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Wednesday Boxing Card
Features Potent Wolfe
Dlek Wolfe, the Indian
icrapper whose latest achieve
ment was the stopping of Da
vey Ball In seven rounds in
Eugene last week, takes on Al
Cliff In the armory arena
Wednesday night. Their eight
rounder will constitute one
half of the double main event
scheduled by the Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Cliff, who will top Wolfe
approximately eight pounds
in weight, has shown con
stant improvement in recent
months as his record of six
knockouts and a decisive win
over Lou Nunes in his last se
ven starts Indicate.
Jerry Strutz, the youngster
who won two bouts on a sin
gle card last year when a
contender failed to show, will
meet Joey Ortega In the other
eight rounder. Strutz has re
cently returned from the east
where he won 10 out of 12 en
gagements. The others were
declared draws.
Both Strutz and Ortega are
good boxers and it is probable
the affair will go to a deci
sion. A six rounder featuring Mel
Eaglcman and Larry Keagan,
- By FRED ZIMMERMAN, Capital Journal Sports Editor
- That Invitational Tournament
'2 The program of basketball games staged last week under the
title "Willamette University's Invitational Tournament," while
"2 not a howling financial success, showed considerable promise. So
., much so that Coach John Lewis, who directed the affair, stated
during his trophy presentation that it was the hope of the uni-
versity to enlarge the program next year. The recent tourney
was handicapped by bad weather, competition and too little effort
in publicizing the event. The six teams entered, all coached by
Willamette men, with one exception, Indicated that the uni
," versity's physical education program is functioning on a high
" level. Expanded to 12 teams, competing on a single elimination
Z basis, the tournament could be developed to the point where it
would prove attractive to the players and the spectators. This
Z would naturally result In operations on the black side of the
r1 ledger.
1 Some Good Prospects
Whether they will develop into top notch collegiate com
r petition only time will tell, but there were a number of
.. likely looking high school cagers in the tournament. Among
them were Fred Immoncn of Taft, Wcs Edlgcr of Dallas,
Z Jim Cooper of Sllvcrton, Gordon Maiming of Dayton, Ralph
Undscth of Woodburn and a number of others. Taft proved
2 a bit disappointing after its first night. However, Immonen,
-1 a gangling, wiry type of kid, has possibilities and no doubt
5 will get several offers for college play. Ho works well on
defense as well ns offense and given more competition like
2 that faced during the tournament should forge ahead rapidly.
sj What's Ahead for Tex?
2 Tex Salkcld, genial Portland boxing matchmaker, has been
Shaving his troubles In the field of fisticuffing, largely because
5 of shortage of new candidates. He has presented a number of
5 good cards In the armory arena but the fans have not responded
in paying numbers. A shortage of cash among those folk who
are devotees of the sport Is partly responsible. However, if Tex
3 could come up with a couple of local battlers like Phil Bayes or
5 Ted Fox of yesteryear, patronage would return. Wednesday
5 night's card should be a good one although there will be no new
5 faces. Dick Wolfe, Indian scrapper, having found through ex
5 perience that his broken fist will stand up, is taking on Al
Cliff who will be eight pounds heavier. Wolfe stopped Cliff two
3 years ago and the latter, vastly Improved, will be out to even
s the score. Wolfe, always In condition, can go the eight rounds
5 without too much effort.
5 Joe Kahut Looks Better
2 A change of management appears to have benefitted Joe
z Kahut, the popular heavyweight from Woodburn. Joe will
5 appear In the top event of the March of Dimes card in the
5 Portland auditorium the night of January 10. His opponent
will be Johnny O'Neil, a rugged individual from Oakland,
S Calif. Providing Kahut can get over the Irishman in good
style, he will get a shot at either Lee Oma or Pat Valentine
In February. So within the next month or two Joe should
s kimw pretty definitely whether he has a real future In the
game of leather tossing. Also, the program should be some-
thing of a boost to Salkcld's rather thin bank account.
Baseball Deal Still on Fire
T: Dickering between Howard Maple and associates with Bill
5 Mulligan has been on a slow bell order over the holidays but
x something Is expected to develop one way or another in the next
-few days. With a Western International league meeting coming
up In the near future, a settlement must be made without too
u much delay.
ii Mini i mrmTwnnmTimnT o
Schniltkcr, (93),
end whips
and two four rounders will
complete the card that will
open at 8:30.-
Salem High Cage
Team Faces Duck
Frosh Tuesday
Salem high school's cagers in
vade Eugene Tuesday night for
a mix with Don Kirsh's Univer
sity of Oregon Frosh in a pre
liminary match prior to the Oregon-Columbia
tussle.
