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1 Poll Results Agree: aides UP's Poll of Coaches: By LEO B. PETERSEN (United Prase sports Editor) New York, Nov. 21 OI.R) Ok lahoma finally reached the top of the lilt today in a wide-open race for the national collegiate football champiomhip. One of the nation's six unde feated and untied teami, the Sooneri of Coach Bud Wilkinson were named the nation's No. 1 team in the United Press ratings, compiled from the selections of 39 of the nation's outstanding coaches. Oklahoma received 16 first place votes, but crowding the Sooners of the top spot were three other perfect record teams, Army, Kentucky and California, On the basis of 10 points for a first place vote, nine for a sec ond and so on down to one for 10th, Oklahoma received a total of 310 points, being named on 34 of the 33 ballots. Army rated second with nine first place votes and 289 points', Kentucky third with three and 270 and California fourth with three and 251. Texas, Illinois, Princeton, Ten nessee, Ohio State and Michigan State rounded out the top 10 in that order. The same teams formed the top 10 last week, but there was a lot of cVtnglng of positions as a total of eight teams received first place votes. That was In dicative of how close the race for national honors has become, for the highest number of teams which received votes in any of the previous weekly ratings was five. It marked the first time that Oklahoma has been in the No. 1 spot. The Sooners always have been well up in the list, having been second last week and third the week before. In this week's ratings, Ken tucky, Texas, Illinois and Ten nessee improved their positions over last week, in addition to Oklahoma. The United Press football rat ings (first place votes in paren thesis): Team Points 1 Oklahoma (16) 310 2 Army (9) t 289 3 Kentucky (3) 270 4 California (3) 251 5 Texas 189 6 Illinois 184 7 Princeton 129 8 Tennessee 95 9 Ohio State (1) 82 10 Michigan State (1) . . . 46 By FRED ZIMMERMAN, Capital Journal Sports Editor Bring In New Talent With all of the yowling that few football seasons at Salem high, it is hoped that the school administration will see fit to bring in brand new blood. An in dividual who has never been affiliated with the Viking Institution and has a name that charms the public is to be preferred. Then if he can produce a winner everybody will be happy, John Q. Public, the school authorities and the pupils at Salem high. If he can't turn out a winner then a bit of soul searching on the part of those in charge must be in order to arrive at a reasonable cause of failure. ' Hard To Arouse The Salem citizenry, as a rule, have never gotten up too much of a head of steam over its sports, unless it was during the days of 10 cent Softball. Most of them calmly go their way championships or no titles. It's not that way in some other portions of the state we could name where winning or los ing a football or basketball game appears to be a life or death mattter. The townsfolk get their blood pressures np to the popping off point. This attitude is reflected In the student bodies and the players cannot but help absorb some of the enthusiasm. However, on occasion this situation does not re sult in a championship, which indicates that no coach can win without he had the material. , More Vins Than Losses While the Vikings have never won a state championship (that Viy part of the program being a fairly recent addition to the athletic 1hfrogram) they did go through two seasons without a defeat in irregular competition. That was in 1933 and 1934 under Hollii ' Huntinfftnn. In '33 Salem won eisht atralsht and was selected to represent the up-state in a Shrine sponsored contest with Wash ington of Portland. The Viks dropped that one 14 to 0, but came back the next season to win seven and gain one tie. The latter was with Everett high of Washington. The schedules were no soft touches in those days either most of the tough teams were in volved Albany, Astoria, Eugene, The Dalles, McMlnnville, Cor vallis and Chemawa. Then the Indian school produced a hardy outfit but subsequently had to go into a lower classification be cause the big Indians no longer came to the campus. Our records show Salem has won 85, lost A3 and played 17 tie games since 1930. There have been good seasons and poor ones, a situation that obtains at most schools. Two of those already mentioned were in 2). Then there was 1942 when without a single victory to brace Coaching Not the Sole Problem Coaching is rltal to auch complicated game as football but no coach can be successful unless he has the cooperation of his material. As we have aald on occasion, there are too many young men who feel it the thing to do to turn out for football even though they have no hankedlng for the physical contact that the sport involves. The kid who reslly likes It will frequently play rings around the fellow with the fine physique who la afraid he will get his panta dirty or stop an elbow with his Jaw. Diving Into a big lug of