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EIGHT HERALD AND MEWS iidir, Fab. 27. 1945 Six Oregon Hoop Squads Win District Basketball Laurels J... By The Associated Press .Six Oregon 'hoop squads, working through the weekend to district laurel wreaths, began aiming today at the next step up a berth in the March 15-17 state basketball tournament at Salem. Added to the champion roster of the big schools in a competi tion are Medford, titlist of dis trict 4; Oregon City, district 12; and Vernonia, district 14. A whirlwind week of tourneys for the baby B schools wound up with Arlington in district 8, Grant Union of John Day in dis trict 7, and Enterprise in district 8 clinging to official titles. The expected victory of the powerful Medford Tigers in a weekend tournament at Ashland made it certain that the state's defending hoop champions won't be back at the Salem tourney. Medford. which already has one season championship football in its pocket, walloped defending i Sports K I Briefs Hush -C rulltrton, Jr.R NEW YORK, Feb. 27 (&) ' The Army and Navy are co favorites to win the IC 4-A track meet Saturday, and the Army Navy basketball tussle likely will be the best of the eastern season . . . But did you ever sfbp to think that these teams are both by-products of the 1944 football squads? . . . The track teams, without Max Minor, Dos Blanchard, Ben Martin and Hal Bamberg (Navy) would be good but wouldn't dominate the field . i. . Footballer Dick Duden is the 'sparkplug of Navy's cage te"am while Army's incluaes Cfienn Davis, Doug Kenna, Dale Hall, Bobby Dobbs and Ed Rafalko . . . So, can you blame tne athletic departments if they're out looking up more good football material? 6NE MINUTE SPORT PAGE Lou Bloom, freshman basket bailer at St. Mary's high school, Katonah, N. Y., has scored 479 points in 20 games so far and Westchester county cage fans think it must be a record . . . Returning his 1945 contract un signed, Ted Wilks, Cardinal's pitcher, remarked, : "I thought I wfes a major league success until I looked at the terms." . . . Memo to!" college football coaches who think they might find a soft touch in the pro business: 23 of 24 National league sectional titles have gone to coaches who graduated from pro ranks. Potsy Clark won the other at Detroit after he had been in the league six years . . . The Tor nado Hockey club, advertised to night's game with Chicago by quoting sports writer's comments on a previous tilt, which the Leafs lost. Sample: "The worst exhibition given by a Maple Leaf team in three seasons" . . . What if the Dodgers should take up that idea? Three More Schools Accept Invitation To Cage Tournament KANSAS CITY, Feb. 27 OP) George Pepperdine college, Los Angeles; Eastern Washington of Cheney. Wash., and West Texas State of Canyon, Tex., have ac cepted invitations to play in the National Intercollegiate basket ball tournament at Kansas City, March 1Z-17, Emil Liston, di rector, announced today. Eastern Washington boasts a record ot n wins and three loss es and is expected to be one of the stronger tourney entries, juiston saia. Jack Perrault. Eastern Wash ington guard, with an average of almost 17 points per game, is among tne nation s top scorers. champion Ashland, 46-33, in the district final. Vernonia took the district title by percentage with a 43-28 defeat of St. Helens, breaking a three-way tie between Vernonia, St. Helens, and Scappoose. The Oregon City Pioneers clinched the district champion ship also decided on a per centage basis with a 39-30 vic tory over west ivinn. Over in the Blue Mountain area, two more' district crowns are hanging in the balance this week. Pendleton defeated Mil- ton-Freewater. 46-25, to win the east-end half of district 2. The Pendleton Buckaroos now play off with Hood River victor in a three-game series over The Dalles for the district title. Baker, a half-district winner in district 1, will also battle for the title asainst the eastern win ner in a three-game series this week: Wednesday at Baker, Friday at the opponent's home field, with a third game if nec essary at Weiser, Idaho. McMinnvnie moved into a Dreferred seat for the March 2-3 district 8 tournament by break ing a lona-standing tie in tne Tualatin-Yamhill Valley league with a victory over Newberg. McMinnville, Newberg, and uai las the latter not in the league play for the district title at Llnfield college. Four other A squads