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t (p By FRANK - a W hsv with ui today bum! sports writer, wtth Goib Kiptl at th lypowrltor keys. Kpt ii gradual ol th Onl-' Ttrsltr ol Oregon and Ii a former iporti wrlir ot Jha Stockton Independent, Stockton. California. Ha ha Juit roturnod (torn tha Pacific Coait playoff tag aarlaa hald In Boattla lust week-end and harawlth praianti hit vlaw on tha aorlei and tha chance oi tha winning Huskies In tha NCAA plnyoffi in which they wilt taka part thU waak-and, KAPEl. WRITES "Watch WnshinKtoii," in Switlle'a now war tlmn slogan, but t liia llmo thcro Is spuclnl attention lilvcn to Couch lice Edmund aon'i Huskies who only Iut wwk M lor i f loci themselves in north- i i - -ri nt caite history 1jquliitot from down Loa Angeles way, - $ Hiding tho rutin, htwltid for Knnnnii City fV .v !'.""' Wealrrn NCAA piayotr, the HunKies W1 j'jr -bid well to bu tha arcntul northwest team In his fl t) F iff Itory to cop iho mitloniil coliealittc basketball Id , 'U '.'i crown. Orofion university wlih the tali lira did WJt "' ? H " "rst 1,1 lu;i0" inaM 9 Although tha U. W. quint ia not ona el tha 1 Sa'aatBit to evar cavort on northwaat pinebosrds, T Asssjnevertholeii It It undoubtedly ona ot tha gamaat CALIBE and ilghtlngeat taatna teen bara or anywhere til many a moon. They proved It lnnt week-end when they took the measure of Ernie Molbronka' Trojan 53-51, and 62-45, In the Initltil con tent with Hill Morris pluylng with mi nlimg kneo Washington enmo from behind to win whwl ninny sports observers Imvo con sidered one of the nreutot gmncs ever plnycd on the Seattle pa vilion floor. With twenty-nine seconds remaining, nub forward Taylor nonchalantly pushed onu In from 35 leet out and the Him- klea wore In. Saturday night the tired by nevertheless surprisingly cool and accurate Trojans led the Huskies at half tlma 24-22, With ellfht minutes to go tho 8C boys still held their k-ud, but when the gun sounded und the points added up the Huskies had walked out with a seven point winning margin. This time Cup tnlu Wnlly Leujk got hot, making 14 points alone In the second halt on two-handed pushers, TBOY GOOD Washington bs,t a mighty good California club, sparked by an of tha smoothest centers on the coast, Jim Ssmonoff, Tha riuskles cam out on top because they never knew whan to call it quits. Their race horse style of basketball Just wore down the fellows from the sunshine state, and It's this attribute which the 8ett!e boys are taking with them to Kansas City, Outs, speed, and reserve Is why this Washington team is going to bo tough for any bull club to top, A seven man sqund tho Huskies Hove and they substi tute freely without weakening their tetim. In the first SC game sub Taylor came In to drop 14 points through tho hoop and also tank the winning bucket. The next night sub Ralph Byrd with hli aggressive backboard play and two bucket from the side sparked the Edmundson lads when it looked as If they were starting to fade in Die stretch. Hero are the reasons why Seattle and most northweslern tag observers have gone so wild over this Seattle ball eiub. Great? No. But don't ,bel against them because gents like Bill Morris, Waily Lousk msd Chuck Cllmur just haven't learned that they can be beaten. ( SHORT SHOTS Ted Gossart, captain and floor leader of the vanquished Trojans, was by far on ot the coolest ball players ever seen on any pavilion. At on observer put it, "He couid knit sockt for th boys in Britain and figure out hit Income tax returns while setting up a play for ih men of Troy," a Outstanding man of the series Big Jim Seminoif, He faked Huskies' Chuck Gilmur Into ih Washington locker room to many times it's a 'wonder that Chuck didn't get led up by hall tlm and put on his duds and go horn. SERIES SURPRISES Taylor of the Huskies who subbed at forward and won the first game. Second night out he played good, consistent basket ball and was a valuable .asset. For the Trojans big Alex Han num," six leet live, was outstanding. Brilliant under the back boards, he had hard luck on some of his shots which rolled around but seldom in. , BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENTS Trojans Alex Oinaiev, looked pitiful tho first night out and improved only slightly the second evening, Doug Ford Ditto, Southern Cal lott became thty couldn't control th back boards against th tailar Huskies and thty likewise couldn't get used to Washington's forcing defense and lightning like fast break. At th Troy had coach put it, "Edmundson't kids ran up and down th floor like they wore under steam power." Don't place any stock in the alibi that the Trojans lost be cause they cbuldn't get used to the tricky Washington hardwood. ae Trojans dribble very little and tha floor bothered them not the least at any time. ALL COASTf All coast teams are a dime a dozen, but here goes perhaps for tha last timo this year with one based on observations made seeing University of Southern California, Stanford and ail of tha northwest PCC conference teams. In action this year. FORWARD SID ROCK USC ! Five feet nine weight ISO pounds. Offensively ' he makes some of the most uncanny shots look easy.