Vita ASSOCIATED PRESS Salem, Oregon, Friday, MIGHT TRY ASKING THE FISH Just i short half-hour after this column is written, the game commish meets in Portland to set the final angling regulations for the year 1954. We feel certain that a great many individuals and representatives of different groups will be at the hearing to protest the proposed late opening of coast streams. Consensus of opinion seems to favor a coast opening two weeks earlier than the proposed May 1 opening. We think there is a better than even chance the commission will accede to the demands of the angles. If not, you can bet the criticism heaped on the commission will be hot and heavy. Oh, the joys of being a public servant! THEY DIDN'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO THE DUCKS Wednesday evening, Chet Keebe of the Game Commission, and Major Tobin, IWLA representative to Ducks Unlimited, took part in a discussion of the late lamented duck season. Being honest men, neither could give a pat answer for the lousy western Oregon ouck season. They did say, however, that weather was probably the big gest factor. They pointed out that the weather was mild, and during warm weather, ducks eat much less than during cold weather. An abundance of food was available all along the way south, and most likely the birds just kept on going, with very few stop-overs in the Willamette valley. There has been no evidence yet to indicate that the migration of birds was any smaller than the year before. GUNNERS TURNED LOOSE IN CALIFORNIA A surprise to many was the fact that in California's Imperial Valley an extended wide-open season has been granted that will last into March. Acceding to the demands of bard-pressed lettuce growers, whose crops were being damaged, the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service is allowing hunters in that country to shoot day and night, and kill all the birds they can. Lots of gunners will wonder why, if this was necessary, a larger limit and an extended season might not have been granted to Washington and Oregon, so that some of these ducks could have been cropped before they reached California. Says Major Tobin, "I can show you a great many Oregon farmers whose crops were hurt by the ducks and some of those farmers are pressing damage claims against the Game Commission. But you didn't hear any talking about a 'round the clock, no-limit shoot on their behalf. California is a .powerful state, and political pressure even extends to include duck shooting." RE-ZONING OF OREGON FLYWAYS Apparently, as we predicted some time ago, next year will see a re-zoning of eastern and western Oregon flyways. This ' should be a step in the right direction. 'With a little aggressive ness, tLc game commission should be able in the future to do a bit more on behalf of the hunters of Oregon. While the V. S. Fish and Wildlife Service is the boss when it comes to final ' flyway regulations, the various states in the flywiy can exert considerable influence. Right now the state that seems to call it shots without fail is California. FORECAST: NO FISH With this rain, we're not even going to place our usual Friday morning phone calls to the coast. However, Tony Buisman of the Riverside Boathouse on the Silctz dropped by and remarked that hardy anglers are catching fish in the surf along the coast, perch especially. Must be something to stand on the beach with the wind howling and the rain pelting, tossing bait into a roaring surf. We'll take Tony's word for it, and leave the experience to more rugged folk! If you're the rugged type, though, yoj might not only take your surf rod but also your shotgun and goose silhouettes. Brant season continues to Feb. 10, and quite a few birds are to be found, if you know how to hunt 'em. You have to find a good spot in a bay, preferably on a mud flat, and set out the decoys so they are in a few inches of water. The tide must be right if it's going out fast, you'll be continually on the move re-setting your decoys. By the way just because brant are coast birds, don't think they taste fishy they are strict vegetarians. 