Vikings Hit Road for Two
Games with Fishermen
The Salem high Vikings were
scheduled today to take a week
end trip to Astoria for the close
out of the annual series of games
with the Fishermen.
Two games are slated for the
week-end, one Friday and the
finale, Saturday.
At the present time,. Salem
and Astoria are tied at 25 games
Cards Snare I Oth Win
In Sweet Home Victory
Sacred Heart's Cardinal bas
ketball club racked up its 10th
win in 13 starts for the season
when it turned back Sweet
Home, 50 to 45 Wednesday night
on the St. Joseph court.
The game was a contest all of
the way with the score knotted
at 27-all at the half. During the
third period it was tied again at
37-37 but Sacred Heart man
aged to hold a 39-37 advantage
at the start of the final quarter.
Rich Staudinger pocketed 18
t points for the winner.
The loss was Sweet Home's
fifth out of 13 games.
Lambeau Leaves
Packers for Job
With ChiCards
Chicago, Feb. 2 (fl) Earl L.
(Curly) Lambeau, the new head
football coach of the Chicago
Cardinals, was looking for his
old time passing star, Cecil Is
bell, today to offer him a back
field coaching job.
Lambeau, the man whose
name was synonymous with the
Green Bay Packers in the old
National football league for 31
seasons, signed a two-year con
tract with the Cardinals of the
National-American league yes
terday. His salary was not dis
closed but It was believed to be
in the neighborhood of $30,000
yearly.
No sooner had Ray C. Bennvg
en, president of the Cardinal
organization, introduced the
handsome 51-year-old Lambeau
to the press than the canny Bel
gian who led Green Bay to six
world championships announced
he would seek Isbell as his back
field mentor.
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By FRED ZIMMERMAN, Capital Journal Sports Editor -
That Absurd Cage Rule
If the bigwigs of the Oregon School Activities association
want to run off their state basketball tournaments on anything
like scheduled time, they had better get together and throw
out the rule that now governs the final minutes of competition.
In the early years of tournament play Willamette made an ef
fort to run the games off on an hourly basis. By good man
agement under the direction of Spec Keene and Les Sparks,
they had pretty good success In this connection unless there
were too many overtime sessions. In recent years It has been
almost impossible to complete a day's schedule on time. With
the three minute rule in scholastic play now in effect, that final
quarter drags out in length to such an extent that a full game
constitutes almost five periods of playing time. "We won't go
home until morning" will be the theme song at Eugene next
March if the officials retain the three minute rule.
Evashevski for Cougars
i c.h.it.bl It
r ui C9 EivaaucTai.1 o -"
with his wife before consenting to sign a Washington State
contract. According to the way we heard It, when "Ev"
and wife paid Oregon a call for the purpose of looking over
the situation at Oregon State, it was the distaff side of the
family that nixed Spec Keene's proposition to the Univer
sity of Michigan assistant coach. No doubt the financial
Inducement tendered by the Cougar institution played an
Important part in the decision. In any event the north
west is becoming well populated by coaches who hail from
the Wolverine state.
Ball Club Plans
Prior to departing for Tacoma where he will submit his
a schedule for Western International league consideration, George
Emigh, front office man for the Salem Senators, reported that
Mick Muti's contract had been mailed from the Bay area. Muti
Js scheduled to take over the shortstop post for the Solons.
He racked up a batting average of .875 for Vallejo last season.
Following the announced intention of cleaning house, Emigh
revealed that Bob Hedington had been given his unconditional
release and that Jim Foster would be similarly treated if a deal
cannot be made for him in the near future.
That Man Rickey
Many tales, some of them of a fabulous nature, have been
told about Branch Rickey, the man who has cut quite a
figure in professional baseball. Bob Boardman, ex-YMCA
physical director, comes up with a yarn that casts quite
aome light on Rickey's personality. It seems Boardman
was attending high school In Delaware, Ohio, when Rickey
was a student at Ohio Wesleyan, located In the same town.