Eugene, Myrtle Point, Gresham, and Washington of Portland al ready hold district laurels: but the big hurdle lies ahead. The 16A district musts ana tne oa titlists must nlay off the 8A and the 4B berths in the state tourney. First of the inter-district play offs is set to begin Friday night at Eugene, with the first of a three-game series between Eu gene and Myrtle Point. Washing ton, which as Portland league au tomatically gets the tourney berth of districts 15-16, is the only school with an already writ ten ticKet to saiem. Unset of the veek occurred in B league play, when powerful Union classed as a cinch for champion of district 8 col lapsed in the first round ot an eieht-team tourney at North Powder. Little Enterprise, which upset Union at the start, raced on to the championship with a 41-19 victory over North Pow der in the final. Grant Union of John uay steamrollered Crane. 45-17, to capture the district 7B title in a tournament at John Day. Echo defeated Umatilla, 34-24, for third place. In district 6B, Arlington, host team, walked off with the title via a 53-37 victory over Odell at the end of an eight-team tourney Titlists In other B districts will be selected this week. Pow erful Reedsport confirmed pre- Georges Dusette To Butt Biceps With Jack Kiser In the semi-final tiff on the crunch card Friday night at the Klamath bleep bin, Georges Du sette. the French strongman. will bop beaks with Joltin' Jack liiser, Pacific coast iignt-neavy-weight champ. Dusette has been rassling opening bouts here until he be came acclimated to the high alti tude, but now feels that he is ready to go over a longer route. Kiser is one of the finest grap piers on the circuit and it should be a four-star show when these two musclers tangle. Dusette specializes in a power ful full-Nelson that all but breaks his opponent's neck, while Kiser prefers to use his famed "alligator clutch." Promoter Mack Lillard is seeking the services of Billy Mc- fcuin in the opener against an as yet unnamed opponent. VOLS SKEO GRID TILTS KNOXVILLE, Tenn., Feb. 27 W) vinanova, Nortn Carolina and Georgia Pre-Flight are new comers this year to Tennessee's football schedule. Other teams lined up so far are University of Chattanooga, Alabama, Missis sippi, and Kentucky, There are two open dates. mm h AEUOtV and bWGW 4y s 45 Quart .llt'NDEO WHISKEY 86 PROOF. 60 GRAIN NEUTRAL SPIRITS. SCHENIEY DISTIUERS CORPORATION, NEW YORK CITY' '$ I dictions by defeating Glcndalc, 84-43, for the Douglas county title and a spot in tne district 4 playoff this weekend. Glcndale and Myrtle Creek will play to morrow, for another spot in the playoff. onusKanie ovcrwncunca nnap-pa-Svensen, 29-13, for a playoff Friday at Seaside for the district 1 title. The district 2 crown will be awarded this weekend. Pleas ant Hill won the Lane county B title with a 34-28 victory over Oakridge, and will compete in a March 1-3 tourney at Junction City for the district 3 title. Rosuc River overwhelmed Central Point, 36-24, for the right to play off against tne Klamath countv champion Friday for the district 5 title. Dempsey Names 10 Tos Men By RUSS NEWLAND SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 27 ffl Puffing a bie cisar. Dausintr oc casionally for rapid-fire com ment, Commander Jack Demp sey said: "I'll name you the Dest in men l fought. They may not be the best boxine has turned out but they would have licked a lot of the so-called tOD heavy weights and maybe some of our past champions." ine old Manassa Mauler, him self one of the real champs, was in San Francisco, his one time stamping grounds, en route to the South Pacific on a tour of duty as head of physical educa tion and recreation for the U. S. coast guard. That's his job now, nisi ana iasi. utner matters are secondary, such as his ring exploits, but the question of the 10 best men he fought intrigued him. Quoting DemDsev: "The best man? Why Gene Tunney, of course. He won the title from me in 1936 and defended it suc cessfully against me the next year. Incidentally, he was a good right hand puncher, better man ne was given credit for. "After Tunnev. thev came this way. Tom Gibbons, Georges Carpentier, Luis Firpo, Bill Brennan, Jess Willard, Gunboat Smith, Billy Miske, Fred Fulton and Battling Levinsky. They are IJ1 I1T51 1U. "You had some good ones around here from 1915 to 1918 who made things miserable for me. They were Willie lleehan, Bob McAllister, Jack Downey, Al