12 Capital Journal, Salem, Ore., Monday, January 2, 1950
1949 Review Shows Sports
Interests High for Year
The New York Yankees
downed the Brooklyn Dodgers
to win the world's baseball
championship; Ponder earned
f3Zl,825 to become the leading
money winner in the field of
horse racing, and Ezzard Charles
took over the world's heavy
weight boxing crown after Joe
Louis abdicated the throne.
These were a few of the high
lights in the world of sports dur
ing 1949 as compiled by the
Associated Press.
Further details of baseball In
eluded the winning of the Pa
cific Coast pennant by the Hoi
lywood Stars; the Buffalo Bis
ons took the International league
flag and the St. Paul Saints the
American association.
Jackie Robinson of Brook
lyn, with a .342 average, was
the leading batter of the Na
tional loop while George Kcll
of Detroit took the honors in
the American with .342. Rob
inson also took the most valu
able player award in the Na
tional and Ted Williams of
Boston in the American.
In the field of horse racing,
Ponder won the Kentucky Der
by and the Jockey Club gold
cup. Coaltown was named the
horse of the year and ' proved
the leading handicap horse.
Calumet Farm produced the
most winners and Willie Molter
was named the leading trainer
for the second successive year.
Top Jockey was Gordon Glisson.
Oregon State won the Pa
cific Coast conference bas
ketball title and Kentucky took
the NCAA title. The Oak
land Batters were crowned
national AAU champs. Other
winners were: Illinois in Big
Ten; Wyoming, Skyline; Ok
lahoma and Nebraska, Big
Seven; Yale, Eastern; Al
bright, Middle Atlantic; Ken
tucky, Southeastern; North
Caroline State, Southern; Rice,
Arkansas, and Baylor, South
vest; Oklahoma A. & M., Mis
souri Valley.
Champions in other divisions
of sport:
Football: Big Seven confer
ence, Oklahoma; Big Ten, Ohio
State and Michigan; East, Army;
Ivy, Cornell; Missouri Valley,
Detroit; Pacific Coast, Califor
nia; Skyline Six, Wyoming
Southeast, Tulane; Southern
North Carolina; Southwest, Rice.
Golf: U. S. Open, Gary Mid
dlecoff; U. S. amateur, Charles
Coe, Oklahoma City; PGA, Sam
Snead, Hot Springs, Va.; world
championship, John Palmer, El
dorado, N. C; All America,
Lloyd Mangrum, Dallas, Tex.;
women's national open, Louise
Suggs, Atlanta, Ga.; women's
national amateur, Mrs. Dorothy
Parker, Philadelphia.
Swimming: Men's outdoor
(AAU), 100 meters, Robert
Gibe, Detroit AC; 200, Yoshiro
Hamaguchi, Tokyo; 400, Hiron
oshln Furuhashi, Tokyo; 800 and
1500, Furuhashi; 100 backstroke,
Allan Stack, New Haven, S. C;
200 breaststroke, Joe Verdeur,
Brighton-Drake, S. C; 300 med
ley, Verdeur.
Swimming: Men's indoor
(AAU): 100 yards, Wally Ris,
Iowa; 220, Gibe; 400, Jimmy
McLane, New Haven, S. C; 150
backstroke, Stack; 250 breast
stroke, Keith Carter, Perdue;
300 medley, Verdeur.
Swimming, women's outdoor
(AAU): 110 yards, Thelma Ka-
lama, Hawaii; 440 Kalama; 880,
Catherine Klelnschmidt, Hawaii;
mile, Jean Lutyens, Indianapol
is; 110 backstroke, Barbara Jen
sen, Crystal Plunge; 220, Jen
sen; 110 breaststroke, Carol
Pence, Lafayette C. C, Ind.; 220,
Evelyn Kawomoto, Hawaii; 330
medley, Kawomoto.
Swimming, women's Indoor
(AAU): 100 yards, Jackie La
vine, Town Club, Chicago; 220,
Brenda Helser, LACC; 440,
Joan Mallory, Crystal Plunge
100 backstroke, Maureen O'
Brien, Newark A. C; 200, Jen
sen, 100 breaststroke, Marge
Hulton, Brighton-Drake, N. C;
220, Nancy M. Lees, Multnomah:
300 medley, Jensen.
Richard Gonsales retained the
national singles tennis title and
Margaret du Pont repeated in
the women's division. John
Bromwich and Billy Sidwell
won the doubles title for men;
Louise Brough and Mrs. du Pont
teamed up to win the women's
crown.
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Will Wed Susan Blnnch
ard (above), stepdaughter of
lyricist and theatrical produc
er Oscar Hammcrstcin, will
marry actor Henry Fonda
when he gets a divorce, col
umnist Dorothy Kilgallen said
in the New York Journal
American. The writer said
Fonda, whose wife was for
merly the socially prominent
Frances Brokaw, will be sued
for divorce at his own request.