Last year the Vikings bowed
Freeze of Ponds Brings
Appeal for Ducks, Birds
The ducks and the birds are
in trouble again.
With freezing temperature
continuing over the valley and
with no let up in sight in the
cold wave, backwater along
the river and private ponds
Is rapidly depriving the ducks
of their natural feeding
ter during first quarter of the 1950 Rose
Bowl game at Pasadena, Calif. Ohio nosed
California with a 17-14 victory. (Acme
Telephoto)
before the Frosh to the tunc of
50-43 at the Vik Villa.
Coach Harold Hauk will
send his starting quint of
Doug Rogers and Wayne Wal
ling in the forward position,
Jim Rock at center, and Cap
tain Daryl Girod and Deb Da
vis or Lary Chamberlin in the
guard positions against the
potent collegians.
The Haukmen now hold a 7-1
record and are slated to meet the
defending state champion Roo
sevelt Roughriders at the Vik
Villa Friday night in an 8:15
clash.
The number of horses and
mules In the U. -S. has fallen
from 21,431,000 in 1915 to near
ly 10,000,000 today. In about
the same period tractors have
increased from a thousand to
around 3,000,000.
places.
Last year when a similar
situation prevailed, the Izaak
Walton league came to the
rescue through the purchase
of grain and its distribution,
particularly along the South
River road slough.
Ducks by the hundreds
have settled in the slough
which is used for log storage
purposes by the Oregon Pulp
and Paper company. This
slough is a part of the wild
fowl refuge extending up
stream from the Marion-Folk
bridge.
Snow and frozen ground
have combined to make it dif
ficult for birds that winter In
the valley and it has been sug
gested that householders pro
vide feeding places, well out
of the reach of cats, around
their premises.
Science Gives Athletes
By HOWARD W. BLAKESLEE
(Associated Press Science Writer)
Urbana, 111. America's 1948
Olympic swimmers have bodies
that float more easily than most
people.
This floating is measured by
the time required to rise by
buoyancy alone from a depth of
seven feet below the surface. The
time is from five to sixteen sec
onds. The best floaters were W.
Wolf, Forbes Norris, Jr., and
Alan Ford.
Two of the team lacked float-
ability. One of these sank from
top to bottom. The other nei
ther rose nor sank.
These studies are part of a
physical fitness investigation
at the University of Illinois,
conducted by Dr. Thomas K.
Cureton, professor of physical
education.
He says the superior buoyancy
may contribute to the success of
swimming. As an example, he
says that ordinary men have
made amazing times in long
swims in Great Salt Lake, where
their bodies are almost as buoy
ant as corks. Breathing prob
ably is easier. The Japenese are
remarkably buoyant, and recent
ly they set three world records
and won the team title at our
national championships.
Reaction time, another mark
of fitness, is a thing Babe Ruth
had supremely. His reactions
wer twice as fast as the average
man, and this was supposed to
explain his ability to hit horn
ers.
At Illinois, reaction time Is
measured by how long It takes
to make a vertical Jump, after
seeing a signal light, or hearing
a signal sound, or both. All ath
letes are found to have faster re
action times than untrained men.
Among swimmers, the divers are
fastest. Among track and field
athletes, the fastest art sprinters
Buckeyes Fly Home with Fourth
Straight Big Ten Rose Victory
By BOB MYERS
Pasadena, Calif., Jan. S VP)
Ohio State's victorious football
team flies home today, the ban
ners of the Big Ten flying high
for the fourth straight year.
California's Golden Bears
point for Berkeley, beaten but
not disgraced after their second
joust with the Big Ten in the
Rose Bowl.
And a record crowd of 100,
963 football fans relaxed after
one of the tightest, best games
in the history of the Tourna
ment of Roses.
The score was 17 to 14, and it
came on a field goal with one
minute and 55 seconds left in the
game the first time a field goal
had decided the issue in the big
bowl.
Brightest star of numerous he
roic warriors was Ohio State's
right end, Jim Hague, whose
deadly right foot won the game.
