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Los Angeles, Feb. 3 (VP)
One of baseball's old-time
pitching stars, Walter (Dutch)
Ruether, gazed at a 1950 cal
endar and grunted:
"I was born 37 years too
soon."
Now a crack scout for the
New York Giants, Ruether
was thinking about the $100,
000 paid a California high
school lad, Paul Fettit, a
southpaw pitcher, by the
Pittsburgh Pirates.
The deal sent Ruethcr's
mind back to the spring of
1913 in San Francisco, and a
game between the great Chi
cago White Sox and little St.
Ignatius college, now known
as the University of San Fran
cisco. On March 10 of that year a
19-year-old southpaw pitch
er this same Dutch Ruether
electrified the baseball
world with an astonishing per
formance. He subdued the White Sox
with one hit and one run for
BIG TEN DOG FIGHT
Chicago (P) Experts are
predicting that a 10 won, two
lost record will win the 1050 Big
Ten basketball race. Ten times
In the last two decades, and in
three of the last four years, a
10-2 mark has captured the ti
tle. In fact, only twice in the
last 20 years has a team surviv
ed the rugged conference com
petition to win all their games.
In 1930, Purdue captured the
title with a 10-0 record and in
1943 the Illinois Whiz Kids won
with a 12-0 mark.
New Coach ,lmAy
Angclis
(above) line coach at Nebraska
last season, has joined the
University of Washington foot
bull coaching staff.
(AP Wircphoto)
SPORTS ROUNDUP
Plan Diamond Jubilee
New York, Feb. 2 W Just
leventy-four years ago today,
group of men who liked base
ball and hated the way It was
bring run gathered in the elaborately-decorated
old Broadway
Central hotel in New York and
formed the National League of
Professional Baseball Clubs. . .
That was the forerunner of
many other meetings which
marie a baseball reporter easily
recognizable because of his ten
der feet. . . The National league
will hold a diamond judilce
celebration after its 75th season
has been completed, but mean
while It might be well to note
some of the beginnings.
All Bets Off
Two Chicagoans, William A.
Hulbert and A. G. Spalding, laid
the groundwork for the forma
tion of the new league, and Mor
gan G. Bulkeley, former gover
nor of Connecticut, became its
first president. . . They were
motivated by one great idea
to eliminate the gambling and
dishonesty that had brought
baseball into disrepute. . . The
old National association had be
Page 8 Salem, Oregon, Friday, February 3, 1950
the better part of nine in
nings. True, St. Ignatius lost
when the famous Buck Weav
er drilled a hit that not only
scooted between the short
stop's legs but the left field
er's as well. The blow went
for a homer and St. Ignatius
lost, 4-2.
As word of Dutch's feat got
around, the scramble was on
for his services just as it was
for young Pettit. Manager
Jimmy Callahan of the White
Sox wanted him, and so did
Cap Dillon at Los Angeles.
The Pittsburgh Pirates got
him.
Ruether sighed. "The Pi
rates gave me $500 for sign
ing." He also got a guarantee of
at least one month's salary of
$500.
Huskies See Chance
To Catch Cougar
In OSC Go
Los Angeles, Feb. 3 Frank
Gulsness and Louie Soriano,
Washington's set of high scoring
guards, will have an opportun
ity to overtake towering Gene
Conley of Washington State in
the Northern Division Pacific
Coast Conference individual
scoring race this week-end when
the Huskies do battle with Ore
gon State at Corvallls.
Conley, the current leader, is
idle this week and leaves his
average of 14.3 points per con
ference game to be challenged.
Guisness has averaged 13.1 per
contest and Soriano 13.0.
Conley also has the best
field goal percentage figure,
according to the figures re
leased today by the PCC com
missioner's office. The Cougar
giant has made 46 of his 103
attempts from the floor for a
.447 average.
Jack Keller, who has finally
nailed a starting berth on the
Oregon varsity, has the best per
centage from the free throw line.
His 20 free tosses In 23 attempts
averages .870.
Washington continues to be
the highest scoring club in the
Northern Division, averaging
50.1 points in eight games
Washington State sports the best
defensive record, allowing 44.0
points a contest.
Oregon State has committed
more fouls per game than any
other ND team. The Heavers
have averaged 23.4 fouls a
game. Idaho and Washington
have drawn the most free
throws, each being fouled 23
times a game.
