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New Faces Booked for
Fight Card Main Event
Don Rogers, new in boxing
competition insofar as the arm
ory arena is concerned, will be
introduced to a Willamette val
ley audience Wednesday night
wjicn he tangles with Mickey
Gimmell of Roseburg in the 10
round main event.
, Rogers, tabbed the "Blonde
Bobcat," is from Portland wjiile
Gimmell calls Roseburg his
home. Rogers, 23 years old, won
the northwest amateur cham
pionship and reached the quar
ter finals of the A.A.U. tourna
ment in Boston before losing as
the result of a cut eye.
Gimmell, a welterweight,
has lost to a number of light
weights 'because he had to re
duce his poundage. However,
Roseburg fans believe he is
one of the better prospects in
the state.
As was the case two weeks
ago, principal interest will center
around Eddie Kahut, Woodburn
youth, who will make his sec
ond professional appearance. Ed
die, coached by brothers Joe and
Tony, will meet Harry Weath
ers of Roseburg in the top four
rounder. '
The six round semi-final
will bring Dean Abney back
'itato the ring after an absence
t several months. He will
Two Northwest
Teams Remain in
National AAU
Denver, March 21 W) Only
two of four northwest teams re
mained in the running today as
the national AAU basketball
tournament wound up its sched
ule of second round games.
Spokane's Inland Empire 66ers
edged the Dallas, Tex., Hooker
Vandergriff five 64-59 in yes
terday's opener, but both the
Portland Bradford Clothiers and
i the Seattle university frosh
: dropped initial contests.
Portland lost to the Hesston,
Kas., King Motors 78-60 and
J the Papooses bowed-to the Hous-
ton, Tex., Ada Oilers 57-53.
i Alpine Dairy, the fourth north
; west entry, was to play its first
i game at 9:30 a.m. (PST) today
against the Laramie, Wyo., Kus-
ter Cafe quintet.
' Johnny O'Brien, -sharpshoot-ingtwin
of the Seattle U club,
paced his team's efforts with
23 points, including eight in a
row that pulled the Papooses
Into a 31-31 halftime tie.
By FRED ZIMMERMAN, Capital Journal Sports Editor
Seventh Championship
Basketball is one of the great spectator competitive sports be
cause of the high speed with which it is played and there will
be few who will dispute Coach' Harold Hauk's belief that the
tournament just concluded in Eugene was probably the most
outstanding of the entire lot. Even deducting a bit for pride
in the achievement of a Viking club that battled its way to bag
a seventh title, the 32nd classic remain! outstanding, to say
the least. There have been others that involved more overtime
contests, but the wide spread of final scores that frequently
rept into tournament tilts were conspicuous by their absence
this (time.
They Won the Title
Perhaps Coach Hauk's Vikings didn't play up to their
potentialities during the tournament as Is claimed in some
quarters. But, they brought back the most attractive piece
of hardware put up by the bigwigs of the . Oregon School
Activities association, a fact that goes into the record books.
That's about all the folks will remember a few years from
now. That 90 per cent of those crammed into McArthur
court last Saturday night were pulling for Grants Pass was
to be expected. If Hauk and his kids were suddenly to be
come subjects of well wishing on the part of the cash cus
tomers outside of the capital we would feel they were grow
ing soft. The fellow on top Is always the object of criticism,
; everybody wants to see him pushed off the pinnacle. That
is one of the reasons Salem's basketball clubs have invariably
been the target of verbal barrages they are usually on top
or close to the summit.'
Stackhouse to Stay
One evidence that Chester Stackhouse, genial head man of
Willamette's athletic program, has decided to cast his lot with
us is the purchase of a building site for a new home. The loca
tion is on Candalaria Heights, with a scenic view over the Wil
lamette and the Cascades in the distance. Willamette's football
coach is generally associated with the building of gridiron squads
and track teams, but before moving to the west he had con
siderable experience in real estate and the construction field.
The Water Front
What a little encouragement will do In the matter of con
servation of wild life has been demonstrated by Gardner
Knapp, Chemeketa street resident. Although actively en
gaged in many civic enterprises, such as the presidency of
the Cascade Area Scout council, and a Salem school board
membership, yet Gardner finds time from his business as a
job printer to take more than passing Interest in the wild
life that is attracted to Mill creek as it meanders through
the city. His work in this connection should prove an in
spiration to others whose property borders this stream.