Rickey played baseball and later coached at Wesleyan.
' Baseballs were none too plentiful and one day when some
body knocked one over the fence and a "peeping torn" made
off with it, Rickey climbed the barrier and took out after
him. "He finally overhauled the fellow after a chase of
almost a half mile and beat the tar out of him," relates
Bob. Boardman says Rickey, in those days, was absolute
ly fearless and would do battle at the slightest provocation.
Rickey later became' quite a solid citizen, graduating from
the University of Michigan with a law degree and was
made a member of the board of trustees of Ohio Wes
leyan. He celebrated his 68th birthday last December 20.
Kramer, Gonzales, Parker and Segura
Perhaps the weather man will be in a more complacent mood
when the quartet of professional tennis stars put on their show
In McArthur court, University of Oregon campus, February 8.
Regardless of what may be in store in the line of precipitation
and mercury readings, reports from Eugene are to the effect
that ticket sales are in advance of expectations. However, re
served and general admission pasteboards are still available.
The former may be obtained at McArthur court; general ad
missions the night of the performance. Gonzales didn't look
too sharp at the outset of the tour, but is gradually loosening
up. During the California series he defeated Kramer six out of
nine times they met. The touring netmen employ a canvas.
bright green in color, over the
each in traditional cage rivalry
which spans a half century of
competition. The Vikings knot
ted the count with a victory
here last week-end.
The two game series in the
Fishermen's village will give
the Vikings an opportunity to
step in front so far as the
year-by-year game count Is
concerned, but the Finns have
Sweet Home took the prelimi
nary, 35-26.
The Cardinals will return to
Marion-Polk league play Friday
night, meeting Salem Academy
on the latter's court.
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staudinger 18 ,...F
Ecker 2 F
(46) Sweet Home
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11 Moyer
I Boyd
1 Hall
Kelland
Colleran 9 ,
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Weaer U O
Cooney 10 0
Odds Five to One
Against Finnish
Skier in Meet
Lake Placid, N. Y.. Feb. 1 (ff)
The odds are five to one
against him but don't sell Heikki
Hasu of Finland short in the
combined event of the world ski
championships which will be
completed with the 18-kllome
ter (11-mile) cross-country run
at Rumford, Me., tomorrow.
The five against Hasu, 1948
Olympic champion in this double-barreled
snow feature, are
the quintet of Norwegians who
finished ahead of him yesterday
in the jumping half of the com
petition. Hasu is the Paavo Nurmi of
the skis, winning fourth place in
the Olympic 18-kilometer. It
was that placing that helped him
take the Olympic combined title.
The combined winner's points
are determined approximately
45 percent on how he did In the
jump and 55 per cent on where
he finished in the cross-country.
The snow twin bill will be de
cided in Maine Friday because
there is a desperate shortage of
the white stuff in this area.
The world jumping title, how
ever, will be decided here Sun
day. ova art Hon In th last WOrd
maple boards.
always been tough on their
home court.
The Viks return to Big Six
action when they travel to Cor-
vallis next Tuesday.
Helser to Pitch
During Summer
For Portlands
Portland, Feb. 2 m Roy Hel
ser, pitcher who quit the Port
land Beavers to become baseball
coach at Linfield college, will
be back during the summer va
cation. Beaver Manager Bill Mulligan
said today "We figure he'll win
a lot of games for us."
. Until summer vacation, "Hel
ser will be available for home
games, Mulligan said.
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FAN FARE
Buckaroos Top
Jefferson, 26-23
St. Paul The St. Paul Bucks
outscored the Jefferson Lions
26 to 23 In a Marion county B
league encounter Wednesday
night. The Lions held a 11-6
halftime margin but couldn't
maintain it after the intermis
sion.
St. Paul (2
(S3) Jefferson
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.,,.C 5 Marlott
,...Q 3 Ricks
. ...Q .... 2 Wattenbnrger
Smith 2
P. Kirk 8 ...
Rasmussen 2
Marthaller 9 .
