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About The Mill City enterprise. (Mill City, Or.) 1949-1998 | View Entire Issue (March 8, 1951)
March 8, 1951 4—THE MILL CITY EXTERPRISE SPORTS PAGE Cornell Grid Coach And Ring Cleat Shoe what started out to be a nice column, as a member of the Junior class Teen Talk by the but at old MCHS, I feel I must warn— that is, tell you that our class play Kanyon Kids is coming up the 16th of this month, is “On Account of Name of which By GARY PETERSON Larry”. Story commences in the Better brace yourself for some Brockway School for Girls, with Bun- i weekly wanderings in words! Yes, ny worrying about her Aunt Clarissa. another literary gem is about to com- Not because she loves the crag hag, but because her boyfriend Larry will mence. Last week there were thoughts of not be able to come up for the week spring arriving and tennis playing. end if Aunt Clarissa doesn't show. Willamette university will host the This week toboggan parties are the Details worked out in the play. Officials at the Marion county B “Veddy, Veddy” funny with such rage, with winter weather winning league basketball elimination tourna state high school class B basketball out on the weatherman’s balance ,'tage stars as Pauline Mason, Pat ment in Stayton last Thursday handed tourney for the 10th time March 15, I sheet. Monday night after school, Cree, Paula Van Buskirk, Arlone Gervais second place trophy and Gates 16 and 17. A total of eight B schools, the high school kids of Mill City con Kuhlman, Vera Loucks, Leia Kelly, a basketball prize as third high of winners of district tourneys, will come gregated at Elton Gregory’s abode Alona Daly, Dolores Poole, Ardith the four team contenders going into here to battle for the state crown. ■ for a toboggan party. All during Jones, Elnora Albright, Maxine Scott, the district basketball competition in The meet opens Thursday, the 15th, the evening from five to nine-thirty, Donna Cooke, and Hazel Neal. M ith Monmouth. with a pair of first-round games at 1 the teen-agers slid madly down the such a star-studded line-up, you can’t Gates and Jefferson, due to the 2:30 and 3:45. The first day’s action miss on this one. Tickets sell for slopes. season’s play, were tied for second will be completed with night contests the bargain price of 65c per each, Everyone had a singed rubber smell place among the all important four at 7:30 and 8:45. from standing close to the old-tire and are available at The Enterprise Reports have it that high positions. “ Semi-finals are due Friday, the fire which thawed them out as fast and from members of the Junior class. Gates entered the Stayton tourney 16th, at 7:30 and 8:45, with consola as they froze. Cocoa and hotdogs Better get a pair of ducats now, be only upon the condition that it was tion tilts earlier in the day at 2:30 were (Ha!) served, In other words, fore they run out. not giving up its chance at second and 3:45. you just grabbed and gnawed. Also j Well, this week’s gossip is just berth among the big four Marion The finals game is scheduled for about worn out, so I’d better lay off marshmallows. county B leaguers. Saturday night, 8:45, with the tilt for Snowy weather kept some of the for another week. Heavy snow holds Gates played Jefferson and won by third and fourth place honors set for DALLAS, TEXAS—-George “Lefty” Teen-Canteeners from joining the up work on the typewriter, you know. one point in the Stayton tourney. 7:30. James, Cornell football coach, was merry company at the Firehall Satur Toodle-oo! This win over Jefferson would seem Lestle Sparks, Willamette director on hand at the American Football — day night. We must admit however, a good sign that Gates bested Jeffer of physical education and handler of Coaches Association Convention here week with the revolutionary that Gates had a better showing than Don’t Borrow—Subscribe Today! son and thus won the right to second many a Class A tourney, will direct this Ring Cleat football shoe (left). The last week. At a business meeting high in Marion County B league play. the coming class B meet. new shoes are designed to reduce during an interlude in activities, Dick The “B” tourney comes back to injuries to ankles, knees and hips, The complicating factor about the Downer, club president, defined re- Stayton elimination play is the fact Willamette after a five-year's ab and provide equal or more traction the seven conical cleats ‘right, «¡uirements for