Norton and Charley Miller. It was durine the four round acre The fights would be about over oetore 1 could get started. Mee han beat me five out of six times. I think, and Downey boxed my ears off. The hardest hitters I met were Firpo, Smith, Carpentier, Tunney, Brennan and Fulton. Firpo could Dunch stiffer than Gunboat Smith because he was a much bigger man. The Gunner hit me so hard on the chin in 1917 I didn't know what I was doing until I was walking down the street after the fight. I didn t even know I had won the fight, a four round decision." Northwest Golden Gloves Boxing Bee To Get Underway SEATTLE, Feb. 27 fP) The tenth annual Northwest AAU Golden .Gloves boxine tourna ment, opening its colorful two day program this evening, boasts an entry list of more than80 bat- tiers ot an sizes, witn Vancouver, B. C, sending the greatest num ber. Fourteen Vancouver scrappers were on deck. Others are here from Portland, Tacoma, Everett, Yakima, Vancouver,-Wash., Fort Lewis, Aberdeen, Renton and Longview, and Seattle has sever al teams. "Bucko" Does About Face In Hockey Play NEW YORK, Feb.' 27 fP) Wilfred "Bucko" McDonald, known for a decade of National Hockey league competition as a rough, tough body checker, has turned up tins season as a lead ing candidate for the Lady Byng trophy, awarded to the player who best combines "effective ness and clean play." Playing virtually every game, McDonald has not been charged with a sin gle penalty this season and ten year record shows an average of only 20 minutes in penalties a season. Joe Kahut to Return To Ring Wars Friday In 10-Round Bout POHTT.ANn TToh 01 tori Joe Kahut. the farmer-fighter from Woodburn, will come back to the ring here Friday night with a in.nim Un,,t aitoin ...... m.m .uuiiu uuMv ajaina. Jack Huber, heavyweight coast guardsman. Kahut, now in the service, re ported his weight has gone up io ioo pounds, tiuoer weighs NEW YORK William Tal- bert, of Indianapolis and Wil mington, Del., won eastern in door tennis championship by beating Herbert Bowman, 6-2, 6-1, 6 0. WORK SHIRTS Tans and Blues Sizes 14 U to 17 OREGON WOO! FN STORE 800 Main First Sign of Spring Secret Meeting to Select Baseball Czar Postponed Two Victory League Tiffs Set Tonight Two Victory league tiffs will be played on the KUHS maple tonight with the Her ald and News Trotters collid ing with Hardy'i Man's store in the National league at 8 o'clock and Jerry ' Delivery will clash with the powerful Army-Navy store at 7v-p. m.. in the American circuit. Minors Seek More Power CHICAGO, Feb. 27 (P) There was a definite "either or else" tendency apparent today as representatives of baseball's minor leagues went ahead with their plans for revision of the major-minor league agreement. A committee of 10 officials from the National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues, which includes all the minors, definitely were on the offensive as they went into the second day of their sessions, seeking to broaden their powers insofar as matters of baseball policy are concerned.' The committee in a resolution yesterday demanded a voice in selection of a commissioner to succeed the late Kenesaw Moun tain Landis, better protection against invasion of minor league territory by the majors, and in a statement threatened abroga tion of the major-minor agree ment in event their demands are not satisfied. Recommendations by the com. mittee, called into session to Dro- pose changes in the pact which expires next January, will have to be passed upon at a meeting of the National association next December. Then an agreement will have to be reached at a joint session witn tne major leagues. Phillies Acquire Four Discharged Vets Over Weekend fpHTT.AnTTT.-DWTA Vau ov tnyi The Philadelphia 'Athletics aren t waning until alter tne war to build up a winning team fmm !innio.nf tho AiefhamaA not. erans they acquired four over Coach Earl Mack announced tho sionlncf nt mil ni.,W..l merly of Lenoir Rhyne college of North Carolina, Kenton Horn er, a former Kansan now re siding here, Frank McMillan of Winston-Salem, N. C and Eu gene Conway of Philadelphia, all Ironmen Add Two Newcomers to Lineup SEATTLE. Fr.lv 97 lm T,i, newcomers will be in the Seattle Ironmen lineup when the league leaaers meei me Vancouver, Wash,, Vanguards in a coast league hockey clash this Sun day. They are Frank Sullivan and Bernard Strongman, both promi nent Canadian amateur forwards. ACE