Miss Blanchard Is In her 20s;
Fonda Is In his 40s. (AP Wire-photo)
Bantam Ben Looks
Forward to Test
In Tourney Play
Los Angeles, Jan. H, UP)
Ten months ago, one of the
greatest golfers of all time lay
near death on a Texas road
side. Doctors feared he might
never play again.
But they couldn't convince
bantam Ben Ilogan of that.
Now he's blistering the fair
ways again, and another round
like yesterday's 2-under-par
69 may be enongh to goad
him into entering next Fri
day's Los Angeles open, rich
est tournament on the winter
circuit.
"I was chipping and putting
like a madman," Hogan quip
ped as he left the tricky Ri
viera course.
He carded a 33 on the front
nine and a 36 on the back
side. This Is the fourth round
he's played since the accident
Ilogan said he'll be back for
more today and tomorrow. If
he feels up to it and If he
continues to score well, he'll
he on the firing line for the
$15,000 event he won In 1942,
'47 and '48.
He makes no promises now.
But the competitive urge Is
welling up Inside bantam Ben
like steam In a pressure cooker.
Stanford Favored
In Hawaiian Bowl
Honolulu, Jan. 2 (IP) Stan
ford was a 28 point favorite in
today's Pineapple football game
against the University of Ha
waii.
Both squads were reinforced
by a couple of work-horses who
flew Into Honolulu yesterday af
ter playing in Saturday's East
West Shrine game at San Fran
Cisco.
Harry Kahuanul, giant end
and the only Hawaiian ever to
play in the East-West game, bol
stored the local eleven. Three
Stanford men rejoined the In
dians Center Jim Castagnoll,
End Ken Rose and Fullback Em
ery Mitchell.
A crowd of 20.000 was ex
pected despite a forecast of
showers.
Junior High
Jamboree Set
For Saturday
Salem junior high schools'
basketball quints are preparing
for the launching of the 1950
hoop campaign at the jamboree
slated for Saturday night, Janu
ary 7, on the newly constructed
maple board floor. The six
team jamboree will be the first
of its kind in the junior high
circuit and may be continued
next year.
The three Parrish teams,
Grays, Cardinals and Pioneers,
will pit against the Golds and
Blues from Leslie and the Giants
from West Salem. Pairings will
be determined at the jamboree.
The regular season will in
clude two rounds of action
with loop openers slated for
Friday, January 13.
Coach Bill Hanauska's squad
from West Salem for the first
time hold an edge in experience.
The West Salem team is bols
tered by four returning letter-
men. Warren Clemons, Dave
Bayer, Bud Flesher and Jerry
Curtis. West Salem's big con
cern is lack of reserves.
The Parrish Grays, men
tored by Hank Landis, will
have hut one monogrammer
returning, Jimmy Rice. Bob
Metzger's Pioneers also have
but one letterman returning
In the person of Lowell Pierce.
Clay Egleston's Cardinals will
have not a single vet to bols
ter them.
At Leslie, Jack Cobb will be
the only letterman to return to
the Leslie Golds, mentored by
Jem Dimit, and Harry Mohr's
blues are strictly green hands
Practice sessions were stopped
during the vacation but will be
resumed Tuesday afternoon in
preparation for the coming
tourney.
Battle Royal Is
Billed for Mat
Show on Tuesday
Tuesday night's arena perfor
mance at the armory will consist
of a mat royal with seven con
tenders involved. The affair will
wind up with the two survivors
of the battle to struggle for the
top prize.
Entered In the affair are Al
Szasz, Jack O'Riley, Jack Lips
comb, Buck Davidson, Buck
Weaver, Maurice LaChapelle and
Ted Bell.
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I III flnH In Jewe11 McDowell, Texas Aggie guard, scored two
WF u,,u mof his 17 points on this layup and a moment later
scored two more on a foul called against University of Cali
fornia's Bill Thompson (8) on the same play. The action took
place In the first half of game held at the Cow Palace in San
Francisco. California defeated the Texans 59-49. (AP Wire-photo)
BASKETBALL
COI.MIOE BCORKH
f By tlw Associated PrMfl)
Washington 49, Columbia 40,
Tdalio 45, Go tun fa 35.
Wash Inn ton Frosh 55, Fort TjHwton 49.
Sun frmuMsro 52. Niagara 4fl.
Slrna 57. William A Mary bo.
Toledo 81), Brlnltnm Young SI.
Harvard 73. Western Reserve fit.
St. LouU 54, Navy M. tCottoo Bowl
ohamplortAhtp
Southern Met hod lit 01. Baylor 17. (3rd
place Cotton Howl tourney)
Tex a ChrUtlan 48, North Tex a State
43.
