Crucial District Hurdles
Await Four Squads Friday
The chips are down Friday
night for four of the contestants
In the District 11 basketball
tournament who will meet on
the Salem high gym floor in
fames slated for 7 and 8:30
o'clock.
In the curtain raiser, Silver
ton meets Mt. Angel while Sa
cred Heart and Stayton are
matched for the nightcap. Each
of the four teams has already
sustained one setback, and Dis
trict 11 double elimination rules
drop a team from competition
after a second defeat.
Silverton was edged by Sa
cred Heart in the opening round
while Mt. Angel was stopped in
an upset victory by the Stayton
Eagles in the initial night of
play.
The Cardinals' loss to Salem
Wednesday put them in the game
with Stayton, loser to Woodburn
on Wednesday night.
Three of the state's top high
school basketball teams moved
within a game of district titles
last night, the Associated
Press reported. All could cinch
matters tonight.
La Grande, long the District 1
favorite, romped over Vale, 61
46, in the first game of their
playoff. Another win tonight
would give La Grande a berth
in the state tourney at Eugene.
Eugene in District 6 nosed out
Willamette of Eugent, 50-48, to
remain unbeaten in a round-
robin playoff there. A win by
Eugene high over St. Mary's of
Eugene would end the affair to
night.
High-scoring Central Cath-
olic of Portland moved into
the finals of the District 13
tournament at Gresham with
a 62-42 win over Parkrose.
Gresham will be the opponent
In the finals tonight. Gresham
downed Estacada last night,
39-31.
The District 8 tourney also
opened last night with favored
Newberg trampling Sheridan,
63-27. Dallas defeated McMinn-
ville in another game, 43-37.
Semi-finals will be played Sat
urday night with Newberg meet
ing Dallas.
In Class B action, Rogue Riv
er, the Jackson county cham
pion, became the second team
to qualify for the state tourna
ment at Astoria. The Rogues de
feated Sacred Heart of Klamath
Falls, 52-38. It was a second
straight win, and gave them the
District 5-B crown.
Alsea in District 3-B was the
first team to qualify.
In District . 1-B Tillamook
Catholic eliminated Gaston, 64
53, while the favored Garibaldi
team downed Knappa, 46-26.
The District 2-B tourney
opened with Monmouth, Amity,
St. Boniface of Sublimity, and
Gervais winning. Sublimity will
face Amity and Monmouth will
oppose Gervais tonight.
In District 6-B Arlington,
Heppner, Fossil and Condon
came through with opening
round wins.
In District 8-B favored Union
chalked up a first-round win
along with Wallowa, Elgin and
Powder Valley.
J Feb. 27
Silverton 33
Sacred Heart 35
March 1
Sacred Heart 28
March 3
March 4
March 6
March 8
District 11 Basketball Tourney Pairings
Winner 1
3.
Salem 67
Salem
Winner S
8.
Woodburn
Silverton
Loser 1
5.
Mt. Angel
Stayton 36
Winner 4
Loser 3
Sacred Heart
Loser 8
6.
Stayton
10.
Woodburn 30
Mt. Angel 34
4.
Stayton 26
Third ROUnO The crucial iMri round in District 11 tour
IliliU IWUIIU ney action comes Friday night when four,
one-time losers are matched. A defeat drops the loser from
the tournament. Silverton meets Mt Angel at 7 p.m. Sacred
Heart plays Stayton at 8:30 p.m.
Sports Calendar
March S
BASKETBALL
DUtrlet 11 tournament, Salem hlfb
7m: 7 md 8:15 p.m.
Lewis St Clark vs. Willamette 8 p.m.
Orel on B-tm v. Washnigton, Seattle.
March 4
BASKETBALL
District 11 tournament, Salem high
jm, 1 and 8:15 p.m.
City Loop Scores
CHURCH LEAGUE
Knight Memorial (35) (1?) -Leslie Meth.
Conover 15. P Crittenden
Tavener 3 P Murray
Dougherty 8 ...C 6 Adams
Davis fi O 1 Verdeck
McKlnney 4 G 4 Dean
C. 8. Christian (31)
(37) 1st Christ.
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Moore 9 .....
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Uarngl 7 ...
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Myers 23 ...
Knapp 12
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Oenteman 2
Zeuske 18 . .