GOLFER INDUCTED NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 27 (IP) Golfer Bnh Hamilton nf Ven,. ville, Ind., took his pre-induction pnysicai yesterday and passed satisfactorily, but will likely get in finmo mnrn itrf a, EalnnfL.fl service officials said his induc tion notice mignt be as far off as 00 days. ST. LOUIS, Mo., Feb. 27 (IP) Mystery surrounded baseball's next move to find a new com missioner today, following an in definite postponement of what was to have been the first nor mal meeting of a four-man com mittee considering possible can didates. A secret meeting scheduled here for today became known publicly three days ago. Yester day, Sam Breadon, St. Louis Cardinals' owner, - announced postponement. Breadon has indicated many times that he felt the work of the committee himself, P. K. Wrigley, Chicago Cubs; - Don Barnes, St. Louis Browns, and Alva Bradley, Cleveland Indians should be private. On-the-scenes observers were certain that premature announcement of today's session figures in its postponement. Vf'nce Hansen Sets New Top Scoring Mark By The Associated Press Elongated Vince Hanson . of Washington State college, the pivot shot expert whose scoring rush has put his Cougar mates in a favorable position for a peek at the northern division, Pacific coast conference championship, has a new division scoring rec ord sewed up and all but tucked away. Bucketing 16 points Saturday night as WSC brushed aside the Washington Huskies, Hanson ran his total for the conference schedule to 224, equalling the record set In 1943 by another Cougar, Gale Bishop, now the nation's top tally maker with the Fort Lewis Warriors. Han son has two games to play. ' Second in the division scoring chase and with one game ahead is Ephrum (Red) Rocha of Ore gon State at 209 points, and Dick Wilkins of Oregon, long the cir cuit pace setter, has slipped far back to third with 196. For the first time this year, Idaho has a man among the top 10, Len Pyne taking over 10th spot with 112. Up until this week, Idaho lagged behind the other teams in the number of games played, , The scoring leaders: ... o rorrrrMpr tp Hanson.. W.S.C. .14 SO M 32 33 224 Bochu, O.S.C. IS 80 31 22 40 300 Wllklni. Ore. 13 83 , 39 2J 41 M Jorgensen. Wash. 16 72 ' 36 30 19 180 Hayi. Ore. 18 64 17 20 28 149 Hamilton, Ore. .15 98 27 16 37 143 King. Wash. 16 SO 18 5 28 lie Hamilton, W.S.C. 14 50 18 7 27 . 118 Smith, Ore. IS 30 37 23 53 119 Pyne, Idaho 14 49 22 17 33 113 Second ten: Bartelt, Ore., 107; Carbaugh, Idaho, 108; McGrath. OSC, 102; Labhart, OSC; 91; O'Connor, Idaho, 90; McMillan, Wash., 88; Taylor, Idaho, 85; Vandenburgh, Wash., 84; Carrio' vale, Wash., 82. TRUCKS FOR RENT You Oriv Move Yourself Save H Long and Short Trips STILES' BEACON SERVICE Phone 6304 1201 East Main A Ratty Trick! SALT LAKE CITY, Feb. 27 VP) In variation on the hickory.diekory.dock them; an unwiie mouse scampered acrots a bowling alley and de flected Sully Frants' oncom ing ball just enough to pro duce a strike two in fact, since the mouse was killed. Sully figured It was a ratiy lrick, however, as he was headed for an all-spare game for which lhe house offers a prise. EDDIE'S STEAK HOUSE 12I?o'ith SPECIAL STEAK DINNERS Southern Fried Chicken 60c MERCHANT'S LUNCH Includes Soup Salad Denort . Coffee - Woffles All Hours Meal Tickets fS.SO Value for 15.00 Marines Book Two More Tilts Leathernecks Tangle With Tulolake MP's Wodnoiday; Moct PAAB Saturday Night The marine hoopstcrs will Journey to Merrill Weilnesdiiy evening, February 28, to timglo with the MP's from Tuleliiko In the Leathernecks 25th nmo of the season. This contest 'will bu high lighted by the scoring duel be tween Gilbert and Domllrovlch. After tho weekend games with the Coast Guard Pilots. Gllbt-rl still remains on top with 2011 points. Domllrovlch, with 20U markers, has been closing the gap steadily tho Inst conplo of weeks and may pass tho hard fighting center. On Siiturdiiy night tho Bar racks cngcrs return to their home court to ftico possibly thu tough est aggregation they've met thin season, the Portland nrniy ulr base. The soldiers from the big city, winners over bofh Shan non's and Fen's, top American Legion Independent teams, may have a surprise up their pleoves In a couplo of burrowed sharp shooters from local clubs. Klum ath basketball funs will remem ber ono of theso men, towering 6' 8" Bill Ousterhnu.i, Shannon s star center, who gave