Individual scoring:
G PO FT PP TP
Conley, Wash. St 9 40 37 30 130
Gulsness, Wash 8 32 41 34 105
Soriano, Wash S 42 20 28 104
Sowers, Orriton 1 32 14 22 7B
Oayda, WSC 9 28 39 31 91
Krller, Oregon 7 24 20 12 68
Dnllnntvne. OSO 7 19 27 20 65
Henson, Wash 8 33 8 23 74
llrbnn, Orrtron 6 15 23 18 S3
Payne, OSO 7 18 22 27 54
come strictly a poolroom opera
tion, with open betting, dishon
est games and contract jumping
mere commonplaces. . . It got
so bad in 1875 that one section
of the Atlantic club's Brooklyn
park was known as the "gold
board" because the betting re
sembled a stock exchange. . .
The new league's first rules pro
hibited gambling, game-selling,
contract - jumping and selling
liquor at ball parks. . . And for
75 years they've made those
rules stick.
Famous Firsts
The 1876 season opened on
April 22, with each club be
ing required to play each of
the others ten times. The Phil
adelphia Athletics and New
York Mutuals were given the
heave-ho at the end of the sea
son for refusing to fulfill that
end of their bargain. . . The
guy who made the first Na
tional league hit was "Orator
Jim" O'Rourke in the first
inning against the Athletics.
The first run was scored in
the second frame by Boston's
Tim McGinley, who came In
By Waif Ditien
Northern Challenger to
Come From Corvallis Game
fBy the Associated Press)
Washington State college,
current kingpins of Northern di
vision basketball, wondered to
day who will challenge them
for the circuit crown.
The answer will come out of
Corvallis, Ore., tonight and to
morrow when Washington's dis
placed front-rankers run up
against the defending champs
of Oregon State.
Both of the contenders need
a sweep; WSC would like to
see a split.
Washington, a half-game be
hind WSC, still is smarting from
its double loss to Oregon on the
Eugene floor last week. OSC
promises to be even tougher.
The Huskies could take over
first place along by taking both
games with WSC idle. Two Ore
gon State wins would put the
Beavers in a knot with the Pull
man leaders.
While the two challengers
battle it out at Corvallis, the
Oregon Ducks trekked into
Till jm
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Pnnf-Tntl PaiKIP Philippe Cavalo, former golf cham-
iuui iuj ixanye pion of Francei gives a driVnK iesson
to Mme. Solange Gerard Savouret on roof-top range near the
Arc de Triomphe, Paris.
Skiers Finally Start
World Champion Races
Rumrord, Me., Feb. 3 (U.R)A
field of 68 sped off through a
picturesque snow-blanketed trail
today in quest of two world's
ski championships at the same
time.
The race was the 18-kilome-tcr
(about 11 miles) cross-country.
It serves as a championship
in itself, and also as a half of
the Nordic combined event. A
jumping contest was held Tues
day at Lake Placid, N.Y., in the
other half.
The competition was one
strictly for the rugged Scandi
navians, with Sweden, Fin-
for Nats
By HUGH FULLERTON, Jr.
on what a Philadelphia news
paper called "a queer throw"
to the plate. . . McGinley had
reachrd third on the league's
first error, a three-base wild
throw by Third-baseman Ezra
Sutton. . . And no cracks,
please, about Philadelphia
baseball having changed very
little in 75 years. . . It was
the A's who recorded the first
strikeout and the first double
play in that same game, with
O'Kourke the victim of both.
And the Philadelphia pitcher
was named Knight, so maybe
you can credit them with the
first Knight game.
Prize Surprise
During the 1876 season the St.
Louis Browns management of
fered $5 prizes to the "brown
leg" who made the most hits
during the week, the most runs,
the most hits to right field or
safety hits to bring in a man
from third base, $5 to the best
infieldcr and $5 to the best out
fielder. . . That plan might be
revived. Five bucks probably
still would look pretty good to
a guy working for the Browns.
Vikings Face Astoria
in Tie Breaker Friday
The 1950 Viking cagers of
Salem high will be out to
break the current tie In the
traditional Astoria-Salem se
ries Friday night when they
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FEBRUARY I
Basketball
Salem at Astoria.
Washington at O.S.O.
Oreson at Idaho,
Marion County B league: Chemawa at
Jefferson, Deaf School at St Paul, Sa
lem Sop lis at OervaLs.
Marlon-Folk league: Independence at
Monmouth, Sacred Heart at Satem Aca
demy. Willamette Valley league: Sandy at
Woodburn, Estacada at Molalla, Silver too
at Canby, Mt. Angel at Dallas.
FEBRUARY 4
Basketball
Willamette at Pacific.
Washington at O.S.C,
Moscow for a two-game set
with the Idaho Vandals. They
too will be keeping an eye on
the Corvallis series because a
sweep of the Idaho series and
a double loss for Washington
could vault the Ducks into
third place.
