, Seattle Hoop Stuf f er
Averages 18.5 Points
By JACK HEW1NS
Seattle, Dec. 21 OT In the
business of basket stuffing John
ny O'Brien of Seattle university
is making a bit better than his
quota.
The spring-legged little scor
ing phenom of the Chieftains,
averaging almost 18 point
per tussle, had crowned 203
points through the iron ring in
Seattle U's 11 victories through
Sunday.
- Whitworth of Spokane also
has 11 games under its belt and
a player in second place in the
northwest scoring scramble. He's
Ralph Poison, who had 184
counters after the 11 tussles.
Seattle has five and Whit
worth three men in the elite
group, with no other club able
Here's How Odds
Select Major Bowl
pinners This Year
New York, Dec, 21 VP! If the
odds-makers are right in their
early line on eight post-season
football games, all will be close
contests.
No favorite is rated better
than a seven-point choice and
three of the games are consider
ed either toss-ups or one-point-edge
affairs.
Oklahoma, top team of the
1950 college grid campaign, is a
614 point pick over Kentucky
in the Sugar Bowl at New Or
leans January 1. California,
Texas, Miami and Wyoming are
chosen in other bowl games.
The early line;
December 25 North-South
game at Miami pick 'era.
December 30 East 6'& over
West in the East-West game at
oan rrancisco. Uray 7 over
Blue In the Gray-Blue game at
Montgomery, Ala.
January 1 California 1 over
Michigan in the Rose Bowl.
. Oklahoma 6 over Kentucky
tn the Sugar Bowl.
'. Texas 7 over Tennessee in the
Cotton Bowl.
'. Miami 1 over Clemson in the
Orange Bowl.
'. Wyoming 7 over Washington
and Lee in the 'Gator Bowl.
Blue Ribbon Bill
At Garden Takes
Cage Spotlight
New York, Dec. 21 (U.R) A
-Hue-ribbon Madison Square
garden doubleheader, which ex
perts are likely to use as a yard
stick for measuring several of
the nation's top teams, highlights
a big college basketball program
around the nation tonight.
Each of the four teams in the
twin bill is ranked among the
top 20 in the nation by the Unit
ed Press board of coaches. In
the opener, 15th-ranked UCLA
meets Long Island university,
ranked seventh, and then Okla
homa, ranked 14th, meets City
College of New York rated sev
enth. '
LIU was favored by eight
points and CCNY by five. Just
two nights ago UCLA held Brad
ley, ranked second, to a 79-74
triumph. And Oklahoma lost
53-50 decision to unranked Holy
Cross in its last appearance, the
Crusaders rebounding from a
two-point loss to St. John's. All
these past performances will be
used to weigh the results of to
night's battles.
SPORTS CALENDAR
THURSDAY, DEC. 11 ,
Church League
Class A, Parrish gym: 7 p.m
Emmanuel Mennonite vs. First
ISUB; 8 p.m., Kingwood Bible
Ms. Free Methodist; 9 p m., First
Christian vs. First Methodist.
Class C: girls gym 7 p.m.,
First Presbyterian vs. St. Mark I;
8 p.m., First Methodist vs. First
Christian, boys gym; 7 p.m., St
Paul Episcopal vs. Calvary Bap
tist. North Marion vs. Boys Train
ing School, at Woodburn.
Silverton at Central, 8 p.m.
FRIDAY, DEC. 2
Marion County B league:
Chemawa at Mill City; St. Paul
at Detroit; Sublimity at Gervals.
Jefferson high, Portland, vs.
Salem at Salem, 8 p.m.
Sacred Heart , at Columbia
Prep, Portland,
Salem Academy vs. Alumni,
home floor.
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to place more than one. Not one
of the major colleges had a man
with more than 100 counters at
the start of this week.
Dick Eicher of Eastern Wash
ington and Warren Brown of
Portland, who finished fourth
and seventh, respectively, in
the 1949-50 tally race, are the
only members of last season's
top ten to make the first list
of the current season. Brown
rates eight hand Eicher ninth.