a ball carrier who has nsed It yards In getting under way to no Job for a timid soul. Bnt that's a part of the fame and unless a player to willing to collide with the opposition ho had better turn to some less violent athletic endeavor. No. 10 Pin Real Villain The American Bowling Congress, which awards medals to those Individuals who achieve the high 300 mark as well as to the bowlers who fall by one and two pins of knocking 'em all down. took time to find out which pin 459 persons who bit the 299 mark, 122 reported that the No. 10 pin had been the stubborn one. 89 times and the number six, the bowler a total of 43 times. and No. 8, 12 tunes. Lead College Sridmesi Second 10 Pennsylvania (1) 25: Clemson, 21; Southern Meth odist, 20; Washington, 19; Wyom ing (1), 17; Miami, 4; Nebraska and Stanford, 3 each; Maryland and Vanderbilt, 2 each. Others Cornell, 1. Statistics Show T Teams Collect More Touchdowns New York, Nov. 21 W If you don't care for figures except that walk around in high heels, go no further. This Is a brief statistical report on college football point produc tion during three periods the '30s when the single wing was dominant, the mld-'30s when the "T" formation mushroomed and the present era when coaches are mixing a bit of both. Diagnosis and findings: "T teams outscored the single wing boys almost 2 to 1 but the trend back to the old formation today has failed to bring on a reduction of touchdowns: A check on the top ten teams in the Associated Press poll in 1936 before the "T" became pop ular showed those teams averag ing a little better than 17 points a game. In 1945, when there was a widespread shift to the tricky "T , the ten top elevens aver aged almost 30 points a game. The top ten chosen Nov. 14, last, showed the mixed "T" and sin gle wing specialists going at a little better than 30-polnt-a game clip. District Plan For Baseball Setting up four districts with in the city and four outside was decided upon Monday night dur ing a reorganization meeting of the Salem Junior baseball lea gue. Fritz Kramer, president, was in charge of the conference, Ben Claggett was named sec retary of the league and chair man of the committee on dis tricts. The committee on rules and constitution will be headed by Vince Genna; Don Hendrie was named chairman of the com mittee on sponsors and Jim Me- lone will handle publicity. The next meeting will be held January 8 when the various committees will report. has been heard during the past the better years in addition to 1937 (8 and 1) and 1938 (8 and the Vikings dropped nine straight their morale. stood on the final ball. Of the The 7-pln stopped a perfect game 69 times. The No. 4-pin cheated No. 8, 19 times, No. 0, 15 times AP's Poll of Newsmen: By JOHN CHANDLER (Associated press aporle wtlur) New York. Nov. 21 WV-The University of Oklahoma, knock, lng on the front door In the weekly Associated Press football poll all season, finally got Into the living room today as the na tion's No. 1 team. Now the question is: Can the rampaging Sooners of Coach Bud Wilkinson retain that lofty perch until the end of this unpredicta ble season, and become the first member of the Big Seven confer ence to cop this mythical foot ball crown? Oklahoma was vot ed the No. 2 team last year when Notre. Dame ended the, season as the No. 1 club. unlike recent years, when a mighty Notre Dame, Michigan or Army team led the poll week aft er week through the long fall, Oklahoma is the fifth outfit to hold the No. 1 spot this season. Oklahoma, which blasted Mis souri last week 41-7, to run Its unbeaten string to 29 straight, re placed Ohio State. The Buck eyes, who lost to Illinois, fell from first to eighth place. In seven previous polls this fall, Oklahoma was voted third four times as the nation's sports- writers and sportscasters put the finger on other teams. The Soon ers were rated No. 2 twice, and No. 5 in the first poll Oct. 2. Wilkinson was almost speech less when advised his team had been voted No. 1 with a total of 2,964 points. This was 528 bet ter than Army, Oklahoma, voted No. 1 with 2,964 points, polled 17 first place votes, compared with 36 for Army, and 35 for Kentueicy, which moved into third for the first time this year. Army, win ner over Stanford in the rain and mud, 7-0, received 2,438 points and Kentucky, which walloped helpless North Dakota, 83-Q, got 2,346. Kentucky was fifth a week ago. California, with 20 first place votes, held its fourth place rat ing for the second week in a row with 2,188 points. The Golden Bears also overcame San Fran cisco In the mud, 13-7. Texas moved from sixth to fifth, as the Longhorns trimmed Texas Christian. 