- Led southern divi sion scoring chase with 119 points for eight games or just about a 15 point avcrngo per contest. Defensively he docs well, his only weakness Is on the backboBrds where his lack of height prevents him from being better,'.- Rock is one of the best and typical of Southern California set shot, slow break basketball, " FORWARD GAIL BISHOP WSC Little need he said about the now northern division scoring king. Two hundred nnd twenty-four ho boosted the Individual coring total for on average of 13 points per game. Aggressive and hard working ho Is excellent defensively and under the back boards. Had he been with a great team this year he would be the northwest's outstanding choice for Aii-American honors, CENTER JIM SEMINOFF USC " ' Perhaps th most underrated and yet on of th most eon CJtent and groatoit of th men from Troy, Chuck Gilmur was thought to be the best in the northwest but Sominoff faked him Into the Washington locker room more than once during the two gam series last woek. He averaged 15 plus points per gam in th playoffs (more than any other individual player) and was Herculean under th backboardt. The coast's finest center be yond any samblanc of a doubt, GUARD BILL MORRIS WASHINGTON The spark plug of tho championship Huskies. . With a bad knee he plunked 18 points through the hoop in the first game against Troy. Hard working, smooth, and a brilliant shot from the key Second highest scorer in the northwest division this year and easily ono of the standout guards of any section of the country. GUARD LEW BECK OREGON STATE COLLEGE Dynamite Lew with his two handed howitzer, from the mid dle ot the fl oor paced tho Beaver attacks all season. Third high est scorer in tho northwest. Would undoubtedly have placed higher had he played in one of the games. One of tho most beautiful change of pace dribblers in the conference, A team man, good passer, cool head and excellent shot. A valuable asset to any team. Three mombors of this quintet are seniors, Rock, Seminoff, and Morris. Two nro juniors, Beck and Bishop, Undoubtedly thor are many who will contend that Ed Voss of Stanford, Qulnn of Idaho, Don Barksdai of UCLA, Rolph Shrman and Don Kirtch of Oregon and th ever well known n Durdan of Oreaon State eollaaa should have hnnn man. 3 tionad. Because of tha terrifically iiv men of any section of the country we include these recently mentioned swell eagers on tha honorable mention list which could b tubbed freely Into our terially weakening it, , But here nro tlm coasts ton CALIBE iLVj by nosing out a great uau the whole story In a nutshell" tough task ot picking th bast first tiring lineup without ma five proved by their records St. Louis Browns Have Man-Trouble So wo II Claims That Most Of His Men art Scattered All Over the Country CAPE GIRARDEAU, Ma., March 18 ili') Luke Scwell of the St, Louis Browns it a mana ger virtually without a team. Although the Browns' reserve list of 30 players was the larg est In the American league, only 10 have reported for spring training so far. And, us Sewcil said, "You can't get a team In shape when your nftiyors are scattered all over tho country," Contract trouble Isn't Hie chief reason for absenteeism. Third Baseman Hariond Cllft, for ex ample, is itliil at Sciah, Wash,, trying to find someone to care for 175 head of cuttle on his ranch. Pitcher Paul Dean Is helping finish some chores at Holdcnvilfe, Ark. Yuung Bill Seinsoth, promis ing rookie left hander who won 24 und lost 10 games with Now Orleans last season, wrote he believed he could get Into concii- tion by himself on the west coast. Seweli's reply sizzled on the telegraph wires. Seven of the Browns' players still are unsigned, among them Clift, because he doesn't know whether he'll be able to play baseball this year, First Base man George McQuinn, Pitchers Stan Ferens and Archie McKain, Catcher Frank Hayes, and In ficiders Floyd Baker and Don Heffner. Other absentees, several of them awaiting draft summons, are Pitchers George Caster and Woody Rich, Catcher Dick Fer rcll, Second Baseman Don Gut terldge, Rookie Shortstop Bob Diliinger, Utility Inficlder Alan Strange, Shortstop