Swans, Ducks and Beaver
Gardner's initial experiment in the wild life department was
with a couple swans. One was the victim of young boys' ex
uberance and the other became so cantankerous and contrary
that when he insisted on making various and sundry excursions
down Mill creek to the Willamette, Gardner finally dismissed
him as a tramp. Feeding an average of a sack a month, scores of
wild ducks, including the beautiful wood ducks, have recog
nized Gardner as a Santa Claus and are a part and parcel
of the Knapp menage. Then Mr. Beaver showed up and when
he insisted on sharpening his teeth on bits of choice shrubbery,
Mr. Castor Canadensis lost his pelt.
Other Residents Cooperate
Knapp isn't the only person living along Mill creek who
delights in wild life. All up and down the stream are others
who Matter grain for the ducks and endeavor to protect
them during the nesting season. But sad to relate these citi
zens who take pride in the development of the stream, too
often have neighbors who see in Mill creek nothing more
than a place in which to dump grass clippings, bottles and
tuu and in some instances gar bag.
meet Harry Hughes of Drain.
Brave Junior of Portland and
Babe Fenton of Roseburg have
been matched for the second
bout of the card and Jimmy
Huckaby of San Jose, Calif, and
Billy Carson of Portland will
provide the curtain raiser.
Iff
Named
Dick Gallagher
(above), assistant
coach for the professional
Cleveland Browns, has been
named head football coach of
the University of Santa Clara,
at Santa Clara, Calif. (AP
Wirephoto)
Brown Bomber Plans to
Shoot for Heavy Title
Odessa, Tex., March 21 W)
What appears to be probably the
worst kept secret of the : year
will "leak out" at Waco Satur
day.
Joe Louis, who "retired" as
heavyweight boxing champion
of the world, is giving every in
dication that he will announce
a comeback.
The Brown Bomber appeared
here last night in an exhibition,
He has two more before finish
ing a national tour. Tomorrow
night he will be at El Paso, then
Saturday at Waco. There, he
says, he will decide whether he
will return to the championship
firing line.
All along the way Louis has
shown he's preparing for an-
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LOCAL UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATED PRESS NEWS AND FEATURES
Naval Reserve
Cagers Invited
To Portland Meet
The naval reserve basketball
team has been invited to partici
pate in a regional naval reserve
tournament to be held this year
in Portland March 26.
Other naval reserve teams in
vited are Eugene, Portland and
Longview, Wash., said Coach
Thayne Cole.
The tournament will consist of
two games in the afternoon with
the winners playing off in a
night game for the area cham
pionship. All games will be
played at the new gymnasium at
the Swan Island naval reserve
training center.
The Naval Reserve team in
Salem has been a city league
power for the three years it has
been in the league. Last year
they were the national division
champions and this season have
won 11 starts and lost one game
in league play. The overall game
won-lost record for this year is
17 won, 2 lost.
Players going to the tourna
ment from Salem are LaVerne
Perry, Melvin Hartman, Don
Bassett, Bob Blensley, Rolland
Van Cleave, Jim Hartley, Harley
Gray, Wally Nelson, Orvill Bus
by and team captain Don Fisch-
other title fight. He is carrying
only 230 pounds 15 above the
weight he assigns himself. He
has had more than 20 fights
since Feb. 2, including three that
went the full ten rounds.
He estimates it will take him
about two months to get ready
for a title bout.
The 35-year-old Louis says
he did not need the money, but
not to be surprised if he agrees
to a bout with Ezzard Charles,
the current champion. If it
comes off it'll be next Septem
ber in New York.
"My punch is just as good
as it ever was," Louis said. "I
hit as hard as ever, but my
legs aren't as good as they
used to be. Still, I can go 15
rounds without them bother
ing me."
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Satisfied to Get Out of
Cellar, Bucky Harris Says
By LEO H. PETERSEN
(United Press sport Editor)
Orlando, Fla., March 21 (U.R)
There's usually pennant talk
in spring training camps this
time of the year, but frank
speaking Bucky Harris enter
tained no such illusions about
the Washington Senators to
day. "I'll be satisfied if I get the
club out of the cellar," Harris
said frankly. "This isn't too
bad a ball club, not as bad as
most people think."
But he admitted he "needed
help," as he looked over his
thinly talented squad on the
rough diamond here at Tinker
field.
"I need three pitchers and a
catcher," he said. "Not front
line starting pitchers, but ones
who can go in there and put
out a fire for you,
"But I don't know where we
are going to get them."