Stewart 12
Brown 9
...P 4 Watts
...P Wright
...C : West
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a 16 Lebold
S 2 Boyes
(54) (73) 1st Methodist
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F 7 Smith
C 2 Sohrt
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S 4 Cole
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Latter Day saints forfeited to Church
i uoa. First Baptist lorieitea to salva
tion Army.
Post Season Cage Contests
Move to Complete Lineups
By JOHN GRIFFIN
(United Press SportB Editor)
New York, March 3 (U.R) The
big post-season basketball tour
naments started moving fast to
ward completing their fields to
day as Syracuse entered the na
tional invitation with Long
Island U. certain to follow, and
Bradley given a shot at a spot
in the NCAA tourney.
The selection of Syracuse, with
a record of 17 wins and six de
feats, left seven spots still open
in the NIT.
And one of those was sure to
go to LIU, either today or only
hours later. The Blackbirds
sewed it up last night when they
trounced a top-notch Hamline
university team, 63 to 52, in Ma
dison Square Garden.
It was the 20th victory in
24 games for the men of
Coach Clair Bee and they
achieved it despite a 33-point
splurge by Hal Haskins of
Hamline. LIU, paced by Sher
man White's 18 points, never
was behind. Hamline, with 27
wins and two losses, is headed
for the NAIB tourney in Kan
sas City.
Bradley, already entered in
the' NIT, was delighted at get
ting a chance at the district five
spot in the NCAA.
The Braves had coveted both
slots, but were told last Tuesday
by the district five selection
committee that they had for
feited their right to an NCAA
bid by accepting the NIT. Fol
lowing inquiries from Bradley
and protests from Braves" sup
porters, the selection committee
reversed itself in a meeting in
Kansas City last night and de
clared Bradley was eligible.
So, now, Bradley, champion
of the Missouri Valley confer
ence, will tangle with the Big
Seven champion for the district
five slot. The Big Seven king
will be either Nebraska or Kan
sas State. Whichever it is, Brad
ley will be favored in the play
off.
That means the Braves are
likely to try the stunt that
Kentucky tried last year
play in both tourneys. The
Wildcats won the NCAA, lost
in the NIT.
And Kentucky is moving to
ward an entry in one or both
again. The Wildcats start seek
ing their eighth straight South
eastern conference championship
tonight when they tangle with
Mississippi State in the SEC
tourney at Louiseville, Ky. It'
a quarter-final game, and the
Wildcats aren't expected to have
trouble until probably the final
round.
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harilltV l0am Willamette faculty members who will up-
utility ivuiii nol(j jne physical education department in
next Thursday night's Faculty versus W Club basketball
gigantic at 8 o'clock. Left to right, Chester Stackhouse, foot
ball coach and physical director; Dr. Egbert Oliver, of the
English department; Ambrose D'Eagle, line coach; Prof.
Maurice Cohn of the accounting department and Johnny
Lewis, basketball coach.
Wolfe-Ball Fistic Show
Rescheduled for Armory
The 10 round engagement
between Indian Dick Wolfe
and Davey Ball, planned for
the last V.F.W. boxing show
at the armory, but postponed
due to an injury suffered by
Ball, will feature next Wed
nesday night's program at the
armory.
Wolfe displayed consider
able ability last week In dis
posing of Al Cliff who substi
tuted for Ball. The latter is re
ported as having completely
recovered from a cut over an
eye and, according to Match
maker Ted Salkeld, will be in
good shape for the Wolfe
scrap.
Wolfe and Ball have box
ed three times, with Wolfe
winning the first encounter In
the ninth when Ball broke a
hand. The second bout, staged
in Eugene, resulted in a split
decision for Wolfe. They were
rematched for a third session
which was stopped in the
ninth when Ball received a
LOCAL UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATED PRESS NEWS AND FEATURES
Salem, Oregon, Friday, March 3, 1950 Page 11
FAN FARE
By Walt Dirzen
PONT YOBKY ABOUT HIM.KIP I ( MOW DO '""' '- PN
his bark's wasse . . vvou wow? . St
THAN His BITE JN Vftfe
badly cut eye to a head butt.
A six round semi-final and
three four round preliminaries
will complete the card. A re-1
duction In admission charges
will be In effect for the pro-"
gram.
Gill Coliseum
Housed 87,463
In Banner Year
Corvallis, March 3 VP)
Oregon State college's basket
ball team player before more
hometown rooters this year
than ever before, Athletic -Director
Roy (Spec) Keene said
yesterday..