The leaders:
o pa FT PF TP
John O'Brien, Seattle,, U 78 4? 22 2aS
R. Poison. Whitworth, .11 74 36 IS 1st
Bill Histlin, Seattle. ...II 82 34 38 158
oene Lundsaard, PLC, . is 51 32 H3
Lea Wittles. Seattle. .,11 58 1? 36 128
Stan Peterson. Weat'n. 8 S7 13 ,. 127
B. Freeman, Whitw'th.li 44 31 14 118
Warren Brown, Port., 9 51 IS la 117
Elmer Speidel, Seattle. 11 51 15 18 117
Ed O'Brien, Seattle,,, 9 39 34 23 112
Dlelt Eicher, E.W.C.... 1 42 2 24 110
Lloyd Neville, Col. Ida. 8 116
J, Doherty, Whitw'th.li 38 33 14 199
kiU
By FRED ZIMMERMAN, Capital Journal Sports Editor
Players Musi Work
One should not be too severe with Bearcat cagers of Willam
ette university for an occasional poor exhibition of the sport,
for many of them are compelled
at least a portion of the expense involved in remaining on the
campus, getting sufficient food and a' place to sleep. Two or
three of them have been working extra at the local post office
which means a lot of lee work delivering Christmas parcels. An
other has regular assignments with the maintenance staff of the
the Salem public schools while various jobs keep most of the
balance of the squad busy. Lou Scrivens, extra mall carrier,
plans to get married during the holiday season and will not make
the trip south. The young chap who has to work his way through
school quite often has the best success in the business world. At
least he understands a lot of problems that the fellow with well
lined pockets never encounters.
Northwest Quints Falling Behind
Members of the Northwest conference did right well by
themselves in competing on the gridiron with clubs that are
outside the circuit this fall. They have not been so fortunate
on the basketball court, records show. The first three weeks
of pre-conference competition brought 14 wins as against
22 defeats as of Dec. 15. With 34 games scheduled between
Dec. 22 and January 5, the Northwesterners will have plenty
of opportunity to better their standings. Pacific has broken
even in four games, Linfield lost four out of nine, Lewis &
Clark four out of seven; College of Idaho four out of seven;
Whitman three out of four and Willamette four out of five.
Commercialism in Bowling
Len H. Honey, proprietor of the Stockton Cal) Bowl, voices
a few complaints against bowling tactics in a recent, issue of
"300," Western Bowlers magazine. "Bowling has ceased to be a
pastime indulged in for the pleasure to be derived from the sport
but is looked upon as a money-making deal and an opportunity
to gamble by a certain number of bowlers," Honey charges. He
refers not only to "tournaments where phony averages and all
manner of chicanery are resorted to In order to 'get in the money,'
but also to league play where the principal vice seems to be
the payment of bonuses or penalties on splits, doubles and
"turkeys."
Face the Facts '
Let's face It," continues Honey, "The cost of living Is high
and luxuries, including recreation, must be limited accord
ingly. Let's not embarrass the good fellow who loves to bowl
but simply does not have the money to be extravagant about
It." He points out that those who must have a bowling outlet
for their gambling instincts can arrange private matches and
thus not embarrass the fellow who likes to bowl, but either
dislikes gambling or can't affort It."
Old Time Basketball
The current issue of Saga magazine carries an Illuminating
article by Coach Nat Holman of City College of New York con
cerning the days when he was playing with the Celtics, rated the
best quint in court history. Fans who like their basketball on
the rough side apparently were born "SO years too soon, judging
by Holman's description of yesteryear. The two-man contact
rule so jeopardized the players that most of them wore regular
hip pads to the ribs like football players, Holman recalls. Elbow
pads were common. "The idea
"was to hit a man around the
Speedy men always received this
solved this problem. Insofar as
by providing him with specially
would hold a light piece of molded metal. "After a few tough
guys almost broke their hands on my thighs, they desisted from
this form of punishment." In the eight years from 1921 to 928,
when Holman was a member of the squad, the Celtics won 720
out of 795 games.
