Pelicans Win
Tourney Final;
K-Men Rap Longview, 47-33; Oregon City
Breaks Into Plus Column By Topping Baker
By WES ROBINSON
Kluinutti lilgh's Pclicun hoop squad came tlirouKll with IU
1 B4(l 47 cugo twuiri Mill unblemished lul Sutunluy nlubt by
diiwnlnii Longview 47-:i:i on the KU1IS maple In the fltml Miinie
of Hut 20-30 club' Invltiitloiiul bUKkcthull Jamboree. Thl win,
tin- sixth Rtriilghl vleloiy lor tha K-mcn, uliiu boosted tho Pel
ti tint top of the lint In Ihu tournnniont, over the Orciion City
Pioneer, linker' Bulldog mid the Lumberjack.
Saturday nlghl' preliminary tilt between llukiT und Oregon
City wiw tho Bulldog u down before a fast-moving OC nquud,
44-31. Ihu flmt toiirnuiiKMit gume the Pioneer hovo won.
After K)ttlni( I.oiikvIi'W u charity to und ono banket for
three inlnutea of the find H-rlod, Jerry Thorn, lanky KUIIS
center, mid Buy (.'ram each
cored, Klvlnil Kluiniilh u lend
which they niiiliitulned through
out the reimilnder of the itiiine.
AlthoiiKh rough mid fiml from
the lurt, tho Pclicun lopK-d
II further Lumberjack scoring
In the find iuurter, mid boost
ed their own lend to I i n.
The Pclicun second atrlngcr
took over at the beginning of
tha m-cond period, und Immedi
ately knocked over two more
baxket. both mude by Don
t'euiiuu. Halftlmc wore, 22-11.
In the third Kluiizu. I.oiiKvlew
opened the corlni( but three
banket In rapid ucceion by
Clarence Uuiuman, (iene Itover
and C'ruiu put the Pelican out
kt front on the roretourd.
Langvlcw' dc femte h o w e d
algn of wearing down during
the third period, enabling the
Pel to Jack up the wore to
14 to 21.
The final period daw wild
ports of playing and ball-hawking
by both lde. In the lat
minute of play, Pelican Couch
Scott neiil III hlii third triug.
who accounted for the final
Pelican basket.
Joe 7,urotnskl led tlx- Pel
Browns Capture First A-A
Grid Conference Pennant
CLKVKLAND. Dec. 23 (II A
learn a well-rounded a coun
try hnlrcut the Cleveland
Drown ponscx the champion
hlp of the Infant All-America
Football conference today.
On the frozen, snow-swept
turf of the huge Inkefront muni
cipal Ktadium, the surprising
protege of youthful Puul E.
Brown battled from U'liind yes
terday to take the title In the
raid-west playoff with the New
Kentuck Out
After Crown
NEW YORK. Dec. 23
Having already brushed pust
number of formidable foes In es
tablishing their longest consecu
tive game winning streak, Ken
tucky' all-conquering Wildcat
today appear well on their wuy
kn their quest for the mythical
national college basketball
championship.
Kentucky' Inteut win, 70-30
triumph over St. John's of
Drooklyn at New York' Miidi
on Square Garden Saturday
nigiit, was it 24th straight over
a two-enson spun mid It ninth
of the current campaign.
The Wildcat will be Reeking
to extend their streak to 2(1 this
week meeting Baylor, South
western conference champion,
and Wnhiish, on their home court
kn preparation for their impor
tant Sugar Bowl clash with the
Oklahoma Aggies, last year'
NCAA champions. Dcccmlx-r 30.
Kentucky captured the National
Invitational tournament but
never did get to meet the Ag
giea to decide the mythical
championship.
The Wildcat never looked
better than in sculping the St.
John' Rcdmen Saturday night
before a record Garden crowd of
18,403, The apparent cane with
which the southerners rolled
oer the formidable Indian
prompted St. John's Cnuch Joe
Lapchick to remark that Ken
tucky was tho best college team
at ever had seen.
He Doesn't Know
MIAMI. Fill.. Dec. 23 (A'l
Pete Williams, the Navy's No. 1
left halfback, said here toduy
that he didn't know whether he
wa out of bounds on the lust
?ilay of tho thrilling Army-Nuvv
oolbnll gamo and explained
that any blnmo In those Inst con
fusing second should go to the
crowd and not the officials.
with nine counter, followed by
UwMinun und Cewinun with five
euch, but Don Stewart, for
Longview, iicored more thun
hulf the visitor' totul point,
with 18. KF completed five of
their eight foul ahot chunce,
Longview niiitk 12 for 12.
Oregon City pluyed nearly
the best name of the tourna
ment auulnst Baker Bulldogs
in the early contest, lowering
the bomn on their opKnenU 9
to 3 at the end of the flint
quarter and 24-10 at the Inter
mlxilon, Orriion City led all
tlie wuy, althouiih threatened
scvcrul time before the half.