Junior Leaguers
See Fourth Round
Of Action Friday
Salem junior high school's
loop circuit goes into the fourth
round of league play Friday
night with two games on the
agenda.
The main event Friday sees
the Parrish Pioneers take on the
Leslie Golds at Leslie in an 8
o'clock tussle.
At West Salem in a night game
also slated for 8 p.m., the Giants
tangle with the Leslie Blues.
land and Norway favored.
Sweden and Finland were
rated top choices in the race
today, and in the combined to
tal competition, even though
Norwegians swept the first
five places in the jump Tues
day and have won every
world's championship since
1924.
The entries from the United
States were not given a look-in.
They apparently had not the sta
mina, born of practice from the
toddling age, for the rigors of
first rank cross-country compe
tition. Too, their jumps were
not too impressive. Crosby Perry-Smith
of Gunnison, Colo., did
best in the jump with a ninth
place finish and Paul Wegeman
of Sun Valley, Ida., was 13th.
Surprise Grid
Resignation Is
Given St. Mary's
San Francisco, Feb. 3 U.R
The St. Mary's college board of
athletic control meets again to
day to discuss the surprise resig
nation of Football Coach Joe
no fuss no muss
no bother no dirt
use Pres - to -
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Phones 3-8862 or 2-4431
tangle on the Finn floor.
The 50-year-old series is
knotted at 25 games each as
a result of a 44 32 victory
scored by the Viks over As
toria last week-end in Salem.
The most likely starting
lineup for the Vikings will in
clude Doug Rogers and Jim
Rock at the forward spots,
Wayne Walling at center and
Larry Chamberlain teamed
with Daryl Girod at guard.
Vanport Platoons
Defeat Owl Cagers
Portland, Feb. 3 (P) Vanport
made effective use of the two
platoon system to move into un
disputed possession of second
place in the Oregon Collegiate
conference last night with a 58
36 win over Oregon Tech of Kla
math Falls.
The teams battled neck-and-neck
until only 12 minutes re
mained, and the Techmen tired.
Then Vanport's platoons ran
away with the game.
It was 22-22 at the half and
28-28 when 12 minutes remain
ed. The winners racked up 30
points in the closing rally, led
by Bailey Brem with 16 Paul
Heims topped the losers with 12.
The result left Southern Ore
gon atop the conference, but
with Vanport breaking a three
way deadlock for second place.
Devore Tackles
NYU Grid Work
New York, Jan. 3 U.fi) -Hugh
Devore, who was known as a
vicious tackier during his play
ing days at Notre Dame, today
tackled the super-human task of
rebuilding the football fortunes
at New York university.
Devore was named to succeed
K. E. (Hooks) Mylin as head
football coach of the Violets
yesterday, only 24 hours after
he resigned from a similar posi
tion at St. Bonaventure college,
Verducci.
Verduccl handed in his resig
nation yesterday, accompanied
a St. Mary's spokesman said, by
certain stipulations. The board
met until a late hour last night
to talk it over, but adjourned
without making a decision.
The spokesman declined to
say what the "stipulations" were,
but it was believed they had to
do with financial settlement of
the $9000 a year contract.
Salem Mermen to
Meet Rook Tank
Team Saturday
Salem high's swimming team,
with Vern Persinger at the
helm, tangles with the Oregon
State college freshman tank
crew at Corvallis Saturday
morning at 10:30 in the Beaver
pool.
The Vik Mermen's schedule
has been cut by inclement wea
ther, and in the lone meet which
was held, they racked up a vic
tory over West Linn. Two meets,
slated to held with Benson of
Portland and Vancouver, Wash..
high schools, were cancelled. The
Benson meet will be made up
February 13 and the Vancouver
tut is slated to be rescheduled
for February 22.
Persinger's crew will travel to
Corvallis via car and stay to
watch the annual Oregon vs. Or
egon State "civil war" swimming
meet at 1:30 p.m. in the Beav
ers' pond.
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Pirates Paid $100,000
left-handed high school pitcher from Long
Beach, Calif., became the property of the
Pittsburgh Pirates when they assumed the
obligations of a contract the youth pre
Recommends Cauliflower
Row Take Rassling Cue
By OSCAR FRALEY
(United Press Sports Writer)
New York, Feb. 3 (U.R)-The
fight racket seemed to have ev
en more world heavyweight
champions today than wrestling
and there was a growing suspi
cion that the first ham who mov
ed in with a combination Ezio
Pinza-Gorgeous George routine
would become boxing's big boy.
