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Poll Results Agree:
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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.
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Dec. 2. Michigan State s sched
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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we.
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