .
Another reported "no dice"
deal: Andy Pafko for Herman
Wehmeier. The Reds wouldn't
give up the pitchers . . . Hank
Greenberg discloses that Joe
Gordon's disagreement with
Indians originated when Joe
"thought" he had an agree
ment with Bill Veeck to get
his release. "What Bill said
was 'we'll talk It over,' " Hank
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Rough Moment in Basketball Clash
(61) of Long Island University clutches ball as he topples
over Norm Pilgrim (95) of Oklahoma A&M in first half of
their game at Madison Square Garden, New York City.
Eddie Gard of LIU lies on his back at right and Herb
Scherer (center), LIU, moves toward Smith and Pilgrim.
LIU defeated the Aggies, 38-31. (AP Wirephoto)
Bearcat Guard Is Named
Captain for '50 Grid men
Chuck Bowe, guard on this
year's Bearcat football 11, has
been named captain for Willa
mette's 1950 grid campaign, ac
cording to announcement by
Coach Chester Stackhouse.
At the same time Stackhouse
stated that Charlie Nee, diminu
tive guard from Hawaii, had
won the award for being the
most outstanding player on the
49 squad. Both selections were
made by members of the entire
squad.
Bowe is a product of Man- .
Salem Boxers to
Fight in Legion
Show, Portland
Four local amateur boxers
will go to Portland Thursday
night for participation in the
American Legion's simon pure
program. They are Cecil Kerr,
Glen Staats, Marvin Rundhaug
and Dale Venema. They have
been working here under the
direction of Bobby Ambrose, an
experienced ringster who will
accompany them to Portland.
Venema, a 165 pounder, plans
to turn professional after the
Portland show.
Need Help
By HUGH FULLERTON, Jr.
explains.
HIS GLASSED HOPE
A Santa Clara, Calif., mer
chant, reports Publicist Mike
Welds, filled a vacant store win
dow with clippings about the
1949 feats of the Orange Bowl
bound Broncos . . . One fourth
string guard was scanning them
eagerly when a teammate asked
what he was doing . . . "Window
shopping,' was the reply, "and
I don't see a thing I want."
DOTS ALL, BROTHERS
All Louisiana State foot
ball players and coaches re
cently were made colonels by
Louisiana Governor Long . . .
Madison Square Gardens bas
ketball dept. won't give the
press exact attendance fig
ures this season. Ned Irish's
explanation is that the col
leges don't always turn In their
ticket data in time, so they'll
just make an estimate to the
nearest 500 ... At least,
they're always sure of 500.
Page 17
lius, N. Y., high school and is
a junior in business adminis
tration. Nee, one of the six Hawaiians
on the squad, at 167 pounds was
the smallest lineman to see ac
tion.
Statistics show that the Bear
cats fumbled the ball 37 times
during the season and failed to
recover 21 of those times.
Halfbacks Bill Ewaliko and
Keith Sperry gained 852 net
yards between them, better than
two thirds of the total of 1283
yards. Ewaliko had the better
average, 6.55 yards per carry.
Sperry, the workhorse of the
backfield, lugged the ball 92
times for a 4.36 average. Both
are expected back next year for
their final season of competition.
Stanky Happy to
Join Leo Again
Despite 'Stab'
Mobile, Ala., Dec. 15 W Ed
dy Stanky, fiery little infielder,
advised of his trade by the Bos
ton Braves to the New York
Giants said he was happy to be
back with Manager Leo Duroch
er. Stanky was told of the swap
after coming in from a fishing
trip yesterday. He indicated the
move didn't come as a surprise.
Alter Durocher, then mana
ger of the Brooklyn Dodgers,
okayed Stanky's trade to the
Braves, the little second baseman
was quoted as saying: "I've been
stabbed in the back by my man
ager."
Asked about that yesterday,
Stanky replied:
I have been loyal to every
manager I have ever played for
and I have been playing the
game for 15 years. . . .
'Leo Durocher is my type of
manager and I am happy to be
back with him."
SALEM TRAPSHOOTERS TO
SPONSOR TURKEY FIRING
The Salem Trapsnooters club
will sponsor a turkey shoot Sun
day beginning at 10 a.m. The
following Tuesday night the
group will hold a potluck din-
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Thins Basketball Star
By DALE BURGESS
Indianapolis, Deo. 15 W)
Did you ever wish you'd been
an all-America athlete so you
could play for a living?
Let Alex Groza disillusion
you about that "pay for play"
business.
- Groza, one of the former
University of Kentucky bas
ketball stars who formed the
Indianapolis Olympians last
summer, has lost 20 pounds
In the first third of the Na
tional Basketball association
season.
He's down to 215 pounds
from 235 and that is stretch
ing flesh pretty tight on a
six - foot, seven - inch frame.
Groza Is the league's leading
scorer and figures he has
played about 90 per cent of
the time In the Olympians'
24 scheduled games to date.
That's not enough relief in
pro basketball and nobody
knows it better than Groza.
The young club simply hasn't
been able to hire the caliber of
help it needs. Club officials
thought they would get Gene
Englund from the defunct
Oshkosh, Wis., team but the
Boston Celtics maneuvered
exclusive rights to sign him.
"I figure on playing pro
ball 'five or six years and then
going into business," Groza
said today, sprawling wearily
on the Butler fieldhouse
bleachers. "The way I'm us
ing myself up I may last about
three."