membership and at- that Gervais defeated Mill City and sence. The affair was last held here than now in common use. The Ring Cleat Tendance. They are herewith set Gates and yet Sublimity was not re in 1945. shoes, developed for MacGregor forth, so as to avoid confusion: quired to put its first place earnings Goldsmith, Inc., have been tested To be a member of the club, you extensively at Cornell. on the block so as to give all the must be within the ages of 13 and Stayton contenders a crack at it. The 19. Guests of the members may be Stayton tourney officials gave never the Mill City-Detroit shuffle jousts any age, however. Guests of the club theless first prize to Sublimity. recently. were Delene Harrington, a cousin of Aside from letting Mill City have The Mill City team of Benny Ben Pauline Mason, and her “beau” Dell a big four berth try, the Stayton nett and Court Rue did a masterful Fisk of Uncle Sam’s Coast Guard. tourney would seem to do the same Mill City Tavern shuffleboard en thing as a coin flip between Gates thusiasts duly irked by a defeat via job of shuffleboarding with their last In the Marion county "B” league and Jefferson for second and third Gates Richard’s Tavern representa- pucks and thereby compiled a power tournament, Gates took third and the “At the Bottom ful 43 score — highest for the day. For , place ----- respectively. tives came back in Mill City shuffle Mill City entrants also ran. Thurs Anyway Gates is one of the big ' play for a win that salved the wound Mill City, teams Inez Haun-Modena day night, the Gates Pirates swash- four for Marion county in District inflicted ' ' by the *v Gates pucksters in Walker and Marjie and Ernie Jose buckled to a close victory over the tied for second high—each had 30 competition in Monmouth and appears 'the previous bout. points. Something unusual happened Jefferson edition of Felis Leo, while ready, willing and able to uphold the Despite the word in last week’s in the race for third slot in that the the Timberwolves battled to the short honor of Marion county. i Enterprise to the contrary, the shuffle Mill City teams composed of Al Shel end of a decision with the Gervais league play between Mill City and 1 ton-Harley Collingwood, Alice Hoeye- Cougars. I He that would make his own lib .Gates continues in regular session. | Johnny Gilworth, and Byron Davis- Hate to ring "commercials” in on ’ n i.-. i. . . ¡... uium : unn-:;...nuw:uu.w.ii. u.i.;:..r erty secure must guard even his Confusion arose in the shuffleboard David Hoeye came out in a three-way enemy from oppression. Tom Paine. reporting because of the ending of i tie—each team tallied 27 points in piling up a score for Mill City of 240. Leading puckster team for Gates was that of Bill Defoe-Blanche Gibson which scored 30 points for first. Sec ond Gates high went to the team of ALL SIZES EREE ESTIM ATES Lou and Percy Mulligan with a 28 record. Not far behind with a 27 Phone 2-4542 score was the team of Lynn and Bob Young who helped Gates total 198 points. Bales & Brady Willamette Hosts ”B” Cager Tilts *; -¿¿si.. wmaar ** iiu^num ooiuicuH :iu;!iflint!i!!rnn.!s i Never Puckster Bouts Will Continue I a Dull Moment iuiuiHu:iui!Uu.i!iEiiii;iiU'imsu.iuiJUiiuuuiiiiu Gates Clipped In Tournament of the Hill” MILL CITY TAVERN HOUSE MOVING TOWING SERVICE 546 N. High, SALEM MILL CITY A report this morning indicates ! that a snow slide blocked highway 222 near the Detroit dam site. High way crews soon cleared away the of fensive snow and traffic moved ahead . in the channel carved out by snow plows. The highway is walled on both sides by car-depth snow. Assumed business names of “The Emporium" and “Santiam Sam" were j filet! Friday with the Marion county clerk by George L. Steffy. David M. Reid, the real estate man, has a shiny new conveyance. Mrs. Floyd Fleetwood and Mrs. I John Swan served the dinner for the I Monday night meeting of the Lions club. Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Schroeder from Newberg were visitors over the weekend. Mr. Schroeder is employed at the Stimson Lumber company in Newberg. Martin Craig, who with Mr. and I Mrs. Tommy Craig left for California recently, is back again in Mill City. Martin has enlisted in the U. S. Coast Guard and is awaiting call. ■HT-' Truck and Auto OWNERS You may noir purchase INSURANCE Oil Deferred Payments Take as long as 9 months to pa g DAVID M. REID \ Complete Insurance Service Phone 207 ,r~ ■ *“'l - .is:usuajiKBMamBUBaBi» 3- ■