'Cat Sponsored Prep Cage Meet Opens in High Gear TUURSDAYS GAMES 1:00 p.m. Woodburn vs. Dayton. 8:00 p.m. SUverton vs. Taft. 9:00 p.m. Canby vs. Dallas. Living up to advance notices, Taft high rolled to a 56 to 38 de cision over Dayton Wednesday night as the first round of com petition in the first annual Wil lamette university basketball tournament went into high gear. Silverton outscored Canby 29 to 22 and Woodburn downed Dal las 42 to 31 to complete the first night's program. Although Dayton lost, it was Cordon Manning of that club who took high scoring honors for the evening with his 24 points. Fred Immonen of Taft was second in this connection with 20. Manning, a fast dribbler, let fly with one handers from all around the key as he canned Serious Rose Business Has Funny Side, Too By BOB MYERS Pasadena, Calif., Dec. 28 W) This Rose Bowl football en terprise is serious business, a little on the severe side as befits its age as the grand father of all the bowl contests. But don't think it hasn't had Its funnier moments, some of them behind the scenes, and if things keep on as they have in the past, the Rose Bowl might even lose some of its dignity. There are times leading up to the game, you see, when things actually get pretty dull. The players wander around their hotel lobbies, exchanging whispers about whatever players whisper about, and little excitement can be gen erated about a routine block ing drill on the practice field. That's when the warning signal should be hoisted, for inevitably that's when some playful pixie gets out of his cage and begins to chew away at the carpets. There was the time a few years ago , it may now be told, when this wild pixie got loose and before anyone could even call the cops there was a thick thud, a grapple in the semi - darkness of a hallway and one of the Huntington hotel's nicest chairs was bro ken when it was struck by a head. The head belonged to the of ficial family of one of the schools charity even to this day declines to further iden By FRED ZIMMERMAN. Capital Journal Sports Editor BASKETBALL SPEEDS UP "Too much offense and too little defense" is the objection in iome quarters to present day basketball. Whether the critics have a reasonable basis for their criticism of the high scoring contests or not, it is a fact that the tendency seems to be one of trying to outscore the opposition. The trend, so far, has pleased many, many more fans than those who would prefer a bit more defen sive strategy. How far the game can go in this direction before the general public grows weary only time will tell. Basketball was originally intended to be a sport of skill, dexterity, quick reactions and all of that. It still calls for the maximum in maneuverability but, too often the tendency has been "oh, let him shoot; the quicker we will get possession and have a chance at it ourselves." RACE HORSE BRAND RULES The galloping type of basketball isn't peculiar to the Pacific Coast. A perusal of a pamphlet issued by Michigan State col lege reveals the tendency back there toward high scoring. And we presume the upward swing is universal. Some of the scores turned out by Michigan State and their opponents 25 years ago sound almost ridiculous when compared with what Is happening now. Notre Dame has been a consistent opponent . of the Spartans since way back in 1908. Scores in the early days of competition were 16 to 23, 10 to 26, 18 to 22, 14 to 13, 16 to 17 and so on. Same has held true in competition with the University of Michigan where the records show one game that resulted in a 27 to 5 win for the Wolverines. The next season the two clubs engaged in a rip snorter 14 to 13 in favor of the Spartans. Two clubs that couldn't score more than 20 points each in these