Brentano
Subs: St. Paul Van Dyke 1, M. Kirk 4.
Dick Suprunowicz, from
Schenectady, N.Y., junior bas
ketball star at Syracuse, Is the
brother of Mack, present Michi
gan cage captain.. I
Ex-Webfoot Hailed as
Canadian Scoring Star
Lethbridge, Alta., Feb. 2 (U.R)
Bob Hamilton, former Univer-
sit. of Oregon hoop star and
coach of Medford high school,
was hailed today as the scoring
sensation of the nine-team Inter
national basketball league.
In 12 games, the wavy-hair
ed, handsome, 27-year-old play-
ing-coach of the Lethbridge
Green Acres had tallied 262
points.
His record, however, wasn't
proving that he found the Can
adian and Montana teams in the
loop a push-over. Less than 15
baskets behind him was Kay
Jensen, of the Cardston, Alta.,
squad.
Hamilton told United Press
that "Canadians are every bit as
good" as American basketball
players.
"The boys In this indepen
dent loop," he said, "play a
wide-open type of basketball.
And when I came up here, I
didn't expect such tough com
petition. I'm surprised that
their playing Is so good."
He was just a pleasant a sur
prise to the people of this town
when he came here as coach at
the beginning of the season. He
was considered one of the top
men to work with a local team,
And the townspeople liked his
expansive personality.
Some basketball fans, how
ever, were critical of him for
not playing the Green Acres in
the wide-open manner to which
southern Albertans are accus
tomed. They said he built the
whole Lethbridge attack around
himself and one or two other
players on the squad, instead of
letting each man play as inde
pendently as possible.
"If Hamilton or one of those
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15, of Midland. Tex., 4 and 3 in a grueling thirty-six hole
finals of the Helen Lee Doherty women's amateur golf tourn
ament at Miami, Fla. (AP Wirephoto)
Salem, Oregon, Thursday, February 2, 1950
1' ErE8Eg
Albany High
Quits; Seek
Albany, Ore., Feb. 2 (U.R)
Bob Buchanan, Albany high
school basketball coach, has
resigned, effective Immediate
ly. Buchanan yesterday sub
mitted his resignation to the
Albany school board. He ex
plained: "I feel the division of my
time between basketball
coaching and my work as head
of the biology department and
jurisdiction over 200 biology
students does an injustice to
both activities. I wish to be
other fellows were to ever get
sick," one sportscaster said,
It'd be tough on the Green
Acres."
Hamilton, who Intends to
return to the University of
Oregon next spring to start
working towards a master's
degree in physical education,
said he was not used to the
wide-open typeof play featur
ed in the International loop,
which is composed of three
Albertan and six Montana
teams.
"We score an average of 65
points per game in this league,"
he said. "And brother, that's a
lot."
Hamilton found that Canadi
an players had "more stamina"
than their American counter
parts.
"These Canadian Kids," ne
said, "are tall, big and fast.
And where Canadian basket
ball players have had the
proper training, they're every
bit as good as those in the
states."
Hamilton believes that in the
past, Canadians had not been
getting the training received by
American basketball players,
"but they're getting it now. And
they're coming along."
Hamilton's Green Acres have
played against American pro-
fessional teams in exhibition
matches, and the "team stands
ud very well against the pros.
We've won more than our share
of the games."
He said the team would enter
the Canadian amateur basket
ball championship tourney
which begins the end of Febru
ary.
He added that he was tenta
tively planning to return to
the Green Acres next year.
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By Walt Ditzen
Cage Coach
Successor
able to devote more time to
development of the biology
department, organization of
club work and fostering of
other extra-curricular activi
ties." School Superintendent I. R.
Halseth said no successor had
been named.
Albany's basketball team
has a season record of 15 de
feats and one victory.