49 of 734 Break Golf Par In San Diego Open Tourney RANCHO SANTA FE, CaliMl The wreckage that was par dec orated the Rancho golf course Fri day as upward of 130 golfers headed into the second round of the $15,000 San Diego Open Tour nament. An astounding number of 49 players out of 134 starters broke par 72 in the first round, and tour nament officials sought to tighten up the course. Leading the procession into Fri day's 18 holes was 27-year-old Bill Ogden of Chicago, whose 33-3366 looked none too secure in the face of the par crackers just behind. The Rancho course measures al most 6.800 yards and has a par of 36-3672. One stroke back of Ogden. a for mer Sacramento, Calif., amateur star until he turned pro four years ago, were three players. They were U.S. Amateur cham pion Gene Little of San Diego and pros Earl Stewart Jr., Dallas, and Bob Harris, San Jose, Caoif. There were six players tied at (W, headed by Tommy Bolt of Maplewood. N.J. who won the San DicRo event last year. The 69 bracket found seven men, headed bv E. J. Dutch Harrison, winner of the recent Bing' Crosby Tro-Amateur tournament, and Ed (Porky) Oliver. Fifteen pros were tied at 70. in cluding former National Open champions Lloyd Mangrum, Lew DENNIS THE MENACE 'IH WF( 'fa tfJ0W THAT BS PtCTUPE WINDOW U WlSOrfS USED TO Wvf ? eries Opens Toimngilhie, UNITED PRESS January 22, 1954 Page 9 Worsham and Cary Middlecoff. Rounding out the array of par beaters were 17 players knotted at 71. Bearcats Rest To Take Exams; Colvard Marries Semester examinations are the next opponents o the Willamette Bearcats after yesterday's scrim mage with the Willamette fresh men. Coach John Lewis' team won't be back on the court until Jan. 30, when it will go to For est Grove to play Pacific. Next home game will be Feb. I against Lewis and Clark. Bill Colvard, forward, has mlss 'ed several days of practice. His reason: He was married last Sat urday. Fights last Night FALL RIVER, Mass. Clar ence Williams, 152, Fall River, knocked out Eddy Silvia, 145, New Bedford. 6. NEWARK, N.J. Felix Redon do, 137, Bayonne, outpointed Mel Brown, 141 Vi, Patcrson, N.J., 8. PARIS, France Percy Bas sctt, 129 4, Philadelphia, stopped Francis Bonnardel, 130, France, 9. By Ketcham ITitle Trend May Result This Week NORTHERN DIVISION Points W L Pel. for Asst. Orxan 1 1 .iso in isi Oreion SOU J 1 .150 HI 130 ldsho 3 1 .800 31 317 wainintlon 1 ,1M Ml lis Washington Ststs ..1 4 .300 383 313 By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Northern Division basketball teams renew interstate rivalries this weekend with a set of games expected to unravel a knot at the top of the standings and give one of the contenders a bulge that may lead to the championship. Idaho. and Oregon State hook up in a pair of games at Moscow, Idaho, Friday night and Saturday night. At the same time, Oregon win De nost to Washington s Husk ies at Eugene. uregon state and Oregon are tied at the top of the league, en tering the crucial stand, with three wins and a loss apiece, but Idaho is only half a game behind and is rated on a par with the Staters, c Idaho and Oregon State solit in their last meeting at Corvallis at the start of the season. And Ore gon, facing the underdog Huskies wno nave won only one of 12 games this year, will behoping for a repeat in the Vandal-Beaver collision at Moscow. Cellar-dwelling Washington State Idaho and Oregon State snlit in their last meeting at Corvallis at me start of the season. And Ore gon, facing the underdog Huskies who have won only one of 12 games this year, will be hoping for a repeat in the Vandal-Beaver collision at Moscow. Cellar-dwelling Washington State will be out of action this week end. The Cougars' next game is with Idaho Jan. 29. The Beavers, who left by plane Thursday afternoon, were to lim ber up on the Vandal court Thurs day night The clamor for tick ets at Moscow far exceeded the supply for the series. Coach Slats Gill would not re veal his starting lineup at the time of his final practice Wednes day, leaving it open whether he would assign Swede Halbrook, Ted Romanoff or Tony Vlastclica to guard Idaho's tall center, Dwight Morrison. Morrison scored 22 points off Halbrook in Idaho's win, while Romanoff held him to nine in OSC's comeback the next night. Ready for Parsons The fact that Washington has won only one game in 12 starts hasn't thrown Coach Bill Borcher off guard at Oregon. He is pre paring a "homecoming" for the Huskies' ace, Dean Parsons, a F'igene high school product Par sons, 6-foot-7 and 225 pounds, is a two-year letterman at Seattle and is a thorough rebounder. For Oregon, Jerry Ross, a sophomore forward, has returned and may start opposite Ed Hal- berg as forward. Halberg has a .610 shooting average from the field and .864 from the free throw line. The preliminary at Oregon will match the Oregon frosh and the OSC Rooks at 5:45 tomgnt, and Saturday against the Philcos of Portland. The 1919 Oregon quin tet which won the Coast confer ence title will have a reunion and it will be Dad's Day on the cam pus. Betsy Rawls 2 Strokes Ahead In Tampa Open TAMPA, Fla. Wt Betsy Rawls, who finished fast to post the day's best nine - hole score yesterday, held a two-stroke lead going into the second day of the 72-holc Tampa