So the Kentucky boys,
NCAA champs last year,
found pro ball tougher than
the college game?
"Well, it takes more out of
you," Groza explained. "We
played about 28 games a sea
son in college. The Olympians
will play about 80, including
exhibitions.
"In college, the other team
might have two or three out
Viking Wrestling
Coach to Attend
OSC Mat Clinic
Hank Juran, wrestling coach
at Salem high school, will take
part in the two day wrestling
clinic being sponsored by Ore
gon State college at Corvallis
Friday and Saturday. The clinic
is the second to be sponsored by
OSC and is expected to draw mat
coaches and school administra
tors from many parts of the
state.
Bob Antonacci, varsity wres
tling coach at OSC, will have
charge of the program, being as
slsted by Jim Dixon.
Methods and techniques of
coaching high school wrestling,
administration and supervision
of a strong mat program and the
educational values derived from
wrestling will be covered in the
clinic.
Vandals, Cougars Tour;
Ducks, Bevos at Home
Dy the Aanoclated Press)
The Vandals of Idaho and
Cougars of Washington State are
carrying Northern division bas
ketball prestige eastward today,
launching barnstorming tours
that will be their final tuneups
before the start of Coast confer
ence action.
Oregon, Oregon State and
Washington all drilled at
home, the Staters finally get
ting into action on the spar
kling new floor of Gill coli
seum. Utah will invade Cor
vallis Friday and Saturday
nights to help Oregon State
present its great new court to
the public.
Washington has a Saturday
night tussle on tap with Alpine
Dairy in Seattle. Oregon is idle
until Stanford comes north for
Dec. 20-21 series with the
Webfoots.
While most schools were idle.
the hard driving Savages ot
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standing players. In this
league is has eight or 10 and
keeps running them In and
out of the game."
Lebanon Man Is
Elected Head of
Fish-Game Group
Alhanv Tvan Warnpr T.h-
anon, was elected president of
the Santiam Fish and Game as
sociation at a meeting in the city
hall hpr Tllpsriav Wnrnnp was
vice-president of the association
last year.
Lewis Morse. Alhanv. warn
elected vice-president and Ken
neth Lanning, Lebanon, was re
elected secretary-treasurer. John
Sheppard, Albany, was appoint
ed a dirPPtnr nf th nccrwintlnn
and will serve in that capacity
for five years.
Cleetus Currv. Alhanv. anH
Jack Lott. Lebanon, wprp an.
pointed field secretaries of the
Lann county sportsmen's group,
M. O. Wilkinson, retiring presi
dent, and Claude
Albany were chosen to repre
sent me organization on the Or
egon Wildlife federation. The
new officers will take over Jan
uary 1.
The annual mppHncr nP 4hp as
sociation was tentatively sched
uled for January 19 nn1 noD-
ent plans call for it to be held in
me gymnasium of Lebanon high
school. More than 600 persons
attended a similar nrnKram In
Albany last year.
Vern Reeves. Kenneth Mnvpr
and Paul Van Rnelrlrlr wa
named tn HirPPf hA onnnal
meeting and banquet.
F. R. Brown, Albany, a di
rector of the Wildlife federation
explained the set-un nf thp fpH.
eration. The club voted official
ly to affiliate with the central
Willamette council of the asso
ciation. Pro Football
Championship to
Be Cast on KEX
The National Professional
Football league chamnionshlD
game between the Los Angeles
Rams and the Philadelphia Ea
gles will be broadcast Sunday
afternoon at 1:30 over station
KEX. The game will be played
in the Los Angeles Coliseum
where Harry Wismer and "Red"
Grange will team up to give the
play by play description.
OREGON TIDES
Correct for Newport
Hitch Low
Deo. IS 9:13 a.m. 9.1 3:4? a.m. 1.8
10:08 p.m. 6.5 4:07 p.m. 0.5
Dec. 10 10:01 a.m. 9.4 1:47 ft.tn. 3.3
11:18 p.m. fl.6 5:05 p.m. -0-4
Deo. 17 10:53 k.m. 9.7 4:42 a.m. 2.8
6:58 p.m. -1.1
Dee. 18 11:41 a.m. S.9 5:39 a.m. 2.9
0:49 p.m. -l.S
Dec. 19 1:14 a.m. 8.0 :33 a.m. 3.1
12:28 p.m. 9.8 7:38 p.m. -l.S
Dee. SO 2:05 a.m. 7.2 7:24 a.m. 3.3
1:16 p.m. 9.7 8:24 p.m. -1.6
Eastern Washington smothered
St. Martin's last night, 90 to 44.
Dick Eicher paced the attack
with 21 points as Eastern piled
up a 49-26 halftime lead and
won in a romp. Bill Sullivan was
high for the losers with nine
points.
Coach Chuck Finley and his
Idahoans are traveling by bus on
their eight-game jaunt that will
take them as far east as Pitts
burgh. First stop will be Lara
mie, Wyo., for a Dec. 16 brush
with Wyoming.
Washington State's Cougars
go through to Buffalo, N.Y., by
train to open a five-game east
ern tour against Buffalo univer
sity Saturday night. Monday
evening will find them in Madi
son Square Garden, opposing St.
John's.
Washington and Washington
Slate are unbeaten in their pre
season games to date.
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