Mis boot broke the 14-14
deadlock; broke the heart of a
fighting California eleven and
its legions of supporters in the
tense, packed stadium; gave
the Big Ten its fourth consecu
tive win in Big Ten - Pacific
Coast conference series and
avenged a 28-0 shellacking a
California "wonder team"
gave Ohio State in this same
LOCAL UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATED PRESS NEWS AND FEATURES
Page 8
$15,000 Offered
For Ex-Husky by
Pro Hoop Outfit
Washington, Jan. 3 (JP) A
$15,000 offer for Jack Nichols,
former University of Washing
ton center and now high-scor
ing pivot man for the profession
al Washington Capitols, was dis
closed by CAP officials last
night.
The offer was made by the
Tri-city Blackhawks, also of the
National Basketball association,
Decision on the offer will be
made tomorrow.
Nichols has been with the
Washington club for two sea
sons. '
BASKETBALL
COLLEGE RESULTS
(By the Associated Prese)
Coumbin. 14, OreROn 02.
NYU 87, Dartmouth 39.
Cornell 38, Brown 32.
Lh. Stille 80, Western Kentucky 89.
Duque.ine &9. Rutgers 54.
LIU 89, Muhlenberg 58.
North Carolina 55, Maryland 63.
Loulavlll li, Tennessee 63.
Indiana 80, Michigan State 50.
Bowling Green 15, Erin ham Young 60.
Iowa 82, Utah State 58.
Wisconsin 59, Illinois 50.
Loyola (Chlcatro) 58, Utah 62.
Kentucky 67, Arkansas 53.
Nebraska 47, South Dakota 40.
Collene ot Idaho 55, Idaho Stnte Col-
lege 50,
Rice 68, George repperame on.
Southeastern Louisiana 88, Spring Hill
(Ala.) 67. (Overtime)
Denver 04, Wyoming i.
Hamllne 79, Honolulu All-Stars 48.
and pole vaulters; the slowest
the shot-putters, distance runners
and gymnasts.
Age does not appear to slow
reaction time. It measures
about the same from 17 to 35.
An old fact is that nearly ev
eryone reacts faster to a dou
ble s ignal, both light and
sound, than to either one
alone.
Little justification is found for
fears of enlarged athletes hearts.
All the 1948 Olympic swimmers
had ordinary size hearts. All had
slow pulses. All were remarka
bly efficient in recovering from
fatigue exercises.
In strenuous competitive ath
letics, especially long sprints and
swimming, there are cases of en
larged hearts. But the Illinois
studies have not yet uncovered
any harm from this enlargement,
The top jumpers, high hurdlers
and pole vaulters have longer
fore legs, in relation to thigh
length, than the average. The
fore leg is from the knee down.
Sprinters have almost the same
proportions, but weight lifters,
wrestlers and distance runners
have shorter fore legs to thigh
length. Runners have shorter
and lighter upper bodies, and
longer legs relatively.
The purpose of the study is to
discover what men and women
WRESTLING
Tuesday Night 8:30
Seven Man
BATTLE
ROYAL
SALEM ARMORY
fixture on New Year's Day of
1921.
The kick came with dramatic
impact from the 17V4 line mark
Some called it 17, others 18
Whatever the minute difference,
it came with success.
Many observers felt that Buck
eye Coach Wes Fesler himself
had a role in the game-winning
kick. He sent Dick Widdoes in
to hald the ball for Hague but
the team started to send Wid
does back to the bench.
"Some of the boys out there
apparently didn't like the field
goal idea," said Fesler. The
hesitation cost Ohio State five
yards for delaying the game.
The five yard penalty also
gave a better chance on the
kicking chance.
Fesler wouldn't admit it as a
deliberate stall to draw a pen
alty. Munching happily on an
orange, Fesler commented:
"That five yards didn't hurt
though, I'll admit."
Hague thus goes down as the
player whose foot kicked Ohio
State into and successfully
through the Rose Bowl. He was
the man who kicked the extra
point against Michigan for a 7-7
tie and cinched the Buckeye trip
to the Bowl.
Behind that kick were more
Salem, Oregon Tuesday, January 3, 1950
Fight Fans Seek Answer
To Paradox of Pugilism
By JACK CUDDY
(United Press Sports Writer!
New York, Jan. 3 (U.R)-While
heavyweight Carmine Vingo still
lay In critical condition at St.