Vest Pocket Treatise
Washington State has come out with the smallest bosk yet
concerning basketball prospects at the Cougar Institution, The
well-edited pamphlet, approximately two and a half by four
inches in size, is printed on slick paper and carries fine
screen pictures of the players. Jack Friel, with a record of 28
years of basketball coaching, 23 at Washington State, remarks
"In all my 23 years of collegiate coaching I have never come
across a season where teams looked so unpredictable, I'd
never go out on a limb to pick any club this year. They all
look good to me."
4" Wf THROUGH J
I , I J THE YEARS! e
FAMOUS SINCE 1894
ILiNDCO WHISKY 8S.t HOOF 0
Sanford Re-Elected
President of Salem
Izaak Walton Club
The Salem chapter of the
Izaak Walton league re-elected
Rex Sanford president during
the organization's annual meet
ing Wednesday night. E.ynne
Darmelie was elected vice pres
ident and Lloyd Reinholdt was
re-elected secretary-treasurer.
Willard Taylor, Paul Nichol
son and Archie Shaw were nam
ed to two year terms as directors
and Ray Bairey was selected for
one year.
.A meeting has been called for
next Wednesday night when leg
islation will be discussed.
Yale Blue officially came into
being before the first Yale-Harvard
boat race. The managers
sought colored ribbons so the
spectators could identify the
crews, and the dry goods store
had only red and blue,
cratcheJ
to work in order to take care of
then" records the former Celtic,
thighs so that he could not run,
special attention." The Celtics
Holman was concerned, at least,
made basketball panto which
SUM HfUTXAl Vmt COWNWTM
LOCAL UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATED PRESS
Too Much Money Bans
Golfer from Memorial
By OSCAR FRALEY
(United Press Sports Writer)
New York, Dec 21 MJ9
The Amateur Athletic Union
was conducting its annual poll
today for the Sullivan Me
morial award and due to a
limping list which ignored
golfer Frank Stranahan the
trophy henceforth probably
be known as the Gilbert and
Sullivan award.
The list, which includes a
walker or heel-and-toe tramp
er, certainly approaches comic
opera when It leaves off the
British amateur champion and
U.S. runnerop because he "has
too much money,"
That was the charge made
by an Ohio AAU delegate
when the AAU award com
mittee refused Stranahan's
nomination. It also was
charged that the committee
was trying to "put over" mller
Fred Wilt because track and
field Is one of the AAB's
"pets,"
Stranahan certainty deserv
ed consideration. In 1950 he
won the British amateur for
the second time and was run
nerup in the U, S. amateur;
won the all-Ameriean cham
pionship for the third time,
along with the Dixie amateur,
and was low amateur in the
Masters, St. Paul Open, Kan
sas City Open and North
South Open,
If as the Ohio AAU dele
gation asserted, Stranahan was
barreti because he "has too
Basketball Scores
By the Associated Press?
COLLEGE EESBLTS
Wsshlnstton , plttrtnrah 35,
liilissis 11, Wsshhsston mate 48.
Eastern Oregon 18, Soathem Idaho n.
Lewis & ciarit S3. Southern Oregon 81,
Qoazaga 11, ColsradQ A & M 51,
Puset Soand 55, Whitman 34.
College oi Pacific Si, Pacific Univ. 48,
Montana 58, Eastern Washington S5.
Weber (Utah) J, C, S4, YaSUma Valley
J. C. 5S.
Olympic Bremerton! J. c, 53, Loi
Angeles CO 51,
Cohsmbia 82, Tnlane 55.
northwestern 10, RSee 81,
Vllianova 55, North Carolina Stat 81.
Syracuse 83, Temple 88,
Navy 53, Rutgers 45.
Army 88, Ithaca 57,
Calilornla 88, Taylor 4s.
West Virginia 95, Oeorge Washingtcn 88,
Brigham Young 78, Indiana State 53.
Irfralivtlie TO, Wm, & Mar? 41.
East Kentucky 85, Korth Caroline, S3,
Pursue 13, Penn 64,
Arkansas 45, Mississippi 35,
Idaho State Ccliega 88, Colorado- Mines
Vf, ,
Arizona 83, Texas Western 52.
Western Montana 11, Ricks 85,
'Spy' Scare Follows First
Chalk Talk for East Team
San Francisco, Dec. tl M9
The East squad of the Shrine
East-West football classic here
Bee, 30 sat down to its first
chalk talk yesterday and im
mediately came up with a spy
scare.