Arltona SS. Texaa Weatern 41. (Sun
carnival cnampiorwnipi
Colorado Collet 47. Colorado A A U 44
Gridder Sees Business in Coaching
By HUGH FDLLERTON, JR.
New York, Jan. 1 U.R)Dar
rell Royal, quart.rbaok of Okla
homa's Sugar Bowl football
turn, is due to graduate in
January. Ha plans to become
coach but has majored In
buslneu administration pre
sumably on tht theory that
oach should know how to give
'm tht business . . . Stan West,
S38-pound guard, also Is a busi
ness student, making it unani
mous ... Ed McKeover, Louisi
ana Slate backfield coach, will
be making his fifth bowl ap
pearance. His big thrill came
In 1941 after Boston College
trimmed Tennessee In the Sug
ar Bowl . . . The B. C. lads pre
sented the game ball to Ed's
twins, born Just a few days be
fore . . After Truck Cullom,
California's big tackle, grabbed
a lateral and ran about nine
yards against Stanford, he wise
cracked: "If this team only had
some tackle replacements, I'd be
the running sensation of the
league."
LONGITUDE VS. LATITUDE
Major Tom Uutigli, seeie
Unt graduate manager of ath
letics at West Point, claims a
New York City eop was re
sponsible for the proudest
moment of his life . . . Tom,'
who Is a husky, six-foot-four
broth of a boy, was walking
into the polo grounds between
two notably round 300-pound
gentlemen, Herman Hickman
and Jack I.avelle . . . The
policeman surveyed the trio
In awe, then gasped to an
other cop: "Did you see the
size of that major?"
SPORTSMENTION
When the Dodgers' Don New
combe started to work for a
clothing store this winter, he
discovered there wasn't a suit
in the place big enough for his
frame. . . . Col. Jacob L. Fritch
ard, mayor of Santa Clara,
Calif., will have a heck of a
time at the Orange Bowl game
between Santa Clara and Ken
tucky. He's a Kentucky colonel.
. . . Baltimore writers are giv
ing credit to Washington's
George Preston Hsrihall for
starting the move that brought
the warring pro football leagues
together. But chances are It
won't be long before Baltimore
fans will be ready to buy tickets
on the off chance of being able
to throw something at GPM.
Since opening their current sea
son October 28 the Harlem
Globetrotters have won 63
straight basketball games.
NOTES TO 1949
Final figures for the Just
eomplcted schoolboy football
season in Texas show that 24
400 kids played or various
teams. ... No wonder Texas
colleges don't have to Import
much material. . . . And the
Austin High team, which went
to the state finals, traveled
some 3000 miles on right road
trips among 14 games. . . .
When the Ilershey, Pa., hockey
team played in Buffalo re
cently, fans hung a sign on the
penally box: "Reserved for
Billy Moe." The Hershey de
fenseman fooled them by not
drawing a penalty that nlf hL
r.
Two-Year-Old on Global Flight
In Effort to Save Her Life
Los Angeles, Jan. 2 UPh Little Janet Beth Wagner Is scheduled
to fly today on the last leg of an air trip halfway 'round the
world in an effort to save her life.
The two-year-old child, whose parents, Mr. and Mrs. Paul
Wagner, and eight-year-old sister, Pamela, are accompanying
her arrived here Saturday night
by Pan American Clipper from
their home in Singapore.
They are due in Cleveland,
Ohio, this evening and the
youngster will go immediately
to the Cleveland clinic, where
doctors hope to cure her of
rare blood disease.
Janet contracted the malady
two weeks ago and Singapore
doctors gave her only six weeks
n live. Wagner is the Goodrich
Rubber Co.'s head buyer there
The child wore an oxygen
mask on the flight from Singa
pore to Manila. And the Trans-
World Airline plane carrying her
to Cleveland will fly much low
er than normal to maintain prop
er cabin pressure.
Unique Sneaker
Upsets Results
Of Stone Bowl
Walla Walla, Wash., Jan. 2
(U.R) A "brazen" quarterback
sneak, of sorts, was blamed
for a surprising upset in the
third annual "Stone Bowl"
classic played at the state pri
son yesterday.
"We wuz robbed!" shouted
the All-Stars after losing to the
Hornets, 7 to 6. The Hornets,
refusing comment, retired to
their cells to enjoy the Stone
Bowl trophy, a stalk of fresh
bananas.
The Hornets were pre-game
favorites in tobacco betting
among the prisoners, but the
odds switched in favor of the
All-Stars when three Hornets
were locked up for "bad con
duct." Furthermore, the Hor
nets lost their star quarter
back, "Speedy Chuck" Corey,
who escaped from the prison
farm last week.
But the Hornets drafted
"Tricky Jack" Egan from the
All-Star ranks, leaving the de
fending champions without a
quarterback.