He said he had given up
hope of making any deal with
the Yankees "because I don't
want the junk they are offer
ing." The Yankee woud like
Pitcher Ray Scarborough and
First Baseman Eddie Robin
son. There are some Yankee
players he would like, he said,
but so far they have not been
included in "that junk pack
age." While he still is hopeful the
Senators will pick up added
strength, he figured he "had
enough good players to make
a respectable showing."
"This is my 23rd year of
managing a major league
baseball club," he recalled,
"and none of my teams ever
has finished last.
"Of course, I know there's
a first time for everything.
But t'm going to be trying my
hardest because I'm grateful
Salem, Oregon, Tuesday, March 21, 1950
Woodburn Champs
team of Woodburn was recently crowded kingpin of the park
and recreation board program. Top row, left to right Al
Cowan, chairman of the park board; Eddie Kahut, Bud Van
dehey, "Chuck" Sauvain, Ray Leighty, J. F. Sauvain, team
sponsor. Front row, Al Zuber, Dale Yuranek, Al Ewert.
(Alyce studio photo).
Kyne Seeks
Portland Meadows Oval
Portland, Ore., March 21 U.R
William P. Kyne of San Fran
cisco said today he will attempt
to regain control of the $2,000,
000 Portland Meadows horse
racing plant which was purch
ased by the First National Bank
of Portland yesterday at a sher
iff's sale.
The bank's bid of $476,092.87
was the only offer received for
the plant's physical properties
which were sold as a result of
the bank's foreclosure of a $428,
000 mortgage.
The sale was ordered by the
circuit court here after Portland
Meadows' stockholders were de
clared to be in default in pay
ment of interest on the mort
gage. Kyne, general manager and
original organizer of the track,
said he plans to confer with
bank officials in an attempt to
regain control of the track on
a lease basis. He said his in
terest in re-acquiring the prop
erty was to protect the original
investors.
However, Kyne pointed out
that other racing interests also
for another shot at the ma
jors." Owner Clark Griffith gave
him that after a year in the
minors, managing the San
Diego club of the Pacific
Coast league. He took that
berth when he was fired by
the Yankees, after winning
a pennant and the world
series in 1947 and coming
home third in a blanket fin
ish with the Indians and Red
Sox in 1948.
It marked1 this third hitch
with the Senators, where he
started out his managerial
career In 1924, when he be-
Tflkfi Thflfl Willle PeP r'Kh' Iams a hard right Into
w 1 Ray Famechon In the second round of their
featherweight title bout at Madison Square Garden in New
York. The Frenchman tried to take the title from Pep, but
lost the unanimous 15-round decision in what was probably
the dullest leather title fight in history. (Acmt Telephoto)
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in tournament com
petition, Sauvain's basketball
Lease on
may seek to lease the plant and
that the bank may get a better
offer than he can submit.
"Whether we get it or not,"
Kyne said, "I am pretty sure
Portland Meadows will have a
spring meeting. I have lots of
faith in the track, particularly'
if the tax situation here can be
remedied."
Kyne and associates in San
Francisco have raised $300,000
and stockholders have subscrlb
ert additional money in their at
tempt to regain control.
Portland Meadows originally
cost about $l,250i000, but capi
tal investment has amounted to
about $2,000,000 because of the
disastrous Columbia river flood
in 1948 which damaged most of
the track's buildings.
Reports that unidentified Cali
fornia racing interests would bid
for the track proved unfounded
R. R. Bullivant, representing the
bank, was the only bidder among
a crowd of 200 persons who jam
med into the lobby of the Mult
nomah county courthouse to wit
ness the sale.
By Walt Ditzen
Beavers Defeat Padres
Riverside, Calif., March 21 (U.R)
The Portland Beavers capital
ized on their opponents' errors
and timely hits here Monday to
pound out an 11-5 victory over
the San Dico Padres in an ex
hibition game.
Texas Squad Favored in
Junior College Tourney
Hutchinson, Kan., March 21
(U.R) A Texas team that built
the nation's longest basketball
winning streak is the favorite
in the 1950 National Junior col
came "the boy wonder" by
directing his first Washing
ton club to the pennant and
world's championship.
Bevens Pitching
Trial Awaited at
Sacramento Camp
Bill Bevens, former New
York Yankee moundsman,
now with the Sacramento
Solons, hasn't as yet cut loose
with his "Sunday pitch."
"However, he will have to find
out pretty soon just what
shape his arm is really in,"
comments Mrs. Bevens, who,
with her children is at her
home in Manbrin Gardens.
Unfavorable training wea
ther has kept Bevens' work
outs on the less strenuous side.
The Solons are scheduled to
return to Sacramento this
week to get in their final prep
arations for the opening of the
Coast league season.