days of rush-and-shoot perform .. ance would quickly find themselves all alone, except for a pair of whistle tooters. W ANJ A PICK A DUCK? , Picking a duck is too frequently a disagreeable chore as the average nimrod quickly finds out. So he usually dumps his kill on the kitchen table and clears out for more congenial company s the wife takes a rather dim ver, Henry P. Davis, public relations director of the Remington company, says the cleaning of a wild duck can be a fairly easy affair. Here is the receipt: "Purchase 10 cents worth of powdered resin for each duck to be cleaned. Pull back feathers with one hand and with the other rub in rosm all the way to the skin Then, holding the duck by the legs, dip it into a pot of near- boiling water for about 10 seconds. Allow the bird to cool. The feathers and down can then be easily ripped off right down to the kin." Nothing is said as to whether the resin gives the duck a peculiar flavor so we presume than a badly cooked merganser. ATTENDANCE INDICATOR If attendance for the Oregon State-Minnesota tilt is an in dication of what lies ahead for Gill pavilion then those folks who want to see Coast conference games had better get their ' money on the line without delay. The Gopher contest drew 7368, according to Loris Baker, assistant to Spec Keene. If that figure is correct, then a capacity crowd of 10,200 will cause the sports palace to resemble a stout woman wearing a girdle a couple sizes too small. The capacity of the bleacher eats, which include those set aside for students is figured on a basis of 18 inches per spectator. If need be that figure can be shrunk considerably. But there can be no stretching of the opera type chairs on the opposite slcfe of the court. The first conference games at Corvallis will feature Washington State college the nights of January 3 and 4. On January 13 the Webfoots will provide the opposition. That will end the the competition in Gill pavilion until February 3 and 1 when , the University of Washington Huskies show up. a big percentage of his efforts. Immonen, a rangy lad, proved a good backboard man, who did an excellent Job on defense as well as on the other side of the ledger. Since the title will be decid ed on a basis of differential in points, Taft took the first night's honors with a margin of IS. The Canby-Silverton opener got off to a slow first half period with the Foxes leading 4 to 3. It was 10-9 at the half and al though Canby took a one point margin early in the second half Coach Milt Baum's Foxes forged back in front 22-15 at the three quarter mark with Jim Cooper pacing the attack. Woodburn led all the way over Dallas after dominating at the end of the first quar ter, 8 to 4. Larry Cook ae- tify the head but for a time the situation was grave and very hilarious. Fraetured chairs just don't belong in the distinguished history of the Rose Bowl. Already this year, with Ohio State and California plugging away for the game Jan. 2, the Rose Bowl scene has been stirred by (1) a report that Wes Fesler had quit as Buck eye coach, and (2) the Buck eye squad was torn asunder by dissension. BASKETBALL COLLEGE SCORES (By the Associated Press) Iowa Bl, Oregon 34. Was bluet on State 57. Central Vtuh. 47. Portland 61. Paget Sound 55. Seattle Pacific 51. British Columbia 4t. Pacific Lutheran 5, Idaho State 80. Northern Idaho 63, Whitworth 55. Siena 43, St. Thomas (Minn.) 38. Buffalo University 78, Colby 88. Missouri 47, Michigan 46. Oklahoma City U. 37, okla. An ales . Holy cross 71, Bowling Green (O.) 70. Harvard 88, Michigan State 87. Ohio State 43. Cornell 43. Wisconsin 88, Rutgers 55. Colorado 67, Nebraska 57. Texas 48, Alabama 41. Wyoming 40, Arkansas 26. Baylor 81, Vanderbilt 63. Perm State 51, Duke 