Wrestling, even in the days
when it was killing vaudeville,
had fewer claimants to its top
spot than the current crop of
clouters who have too little
punch and too much judy. Just
to give you an idea here they
are:
Undecided heavyweight cham
pion of the world Joe Louis.
NBA heavyweight champion
of the world Ezzard Charles.
"White" heavyweight cham
pion of the world Joey Maxim.
British heavyweight champion
of the world Lee Savold or
Bruce Woodcock.
Nordic and New Jersey hea
vyweight champion of the world
Jersey Joe Walcott:
Young man's heavyweight
champion of the world Roland
La Starza.
Old man's heavyweight cham
pion of the world Jack Demp
sey. Old, old man's heavyweight
champion of the world Jim
Figg.
The question now is, how to
straighten this out?
Boxing could do worse
Is doing worse, as a matter of
fact than following the wres
tling pattern.
For instance, Louis claims he
won't know until he concludes
his exhibition tour early in
March, whether he'll stage a
comeback. Think of what a
splash he'd make as "Gorgeous
Joe," complete with gold-plated
Dopuy pins.
Charles could style himself
Bearcats Close
Exam Week With
Badger Contest
Having struggled with mid
year exams all week, Willam
ette university's cagers will
resume their hoop wars Sat
urday night at Forest Grove.
They will face the Pacific uni
versity Badgers who defeated
the Bearcats a week ago with
considerable ease.
The Pacific gymnasium is
so constructed that a visiting
club is considerably handi
capped and Coach Johnny
Lewis' quint must be at Its
peak to gain as much as an
even break with the Badgers.
Willamette and Pacific are
currently tied for leadership
of the Northwest conference,
hence Saturday night's winner
will take over undisputed pos
session of the top spot
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Paul Fettit
(left), 18,
as "Supermouse," or some
such business, with silvery
wings attached to the heels of
his ring shoes and a cape co
pied from the golden Super
man. Ezzard has a claim, con
sidering that he moves out
from under a punch better
than most of the other "cham
pions." Maxim could attire himself in
a dazzling white outfit, with his
handler and probably his fol
lowersclothed in black for
contrast. And you'll notice I
said nothing about mourning.
'Vik Grid Star
For Portland
Jim Rock, Salem high school
grid great, has been named to a
position on the up-state football
team for participation in the
third annual Shriners hospital
benefit game in Portland next
August, Announcement as to
the selections were made by Earl
Riley of Portland, chairman of
the game committee.
Upstate selections were:
Hedge peth, Grants Pass; Gary Babcock,
Corvallis: Jim Rock, Salem; Dick Snow,
Echo,
Tackles: Jim Doerller. Albany; Leo
Parker, Medford; Bill Piter, Hlllsboro;
Tony Anuslch, Marshfleld; Pete Scho-
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was $100,000, believed to be a record for an
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Roy Harney of the Pirates feels Pettit's arm
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Amateur Boxers
To Battle for
Dimes Wednesday
For the benefit of the Mar
ion county polio fund a group
of youngsters will battle it
out in the armory arena next
Wednesday night. The show
will be all amateur, which
means that the kids will do
their best.
Ira Pilchcr, in charge of ar
rangements, states that com
plete cooperation is being re
ceived from the Portland Pal
club, Mt. Angel, Silverton, the
state school for boys and lo
cal fisticuffers.
The popular price of 50
cents will rule for spectators.
Selected
Shrine Game
fleld, Vale.
Guards: John Greulfch, LaOrande; Bill
Tubbs, Pendleton: Max KcnblK, Oregon
City: Paul Hawkins. Astoria.
enters- Keith Don Ah or). Klamath Falls:
Dave Lowe, Euuene.
Quarterbacks: Barney Holland, Marsh
fl'ld; Franz Hnun. LaOrande.
HaUbacks: Jack Morris, Medford; Ver
non Craft, Grants Pass: Bob Hanuskft,
Mt. Angel: Adolph Rutsmhman, Hlllsboro;
Charles Brackett, La Grande; Glen Wend
ler. Mllton-Freewater.
Fullbacks: Wayne Berry, LaOrande;
Vernon LeRoy, McMlnnvllle; Charles Co
dy, Hood River.
Alternates: John Spreen, Albany, quar
terback: Craift Hunt. Tlnard, guard; Lar
ry Mlddleton, Hlllsboro, tackle; Dave
Brlggs, Milwaukle, back.
Coaches will be Don Mabee, LaGrandet
Jim Davis, Hlllsboro and Pet Suslck,
Marshfield.
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