Nazarenes, St. Mark Teams
Win Church League Titles
Two Church basketball league
titles were decided and the stage
set for the determining of a third
as the result of a trio of games
played Monday night on the
Parrish floor.
The pair of deciding games
were thrillers. Nazarcne edged
First Methodist 40 to 38 when
Dale Parnell pitched in the
winning bucket just as the gun
National Cagers
To Select Champs
In Single Game
Championsihp of the National
division of the City Basketball
league will be at stake Wednes
day night at Leslie when City
Traction . Lines and Naval Re
serve meet at 7:30. The issue will
be decided on a single game
basis.
There will be no play-off be
tween the National division
champs and the America loop
title holders Page Woolens,
Vern Gilmore, director of recrea
tion, states.
Robert (Lefty) Grove led the
American League in earned run
average nine times, a major
league record.
Bearcat Boosters Launch
Ticket Sales in Arc Plan
By TRAVIS CROSS
(Director of Information, Willamette
University)
The month of March hardly
seems "ticket time" for next
fall's football games.
But over 500 Willamette uni
versity Bearcat boosters and
alumni received first crack at
choice seats In the new Charles
E. McCulloch stadium through
the mails this week.
Reason for the early sale is to
secure funds with which to pur
chase lighting. Generous donors
have put over $70,000 into turf,
track and baseball diamond and
appropriated $100,000 for a cov
ered grandstand of steel or ce
ment construction seating 3500.
Sale of four-sport season
tickets at $25 apiece and foot
ball season tickets for $10 (5
home games) will put the fin
ishing touches on an athletic
plant second to none in com
fort, convenience and facili
ties. Reservation applications 'for
grandstand seats will go out to
the general public beginning
Friday when the Salem Break
fast club throws its doors open
at noon at the Marion hotel for
.lege cage championships open
ing here today.
The Tyler, Tex., Apaches,
who won 35 straight before in
juries and influenza helped
stop them, were top-seeded in the
field of 16.
Defending national tillist, Ty
ler came to the tourney on i
last-hour invitation after losing
out in a regional meet. After
the 35 victories in a row, the
crippled team lost three straight,
but now the Apaches are at full
strength.
Another well-liked entrant
is Northeast Mississipi junior
college of Booneville. The
busiest basketballers in the
land, the Misslssipplans have
played 54 games this season,
winning 46 of them.
The tournament opener, at 1
p. m., CST, pits City college of
San Francisco, winner of 24 and
loser of 6, against Flint, Mich.,
junior college (14-2).
The remainder of the first
round schedule:
2:30 Jacksonville, Pla., Junior collate
(21-2) vs. Oarden City Kan.,
leie (20-6.1
Junior col-
4 p.m. Tyler (JS-3) vs. Vlrilnla, Minn..
Junior colleie (18-2).
8:30 p.m. Campbellsvllle, Ky.. colleie
(18-6) vs. Northeast Mississippi Junior
colleie (48-81.
8 p.m. Amarlllo, Tex., collen (21-9)
vs. Dodie City, Kan., Junior colleie (18-7).
9:30 p.m. Weber colleie, Olden, Utah
(24-7) vs. Bayonne, N.J., Junior colleie
(23-2),
Wednesday, 2 p.m. Orand View colleie.
Oes Moines, Ia '14-4) vs. Olympic col
leie. Bremerton, Wash., (19-8).
3:30 p.m. Wlniate, N.C.. colleie (35-8)
vs. Lob Anieles city eolleie 120-10).
Babe Ruth struck out 30 times
in World Series garnet and drew
33 bases on balls.
Bradley Wins NCAA Spot
Against Coastal Champs
Kansas City, Mo., March 21
(U.R) Bradley university, whose
"revenge express' was almost
derailed before it got started,
was matched today against
UCLA in the opening round of
the NCAA basketball tourna
ment here Friday night.
The other semi-final will bring
together Baylor, champion of the
southwest conference, and Brig
ham Young, kingpin of the sky
line six.
Bradley's Braves, trying to
fight their way back to a re
match against the City col
lege team that beat them in the
sounded. The Nazarenes, un
defeated all season, captured the
"A" division crown.
St. Mark took the "B" divi
sion tille by beating Calvary
Baptist, 39-38 in an overtime ses
sion. Elwyn Walker, a substitute
tied the game at 38-all as he
collected his only basket of the
evening and a foul shot by Paul
Holmquist decided the issue in
the overtime.