the mu rines plenty ot headaches with his outstanding backboard piny In the March of Dimes event at the high school last month. John Cox, outstanding guard and ball hnndlcr for the murines, who suffered a wrist and hip in Jury in Saturday night's game with tho Pilots, is not expected to play against tho Tuleluko quintet Wednesday. With proper treatment, however, ho will be ready to ,go Saturday night. Civilians from town are In vited to attend these games at the Barracks and muy pus through tho gates unescorted. Triangular Track Meet Being Planned SEATTLE, Feb. 27 (II A trl-' angular track meet among the University of Washington, Wash ington State college and Iduho is being planned for Pullmnn late in Muy, Al Ulbrlckson, Uni versity of Washington athletic director, declared today. The former crew mentor said it is open to Invito athletes from other schools to compolo wher ever feasible. CATCHES RECORD FISH MIAMI, Fla., Feb. 27 (P) E. R. Rlggs, of Belmont. Mass., reg istered the longest' saltfish in the ten-year history of the Metropol itan fishing tournament eight feet, two inches. The fish, caught off Miami Beach, weiuhed 78 pounds. C Bv PAUL MAlNrn -5VJ "B" Tournament Tho Kltimitth county "H" basketball imi . I the Allaimmt Junior high school gymnasium vv T.i p,,Wiil conducted as any wo have seen In a long tlttic. DomiiUl" e I 1 ....,.,11 nrl.x. r.f M,., II,... r . .7 . ill ill v. .......... u iiiwih inn n fine Job of officiating tho games and tho scatinu I.I l,,ll,.,l nvl,...,nl II """"IK The nportsiniilisliii) of thu competing tennis was also an outstanding feature unit the caliber of bnsketbull plnyed attests to tho nhlllty o( t conches and lliu plnyora ot lltcso smaller schools Throughout lhe cage season wo tiro pretty much wrapped up In tho games played by the Pelicans and the Leathernecks from the Marine Biutik'Iin. Consequently, wo woro only able t0 he on hand fur about 13 minutes of the Gil. ehrist-Kono tusslu Friday afternoon. Wo had no fours on Hut covrrugo nf the tournament, how. ever, n.i .limn Larson, nigit school student iimo elated with tho KUUS Kraler, had kindly con ,untn HAInV svuU'd to luindlu this assignment for us. John did a k. and wo wish to express our sincere appreciation to ut work right now. 10 ""Moil r.m it in in hi inns ami to mo merr it iinuM ouniaiiHMit, and a bouquot lo each comnellno '.? hi Gilchrist. Keno. Mnlln. lltmley, Chlloqiiln, fcnered Z , Sl and the conquering champion, Merrill. Mnv ii.. "'1 bring tho state crown back to Klamath county In the forik "l Uly. district playoff and state tournament, Collegiate Cage Teams Bye Postseason Tourneys victory over n ulron. New fered their firs tdch J" 68-60 after wlnnlnj E? Iowa. Big Ten tcmZ lender. rni..,l wi .t" for the Ilnwkcyc4' K on the Badgers1 floor ta n 5 t was tho Hnwkeye.-nintn'S .,. v .-Miiien'iico Barnes, (W Mnlo piled up the WiitjtSj By JOE REICHLER NEW YOKK, Feb. XI (VI With tho cnllcgluto basketball season nenring nu end, Interest hus shifted to the NCAA., the New York National Invitational and other post-season tournaments-. North Carolina became the latest conference chnmplons, downing Duke's di-fontllng cham pions, -Itl-ail before 40IIU fans at itult'lgh, N. C, lo capture the Southern conference crown. The game climaxed a three-day mill ing by eight teams In the annual tournament and reversed Inst year's final when the Dukes out pointed tho Tar Heels for the title. Other league and conference champions are Rice, unbeaten In ull 12 Southwest conference games, UCLA In the southern division of the Pacific Const con ference and Pennsylvania in the Eastern Intercollegiate league. Tho Southwest conference race ended Inst week with Ar kanstis sweeping u two-game sc ries with Texas AA-M, lo clinch second place. Arknnsas and Oklahoma A&M, a midwest In dependent have accepted bids lo piny In tho western NCAA re gional tournament at Kansas City next month. Rice declined a bid due to its navnl trainees being unable to stay away from the campus long enough, The mythical enstorn cham pionship will be at stnke when the Army nnd Nnvy clash at An nnpolis Saturday. Tho Cadets, who hud their 27-gume streak snnnneil hv Pcmi last week, re bounded Saturday with a 84-31 of the conference kZ w nll-tlmo tram high uhtl eyes poured it on ladlim, Jm KnilRlut rruti-H Ml,,.j ..I ? ctf one nme wjl .. ...K ot cumerenct ttel monjinin. 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