Vernon Ste phens and First Baseman Chuck Stevens, As a result, Seweil has only ono iufielrt-r in camp, Mark Chrlstmnn; two recruit catches, Joe Schultz and Ardys Keller, nine pitchers and all six outfield ers. The infield shortage is enough to wreck his training plans. On paper, several weeks ago, the Browns appeared to be pennant contenders. Barely hit by the draft, they had practcally the same team that vaulted Into third place last season. But then, in rapid succession, came the induction of Outfielder Walt Judnlch and reclassification in 1-A of Shortstop Stephens, JOHNSON SIGNS SEATTLE, March 18 W) Sylvester Johnson, veteran for mer major league pitcher who is expected to fill a coaching and relief hurling role with the Seat tle Rainiers, has delivered his signed contract to the manage ment. He reported h!s right arm, in jured last year by an elbow frac ture, Is feeling fine again. Booster League A new three game Individual series was pasted Monday night by Severson, rolling for Safe way Stores. Severson's new mark was made by rolling 233, 160 and 215 for a three game total of ,810. Next high three game series was Wilbur Telford'a 538 and third, Roy Eastburn with 528.- High single . at a W game for tho evening went to Severson with 235, second was Roy Eastburn with 21i and Boy Carter third with 200. . . Safeway Stores bowling team posted a new high three game series with 2839 by putting to gether a 885, 823 and 831. Their 885 for tho evening was high team game, When in Medford Stay at HOTEL HOLLAND Thoroughly Modern Joe and Ann Earley Proprietors ' BOWLING 3 jKv Sports jfi&Ftt. Briefs ft - i; Hugh By HUGH FULLERTON Jr. NEW YORK, March 18 Wt The national collegiate AA won't be holding its utual golf and tennis championships this spring, although the .track meet prob ably will go on Rt usual. . , , The reason, of course. Is that by the time these events usually n run n(f most eoiieaes will have had their commencement and there won't be many top flight competitors hanging around, ... It seems to be the academic speed-up, rather than service calls, that are wrecking the college spring programs and j by next fall Prof, Phillip Bad ger, the NCAA president, fig ures sports "will be stabilized on a new basis." , . . Anyway, stabilized or not. It will be new. 09 MUSCLE JERKS When the Yankees used the Asbury Park, N. J., high school for calisthenics Tuesday, some of the students watched from the bleachers, , , , The muscular maneuvers of the athletes were so funny that some of the kids laughed right out loud and had to be reprimanded for embar rassing the mighty major lea guers. . . , Maybe Col. Biff Jones, the army athletie director, was seeking to provide similar enter tainment when he suggested that the Dodgers start work in the West Point field house a little earlier so the cadets could see some real expensive Ivory on the hoof. - TODAY'S GUEST, STAR Al Wolf, Los Angcics Times: "One very articulate Hollywood boxing fan, who used to scream 'downstairs' when he wanted a pug to shoot for his opponent's midriff. Is yelling 'below deck these days, , , , He's In the navy now. SPRING BRAINING With five major league clubs and three American association teams training In Indiana this spring, Sports Editor Tom Steph enson of the Elkhart (Ind.) Daily Truth, suggests that the "grape fruit league" should be re-named the "limestone circuit" , , , That doesn't include New England granite, New Jersey sand or even plain Mississippi mud. . . . But it's a cinch a lot of the pam pered veterans will find it rocky going this spring. , SERVICE DEPT. Steve Stavers, former Colum bia swimmer, has been promoted to captain in the marines and sent to Camp Pendleton, Calif., as instructor In individual com bats He reports it was more than a trifle embarrassing when he got a bayonet slash over the eye recently and had to sport a ban dage that proved the chief in structor was something less than perfect. , . , Two of his students both good) are Lieuts. Reagan, ex-Penn and Giants footballer, and William Rutledge, former Rhode Island State basketball player. , , , Iowa pre-flight school coaches thought they had some record breakers when Cadet Bob Schwigel was timed in 6.7 for the 80-yard low hurdles and Webb Douglas In 5.8 for the 60- yard dash. . . , Then they re measured the course and found It was only 53 yards. SOOITIR UAOUI 1S1 !M IB m a ui in m 1M 1 !!( ssa -1(19 151 1M iSI w it$ its sw liJ IIS III Ml Arthur rmittrom Mmltont TUtori) Handles? Tat! mt m m tm PtsWta Fruit ! UI ist , , .m IM !? i m ih m i$s i.m 4H Ml til m im Pflffipn J, Clurt . iismitc! . i IM 1 Si ss Tout m m m tm KUmilh Mittiln. and Lemottt Jurotuon 139 us iss m KlrtW 11K 15! isa m siof'it ? 