Clare's hospital today, alarmed
sports fans were seeking an an
swer to the ghastly boxing
paradox of 1949.
How could a new record of
18 boxing deaths have been
established In '49, although the
sport was being conducted un
der stricter safety regulations
than ever before?
Their concern was caused by
Vingo's brain injury, suffered
when he was knocked out by
Rocky Marciano of Brockton
Mass., at Madison Square Gar
den Friday night.
It's my impression that
much of the current alarm
over boxing hazards resulted
from the public's misappre
hension that all 18 deaths last
year occurred in the United
States.
Actually, only nine deaths oc
curred in this country, two less
than in '46. And of the nine
U. S. fatalities last year, only.
four were among professional
boxers.
This year's world-wide total
of 18 beat the previous inter
national record of 15, established
High Score
may do to keep fit after age 30.
Cureton says the physical fitness
decline is rapid in most men.
It is possible that many per
sons have some special physi
cal quality, like the floatabil
ity swimmers, that would be
useful in exercises to stay in
good trim. Or, they may have
some quality that needs re
straint because it hastens de
terioration. One of the latter Is found in
the time needed to recover from
fatigue after muscular work. Fa
tigue depends on how much lac
tic acid your working muscles
produce. Women make more
acid than men, on the same
work. Men with feminine-looking
bodies produce more than
men with masculine builds.
Trained athletes fatigue less
than untrained men.
Highest of all in fatiguing are
neurotic men. This may explain
why worry, adds to fatigue. This
is something controllable, with
good diet, sufficient rest and
with physical recreation prop
erly applied.
ie.WMIIIIIWUIM, IN
than the usual amount of
thrills and ' excitements, of
spectacular efforts and bad
breaks for both teams.
California scored first on the
heels of a beautiful 55-yard pass
play from Quarterback Bob Cel
eri to Frank Brunk. This was
in the second quarter.
Ohio tied the count at 7-7 in
the third when Halfback Vic Ja
nowicz intercepted a Cal pass,
stopping a scoring thrust and set
ting the Bucks into motion to
score from the Bear 33.
Ohio State went ahead, 14-7,
on a blocked punt that fell into
the Buckeye hands on the Cali
fornia six.
They won the game on Hague's
field goal after Celeri on a poor
pass from center was forced to
put the ball while running. He
did it with his left foot, the ball
fizzled out on the Cal 11 and the
field goal came four plays later.
Oklahoma, led by George
Thomas and Leon Heath, shat
tered the margin-of-victory re
cord of the Sugar Bowl in
romping to an easy triumph,
35-0. Oklahoma A. and M.
held the mark with a 33-13
triumph over St. Mary's in
1946.
Rice unleashed an eye-pop-
in '46. But in '46, there werp
only four ring deaths registered
in other countries.
In other words, although
there were two less American
deaths in '49 than in '46,
there were five more foreign
fatalities than in '46. That
foreign increase is neither
surprising nor alarming; for
there were three or four times
as many men tossing leather
in foreign countries in '49 as
there were in '46 the first
post-war year.
It should be remembered al
so that in most foreign coun
tries, neither amateurs nor pro
fessionals are as well protected
by rules governing physical ex
aminations and ring equipment
as in the United States.
Nat Fleischer, editor of the
Ring Magazine, estimated re
cently that there are more
than 5000 professional boxers
In the United States. That
total includes preliminary
boys.
Jack Golomb, president of the
Everlast company world's
largest manufacturer of boxing
equipment estimated a month
ago that more than 110,000
youngsters were now participat
ing in the amateur sport.
If those estimates be accurate,
we would have had but nine
deaths among 115,000 U. S. par
ticipants last year.
Officials of the National Box
ing association and of the New
York State Athletic commission
are striving constantly to pro
vide safeguards to prevent in
juries. More thorough physical
examinations and better padding
on the ring floors unquestionab
ly must have been very valuable
safety measures during the past
three or four years.
Nevertheless, everyone con
nected with the sport knows
that as long as boxing exists
as an amateur or profes
sional sport there will be
Injuries. It's a contact sport,
in which the primary objec
tive is to knock an opponent
unconscious.
It's my opinion that there
would be fewer injuries if box
ers competing In professional
fights or in amateur tourneys
would take that sport more seri
ously. The larrupers of today
are much lazier than they were
20 years ago, for example. Any
veteran trainer will testify to
that. The average fighter of to
day amateur or professional
lacks the ruggedness and stam
ina of the average 20 years ago.