The Pioneer displayed mir
prislng defense and excellent
ball-handling In the third quar
ter of the ball name, und left
the scoreboard at 27-36 when
the period ended. Oregon City
defense allowed Bukcr only two
baskets In tho final eight min
ute, while pushing it own
scare eight more point. Dick
Eurdly of linker w a high
scorer In the game with 12, fol
lowed by Oregon City' Jack
Kcnnevlck with 1 1 and Don
Hoffman with eight.
York Yankee by a 14 9 score
before 40.409 fan.
On the short end of a 9-7 count
with o bou I four minute to go,
automatic Otto Graham, former
Northwestern All-America, fired
a 1(1 -yard touchdown pais
through the semi-darknes to
Dante Lavclli. former Ohio
State end, for the clinching
counter.
The Brown didn't have an In
dividual capable of winning a
lierth on the all-pro honorary
team, but as a batch of rough
and ready point-producing pre
claionist they were something
new In the play-for-pny field.
Launching the season with
seven straight wins, the Brown
sagged for two losses In mid-season
and then roared through six
more victories to annex the west
ern laurels, scoring 423 points to
137. Seven home games of the
regular season attracted more
than 400.000 fans, and Just to il
lustrate their versatility the boys
ran over Brooklyn in the finol
tilt by 66 to 14. with nine dif
ferent men sharing the nine
touchdown avalanche.
Hornets Measure
Gilchrist, 26-12
1IENLKY, Dec. 23 Henley's
Hornets Friday night bent a visit.
Ing Gilchrist high school hoop
team 26 to 12 in a county
league game, but the B game
went to Gilchrist, 30-21.
Fred lies led the scoring with
nine points. The low ceiling of
the Henley court appeared to
hove the boys from the far end
of the county stymied for a time.
Darrel Potter and Joe LaClair
were the officials.
How They Finished
NEW ORLEANS Southern
California defeated Tulanc 20-13
in post-s c a s o n "Consolation
Bowl" game before 25,000.
HOUSTON, Tex. North Tex
as State edxed nut College of Pa
cific 14-13 in first annual Opti
mist Bowl game,
FLEET UNKNOWN
MANHATTAN, Kns., Dec. 23
MP) Ray Adec, a Kansas State
college two-mile track star,
heard a prowler In his frater
nity house kitchen and gave
chase.
But Adee lost the race.
The thief, despite the burden
of a chicken, bowl of potatoes,
quart of milk mid two pounds
of fish, outdistanced the track
man. I
Tip
Niagara For
8th Straight
NEW YORK, Dec. 23 P
An undefeated University of
Oregon busketboll teotn meet
New York university on the Mad
ison Square Garden court tonight
in tho second gume of the Duck
on their Jaunt east.
Couch Hurry Hobson' Oregon
teuin pluyed a sensational shoot
ing overtime gume at Ituffulo
Suturduy night to defeat Niagara
university 67 to 60 and chalk up
the eighth straight win.
The Ducks held a 14-point ad
vantage three time during the
first half u they dropped long
goals from utmost everywhere
on the court. They held a 38
27 edge at half-lime.
Al Popick sunk the first bas
ket In the second half und then
Niagara started drubbing the
hop for 10 straight points. With
two minutes to go Niagara
moved ahead to 57-56. In a
whirlwind finish, It wus tied
again, with 30 seconds to go,
at 58-ull.
In the extra period Ed Dick
tossed two free throws and
Wiley tupped home one he
missed. In the rough play,
Wiley left the game on hi fifth
foul and Dick got another free
shot that was good. Two
Niagara player picked up pen
alty hot while Stan Williamson
collected two free til rows. Bob
V'ren halted the scoring with a
fast breaking field goal.
ETBALL
Rainier 44. Tlgard 33.
McMinnvillc 42. Astoria 35.
Pendleton 51, The Dalles 44.
Salem 46, Benson Tech 29.
LaGrande 53, Hillsboro 30.
Columbia Prep 31, Central
Catholic 30.
Ashland 32, Lebanon 28.
Mcdford 34, Milton-Freewater
28.
Klamath Falls 47, Longview
33
Oregon City 30, Baker 33.
Beavers Prep
For Trip East
PORTLAND, Dec. 23
The Oregon State Beavers In
vade the University of Portland
basketball court tonight for their
last game before leaving for
New York' Madison Square
Garden.
Coach Slats Gill's squad, with
nine straight wins on the books
and favored to carry the Pilots
tonight, will leave for New York
immediately after the Portland
game for a Thursday contest
with Long Island university.
Gill's quint bowled over the
Portland Fee's 89 to 37 Saturday
night for their eighth win, with
Red Roach still at forward and
pounding the hoop for a total 27
points and scoring honors.
Hawaiians Push
HONOLULU, Dec. 23
The Leilehua alumni pushed 78
yards to come from behind for a
19-14 win over the University of
New Mexico Lobos last night.
FUNNY
i iifli'"" .. T. 'Hi" iww.