48. N. Carolina State 81, Rhode Is. Stat 14. West Virginia 58, North Carolina 50. Georgia Tech 64, Wake Forest 67. Rice 72, Wichita 66. New Mexico A&M 54, Howard Fayn 47. HIGH SCHOOL SCORES (By the Associated Press) SUverton 20, Canby 22. Forest Grove 48, Albany 30. Pendleton 38, McMtnnville 20. Taft 56, Dayton 38. Klamath Falls 64, Tillamook 35. Coqullle 44, Vancouver, Wash., 42. Hood River 55, Klickitat 29. Mllwaukle 55, Scappoose 47. Grants Pass 60, Roseburg 25. Woodburn 42, Dallas 31. Roosevelt (Portland) 61, St. Helem 46. view of what comes next. How the fowl won't taste any worse for 13 of Dallas' points. The teams appear to be more evenly matched for Thursday night's second round which in cludes Woodburn vs. Dayton, Sil verton vs. Taft and Canby vs. Dallas. The tournament will be con cluded Friday night on the basis of the following pairings: Canby vs. Woodburn, Silvertonvs. Day ton and Dallas vs. Taft, The scores: Canby 29) SUverton Ucclaren 4 P 3 Gustafson Palmer 5 P 4 Mccreary Irwin 4 c 10 Cooper Perkett 1 3 4 Burr Oilier 7 4 Kolln Subs: Canby Bolland 1; SUverton stoltenberg 4. Free throws missed: Pal. mer, Perkett, Baldwin: Mccreary 2, Coo per 2. Kail time: Canby t, SUverton 10. Dayton SS) Matthews 2 Bell Sherman 3 . Manning 34 S6) Taft ,...P 3 Huff ....P 2 Smith 20 Immonen 7 Black Allen 0 .. a 13 Nutter Subs: Dayton- Allen 3; Taft will- 6. WIsnlewslEl 1. Barton 1. Free throws missed: Matthews 3. Manning a, Allen 3. o. Allen 3. Hurl 3. Smith. Im monen 3, Black 3, McKenzle, Crawford Half time: Dayton IS, Taft 35. Woodburn (43) (31) Dallas Beaton 7 p 5 Edlger 4 Fischer Belleque F vandehey 11 c .. 3 Olson .. 13 Cook Clark , Henn 4. unasetn 4 Favllcek 4 a Subs: Woodburn Hurrlag Henderson 8; Dallas Davis 3 sjoland Luthe 3. Free throws missed: Vandehy S, Undseth 5, D. Beaton 3,'Hurrlas, Hender son, Edlger 4, Olson 3, Cook, Davis, sjo land. nan time: woodburn lBi Dallas 10. counted LOCAL UNITED PRESS Wpcf The starting lineup for f VJI nmhnHlv inMuri. It nf 1'-"" .' - in the East-West game at San Francisco Dec. 31. Front, from left: Vince Cisterna, Arizona State; Steve Dotur, Oregon; George Bayer, Washington; Torn Novak, Nebraska; East Eleven of these 12 griders will prob ably compose the starting team for the East in the East-West Shrine game at San Francisco Dec. 31. Front, from left: Phil Ryan, Navy; Ernie Stauter, Boston College; Don Mason, Michigan State; Joe Kelly, Staters Face Pro Alumni In Cage Clash on Friday Corvallis, Dec. 29 Former Oregon State stars Cliff Cran dall and Norm Carey will lead a strong Stewart Chevrolet AAU basketball club into Corvallis for a single engagement against Oregon State in Gill coliseum Friday night at 8 p.m. Corvallis high school will meet Grants Pass high in a preliminary start ing at 6:30. Crandall, an all-America for ward on last year's Coast cham pion OSC quintet, is now one of the top stars on the potent Stew art squad from San Francisco. He is the team's leading point maker with 53 for five games. Teaming with him at guard will Tourney Action fied Canby player moves in from behind during the first game of Wednesday night's Willamette university invitational tourn ament. Bill McClaren (19) left and Tom Irwin (18) await developments. Gahlen Stoltenberg (4) of Silverton (right) apparently has just missed a shot. ASSOCIATED PRESS NEWS AND FEATURES Salem, Oregon, Thursday, December 29, 1949 the West will thee 12 men be Carey, all-Northern division for the Beavers two years ago. Other probable starters for Hank Luisetti's colorful club are Andy Wolfe, ex-all-coaster from California and George Cu neo, another California alum, at forwards; and Frank Laney, 6 foot, 5 inch ex-Santa Clara ace at center. Rom where The missus came inarching m with a sew hat