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Conference
Head Dies
. Major John L. Grifferh,
67-Yeor-Old Commission!1,
. Succumbs to Heart Attack
By JIMMY JORDAN
CHICAGO, Dec. 8 W) Inter
collegiate athletics in general
and the western conference in
particular today had lost by
death one of their best known
sports figures and staunchest
supporters Maj. John L. Grif
fith. MaJ. Griffith, 67 years bid and
for 22 years commissioner of
the western conference, died
suddenly last night in his of
fice in the Sherman hotel, a few
hours after conference athletic
directors had re-elected him to
a five-year term.
' A heart attack was given by
phvsicians as the cause of death.
He had been identified with
intercollegiate athletics as coach,
athletic director, organizer and
authority on rules interpretations
since he graduated in 1902 from
Beloit, Wis., college. He was
the first commissioner of any
Intercollegiate conference. His
interpretations of rules, his
judicious handling of intra-con-ference
problems and his judg
ment in affairs concerning as
sociations between intercol
legiate and amateur athletics
groups were used as models by
numerous sports groups all over
the nation.
L. W. St. John, athletic di
rector at Ohio State university,
and K. L. (Tug) Wilson, North
western's athletic director, were
the first to know of Griffith's
death. They discovered his body,
half-slumped over a chair in his
office. They had been waiting
for him in the hotel lobby.
His death did not come as a
surprise to his closest friends.
The commissioner had confided
to several conference officials
that his heart condition might
cause death at any time.
How soon the conference
would name a successor was
problematical. Under confer
ence rules, the athletic directors
elect the commissioner, subject
to approval of the faculty com
mittees. The directors were
scheduled to meet again today.
"We probably will do nothing
until later, until the shock of
Maj. Griffith's death has sub
sided," said St. John.
' Griffith's associations in am
ateur athletics were not con-
fined to the western conference
alone. He was secretary-treas
urer of the national intercom
legiate athletic association, and
a oast nresident of the body.
He was active in correllating
rules affecting both the NCAA
and the amateur athletic union,
and was a leader in the fight to
obtain a greater voice lor col'
lezes and universities in the ad
ministrative councils of the
American Olympic committee,
of which he was a member. He
also had sought for years to
bring about an agreement be
tween major league baseball and
collegiate athletic autnorities
that would eliminate raiding of
campuses by big league scouts.
Volleyball Bee
Starts Saturday
The annual inter-school vol
leyball tournament will start
Saturday morning at the Fair-
view school gymnasium. This
tourney is under the supervision
of Joe Peake, athletic director
of schools. Fremont is the de
fending champion in "A lea
gue while Mills copped high
honors last year in B league
- Schedule: A league, Saturday
morning, 9:15 Roosevelt vs.
Mills. 9:45 Pelicans vs. Farview
and 10:15 Riverside vs. Fremont.
10:45 first round consolation and
11:15 second round champion
ship. The finals will be played
xuesaay.
B league, Saturday afternoon,
1:15 Riverside vs. Fremont, 1:45
Roosevelt vs. Pelicans, and 2:15
Mills vs. Fairview. 2:45 first
round consolation and 3:15 sec
ond round championship.
The finals will be played Mon
day at 4:30 p. m.
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Pelicans Battle Marines
Tonight on KUHS Court
Tonicht at 8 D. m.. the Peli
cans will meet the Leathernecks
from the Barracks on the mgn
school students' home court. The
Pelicans, recent winners over
the Weed high cagers, are out
to pull a David-Goliath stunt,
as the Pelicans are a ngnung
team and may surprise the ma
rines. 1
Smooth e "Red" Gilbert,
Leatherneck pivotman, will be
on hand to give the young Peli
cans and the fans a demonstra
tion .in ball handling. Last Sat
urday night against the Bena
Box factory quintet Red was
orancine around in dismay as
he flipped the ball to openings
at all angles.
Everybody who has seen Joe
Domitrovich. marine oacK-court'
man, is waiting for the night
Grid Hopes
Of Oil Bowl
Handed Blast
HOUSTON. Tex., Dec. 8 (VP)
The Oil Bowl, which had ex
pected to come up with tnc most
attractive New Year's football
game in the country, tottered to
day under an edict from the war
department that would forbid
appearance of Randolph Field's
Mighty Ramblers in any post
season tut except a Bond snow
at New York December 16.
Holly Brock, chairman of the
on Bowl committee, held onto a
hope that Col. D. C. Sterck of
the army physical fitness pro
gram would make an exception
and that Randolph Field would
be allowed to participate in view
of the fact that more than $40,-
U00 worth of tickets already had
been sold on the strength of the
announcement Tuesday that
Randolph Field had been grant
ed permission by the war depart
ment to aonear here.