The 14-game home season
drew 87,463 fans. It was at
tributable largely to the new
10,200-seat Gill Coliseum
which replaced a 3,500-capa-city
court.
Sr. Mary's Inks
New Grid Coach
Moraga, Calif., March 3 W)
Joe Ruetz, former Notre Dame
star guard, has been signed as
head football coach at St. Ma
ry's college.
Bearcats Close Season
Play Friday with L&C
Beavers Cling to Slim
Hope of Division Knot
(By the Associated Press) i
Oregon State college, its hopes
for a co-hold on the Northern
division basketball title as
much in the nanus of the Idaho
Vandals as themselves, clashes
tonight and Saturday with the
University of Washington.
The Seattle series, along with
Idaho's two-game set with Wash
ington State, rings down the
curtain on the division schedule.
The Beavers need a double
miracle to draw even with
the pace-setting Washington
State college Cougars. Not
only must OSC knock over
Washington twice on the Se-
PlSnninfl Sports writers, broadcasters and university
lUllillllJI coaches and officials go into a huddle over press
accommodations for the new $100,000 McCullough football
stadium. Back row: left to right, Chester Stackhouse, physi
cal director and head football coach; John Lewis, basketball
coach; Chris Kowitz, Jr., Oregon Journal; Travis Cross, di
rector of Information, Willamette; Tom Yates, statistician;
bottom row Fred E. Zimmerman, Capital Journal; Dave Hoss,
KSLM; Robert Fenix, financial vice president of Willamette;
Dick Nason, KOCO and Julian "Buck" Smith, line coach..
Per hops Higbe Can Do
Something for Lippy!
Phoenix, Aria. March 3 U.B
New York Giant manager Leo
Duroeher things it's fine that
pitcher Kirby Higbe has "ac
cepted Christ" as a follower of
Evangelist Billy Graham.
"If It helps his pitching," said
Leo the Lip, "I'll send for this
Graham fellow immediately." .
Higbee said he sighed a con
tract with the Lord after a 30-
minute talk with Graham in
Columbia, S. C, last week and
would "carry the word of
' Christ" to the rest of the Giants.
"Billy's a good preacher
and a fine fellow," the big
righthander said. "I went to
all of his meetings in Colum
bia and signed a 'decision'
card before I left."
The card meant he "accepted
unrist as tne savior" Higbee explained.
The hurler, .who joined New
York last year after six seasons
with Brooklyn, said he intended
to carry the word of Christ to
other players this season. He
wasn't sure .however, exactly
how he would go about it.
i "I'm no preacher, but I'll do
all I can," he vowed.
Higbe doesn't think he'll have
much trouble talking to other
players, although he still hasn't
figured out how to approach
"I'm reading my Bible and
fill have more to say later"
the drawling hurler said. "Ball
players are a good bunch and
guess a lot of them know
more about religion than I
could tell them."
Higbe, a church-goer all his
life, said he was attracted to
Graham's "Crusade for Christ'
because he always had been in
terested in religion.
I never felt so wonderful In
my life as I did after meeting
Billy," he said.
Higbe said prayers have help
ed him out of a few tight spots
on the diamond. He said they
give him a boost whenever "the
going gets tough."
Duroeher is anxious to see
what effect Higbe's religion
will have on his pitching. He
hopes it will improve his
two-won two-lost record made
last season as a relief pitcher.
attle floor, but Idaho must trip
the Cougars in both week-end
meetings. Neither will be any
cinch.
Washington has lost only four
games on its home floor and
only WSC was able to take
pair.
Currently Washington and
Idaho are tied for third, two
games behind Oregon Slate
which, in turn, is two games be
hind WSC. Oregon, its season
completed, is two games back
of the Huskies and Vandals.
Tonight's WSC-Vandal tilt is
on the Idaho floor. Saturday
finds the two clubs switching
back.
Emma Jean Makes Mountain
Folk Gawk-at Hoop Record
By PAUL DUKE
Pennington Gap, Va., Mar.
3 (Pi The folks who figure
the fellows have it all over
the gals on the basketball
court doubtless never heard
tell of Emma Jean Yeary.
But the mountain folks
who inhabit this southwest
Virginia hill town know there
never has been anybody like
Emma Jean. The things Em
ma Jean, 17, does with a bas
ketball make the guys gawk
In amazement.
Her record: 954 points in
24 games for Penniigton gap
high school during the 1949
50 season.