199 its am rwhwr ....laa us in st HMtdlMB Jt u H ttt To(l Prtr flravri Wdl Ksilhum l!t;dfee Totit st tts tm Cuttrt not fsod .. , , - H m in in us f in iwi i tit 19? IM IM IM IM m m m !il iw lit est tm flfrfll KS IM 119 i 158 nt im m no 17 9 m ist -Ul lit 111 ptiseolt . . 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War has broken apart the vet eran combinations groups oi men who had played on - the same teams for six or eight years or more in college and in the speedy independent amateur cir cults which could be counted on to furnish the show in the finals. . . - . j Most of the veterans are In the nation's service or in war industry, too busy for basket bail. A few found time to work Into a lineup here and there tor the sake of playing once more in the national AAU tourney. Only two teams of the eight in the quarter-finals tonight the Bartlesville, Okla., Phillips 88 Oilers and the Milwaukee, Wis., Allen-Bradleys can field more than one player whtt-has been around much to national AAU competition. Of the other ouarter-finalists, five teams are made up of col legians and one is a squad of soldiers. The Allen-Bradleys, who turn ed back the Fort Lewis, Wash- reception center players 57-S4 in the third round yesterday, play the defending champion Denver American Legion in one quarter final tonight. The Legion team is mainly Training Camp Briefs BERSHEY. Pa March 28 m Johnny Alien, the pitcher the Phils got from Brooklyn in the deal for Rube Melton, is a hold out, "I haven't heard from him since he returned his contract marked" unsatisfactory," Man ager Bucky Harris said. "Under the circumstances I guess he could be classed as holdout," CAIRO, m. Finding his St Louis Cardinals lagging toward the end of yesterday's one long workout. Manager Billy South worth, ordered two shorter ses sions effective today, broken by field house luncheon. "It is my belief the players will go mora at top speed ail the way if they have two short practices instead of ona long one," the pilot explained. ' LaFAYETTE, Ind. The Cleve land Indians held a brisk work out in the Purdue university field house yesterday. Buss Peters was at first base, Ray Mack at second. Ken Keltner at third and Lou Boudreau at short. Otto Denning, heir apparent to. the first bass job left vacant by j ies ienting, missed practice be cause of a severe cold. There were only three other absentees Jeff Heath, a holdout; Boy Cullenbine, whose wife is 111, and Chubby Dean, whose tardi ness is unexplained, EVANSV1LLE. Intl. i AM signs of the times: Two women are covering the training camp) of the Detroit Tigers. They are ! Miss Hailie Lemmert, writer,! and Miss Julia Neville, a photo-j DANCE iVIRY SATURDAY NIGHT ARMORY Muiie hf Baldy's Band -Dancing 8 Till 1 Regular Admission the Rough Side 'pit en ii ii esisp-isisii ri- . the Colorado university squad, plus one of last year's Legion lineup. Bob (Aca) Gruenig. The Phillips 88 Oilers, winner over United Engineering of Ala meda, Calif., 54-24, is paired with the Salt Lake City Zcker. Studio, a gathering of college men from schools is Utah. Wyoming university, which beat Colorado Mines 76-41, plays against the Fort Collins, Colo,, Poudre Valley Creamery, and it should be like a reunion. The Peudre Valley team Is composed of Colorado State college piayr en who have tangled with Wyo ming four times this season, tak ing a beating each time. The fifth college team in ac tion tonight is Denver univer sity, winner 40-34 over the Nor man, . Okla, naval air : station gang yesterday. Denver's op ponent Is the lone service team still in the running, the Wil liams field fliers of Chandler, Ariz., who eliminated Holly wood Twentieth Century-Fox, s pre-tourney co-favorite with Wyo ming, 51-50 in the hope-wreck ing third round yesterday. i The champion Legionnaires brushed off Portland, Ore., Boil ermakers 68-23 and the Poudre Valley Creamerymen outpointed Cessna Aircraft of Wichita, Kas., 55-49 in other third round bat tles. grapher, both representing an Evansvlile paper. They arrived yesterday In time to see Rookie Joe Hoover belt the camp's first homer. ... BEAR MOUNTAIN, N. V, Curt Davis has the doubtful honor of being the first major leaguer to break a bone this year The Brooklyn Dodger pitch er suffered a fractured left thumb when struck by the ball during an infield workout at the. est Point fieldhouse yes terday. He will be able to con tinue light drills. HSHTi r Ths Mtmttit Pras SEW OSLRASS Bobhf BttJtiB, 1ST, Kn Terk. isocie4 etii Hclalyre, 154, Br troif. ElKABETK, K. J.-MmMf Fm, HIS. Kiwsri. etttpofat Htrla Si?s&t, U5Vs BiUu, Tnsi (S, J 714 ' 1 -!