The announcement from Wash
ington last night quoted a war
department spokesman as saying
only one post-season game in
volving air forces teams would
De played that between Ran
dolph Field and Second Air
t orce at New York.
The decision also affected El
Paso's Sun Bowl where the Sec
ond Air Force had been an
nounced as one of the compet
ing teams. However, it was ex
pected this bowl would go ahead
whether Second Air Force play
ed in it or not.
when the southoaw will begin
hitting with his left-handed push
shots. Joe has proved that- he
can sink swishers consistently
Jn the inter-company post lea
gue, ne sparKeci nis company s
drive to the championship. '
Gilbert and Domitrovich are
regular marine starters with
John Cox as Domitrovich's run-
nine mate. Leonard Burkland
and Bill Mills do most of the
Leatherneck work as far as for
wards are concerned. Harold
Money has relieved both for
wards and can handle the posi
tion almost as well as the regu
lars. 1
Burkland got hot last Satur
day against the Bend five and
racked 18 points. He makes
most of his points on lay-ins and
is fairly adept in shaking off nis
guard.
Mills has been handicapped
in the last couple of games be
cause of a slightly injured an
kle. The ankle still bothers him
a little but not enough to keep
him off the fioor.
In an effort to pave the way
for Domitrovich, Coach Israel
has been grooming him at for
ward.' In case this works out,
Ed Meath will take over the
back court duties with Cox.
A workhorse and a good
guard, Meath has looked good
during the past week.
The Klamath Pelicans under
went an intensive workout
Thursday under the tutelage of
tJoach, Marble Cook in prepar
ation for their hoop tilt with
the Leatherneck five tonight.
ihe game will be prececded by
a tussle between Tulelake .and
Paul Angstead's - Wildcats com
mencing at 7 p. m.
Cook announced that he would
start Alexander -and Mason at
forwards, Berry at center and
Biehn and Noel at the guard
slots, ine K.-men will be ex
pended to the utmost in this
game and are decided under
dogs for the contest.
For added entertainment, the
marine udo team will- put on
an exhibition between the halves
ot the leaturc tilt.
Th University oi Southern
California with fir football
players named on the Associated
Press AU-Coait team led all
other Pacific coast collegiate
teams in winning places on the
mythical eleven. Southern Cali
fornia placed Jim Callanan and
Don Hardy as ends; Jonn rer
raro, tackle) Jim Hardy, quarter
back, and Gordon Gray, half
back. University of Washington
won two places: Jim McCurdy,
guard, and Keith DeCourcey,
fullback. University of Califor
nia also won twoi Bill Hachten,
guard, and Roger Harding, cen
ter. Collapi at Pacific was reore-
sented by Jim Turner, tackle:
and University oi California at
Los Angeles placed John Roesch,
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IRISH SET NEW RECORD
SOUTH BEND, Ind., Dec. 8 (P)
Notre Dame used 16 players in
its season's opening basketball
game Wednesday night and
they poured in 89 points against
is.euogg rlcld of Battle Creek
Mich.,, to set a new Irish scor
ing record and win by 61 tal
lies. The previous record of 78
points was set by' the 1908
team. .
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Kegler Sets
Bowling Pace
Double Main Event Slated
On Crunch Card Tonight
CHICAGO. Dec. 8 (Pi John
ny Small, Chicago's business
man marathon bowler,, topped
the field today as the fourth an
nual all-star match game bowl
ing tournament, with a national
title and $2000 in cash for the
winner, headed Into its second
day of round robin competition.
Small had a Petersen point
total of 75.36 for his first day
of battling with ten other sur
vivors of the original field of
120 keglers from 20 states, and
five seeded players. But close
behind him was Adam Plunge
of Chicago, with a Petersen
point total of 75.33.
Small won 11 of his 16 games
to record a total of 3236 pins
and take the lead. Plunge, with
10 wins and six losses, rolled
3283 to better Small's total
score. The latter had the tour
ney's highest single game, how
ever, a rousing 279. . .
In third place, with nine wins
and seven losses and a total of
3308 high for the day was
Therman Gibson of Detroit
whose Petersen point total was
75.08. Joe Sinke, Chicago, was
fourth with a pin-total of 3248
with nine wins and seven losses,
and 74.48 points,
Ned Day, West Allis, WW.,
last year's champion, won 12
games and lost four yesterday,
getting fifth place with 75.45
points and a 3145 total.
"FOULS AFTER 11 STRIKES
CHICAGO, Dec. 8 Joe Fliger,
one of Chicago's better bowlers,
fouled following 11 successive
strikes. He took eight pins on the
ball, but slip made it a 200
game instead of a 298.