Coach Tuss MeLaughry of
Dartmouth was passing out
mimeographed booklets of
plays the East wiil use in the
charity game when he discov
ered there weren't enough to
go around,
"But I had 50 of these
printed in Chicago," Me
Laughry rasped,
' Co-Mentors Bernie Bicrman,
ex -Minnesota, and Bob
V o i g n t s, Northwestern and
the players ransacked the ho
tel banquet room headquar
ters. The missing booklets
were not found.
Someone suggested a West
"spy," Vigilantes immediately
volunteered to hunt down the
culprit.
All was confusion until late
afternoon. Then as the squad,
ClSISilNO COdfOSAtlON FHKA, FA.
Salem, Oregon, Thursday, December 21, 19;
much money," the Sullivan
award is a disgrace. Frankie
has no money problems, being
the heir to a Toledo spark plug
fortune, but the Sullivan
sward supposedly Is for "abili
ty and sportsmanship," Stran
ahan has both in large quan
tities and since when has It
been bad is have a well-stuffed
wallet?
Ignoring the hottest amateur
In golf today, the AAD made
these nominations:
Adeiph Wehraeker, Michi
gan State college walker; Wilt,
the New York A.C, mtier; Joe
Verdeur, Philadelphia breast
stroke star; Charles Peters,
Indiana University, sprinter;
Doris Hart, Miami tennis star;
William Dudley HI, Tulane
swimmer; and Bichard Attle
sey, Southern California hur
dler. Of these candidates, Miss
Hart gets the nod in this cor
ner, A winner over infantile
paralysis, she also won the
U, S. Clay court, Eastern Grass
Court and French champion
ships this year. She also was
a runnerup for the United
States, Australian and South
African titles in addition to
being a semi-finalist at Wim
bledon. Hack Signed to
Play with Solons
John Hack, who played third
base in 71 games for the Victoria
Athletics during the 1850 sea
son and who turned in a de
fensive mark of .907, has been
signed for competition with the
Salem Senators, He was pur
chased outright at an unan
nounced price.
Hack fashioned a catting av
erage of .286 while with Vic
toria, driving in 35 runs. He hit
18 doubles.
Dewey Soriano who is engag
ed tn securing talent for the Sa
lem club is now negotiating for
Lou Novikoff, outfielder who
played with Yakima and Vic
toria last season, Novikoff play
ed Coast league baseball for a
number of years, was moved up
to the majors where he failed to
produce consistently,
Michigan State will play host
to the national collegiate boxing
championships next April S, 8
and 1,
still muttering threats, prepar
ed to go to Golden Gate park
for conditioning workouts, in
walked Coach MeLaughry,
The missing play diagrams
were under his arm,
"Found 'em in the bottom of
my trunk," was his sheepish
explanation,
Beth East and West teams
go into intensive training to
morrow. The West, under Coaches
Marchie Schwartz, Stanford;
Howie Odeil, Washington, and
Jesse Neely, Bice, goes to the
Stanford campus at Palo Aito
for nine days of hard work,
The East will practice at
the Santa Clara campus.
Ken
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Boxer Critical After KO
In New York Fight Arena
By JACK CUDDY
malted Press Bsssrta WrHert
New York, Dee, 21 . Al
fred (Sonny Boy) West, a knock-
ed-oot Negro boxer of Washing
ton, B, C, was in "very, very
critical" condition today as he
fought for his life at St, Clare's
hospital after an operation to re
lievo a Mood elot on the brain.
West, 21-year-old lightweight.
suffered a violent bratn concus
sion, a brain hemorrhage and a
clot when knocked out in the
seventh round by brown-skinned
Percy Bassett of Philadelphia at
St, Nicholas arena last night.
Dr. Vincent Nardieilo, a
New York boxing commission
staff physician, said West's
condition improved "a Httle
following the 254-hour opera
tion hut said "we must wait
2 hours until ke know what
his chances are," ;
West was still tmeonseteus
when the operation was complet
ed at S s,m. but Nardlello said
the hemorrhaging had stopped
and there was no sign of paral
ysis. The trepanning operation
was performed by Br, James T.