-- "1 T i X - . . , It J - if" I "Af : P--GU larch 18, 1948 Giants Workout Stalls With No First Ofrt Merking Time Waiting Till Mize Report for Army Physical By JUDSOK BAILEY LAKEWOOD, M, 3 March 18 U? The tipoff on how times have changed In basehau is tne wsy the New York Giants are! stalling along In cpring training without a first iMsentan, Manager Mei Ott acknowl edged today he is just marking lone waiting till johnny Mize reports for his physical exam ination for induction next week before he makes move about filling what looms as the big gest void in his lineup. Ott s first reset) on to the prob ability that Mize will be lost to the team was to assign Out fielder Herbert (Babe) Bama to the Initial sack. "Bama, a big man but fast, played first base at West Virginia university and came up ta the Philadelphia Ath letics several years ago at "that position. But since then ha has put in an extensive minor league career In the outfield. It has taken only two outdoor workouts here to .convince Ott chat Bama is not a big league first baseman. "He just doesn't see.ts to fit to there," Ott explained today. "He's played the outfield so long Grants Pass Hoop Coach Resigned GRANTS PASS, ifarch 18 6Pi Paul Davis, who coached the Grants Pass Cavemea hoop squad ta the first league cham pionship ever won here, resigned today. Other activities make it Impossible to continue with the teaching job. Davis said. Davis, retired coach train Omaha, Neb., came to Grants Pass, about two years ago to make his borne. 'When Arnold Bernard, basketbatt coach, was called to the armed forces in November, Davis services were procured. - He is owner and operator of the Redwood nM, one of the City's finest motor courts. Short- as e of help in operation of the motor court is a contributing fac tor in leaving the coaching Job. No successor has been obtain ed, M. B. Wtaslow, superinten dent of schools, said. Second Bagger Out Off San Francisco Seels' 1943 Lineup SAN FRANCISCO, March 18 Cff) Count Second Baseman Ol- Ue Bejma out oi the San Fran cisco Seals 1943 lineup. The San Francisco Pacific Coast league dub announced it had traded him on an even basis for Henry Steinbacher, former Chicago White Sox player, who finished the 1942 season with Buffalo at the International league, Steinbacher was with the Sacramento Pacific Coast league club from 1830 to 1935, before going east. - - Seal officials alss disclosed that Clint Wise, southpaw hurler, purchased recently from Musko gee of the Western association, had joined the armed forces, TAILOR-MADE SUIT fit better mere important now, WiARS 10N61RI MR. CHAS. A. WOBBE representing th Siorrs-Sshaefar Co., "Tailors of Fin CtsthM for Maa," will ha In. our stem. Friday and Saturday Marsh 13th and Seta with th Spring display of 409 pattens in fin weslass, . Hava your suit mad for YOtf,- Mn' Wear Depirtmsnl : STORE Mais PAGE ELEVEN Baseman now he cant back into the twins ot the Infield. Then Ott added that he la- utility Inf (elder Joe Orengo. who reports this wekend. The Giants, of course, are not the only club havtag difficulty filling first base, The Hew York uey nave wteic Ettea; Manager .Inf. MeCarthv hn ' W v .inh n Uttdell, the hard-hitting pitcher. working out with a first base man's glove, and the Cleveland Indians are. hoping to transform reserve Catcher Otto Denning into a ii rst baseman to replace Les Fleming, who has decided to remain in war work. Buck Shaw Calls Off Grid Drill SANTA CLARA, Calif ., March IS m Coach . T. "Buck" Shaw has called off spring prac tice for his Santa Clara Broncos with Hie dour prediction that unless the army gives Mm an hour or so a day to whip a team Into shape fall football look hopeless." - About 98 per cent of Santa Clara- men are to the EOTC, Shaw said, and She army ha these boys working on emii- themes most eery afternoon, leaving him little time for foot ball,. Shaw said he might consider taxing over the army calisthen ics program, in which, ease h would devote as hour or mora each day to footbau, but as uujjgs tiaaa u a anprsoasi that we could get a foofesll team from among the 4-F boys or those under 18 Saata.Clara Is the first school la ttm section to dms springs practice. Stanford and Caiior nta. plan to start thetea rt moBth. Fest Color Psttenuf SonforiseJt Fabricil NuCroft Collorj 19 PBEVIEWS of sprtog ahlrt fashion - are ready at Pen ney j HOW I Rich stripe and flgares on light or dark back grounds, crisp whites ysa '11 find ALL the new Ideas in this -collections Stock tip to morrow for 1843 at grand savings! Sifl Leaders In Till at 4e Beg, V. S. Pat, Oft f Fabric shrinkage will (hot esceed 1, 1 H - if , ?i m til offensively and defensively.