On Saturday cither Bulldog
Jackson or "Blood and Guts
Davidson may be seen ruling in
statu clown Main in a wheel
barrow. There is a wager be
tween the two mot ineiinies that
whoever loses the re match
bout tonight at the armory must
wheel the other down the main
dniR in a one-wheeler chariot.
Bulldog snarls that he win
make his opponent sorry he was
ever born when they tangle In
the local bleep bin tonight while
"Blood and Guts'' retorts that he
will make the Bulldog mighty
hard to catch.
This "natural" Is ono of two
main events on the crunch card
with the other bringing together
Gust Johnson, junior light-heavy
king, and mcany Billy McLuln.
Johnson put the blocks to llerblc
Porks last Friday and will be out
to flop Billy the Kid in the same
manner. McEuin has been enjoy
ing success in Salem of late and
will go to any lengths at all to
gain a decision. Gust can get
tough too when the occasion
arises, which it no doubt will to
night, and is well able to lake
care of himself against all kinds
of tactics.
In the curtain-raiser at 8:30
p. m. Tough Tony Ross will slug
it out with Herb Parks. Parks is
Lord Byron Sets Pace in Oakland Tourney
' By RUSS NEWLAND
OAKLAND, Dec. 8 (VP) Two
strokes out in front, Byron Nel
son of Toledo, O., set the pace
today as the field teed off in the
second round of the 72-hole
Oakland Open.
High money winner of the
year and tournament favorite.
Nelson lumped to the front with
n opening round four-under-par
68. He did it with a pair of
33's against the short, hilly par
35-35 70 Sequoyah course.
Weather conditions were ideal,
prarm and sunny, but the club
twinging brigade had to tackle
I course left soggy from rain
last week. The greens in par
ticular were bumpy and irreg
ular. Nelson played a lawless game
with the single exception of the
1 8th. He three-putted that one.
Ha had birdies on the second,
eventh and 12th and an eagle
I on the 453-yard finishing hole,
ihe latter from a 20-foot putt.
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Two strokes behind were Den
ny Shute, Akron, O.; Harold Mc
Spaden, Philadelphia; Harold
Sampson, Colma, Calif., and
Mark Fry, professional at the
host course, all tied at .68.
In an eight-way deadlock at
69 were U. S. Open title holder,
Craig Wood, Mamaroneck, N. Y.,
Harry Bassler, Culver City,
Calif., Bill - Warns, Yonkers.
N. Y., Ky Laffoon, Chicago, Joe
Zarhardt, Norristown,' Pa., Jim
my Gauntt, Ardmore, Okla., Bus
Pendleton, Sacramento, Calif.,
and Fred J. Wood, Vancouver,
B. C.
Eight others shared a spot in
the 70-dl vision. A total of 21
either tied or bettered par.
The course provided a toughie
to some of the notables, how
ever, chief among them being
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Nelson by a single stroke, flub
bed through the last half of his
round yesterday for a 73, Bob
Hamilton, Evansville, Ind., hold
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a 74 and Mike Turnesa, White
Plains, N. Y 76.
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PORTLAND, Dec. 8 (P)
Portland's high school quintets
take to the road today forthe
last prc-scason games before the
opening of the Portland hoop
league opeucr hero next Tues
day. Franklin plays Baker today
and tomorrow; Benson travels
to Eugene for a tussle against
Eugene high today and Univer
sity high tomorrow; Grant meets
balcm tonight and treks to Long
view tomorrow.
Jefferson travels to McMinn
villc today and to Oregon City
tomorrow. Hooscvclt and Wash
ington both appear at Hood
River. Only Lincoln high re
mains at home.
R. F. STOPPED COLD
SAN ANTONIO, Dec. 8 (IP)
The mighty Randolph Field
football team has been stopped
at last.
Unbeaten and untied, Ran
dolph's 55 players, coaches and
executives planned to leave by
air yesterday for Los Angeles
and a clnto with the fourth air
force. They didn't though. They
were stopped by adverse weath
er. TALL TIMBER
CORVALLIS, Ore., Dec. 8
Oregon State's starting basket
ball team averages six feet two,
with forward Ted Hcnningsnn
lowering six feet six and center
I In I Puddy six feel four.
about due for a win but
whether his clcnuy methods will
survive the test iigainst the luui
measures employed by Ross Is a
debatable iiucstlon.
Wally Moss will reterce inc
clambake as of yore and three
exceptionally classy crunch
classics are on deck tor local
grappling fans.