. 6 IACOMA. WAIHINSTONi
ping offensive display before
75,347 who crowded into Dal
las' Cotton Bowl. The Owls
rolled up 378 yards, 226 of it
on the ground, and checked
North Carolina completely un
til the last period to win, 27
13. Tobin Rote completed nine of
17 passes, two for touchdowns,
and Sophomore Billy Burkhalter
paced the Rice ground forces.
The Tar Heels got going, but too
late, on the battering of Billy
Hayes and the running and pass
ing of Charlie Justice, who clos
ed out his college career.
The largest crowd ever to at
tend a sports event in Flor
ida, 63,816, saw Santa Clara
score the final touchdown
against Kentucky in the last
30 seconds. It was a 39-yard
march, with Bernie Vogel
smashing over.
Maryland, its defense rated
third best in the country statis
tically, harnessed Missouri's at
tack in the Gator bowl until the
final two minutes when the mid
westerners scored their only
touchdown against reserves. Bob
Shemonski led the Mainliners'
ground-gaining and scored twice.
In other games, Texas West
ern won over Georgetown, 33-20,
in the Sun Bowl; Florida State
beat Wofford, 19-6, in the Cigar
bowl; the U. S. Air Force tri
umphed over Army's All-Stars,
18-14, in the Rice Bowl at To
kyo, McMurry whipjsd Mis
souri Valley, 19-13, in iie Ole
ander Bowl; Prairie View top
ped Fisk university, 27-6, in the
Prairie View Bowl; Stanford
downed Hawaii, 74-20, in the
Pineapple Bowl at Hawaii; Xa-
viier (O.) defeated Arizona
State, 33-21, in the Salad Bowl;
and St. Vincent downed Emory
and Henry, 7-6, in the Tangerine
Bowl.
Ip contrast to these mild
weather affairs, the Ice Bowl
game at Fairbanks, Alaska,
was played in ten inches of
snow and 10-below-zero tem
perature. The University of
Alaska won, 3-0, over Ladd
Air Base on a field goal.
SlirrOUnded Vitta "Babe" ParUll of University of Ken
VM,,MWM tucky is tackled by Lawrence Williams, Santa
Clara, In the third quarter of the Orange Bowl game at Mi
ami, Fla. Thomas Payne (left) and Marte Formico, both of
Santa Clara help surround the Kentuckian. The Broncos de
feated the Kentucky Wildcats 21-13. (Acme Telephoto)
1950
DODGE
DISPLAY
TOMORROW
STAN BAKER
MOTORS
High & Chemeketa
7cVef Mixup Is
Cause of Suicide
For Miami Woman
Miami, Fla., Jan. S m A
Miami woman died yesterday
after a mixup over tickets to
the Orange .Bowl football
game.
Detective Neil Coston said
Mrs. Lucille E. Brooks, 45,
shot herself through the head
shortly after her husband,
Henry S. Brooks, phoned and
told her he had arranged to
exchange their Orange Bowl
tickets for better ones. He
asked her to deliver the tickets
to a man who would call.
Coston quoted Brooks as
saying his wife may have mis
understood him and thought
she would nqt be taken to the
football game.
Wind and Speed
Aid Stanford to
Power 74-20 Win
Honolulu, Jan. 3 (IP) Stan
ford university's football team
capitalized on wind, speed, pow
er and good football yesterday
to swamp the University of Ha
waii 74-20 in the Pineapple
Bowl.
But the lopsided score does
not tell the whole story. Hawaii
made a game of it well into the
third quarter when they trailed
20-26. At that point, though,
Stanford buckled down and ran
the Islanders ragged.
Eighteen thousand fans sat
through a 30-mile an hour wind
to watch the intersectional sea
sonal game.
Midway in the third, End
Bill McColl of Stanford heav
ed a mighty pass from his
own 25. Aided by the wind the
ball traveled 64 yards in the
air. It hit Holbrook Boruck in
the chest, bounced off Ha
waii's Sol Kaulukukul's shoul
der and back into Boruck's
arms. Boruck scampered
across the goal while Stanford
Coach Marchie Schwartz was
convulsed with laughter. Mc
Coll added the extra point.
The Indians went into the
game a five touchdown favorite
and roared to a 20-0 lead in the
first 10 minutes of play.
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