Women's Open Golf Tour nament today. The Spartanburg, S. C, pro came through with 35, three under par, on the home nine to Rive her a par 75 for the tricky, 6,093-yard Palma Ceia course. Bunched behind her were Babe Zaharias of Tampa, who has won the tournament twice; Polly Riley, another former winner, from Fort Worth, Tex., and Jackie Pung, Honolulu. Mrs. Zaharias and Miss Riley, the top amateur, played along steadily, the former hitting 38-39 and the latter 39-38. Mrs. I'ung had a good round going out. par 37, and was doing well on the way back until she , , , tt v e i i """ lUUIt f IUI MIC pal mm;. Louise Suggs, the little Georgian who is still the favorite to make this her third Tampa Open victory in a row, also had troubles on the bark nine. After a brilliant first nine 36, everything went wrong and she trudged home with 43 and a total of 79. That put her in a tie for ninth with Betty Dodd of Tampa. The $ino.nno guarantee to the winner of the 1954 Florida Derby at Gulfstream Park is nearly as much as was distributed during the entire first meeting of 20 days at the seaside track in 1944. INSULATE WEATHER STRIP Fret Eitimotei No Down Pymt. 36 Mos. to Poy All Work Guaranteed CAMPBELL ROCK WOOL CO. 370 Salem Heights Ave. Enter Baseball's Hall of Fame Bill Terry, left, former New York Giants first baseman-manager; Walter "Rabbit" Maranville, center, the great little shortstop who died on Jan. 8, and Bill Dickey, right, former great Viks Have Tough Chore Tonight to Hold Axemen The Salem high Vikings will help make It a big basketball night at Eugene tonight, play ing the Eugene Axemen in one gym while the University of Oregon meets Washington in McArthur Court. The Vikings will attempt to upset the Axe men ui the Big Six game. It was Eugene last year who threw the league into a five way tie with a thrilling win near the end of the season. Harold Hauk will probably stick with his regular starting line-up of Bob Wulf at center, Tom Pickens and Wayne Erick sen at forwards, and Jim Knapp and Gordy Domogalla at the guards. Phil Burkland and Larry Springer will also see plenty of action for the Vikings. 5 Starters Back Salem will be after their fourth win in a row since they Cardinals to Play Capitol Leaguer At the Academy Sacred Heart academy will try to keep its newly won share of the Canito! league lead tonight when the Cardinals test the poten tial of the Salem Academy in the West Salem hill gym. Coach Bob Funk said today that his high scoring guard, Virgil Fad enrecht, has been out with a cold and if he cannot play tonight Merle Neufeld will start. Dave Phillips will be the other guard, Jim Wal lace and Harold Allister will be forwards, and Ken Schreder will be at center. The junior varsities will play at 6:45 and the varsities at 8. Sacred Heart, winner Wtdnesday over Cascade, is tied with Cas cade, Central and Stayton, after three of the 10 league games. OCEf Tech Play Only Conference Game This Week By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Oroonn T7,rh will 0Ol it fhnnr , , ,rn .u. (ahii on nrpcnn college of Education in the Oregon Collegiate Conference Wis wees end. OCE, playing on its home floor at Monmouth, won two games from Teoh earlier. The series this Friday h,'i Saturday will be on Tech's home floor at Klamath Falls. Other teams play outside the conference. Eastern Oregon goes to Namna. Idaho, to meet Northwest Nazarene this weekend, then the Nazarene team goes to La Grande j for a Monday game against East ern Oregon. Portland State will play Seattle Pacific Friday and Saturday at Seattle. Ph. 2-6282 FANFARE ByWALTDITZEN SC "at catching star and now coach of the New York Yankees, were elected to Baseball's Hall of Fame. Maranville received 209 votes by the 10-year members of the Baseball Writers Asso ciation; Dickey, 202, and Terry 195. Joe 1)1 Maggio failed to make it with 175. (AP Wire-photo.) beat Bend twice last weekend and Lebanon Tuesday, The Vikings have won seven games and lost three. , Their losses to Milwaukie, Roosevelt, and Corvallis. The Vikings have defeated Hillsboro twice, Roosevelt, Springfield once, Bend twice, and Lebanon once for their seven wins. Springfield and Bend were the only Big Six victories to give them a 3-1 mark. Hank Kuchera's Eugene squad, with five returning starters from last year's team that narrowly lost the state championship to Marshfield, have lost twice to Corvallis and beat them but once. The Axemen probably will have a starting line-up of Don Ainge and Norm Willoughby at forwards, Layton Tuttle at center, and Wendell Rasor and Basketball Scores By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Thursday's Results FAR WEST Seattle 80, Colorado