Minor League
Convention
Ends Friday
' By JOE REICHLER
BUWALO. N. Y., Dec. 8 M'l
Postwar oliinnlng, with special
emphasis on the encouragement
oi schoolboy Daseoall, promised
to Highlight today s activities
the minors would up their 4;ird
nnnuni convention, tiller adopt
lug seven of l:) proposed amend
ments yesterday.
A report of the major-minor
committed on postwar planning,
lormcci last rebrunry at the re
quest of the late Commissioner
Kenesaw Mountain LiiihIIs, will
come up lor action
The committee recommended
appointment of touring talent
teams to spread I h e diamond
gospel and circulation ot rule
books and movies on the game's
fundamentals. If this idea Is
agreed upon by the majors, it
will be operated In conjunction
wun ine slate high school ath
letic associations.
A $300 fine on clubs signing
Doys sum eiigitiic tor high school
Dan was also recommended.
Among other Ideas were Ihe
formation of clinic (or improve
ment of umpiring, elimination of
payment of bonuses to free
agents with substitution of
payment of ten per cent of the
snles price to players assigned
lo a Higher rluu, eslablisnmon
of n promotional department
with a full time director, and
recodifying the playing rules.
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Also coming un was a resnlu-
lion of .l Kemp Bartlott. secre
tary of Baltimore's. International
league club, that a committee be
formed to meet with football
owners to erase overlapping
scneouics ot the two sports.
Most important of the amend
ments adopled, all ot which
must bo concurred In by the ma
jor leagues, dealt with the draft
and tcrrllor nl nro b cms
The agreement on $10,000 for
a class AA player, an increase
of only ;i,'i 1.') per cent Instead
of the original 100 per cent, was
felt by observers to bo a con
ciliatory gesture to the majors.
However, passing of an amend
ment giving the minors the
right lo buy the franchise of any
invading - major league club
clearly slated the minor leagues'
intention to protect their territory.
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OH, HAPPY DAY1
Yesterday we received a let
ter Irom Lee Jacobs with the
wager we made on the
Medlord-La Grande clembake
enclosed. We thank Lee kind
ly for the prompt delivery,
but the letter is what inter,
ested us most.
Wo feel sure Lee would not
mind if wo quolo u lilt from It.
so hero goes. Ho says, ' 1 will
say La Griindo is the finest high
school football team I ever saw
on uny gridiron any where, any
time. That menus Medford must
havo a wonder team."
Now, we don't leel that way
at all about the situation. We
think Medford had a good, big
football team that simply
overpowered the La Grande
lade, Indeed, Lee goes on to
say, "I am atrald that It was
a csso of a good small team
against a qood big one and
power won out in the end."
At the risk of being called
slightly balmy we still think
that Grant ol Portland had Ihe
best prep grid eleven In the
state of Oregon this year and
would hare detected either
Medlord or La Grande if the
Generals had not become over
contldent and lost to the
Roosevelt Roughrlders. We
mean to take no credit away
from the swell win of Ihe
Black Tornado, but that's the
way we feel about It.
Lee also says, "I wasn't sur-
Crlsed to nave aiedtoru score
ccauso I thought they would,
but I expected Lo Grande lo
score a lot because their passfng
attack has been deadly all year
and beyond a doubt the heavy
field plus stiller compeuuon
threw II out of gear." We agree i
with Leo on that statement lo
some extent as the heavy field
probably did hinder tho La
Grande eleven, but we honestly
did not axpeet La Grande lo
score The only thing we lenrcu
was tho weakness of the Med
ford miss defense and that was
apparently well taken care of by
Coach A I blmpson by game
time. Wo based our prediction
on the fuel that we didn't sec
how the Tigers could get to first
base around, thruiigh or over
the gigantic Medford line,
Lee concluded by saying,
"This La Grande outfit would
have been Ken Klahn's ideal
team. They passed from any
place at any lime and had a
wondarlul aerial attack, but
Ken's Ideas to the contrary,
it is always nice to have some
power to fall back on when
field conditions, or soma other
condition, bogs it down,"
How about It, Ken?
LEAVE MONDAY
The Pelicans will leave on
their scheduled road trip Mon
day and will return tho follow
ins Sunday. Thn hovs will ulay
Oregon City, Mllwauklo, Al-i
banv and Salem starting on
Tuesday, December 12 and In-j
ismng December 10.
Coach Marble Cook has
made a change in his travel
ing squad which now Includes
Jim Noreen, Bob Perkins, Jer
ry Thome. Jim Pope, Jim Pal
mer, Rollie Berry. Joe Zero
slnski. Bus Bussman, Bud
Biehn and possibly Don Noel.
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