yesterday. She u aa happy a eircm postal I've learned one thing about the hats she buys. A hat is a tonic to her. If she's feeling blue, nothing gives her a lift like a new bat. Now, I eoold trade in my old grey fedora without raising my blood pressure a notch. Bat III admit that more than once I've bought a new briar pipe I didn't need just because life was getting a little bit monotonous. . With Buck Howell it's something else again. When Buck is feeling fnnn.nt. (5), Silverton, stretches out for a rebound as an unidenti Page 13 Tom DeSylvia, Oregon State; Thurman Mc Graw, Colorado; John Rohde, College of Pacific. Back: Dick Gray, Oregon State; Dick McKissack, SMU; Eddie LcBaron, COP; Ernie Johnson, UCLA, and Emery Mitchell, Stanford- fAnme Telephoto) Wisconsin; Ed Bagdon, Michigan State; Ger ald Walters, Brown, and Tom Rowe, Dart mouth. Back: Lynn Chandnols, Michigan State; Arnold Califfa, Army; Herb Carey, Darmouth; Wally Teninga, Michigan, and Harry Szulborski, Perdue. (Acme Tele-photo) PILOT PLATOONS WHIP PUGET LOGGERS, 61-56 Portland, Ore., D. 29 (UP.) Portland university used a two platoon system on College of Puget Sound last night to win a 61 to 56 basketball game. The mass substitution plan started with four minutes to play in the first half when the score was deadlocked 27-alI, and Portland pulled away steadily with fresh players. I $'itAy Joe Marsh A Tonic For The Missus low, be gets over It by l&iwiaff oa a broken -down clarinet he baant Bantered in twenty yean. From where I sit, different peo ple are always going to respond to different things in different ways. So let's keep a friendly under standing of what other folks get oat of a new hat, an old clarinet, a chocolate soda or a temperate glass of sparkling beer or alo now and then. VHB. "' ft-" A Stanford, Bears Face Cow Palace Basketball Tests San Francisco, Dec. 29, W) - Stanford and California try their luck in the Cow Palace tonight a basketball doubleheader against invading quintets. Stanford, a dark horse in the Pacific Coast conference race, meets Minnesota. Stanford has a 3 record. Minnesota has won five and lost one. In the nightcap, California (3- 6) tangles with Texas A&M (4- 7) . Tomorrow night, the teams trade opponents. DePaul University plays a 25- game schedule this basketball season. East-West Shrine Teams Named by Coaching Staff San Francisco, Dec. 29 CP), The day is drawing near for the1 East-West Shrine charity game here Saturday, the major pro ceeds of which will go to the Shriners' hospital for crippled children. Both of the teams East at Santa Clara and West at Stan ford tapered off yesterday. Coaches of both teams named starting lineups. West mentors Matty Bell of Southern Methodist, Dutch Mey er of Texas Christian and Jeff Cravath of USC named two teams one for offense and one for defense. If West receives: Ken Rose, Stanford, le: Carl Killsgaard, Idaho, It; Geo. Bay- Washington, lg; Tom Novak, Nebraska, center; Warren Wood, Puget Sound, rg; Don Narrell, Texas Christian, rt; Harry Ka huanui, Hawaii, re; Lindy Berry, TEMIFIC! Friday, Saturday ONLY Out They Go! Our Nationally Advertised Brands of DRESS SHIRTS Were Selling at 3.95 to 4.95 NOW 219 Colors or Stripes Your Choice Neck Wear Take Advantage of These Terrific Values Today! Webfoots Smothered by 81-54 Iowa Setting a blistering pace from the floor and foul line, Iowa's Hawks romped to a one-sided 81-54 basketball victory last night over touring Oregon. While the Ducks were ab sorbing the worst shellacking handed a northern division club this season, Washington State college returned to its home floor to snap a five-game losT ing streak. The Cougars nipped central Washington 57-47. In other games, Portland uni versity handed College of Puget Sound