150 Golf Pros
Flock to Open
Meet at Tucson
Tucson, Ariz., Feb. 2 (U.R)
More than 150 of the nation's
top golfers opened play today
in the "pitch and putt" open,
formally known as the Tucson
open.
The course, 6,420 yards long,
is one of the shortest on the
tournament tour and as in the
past, the professionals and their
amateur sidekicks are expected
to rip up the par 70
Co-favorites are Jimmy Dem-
aret of Ojai, Calif., twice win
ner of this event, and Sam Snead
of Greenbrier, W. Va., who leads
the current tour in the money-in-the-bank
department. Snead,
the golfer of the year 1949. has
deposited $5,395 in cash win
nings in less than a month.
Demaret, who won his first
tournament in more than a year
by taking the Ben Hogan open
in Phoenix last week, is a two
time victor over this flat, well
trapped El Rio Country club
layout. Last year, after taking
op money in the Phoenix open,
he finished well down the list
behind dapper Lloyd Mangrum
the winner.
Tennessee's .765 percentage of
victories in Southeastern Con
ference football games leads all
other teams in all-time standings.
THREE FEATHERS
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Sanford, Me., Feb. 2 (Fl
it finally happened. A basket
ball referee was shot here last
night.
Referee Tom Kiley ran by
the press table just as Timer
George Milne he said his
eyes were closed pulled the
trigger for half-time in a
Sanford - Biddeford schoolboy
game. The gun was loaded
with blanks, but Kiley suffer
ed a scorched wrist.
Sports Calendar
FEBRUARY
Basketball
Church Le&Kiie: 1st Methodist tj. Ut
Presbyterian, Calvary Baptist v. J&son
Lee, St. Mark va. Deaf School at Qirla
gym. Leslie Methodist vs. Calvary Baptist,
rim Baptist vs. Liberty cnurcn 01 unrisc.
First Christian vs. fit. Mark Lutheran.
boys' ym.
FEBRUARY S
BasketbaU
Salem at Astoria.
Washington at O.S.C.
Oregon at Idaho.
Marlon County B league: Chemawa at
Jefferson. Deaf School at St. Paul, Sa
lem Sophs at Gervals.
Marlon-Polk league: Independence at
Monmouth, Sacred Heart at Salem Aca
demy.
Willamette Valley league: Bandy at
Woodburn, Estacada at Molalla, SUverton
at Canby, Mt. Angel at Dallas.
FEBRUARY 4
Basketball
Willamette at Pacific.
Washington at OS.O.
COP Signs Grid
Pact With Boston
University Team
Stockton, Calif., Feb. 2 W
College of Pacific and Boston
university have signed a two-
ear football pact beginning
,-ith the 1950 season, COP grad
uate manager of athletics Bob
Monagan said today.
Pacific, unbeaten and untest
I by major competition in
1949, described Boston U. as "an
lUtstanding eastern opponent'
and added that "one of the na
tion's top teams" will be signed
to round out the '50 schedule.
Under the contract, Boston
will meet the Tigers either
Thanksgiving day or Friday
night, November 24, in Stock
ton. The Tigers will go east in
1951 to play either November
19 or 20.
OSC Rooks Slate
Two Home Games
Corvallis, Feb. 2 With a
hard-fought 47-41 victory over
Salem high at Salem Tuesday
night behind it, Oregon State's
fast improving freshman basket
ball team will go into action at
home twice this week-end.
Friday afternoon at 4 in Gill
coliseum Paul Valenti's Orange
yearlings will host the strong
Central Catholic prep five of
Portland. Bud Page will bring
his Lebanon high Warriors to the
coliseum for a 2 p.m. engage
ment with the Rooks Saturday.
The Rooks turned in one of
their best performances to date
in whipping the highly regard
ed Salem Vikings. Bob Adrian,
6-5 center from West Linn,
found his scoring eye for the
first time this season and pour
ed in 18 points to lead his team.