"This was a brazen kind of
quarterback sneak!" fumed
All-Star Coach Bill Egan.
A handful of visitors and
1500 convicts watched the
game and SO guards watched
the fans.
Portland Sends
Rose Football
To Bowl Game
Portland, Ore., Jan. 2 UE
A football made up of 200
roses Is to be Oregon's gift to
the queen of the winning
team In the Pasadena Rose
Bowl.
Shirley Love, Portland,
Oregon State college's home
coming queen, carried the
football aboard a Western
Airlines plane last night and
went south to make the pre
sentation Monday.
She was given a sendoff at
the airport by Lloyd Carter,
Portland, president of the
Oregon State Alumni association.
Resignation Puts
Navy in Market
For Coach Staff
Annapolis, Md., Jan. 2 VP)
Navy scanned the horizon today
for a new football coach the
job tossed overboard by George
Sauer In a "one-for-all" gesture
when his two assistants were
fired.
Sauer's sudden resignation
yesterday left naval academy
athletic bigwigs with an early
New Year s Eve hangover.
Looking for a pilot to replace
him "shapes up as a real head
ache, particularly at this time of
the year," lamented Capt. How
ard Caldwell, director of ath
letics.
So unexpected was his move
that Sauer himself later admit
ted he hadn't "even thought" of
the future yet. But the 39-year-
old head coach indicated wher
ever he goes he'll take the two
assistants Bob Ingalls and Vic
Bradford right along.
They came to Navy from Kan
sas with him in 1948, Ingalls to
help tutor linemen and Brad
ford to handle backfield coach
ing chores.
During their tenure Navy won
three games, lost 13 and tied
two. All three of those victo
ries were registered in 1949 and
one of the ties was the memor
able 21-21 deadlock with highly
favored Army in 1948.
Expect 233 Teams
To Register in
Oregon Pin Meet
Portland, Jan. 2 (P) A rec
ord entry list of 233 teams is ex
pected to be posted here Sat
urday for the opening of the
9th annual State Bowling Asso
ciation tournament.
The A-B-C division play Is
scheduled to close Jan. 29.
Frank McCants, Salem, is de
fending class A singles cham
pion. Ray Alnsley's 19 on a par
four hole in the second round
of the 1938 U.S. Open golf
championship is the highest to
tal ever recorded in Open history.
San Jose Passes
20-13 Win Over
Texas Tech Team
Fresno, Calif., Jan. 2 UP)
Pass superiority spelled the dif
ference in San Jose State col
lege's 20 to 13 victory over Tex
as Tech in the fifth annual Rai
sin bowl football game.
The Red Raiders from Lub
bock, Tex., had a heavy margin
aground gaining 269 yards to
155 for the Spartans. But via air,
the story was different.
San Jose completed ten passes
in 17 heaves for 139 yards. Tex
as Tech connected only four
times in 12 tries, for 88 yards.
The Red Raiders grabbed three
Spartan passes and the Califor
nians intercepted one Tech
aerial.
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Startling Discovery Dr.
Irene Corey Diller of the In
stitute for Cancer Research,
Philadelphia, reported to the
American Association for the
Advancement of Science in
New York that she has dis
covered fungi in human and
mouse cancers, with the im
plication of a possible vac
cination procedure for cancer
prevention. The discovery Is
reported one of the most star
tling of this century. (Acme
Telephoto.)
Plane f rathe. Info
Cotton Bales; 2 Killed j
LUDDocK. rex., jan. j m
Two men were killed early to
day whep the light plane in
which they had Just taken off
crashed Into cotton bales stored
at the Lubbock municipal air
port. Flight plans filed with the
civil aeronautics administration
at the airport listed the pilot
as James E. Paul, Shawnee,
Okla. A passenger in the plane
was not Identified several hours
after the crash. Their destina
tion was listed as Oklahoma
City.
The plane burst into flames,
setting fire to the cotton and
25 bales were burned.
The plane, an Aerocupe, took
off, circled the field twice and
started losing altitude, then,1
crashed.
Willie Knapp, who rode the
winning Upset. in Man O'War's
only defeat, is in charge of Mrs.
E. L. Hopkins' racing string this
winter at Hialeah.
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College basketball teams will
hold the Madison Square Gar
den spotlight during 28 nights
this season.
In a 1935 National Football
League game between Phlladel
phia and Boston, the Eagles in
tercepted seven passes and Bos
ton four.
Brooklyn and Boston strug
gled through a 1935 National
Football League game with only
three first downs between them.
Andy Uram's 97-yard run from
scrimmage against the Chicago
Cardinals for Green Bay in 1939
is the National Football League
record.
Sammy Baugh of the Wash
ington Redskins has thrown more
than 2,500 passes during his
National Football League ca-
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seen you with last night?" "That was no lady that was my
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