Daniels, a brain specialist, Nar
dlello,' and Dr. Nicholas Devito.
West's head struck the ring
floor solidly after a straight
right to the chin had smashed
htm backwards to the canvas.
Referee Harry Ebbeits count
ed htm out at 29 seconds of the
seventh round. West had not
regained consciousness when
the operation was performed
early today.
West, a sleek, stream-lined
youngster who had gone into the
rune favored at 8-5, won the
first round and broke even in
the second. After that he was
staggered at least onee in every
session, although his youth and
recuperative powers enabled htm
to fight back gamely and re
assuringly.
F8AZ1E8 DISTILLERY
tucky $
Washington Races Pitt
Panthers to 74-55 Win
If any members of the tfin
versity of Washington basket
ball team were recruited for
the track squad today a quintet
of eager from the Pittsburgh
Panthers would he able to un
derstand why.
The Huskies raced Pitt into
submission last night for the
second time within two days and
sped to their sixth victory, 14
to 55.
Washington used its. typical
fast break against Panther de
fenses and shot into a 28 to
IS half time lead. The winners
forced Pitt out of its zone de
fense in the second period when
Husky shots plopped through
me basket from outside the cir
cle,
Forward Frank Guinness
sank It points for Washington,
Pittsburgh's Boh Yerko had It,
a!! hut two of them coming
Shoemaker Rides
2 More Winners
New Orleans, Dee, 21
Willie Shoemaker rode home
two winners at the New Orleans
Fairgrounds track yesterday to
boast his total number of first
places this year to 360,
Shoemaker's two wins left
him 28 short of the 388 ridden
home by Walter Miller in IS06.
It stilt left him 10 behind the
370 ridden this year by the in
jured Joe Culraone, who has
been off the tracks since Satur
day, At the end of the f tfttt round,
he complained that his left eye
pained him. He thought he had
been thumbed. Dr. Nardieifo
climbed into the ring and ex
amined the eye. He permitted
the fight to continue. Even at
the time of the knockout West
did; not seem in serious trouble.
Poitee Lieut, Henry Devlin
ordered Bassett and Manager
Mike Sokoioff to remain ia
New York "awaiting develop
ments," Padres Get Two
East Pitchers
San Diego, Calif., Dee. 2t (i
San Biego'a Pacific coast
: league baseball club announced
today it was getting two pitch
ers, Sam Jones and Jose Santi
ago, from Wiikes-Bsrre of the
Eastern league.
They are being assigned to
San Diego for 1851 by the Cleve
land Indians, which has work
tog agreements with both teams.
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In the second hsif.
At Berkeley, Calif., the Uni
versity of California Bears
trounced the Baylor Bears, 88 to
40,
Cat controlled the backboard
and hit ST out of W shots, while
its shifting man-to-mait defense
held the Texans to five field
goals in the first halt Cal led
at the intermission, 41 to IS,
The Gonzaga university Bull
dogs broke a six-game losing
streak at Spokane, Wash., and
whipped a ttrea Colorado A&Rt
five, 1 to 57. Gonzaga center
Harold Van Hiper poured in IS
points to nab Wgh-seorinf hon
ors. Aggie forward Glendon An
derson made 1? and Butidog for
ward Nick Puhieh hit for IS
points.
Colorado led until the last IS
minutes.
At Missoala, Mont., the Mon
tana Grizzlies held off a last mitt-
ate rally to nip Eastern Wash
ington, SB to 55,
The Grizzlies had an easy
iime in the first halt and most
at the second,
At Los Angeles, Csl Poly of
San I,uis Obispo defeated Santa
Barbara college, 50 to 40, In the
semi-finals of the Cal State cage
tourney. In the other aiampion-
ship playoff, Los Angeles Stats
downed Sacramento State, 82 to
51.
Barnstorming C h 1 e o State
belted WhiiUer, 53 to 49, at
Whittier, Calif, and .College of
Fugef Sound won from Whitman,
college, B5 to 34, in a game play
ed at Taeoma, Wash,
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