Ben Pitzer, ace Rook guard,
helped consider ably in the
downfall of his ex-teammates
with 11.
Aumsville Noses
Mill City, 24-23
Mill City The Aumsville
high school Rangers nosed the
Mill City Timberwolves 24-23
Wednesday night to throw the
southern division of the Marion
county B league into a three-
way tie for top honors. Mill City,
Sublimity and Aumsville now
divide the leadership.
The preliminary proved an
exciting contest, also as Mill Ci
ty eked out a 16 to 15 decision.
Mill City (23) (24) Aumsville
Thorntcy 3 P 6 Jalkc
Leo Poole t ......P 3 RlUMell
Mulse 6 0..., 7 Worley
Law. Poole S ....0 3 Speer
Baltimore 1 0 3 Del. Dalkc
Suba: Aumavllle Llnff 1, Cox 2, Half
time acore; Aumavllle 10, Mill City 10.
Vic Lombard! had the high
est batting average of any regu
lar pitcher in the majors in
1949 the Pittsburgh lefty hit
.347.
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Bevos Expect Fireworks
In Washington Games
Corvallis, Feb. 2 Two bas
ketball clubs, grimly-determined
to make a clean sweep of a two
game series and remain in the
thick of the red-hot Northern
division flag chase, are likely to
produce all kinds of hoop fire
works when they clash.
That will be the situation
when Oregon State and Wash
ington collide on the maple
boards for the first time this
season in mammoth new Gill
coliseum Friday and Saturday
nights. Both games will start at
8 p.m.
All reserve seats for Satur
day's game, which will be the
feature event of Dad's day on
the campus, are sold out, but
several hundred are still avail
able for Friday. General admis
sions will go on sale at the gates
each night. Capacity crowds are
expected both nights unless an
other snowstorm strikes.
As the two old rivals go into
the crucial series, Washington
holds a half-game advantage
over the Orange in the league
race, 5-3 to 4-3. Both trail pace
setting WSC which boasts a 6-3
mark. A double victory is neces
sary for one of the two to keep
Luke Easter Sets
Homer Goal at 25
For 1950 Season
Pittsburgh, Feb. 2 VP) Here's
some good news for Cleveland
Indian fans: Luke Easter, who's
slated to hold down first base,
expects to hit 25 homers this
season.
"I ve set my goal for a .300
batting average and 25 home
runs," the strapping Negro said
today while visiting relatives
here. "I know the pitching is
tougher up here (in the majors)
but I think I'll be able to han
dle it."
Hank Greenberg, general
manager of the American league
club already has gone on record
as saying he believes Easter will
turn out to be one of the game's
greatest hitters.
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Brooks, derby winner, shake hands when honored as tops
by Sport Magazine, New York.
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pace with the high-flying Cou
gars. Coach Slats Gill has been
working his Beavers hard all
week and the team will be in
top physical and mental condi
tion for the series. Gill proba
bly will open with the same
combination that tripped Idaho
twice last week at Moscow. This
would put Jim Padgett and Bob
Payne at forwards; Jim Nau in
the center slot; and Bill Harper
and Dick Ballantyne at guards.
League Leading
Preps to Tackle
Dallas on Friday
THE STANDINGS
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Mt. Anjel 7
Molalla 5
Dallas 4
E.stacada ..... 4
Woodburn 3
SUverton 2
Canby 1
Sandy 0
Pet.
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.429
.286
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Leading the Willamette val
ley pack by the margin of a
game and a half, the Mt. Angel
Preps will move over to Dallas
Friday night for a session with
Coach Gordon Kunke's Dragons.
The latter will pit their record;
of four wins and two defeats
against the Preps' seven and one
mark. !
Molalla, In second place, will
entertain the Estacada Rangers
while the Canby Cougars will
host the Silverton Foxes. The
last place Sandy club travels to
Woodburn for Friday night's
hoop entertainment.
Hockey teams use about 750'
sticks a season.
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