Webfoots
BA&K
'But frankly, I'm torn between hunger and artl?
hkrai.o a Nrwa. KUmsik rn, or.
Single Wing Vs. T. . .
West Will Be Tricky,
Visitors Use Power
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 23 fP) When East meet West on
New Year's Day In Kczur stadium here it will be the single
wing vcrsu tho T, It appeared to the practice kibitzers today.
Working out fat the West' Menlo Junior college prepping
ground ia a T-formation with Bill MacKride of Nevada in the
quarterback slot.
At Sunta Clara university co-Coaches Andy Kerr and Bernie
Rlcrmun of the East have two powerhouse single wings brewing
for the Shrine classic for the benefit of crippled youngsters.
Coaches Homer Norton,
Heavy Hitter
Stan Musi!, outfielder and
first baseman of the St. Louis
Cards, almost made a clean
sweep of the National league
bat honors. Ms hit .365. bitted
624 times, scored 124 runs, got
228 hits for 366 bases. led in
singles with 142, doubles with
SO and triples with 20.
Huskies Punch
Buckeye Quint
SEATTLE, Dee. 23
Washington's basketball stock
zoomed sharply over the week
end after the Huskies' 49-45 Sat
urday night victory over the
Ohio State Buckeyes, and will
jump another peg this evening
if Coach Hec Edmundson's "race
horse" crew can win the second
game of their intersectional se
ries. The Huskies, untested previ
ously in big-league competition,
provided a mild upset in turning
back the midwest invaders.
Edmundson had been reported
developing one of the potential
ly finest quintets in his highly
successful 27-ycar career at
Washington, but the Buckeyes
came west with virtually the
same outfit ranked third nation
ally last season.
BUSINESS
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mono a r. Dm. m, im. rw
George Sauer and Lon Stiner
of the West aren't putting all
their eggs in the T basket, at
that. They also have a single
wing threat, with one backfield
working out on that shift.
Arrival of Mickey McCardle
and two USC teammates today
from the Trojan's post-season
victory over Tulane boosted the
West's offense, for Quarterback
McCardle master-minded the
Trojans in the tricky formation
all season.
Supporting MacKride in the
backfield were Jack Jensen of
California at left half, Walter
Heap of Texas at right half and
Duke Iverson of Oregon at full
back. In the West's single wing are
Clyde Le Force of Tulsa at
blocking quarterback, Fred
Provo of Washington at left
half, L. G. Caxmody of Wash
ington central at right half and
Willie Zapalac of Texas A. and
M. at full.
Sauer of Kansas coached the
West's T yesterday, with Stiner
tutoring the single wingers and
Norton sharpening both teams
in passing practice later.
Kerr of the East squad an
nounced his two backfields,
both single wing, as: Blues
Paul Weaver of Penn State at
quarter, Nicholas Sacrinty of
Wake Forest at left half, Joseph
Watt of Syracuse at right half
and Pete Pihos of Indiana at
fullback; Whites Robert Sand
berg of Minnesota at quarter,
Larry Bruno of Geneva college
at left half. Tommy Dorsey of
Brown at right half anTi Ed
Cody of Purdue at fullback.
Babe Again
Stands Out
NEW YORK. Dec. 23 (JP
Mrs. Mildred (Babe) Didriskson
Zaharias, amateur champion of
the nation's feminine golfers,
was named the outstanding
woman athlete of 1946 today,
becoming the first star in the
16-year history of the annual As
sociated Press poll to win the
honor three times.
The all-around athlete from
Denver shares the 1946 spotlight
with Glenn Davis, Army's three
time All-America halfback, who
was selected Saturday as the No.
1 male athlete of the year by a
healthy margin over Heavy
weight Boxing Champion Joe
Louis.
Mrs. Zaharias, who has con
fined her athletic talents to the
fairways in recent years, was
first named sports queen in 1932
for her achievements in track
and field. Her golfing prowess
carried her to the top of the list
again last year, 13 years later.
Among the 58 sports writers
who voted for the women in the
1946 poll. 33 of them cast first
place ballots for the Colorado
sharpshooter, who won the All
America women's open tourna
ment this year as well as the
women's national amateur title.
Suds Infield Almost
Ready For Season
SEATTLE, Dec. 23 (P) The
Seattle Rainiers of the Pacific
Coast Baseball league had their
infield virtually set for the 1947
season today with the acquisition
of Johnny O'Neil from the Phila
delphia Phillies for an estimated
$15,000.
Along with u Neil, who played
for Portland in 1945. the Rai
niers obtained Charles Ripple',
southpaw hurler, and the right
to obtain another player on op
tion after the Phils finish spring
training. .
Kahut Has Date
PORTLAND. Dec. 23 (P) Joe
Kahut, Oregon's heavyweight
title holder and listed by Ring
Magazine as one of the top 10
heavyweights of the nation, will
meet Joe Comiskey, 215-pound
New Jersey boxer, at Los Ange
les January 28 in a 10-round
main event at the Olympic auditorium.