Jason Lee led all of the way
to defeat St. Mark, 48 to 29 and
thus gain a spot in the playoff
against Calvary Baptist at Par
rish Wednesday night at 9
o'clock.
Nararrne (10)
Outlmer 10
Parnell U
Klasscn 10
Qwynn 3
DcLnpp 3
Subs: Nazarone-
(38) Pint Methodist
-F 4 Nelson
-F Stevens
-C 9 Boe
G 10 staulfer
0 7 Perlman
D. Klassen. Pfati. Lin.
ell. wolvcrton
Oolllor 2.
First Methodist Shaw 6.
St. Hark (30) (38) Calvary Baptist
Genteman F n Johnson
"ox F 12 Raymond
Zeuske 19 c 4 Isaac
Stewart 13 a 0 Orenz
Brown a 1 Ooveraon
Sllbs: St. Mark Holmquist 1. Cleveland
Walker 2; Calvary Baptist Mabton 2,
Burehutn, Whittesog, Slefarth 1.
St. Mark (30)
Weiss 6
Lanieland 18
Zlnk 3
HnRcn
(48) Jasnn I.ee
4 Rehtuss
2 dole
10 Burton
3 olive-
Holmquist
Ellis )n
Subs: St. Mart Amove; Jason Lee
Plnile 9, Carlson 17. Strayer.
a gala "kickoff rally." Mayor
Elfstrom, Governor McKay,
sports writers, radio announcers
and university of f i c i a 1 s will
share in a 30-minute program
during which details of the sta
dium construction and Willam
ette's athletic future will be out
lined.
Salem Breakfast clubbers
have been designated at "min
utemen" for distribution of
ticket reservations. Two priz
es are being offered by the
university for sales success.
Friday afternoon and Satur
day morning, a downtown ticket
booth will circulate reservation
appli cations to townspeople.
Out-of-town residents may put
a claim on a charter seat for
McCulloch stadium's first season
by writing the university busi
ness office.
Throughout the ticket cam
paign, a replica of the entire ath
letic layout in Bush park
drawn to scale by Artist Joe
Formick and 1949 team Captain
Howie Lorenz will indicate
sales progress by the addition
of a floodlight each time a ticket
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national invitation tourney,
first had to gain a berth in the
NCAA western regionals. City
is entered in the eastern start
ing Thursday.
Bradley earned that berth last
night, but only by a 59-57 score
in a playoff game against an
aroused University of Kansas
team.
Kansas, representing the Big
Seven, presented a sophomore
heavy squad that was trailing
by 31-28 at the half. But then
the Jayhawks came roaring back
to take a 45-38 lead after seven
minutes as six-foot, nine-inch
Clyde Lovelette began hitting
for baskets.
Bradley, still chagrined by
the City college upset and sur
prised by the sudden Kansas
spurt, could have folded up
then, but the Braves were too
game for that.
Six-foot, seven-inch Elmer
Behnke swished in nine points
to head a drive that tied the
score at 48-48. The two teams
battled on almost even terms and
Bradley went into the final two
minutes leading, 56-54.
Kansas got a chance when Bill
Houghland canned a free throw
to make it 56-55, but little Gene
Melchiorre of Bradley inter
cepted the pass in-bounds and
drew a foul. He sank it and Fred
Schlichtman added a field goal
that clinched the game.
Four-Bout Card
Slated by Marnier.
A four bout card will be dish
ed up for the edification of wres
tling fans at the armory Tuesday
night. The program will include
an "extra special" event between
Leo Wallick and Lee Grable and
a "special" event featuring Glen
Detton and Dale Kiser.
Billed in the main event are
Andy Truman and Jack O'Riley,
with nothing at stake except the
winner's share of the gate re
ceipts. The curtain raiser will bring
together Danno McDonald and
Karl Grey.
is purchased. It will be display
ed in the Howard Maple sport
ing good store window between
Breakfast club meetings.
Not since the big push of
1937 when Salem voters pass
ed a bill to build a $60,000
athletic arena, has so much
hope accompanied a football
effort. Merchants, restaurant
owners, hotel proprietors, ser
vice station operators and oth
er civic-minded individuals
can easily imagine the value
of a live-wire sports town.
Charles E. McCulloch and
others have given Salem and
Willamette a big lift. Appreci
ation of their gift can best be
expressed by a sell-out season.
Smelt in Lewis River
Woodland, Wash., March 21
(U.R) The smelt are running in
the Lewis river near here and
the effect of the run hit Port
land today when prices of the
silvery fish dropped from 25-cents-a-pound
to two pounds for
35 cents on the retail market.
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