a 61-56 defeat at Port land, Seattle Pacific nosed out British Columbia's Invading Thunderbirds 51-48 and Pacific Lutheran topped the traveling Idaho State quintet 56-50. Iowa accounted for more than its 27-point victory mar gin at the foul line, converting 33 of the 41 shots allowed on Oregon violations. The halt time count of 48-26 made a dead duck of the Oregon cause and the northwest quintet failed to pick up in the sec ond half against the Iowa re serves. Urban was the lone Oregon player to get into double figures, pacing the loser's scoring with 12 points. Oregon arrived at the field house only 10 minutes before game time after traveling the last 90 miles to Iowa City by car when a minor wreck stalled their train at Clinton, Iowa. None of the players was hurt. At Pullman, Washington State was hard put to beat out central Washington despite the 10-point margin. The halftime count favored the Cougars 34-28 af ter a see-saw struggle. Lanky Gene Conley, WSC center, head ed the victor s scoring with 12 points but bowed for individual honors to Fred Peterson, Cen Texas Christian, qb; Don Paul Washington State, lh; Ken Car penter, Oregon State, rh; Bill Martin, USC, or Emery Mitchell, Stanford, fb. If West kicks off: John Rohde, Pacific, lo; Steve Dotur, Oregon, It; Tom De Syl via, Oregon State, lg; Jack Hal- liday, Southern Methodist, Jim Castagnoli, c; Rollin Prath er, Kansas State, rg; Thurman McGraw, Colorado A&M, rt; Vince Cisterna, Arizona State, re; Eddie LeBaron, Pacific, qb; Dick Gray, Oregon State, lh; Er nie Johnson, UCLA, rh; Dick McKissac, Southern Methodist, fb. The West, which already has the jump on the East in time in which to prepare, again worked out, with Jim Castagnoli and Don Paul sitting out. Castagnoli has a bad shoulder, Paul a sore throat. of Regular 1.00 to 3.50 Value 2 H Cage Game tral guard, who canned 16 points on eight long set shots. Iowa s VoUers f 5 Cochrane t 3 Colbert X 0 Rlecka f 0 VnAtwrp f 0 Dlttmer t 0 cubeek o 5 Darling; o 1 X pi tp oreron m vi ip 9 1 10 Urban f fi 2 6 13 3 19 Warburg f 2 S 0 7 12 3 Hamlin f 0 0 3 0 4 2 4 Cooper f 0 0 0 0 10 1 Amacher 0 12 5 0 1 streeter 2 1 2 14 Hunt s 2 3 Krausa 9 0 0 Keller 2 S Lavey s 1 13 Neeley t 2 2 Unla s 0 4 10 0 2 2 0 3 4 3 0 3 S 3 4 6 4 0 3 3 0 0 10 Johnatn e 0 Schulz 2 Clifton 6 oreene 1 Ruck E 1 Brandt s 1 1 2 Haya t o 0 10 Totals 24 33 17 81 Totala 22 10 30 54 Halftime acore: Iowa 4a. Oreron 20. vr thrnwx mlased: Iowa Vollera 3, Cochrane. Clifton, Van Antwerp 2, Brandt. Oregon Warbura 2, Amacher 3, Hunt 3, Lavey 2, Streeter. New Rose Bowl Agreement May Result from Meet Olympia, Dec. 29 (JP) A new Rose Bowl agreement may be in the offing next month, the Pa cific Coast conference president said here yesterday. H. P. (Dick) Everest, Univer sity of Washington faculty rep resentative and recently re-elected conference president, said the new pact will be discussed in New York next month at the na tional Collegiate Athletic asso ciation meeting. He said he thought the Big Ten probably would hold out for renewal of the present arrange ment by which no one Big Ten team comes to the Rose Bowl oftener than every third year. "In that case," Everest said, "our conference will have to decide whether it wants to continue with the Big Ten, to free lance or make other ar rangements." , The present tieup with tha Big Ten ends January, 1951. There has been considerable op position voiced to continuation under the present policy which could mean the Pacific Coast conference champion would play the second or third place team in the Big Ten ranking. Everest said the recommenda tions coming out of the New York conferences would have to be passed upon by the confer ence. 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