21-7, while Illi nois, eighth a week ago, advanc ed to sixth by defeating Ohio State ,14-7. The Texas victory assured a Cotton Bowl berth as well as the Southwest conference title. Princeton hung on to seventh place, lashing Yale. 47-12. In ninth and tenth places are Ten nessee and Michigan State, which held the same ranking last week. Army rests now until the Navy game. Dec. 2. Ketucky gets the acid test against Tennessee, Cali fornia tackles Stanford, Illinois plays Northwestern, Princeton plays Dartmouth, Ohio State Hunters Leave Elk Area Thankful to Escape Barrage Astoria, Nov. 21 WV-War-like gunfire opened a special elk hunting season in Clatsop coun ty farm areas yesterday. It was quieter today. State police said last night many hunters left thankful they were alive. The barrage at the crack of dawn on the first day prompt ed many rural residents to com plain that the herds would be exterminated. Some said the governor should halt what they called a slaughter of elk of both sexes. But State Police Sgt. Gerald P. Cochran said late yesterday "things are not out of hand." He believed the first day's shooting would scatter the herds and more gunners would leave when the hunt became difficult. The regular season bull elk only closed Sunday and the game commission had extended the period for both sexes in Clatsop county areas on or within one mile of cultivated farmlands. This was to reduce the elk population that farmers had blamed for excessive crop damage. The extended season ends December 31. Estimates of the number of hunters were as high as 500 and one state officer said perhaps 125 maybe more elk were slain the opening day. 43 NEW 'low ahead" FEATURES' CUMING- n IN TUB 'SI FORD I- f . meets Mlchigon. These games are Saturday. Texas plays Texas A. Ae m. nov. so. and L.s.u. Dec. 8, Tennessee has another game aft er Kentucky, meeting Vanderbilt Dec. 2. Michigan State s sched ule is complete. On Target Smith college LOCAL UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATED PRESS NEWS AND FEATURES Mass. Left to right: Susan Darrah, East Orange, N. J.; May Collacott, Mentor, Pat Kelley, Mt. Vernon, Ind. Cardinals Place Five Grid Players on tA-P All-Stars Sacred Heart high's Cardinals placed five men on the Marton Palk league football all star squad by five members of the circuit during a conference held Monday night. At the same time they approved plans for a basketball jamboree to be held at the new Cascade school Jan uary 5, selected May 4 as the time for the annual track meet and adopted a baseball schedule. Marion County B Cagers to Open Season Dec. 8th The Marlon County "B" Bas ketball league will open a sea son of nine rounds of competi tion December 8, closing January 19. Nine teams are Involved, which means that one quint each week will draw a bye. The schedule has been so ar ranged that long trips are to be made Friday nights and short ones Tuesday. Teams Involved are St. Paul, Sublimity, Gervais, Detroit, Mill City, Oregon School for Deaf, Gates, Chemawa and Jefferson. The December 8 schedule: Sublimity at St. Paul, Detroit at Gervais, O. S. D. at Mill City, Chemawa at Gates, Jefferson bye. Allen J. Hayek is league sec retary. Eddie Erdelatz Navy's new head football coach, scouted a game for Earl Blaik of Army when the latter was coach at Dartmouth. i Thai phone number is , 3-3131 FOR THE BEST Hauling Storage Fuel PS1W VAN IINIS CO, LARMER TRANSFER nJ STORAGE 89 No. Liberty "OCR REPUTATION IS TOUR SECURITY" LaMotta Inks for Title Bout With Sugar Robinson Chicago, Nov. 21 OI.R) Con tracts have been signed by Mid dleweight Champion Jake La Motta and Welterweight Cham pion Ray "Sugar" Robinson for their middleweight title fight in the Chicago stadium Feb. 14, the International Boxing club an nounced today. James Norris, president of the IBC, said La Motta would re ceive 45 per cent of the net gate and Robinson 15 per cent. Salem, Oregon, Tuesday, November 21, 1950 archers pose in Northampton, O.; Peggy Bond, Wilmette, 111.; In addition to Cardinals, four players from Cascade were nam ed to the mythical grid team, three from Stayton and one from Salem Academy. The selections included: Sacret Heart: Paul Riley, guard; Bob Cowan, center; Vir gil Weber, halfback: Terry Coo- ney, fullback; Jim Weimals, half back. Cascade: Harry Pease, end: Olin Wallace, tackle; Orvil Speer, quarterback; Larry Brown, guard. Stayton: Dale Kirsch, half back; Tony Sample, end; Dar win Fehlen, end. Salem Academy: David Knaupp. Second team selections: Ends: Jim Dempewolf. Sacred Heart: Dick Cox, Stayton; tack les: Al Luke and Ed Browne, Sacred Heart; guards, John Hoy, Cacred Heart, Harvey Wall, Sa lem Academy; center, Nodman, stayton and Doerksen, Salem Academy; halfbacks, Shaffer, Cascade, Smith, Salem Acad emy; fullback, Shelton, Stayton. yf $335 f f You're durn footin' L it's fop quality... 