A&M 74 Whitman 96, College of Idaho SI Pcpperdine 78, Los Angeles State 76 Honolulu Universals 79, Whitworth 59 EAST St. Francis (Pa) 98, Geneva 83 Salem (W.Va) 100, Fairmont 83 Bates 75. Farmington (Me) 70 Indiana (Pa) 85, Mexico Univ. 40 SOUTH George Washington 73, Virfciria 71 Miss Southern 62, East Texas 55 Kentucky (Weslcyan 70, Evansvil- le 69 (overtime) Tcnn State 81, Kentucky State 61 Florida State 99, Florida Southern 71 MIDWEST Wichita 102. Ft. Hays State 50 Lawrence Tech 59, Detroit Tech 52 Rio Grande 74, Findlay 71 PRO BASKETBALL Thursday's Results ALL-STAR GAMF. East 98, West 93 (overtime) KOCO to Carry 2 Games Tonight Station KOCO, Salem, will broadcast two high school bas ketball games tonight. Salem at Eugene contest will go on at 8 o'clock from Eugene, with Chuck Boycc giving the play-by-play. Afterward, KOCO will carry a re-broadcast of trans scription of the Sacread Heart Salem academy game, with Carl Ritchie broadcasting. jj FIRST... for the fuel that is clean, efficient and economical use "Prec-to-logs" CAPITOL LUMBER CO. PHONE 3-8862 Jdsho, Kuykendahl at the guards. Kuykendahl and Tuttle didn't start last year. Gene Stott and Jack Henkel may move into the two guard positions with Ainge or Wil loughby moving to center and Rasor to a forward. Both were starters last year. Moran, a junior, will also see action at center for Eugene. Jayveea in Preliminary The junior varsity game matches the Salem junior var sity and the Eugene JV's. Sa lem, coached by Lee Gustafson, have not lost to another school all year. They lost twice to the Salem high varsity reserves last weekend. Don Zeh and Don Plgsley will probably start at the for wards for the JV's with Dale Jones at center and Bob Tom and Jim Michaelis at the guards. Church League Champs Decided For First Half First Christian emerged first half champion of the Senior div ision of the Salem Church Bas ketball league last night with the help of the First Presbyterian. The Christian and Calvary Bap tist churches were tied with only one makeup game remaining. Played last night, those found First Christian winning from Grace Lutheran, 61-44, and First Presbyterian from Calvary Bap tist, 33 31. Englcwood EUB finished first and unbeaten in the Intermediate "A", beating First Baptist, 81-31. Evangelistic temple is cham pion of Intermediate "B", taking Kcizer community, 40-32, to stay undefeated. Calvary Baptist and Knight Memorial ended in a tic In the Junior "B" league, the Baptists suffering their first loss, 45-23, tn First Congregational, which tied for second. Tn Junior "A", the Nazarcncs already had cinched the title. Senior l.rasue: Grace l.tilhrran 44. Flrsl Christian SI: First Preshylerlan 33. Cnlvnrv Baptist 31. InlrrmedlatF "A" I.Mruf! First BaplUI 31, F.nelmiiod KCIH 51 Jason l. 29. First Prrsbyterlan 34. Inlfrmnllate "II" I.faint: F.nfle woud KUH 22. Halhrrt Memorial 3D: F.vonellllc Temple 40, Kelwr Com munity 32. Junior "B" I.farne: Calvary Bap tist 23. First Ccmrrrentlonal 45. F.nRle wood F.UB 25, St. Mark Lutheran 20. aninr "V Ifssuf! First Presby terian 25, St. Mark Lutheran 20. Whltcy Ford of Ihc Yankees brat the White Sox five times in 1053 without dropping s decision. - WU - el Halberg Hitting at .610 Clip to Lead Hot Ducks EUGENE Ed Halberg. the veteran Oregon forward with an uncanny eye for the bas ket, continues to improve his knack of pumping home shots as the Oregon Ducks get set for their first meeting cf the season with the Washington Huskies at McArthur Court this weekend. Halberg, one of the nation's top dozen shooters, hit on four of his nine 'Shots in the first outing against Washington State and then connected on nine of 11 shots the second night to send his Northern Di vision average soaring to .610 and his record for 15 games to 1,516. Halberg Is also the top free throw shooter with only three misses in 22 conference tries and a .756 average for the season. Team Hitting .428 The Ducks have also posted their highest team shooting av- Player and Position Ed Halbcri, ( Mix Anderson, o .... Bsrner Hollsnd, g ,. Cspt. Km Werner, poa ro .. 