Unbelievable? Well, con
sider this. In Pennington's
last five games, the tall,
blonde ace she reaches al
most six-feet-three flipped in
304 points.
On Feb. 18, Emma Jean
scored 63 points as the Pen
nington Gap lassies squeaked
past Keokee, 71-70. Next
night, on the same court, she
clicked off another 63 mark
ers.
Both marks set Virginia
records high school, prep,
and college figures included.
Emma Jean, daughter of a
brickmason, employs a dandy
two-handed overhand shot to
dazzle the opposition.
CHANGE OF
TIME
"Fif.coter"
On at 5:45 This Evening
Instead of 6:30 over
KOCO
Presented by
Herrall-Owens &
The Salem Boat
House
With the championship of
the Northwest conference al
ready written into the records
books to the credit of Coach
Johnny Lewis' squad, Willam
ette university will bring down
the curtain on regular sea
son competition at 8 o'clock
Friday night. Their opponents
will be the Lewis & Clark Pi
oneers, twice victims to 'Cat
attack.
As has been the case all
season the burden of the of
fense is expected to be car
ried by five Willamette sopho
mores Ted Loder, Doug Lo
der, Hugh Bellinger, Lou
Scrivens, Dick Brouwer or
Chuck Robinson.
The two senior members of
the squad Pete Bryant and
Al Fedje are almost certain to
see action, for it will be their
final appearance under the
Cardinal and Gold colors.
Bob Pollard, big 6 foot T
ace, is the chief scorer for the
Pioneers.
Roosevelt Leads
With 108 Night :
hotting Dates
New York Lonit Island'a'
Roosevelt Raceway at Westburyy
regarded as the country's major)
narness racing track, again has
the lead In the East with 10S
nights of racing this year. Th
meeting opens on May 22 ana-
continues through Sept. 23.
The spacious plant will have.
a competitor this year in Yor
kers Raceway, the former Em-I
pire City thoroughbred track hv
Westchester county. Yonkers has
listed 83 night dates. They are
split into three meetings, Aprils
i i ior 2i nignts, a lz-nlght sum.
mer meeting from Aug. 13"
through Aug. 28 and a 30-night
fall session, Sept. 25 through'
Oct. 28. ..
The Eastern season again will
be launched at Harrington, Del,!!
with a 20-night meeting begin
ning April 26.
Traditional Grand Circuit"
meetings at Goshen, N. Y., are:
listed for June 3-7 at Historic.
Track and Aug. 7-12 at Good"'
Time Park where the $85,00(5
Hambletonian trot is set for Aug.
9. Other Eastern dates announc
ed by the United States TrotS!
ting association follow:
Buffalo Raceway at Ham-
burg, N. Y., 60 nights from'
May 22 to July 29. -Batavla
Downs at Batavla,
N. Y., 60 nights from July 31";
to Sept. 30.
Rosecroft Raceway at Oxon '
Hill, Md., 24 nights from ,
May 22 to June 17.
Laurel Raceway at Laurel, 1
Md., 22 nights from June 19
to July 13.
Baltimore Raceway, 22 -nights
from July 14 to Aug.
8.
Ocean Downs at Ocean City
Md., 20 nights from Aug. 10 to
Sept. 2.
Syracuse, N. Y., State Fair, ,
five days from Sept. 4 to 8.
The Lexington Trqjs at Lex--ington,
Ky., will hold its meet-'
ing from Sept. 27 through Oct
7 featured by the $60,000 Ken-'
Itucky Futurity on Oct. 5.
Dallas and Newberg Nab
Semi-Final Tourney Spots
McMinnville The. Dallas iNewben
Dragons and the Newberg Tigers
advanced to the semi - finals
scheduled for Saturday night as
the result of first-round compe
tition in District 8 basketball
play.
Dallas beat McMinnville 43 to
37 and Newberg eliminated
Sheridan 63 to 27.
Dallas and Newberg will meet
at 8:45 with Salem academy
playing Dayton at 7:30.
(17) SherMia
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Hot 13 F 4 Mini
Thruher 4 c 10 filovtr
Krueger 0 7 Shott
LoekA 8 0 3 Col
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tree 4. Ellis 4. Scott 3. Halftlme: Newber
28, Sheridan 13.
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Olson S ....
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Dallas Clark 8, Jansen 3r
McMinnville Beard 2, Ollson 3. HalftlmR
Dallas 24, McMinnville 21.
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