1 fry CORBY'S J Now one of the country's leading brands, Corby's was made famous by millions who wanted good whiskey at a sensible price. . f?CORBY'S A grand old, name sine. 1859 vtmtNnFn whi.kfy- poor-4 grain neutral spirits. sXPLt"ULU "nl;''c' JAS. BARCLAY CO. LIMITED, PEORIA. IlLfr Build-up Game Started by Coaches By HAL WOOD (United Press Sporu Wilttr) San Francisco, Nov. 21 UJ9 The big build up for the "big game" got under way In earnest today with Coach Lynn (Pappy) Waldorf of California's undefeat ed, untied Bears proclaiming Saturday's Cal-Stanford game a toss-up. Although Stanford has been Page 11 Brown Bomber in Top Condition For Brion Battle Chicago, Nov. 21 W) Joe Louis has been pronounced "In excellent condition" for the start of his comeback in a 10-round bout with Cesar Brion at Chi cago stadium on Nov. 29. Louis and Brion both passed physical tests yesterday before the Illinois athletic commission. Dr. John Houston, commis sion physician, said Louis' blood pressure and pulse reactions were good. "Joe's in excellent condi Unbeaten, Untied Ranks Cut to 24 Grid Squads By CARL LINDQUIST (United Prexs Sporu Writer I New York, Nov. 21 U.R Hang ing around like kids before the ice cream is served were 24 un beaten and untied football teams today after just two outfits drop ped from the ranks during a formful week-end. For 14 of the teams on the list, the perfect records are complete because they have finished their seasons unless they are called on for bowl games. Kentucky with 10 straight vic tories this year, California with nine, and Army, Oklahoma, Princeton, and Wyoming with eight apiece were the only major elevens still unbeaten and un tied. The two teams which dropped out were Xavier of Ohio and Florida A. & M. Xavier lost a 33 to 20 neighborhood fracas while I Florida A. M. had to settle for a 0 to 0 tie against Southern University. Four of the unbeaten teams were from Wisconsin, Three from Pennsylvania and two each from California, Indiana, West Virginia and New York. There were nine perfect record teams in the east, six In the midwest, three in the south, three in the far west, two In the southwest and one in the rockies. The top offensive record among the teams on the lists be longed to little Maryland State, which had run up 327 points in six games. Princeton had the best mark among the bigwigs with an average of 40.7 points per game and a total of 326. The list of teams by victories and points: Ttn Victories Kentucky ....3S0 15 Nine Victories California 211 IB 219 for Indian-Bear beaten three times and tied once, Waldorf said: Anything can happen in this game, and usually does. It s a 50-50 battle and the breaks will decide it." The usually-pessimistic Bear coach did pretty good, at that, in admitting his team has a 50- 50 chance. Most times he thinks his club should be the under dog. (They'll probably be about 13-point favorites in this one.) . "Our scouts are mightily Im pressed with Stanford's recent development," said Waldorf. 'They have a good passing at tack; there la no better re ceiver in the country than End BUI McColl; and the scouts say that the Indian attack Is setting better all the time." The game means just about everything to California and nothing to the Indians except the pleasure of knocking off the champions. If the Bears win it will: 1) Give them their third perfect regular-season in a row 2) Make possible their third Syracuse university's basket ball team, now tutored by new coach, Mac Guley, will play in the Sugar Bowl tourney, Decern ber 29 and 30. tion," he reported. Louis, readying for his first fight since losing to Eizard Charles, said he was fairly sure he would be lighter than the 218 pounds he toted in the title bout at New York last September. X lehlth (Pa.) ,..333 ,..300 ,..244 ,..304 ...129 Morrle Harvey (W. Va.l ... La Oroau (Wis.) Teachers AbUene Christian (Tex.) X Valparaiso (Ind.) Slihl Vlawriea Army 235 Oklahoma 334 Princeton 338 Wyoming .....300 Franklin and llerahall (Pa.) ,...1B3 X Lewla and Clark (Ore.) 3A X at. Laurence IN. .) 333 X at. Norberu iwia) 183 X Canterbury (Ind.) 171 New Hampshire 336 X Weal Liberty State IW. Va.) .314 Screw Victories Thlel (Pa.) 1M -Whitewater (Wla.) 11 Loyola (Calif.) 330 X Florida State 134 811 Vie terlea X Ittailon House (Wis.) 1 Maryland State 321 X Finished season. IN j-v Fa t - ' i a OREGON'S EXTRA PALE BBER Skat" Snwkaj Ciaaisj, leeaa, Snwa IMt of Im M wwM Smt Srianl OffarheCea, straight trip to the Rose Bowl; 3) Extend their regular-season string to 34; and their this year's record to 10-0-0. If they lose, most of the marks will fall by the wayside possibly including the Rose Bowl invitation. Because If Washing ton wins its game there will be a great hue and cry to send the Huskies to Pasadena, because Washington will have won one more game In the PCC than have the Bears. However, Stanford let out big yowls of fear about what the big bad Bears might do to them. "California has a super foot ball team," Coach Marchle Schwartz says, adding that his scout, Assistant Coach Dutch Fehrlng, had told him that California has "the best team he ever saw." To get back to the California side of it, Waldorf retorts that his scouts told him this: In Russ Pomeroy, Stanford has the best line-backer on the coast. And in Bill McColl, they have the second-best linebacker on the coast." Of course, most competent authorities believe that Califor nia, in Les Rlchter, has the west's finest line-backer. Let's see now. Where were we. Go direct thro BEND & BOISE wftk IHf f RIENOLY BUI LINI PE0PIE THE KNOW ALWAYS CALL 03333?