41 .. li .. S3 Kowsrd Pate, a .... Bob 8tout, I ' Jerry Ross, f-K ,,,, Bob Hswes, a Bob Olives, c Ray Bell, f Kent Dorwln, f Clary McMsnul, f bui Berroan, Oreson total .MS Opponents , saa Yank, Canadian Pros Gird For 'War1 Over Material By FRED WAI.TERS PHILADELPHIA Wl - United States and Canadian professional football executives primed their checkbooks and mustered their legal forces today in an all-out war over football talent. The feud over Canadian forays into American football olaver pools has blown hot and cold for several years. ! Yesterday it was announced that Arnie Weinmeister of the New York Giants, one of the NFL's all time top tackles, had signed a two- year costract with the new British Columbia Lions. Still Holds His Option The 6-foot-4, 235-pound lineman no longer has a contract with tha Giants, but the club still holds Chadwick Says Swim Over Juan de Fuca Fo Be Coldest Yet VICTORfA IB Famed distance swimmer Florence Chadwick said here Thursday night her oroDosed 20-mile swim across the Strait of Juan de Fuca would be the most difficult and coldest of her career. She's scheduled to make the crossing aboard a tug Friday to study water temperatures and cur rents before reaching a decision this week-end whether to go ahead with the swim this summer. Miss Chadwick has been offered $7,500 by a paint company here if she attempts the crossing and another $2,500 if she makes it. The course would be between Vic toria and Port Angeles, Wash. Martinez Tests Casillo Tonight NEW YORK m Vince Mar tinez and Rocky Casillo, two am bitious young welters who hope Kid Gavilan graduates with hon ors into the middleweight class, try tn crack the top 10 ratings to night. Their 10-round match at Madi son Square Garden will be car ried on network radio (ABC) md television (NBC)) starting at 10 p.m. (EST). Martinez is a 12 to 5 favorite. The prize for the winner is supposed to be a Feb. 19 or March 5 date with Billy Graham, who is sure to be involved in any eliminations if Gavilan is forced to vacate his title. The Cuban Kecd will have to give up the welter crown if he whips Bobo Olson or the 160-pound title April 2 in Chicago. Easy Credit PICK YOUR CREDIT ToV your choice from ony one of our wlda It I action of ecwvanswst credit plom. Here you'll surely tVie) Hi tosy-poyment or rongamarr) designed to At your pocVtlbeek end Ut you own tlx U.S. Royol Mr of your choke today Pay At Yew Rid The Great U.S. ROYALS RECAPPING Complete Tire Service WALTER H. High & ChcmekeU (Opposite - 1 of erage in history with a .428 av erage for conference action and .382 for the entire season. In Northern Division games Max Anderson has hit .520, Bob Stout .500 and Jerry Ross .548 and all of the other regulars are finding the basket at a commendable rate. In the matter of points, Hal- , berg tops with Northern Divi sion totals with 69 and the to tal season with 223. The Web foot continues to be exception ally well balanced with three . others players, Anderson, Bar ney Holland and Capt. Ken Wegner, all averaging 10 points or better per game for the en tire season. The Duck sharpshooters hit .477 and .288 against Idaho and ' followed those two marks with 557 and a .440 average against Washington State. Washington's tough defense. however, seems certain to give their toughest test. Pet. PTA PT Pit. BBB PP TP AVI HJ 13.1 11.0 .10 420 .164 113 180 lW 101 .511 .100 .tn .137 .135 .33.1 .333 .500 .000 .000 .000 .000 .HI .5M .340 .341 ,34a .100 10.1 40 51 1.0 IT I 0.0 0.0 00 00 HI 09.0 .515 ..IKS .000 ,O0O .000 .000 .000 . .10 aa s 31 1 13 , ' ion an option on his services for 1954. Commissioner Bert Bell of the NFL promptly declared, "The war is on" between the Ui S. and Canadian pro leagues. He indicated the NFL might re verse the normal procedure and raid Canadian player resources. 'They had better start counting their players," he said. "We have a list of all Canadian players, some oi wnom could make some of our teams. We'll go alter them if they go auer our boys. Meanwhile, G i a n t s' President John V. Mara threatened legal ac tion for breach of contract against Weinmeister. Mara said the Giants had al ready notified Weinmeister of their intention to exercise their option on his services. ...... In Vancouver, B. C, Lions' Coach Annis Stukus said the club feels it has "fulfilled" all obliga tions concerning uie (slants. "He told them at the close of the season that he would not be back and that he wes retiring from the National Football League." Stukus said. The offer that drew Weinmeister to Canda was not disclosed, but a club official said the Giant lineman would be "one of the highest-paid players ever to play in Canada." Canada." At Seattle Weinmeister also said he believes he was wi'hin his legal rights in signing with Vancouver. Easy, economical one dish meals Haw wotd you like s big baixh of prize-wiooing new reci pes for esty ro prepare, econom ical one dish meals.' You'll find them, plus smart casserole scrr ing ideas, in February Better Homes & Gardens. Page 72 "Lets Ma'ke It A Casserole Sur?er." CM February Better Homes A Gardens magaiint to day. On your news Hand! BetlerHomes and Gardens lar mm - Always! PLAN WHEEL BALANCING Front Wheel Allftiment ZOSEL CO. 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