Who'll Meet Weidner For Title ...
Belcastro - Dusette To
In Armory Elimination
In the first of a scries of mat
; tattles to determine a fitting
! ihallenger for the Pacific Coast
I unior light-heavy wrestling
( title now held by Billy Weidner,
Pete Bclcastro and George
i Dusette will grapple their way
( through a five round title at
' the armory Thursday night.
Both Belcastro and Dusette
have held the belt previously
' ind this fact should add zest to
, their struggle. The winner of
' their event will be watched with
other outstanding grapplers and
' eventually an opponent for Billy
Weidner will be selected.
Weidner won the belt several
weeks ago at the armory in a
rough and tumble, fist-throwing
clash with Pete Belcastro, the
former title-holder. Since that
time both Belcastro and Dusette,
as well as several other grapple
artists, have been clamoring for
chance at the title.
Another top . bout scheduled
for next Thursday is the five
round go between Benny Trudel,
who pleased fans here recently,
and the mysterious Grey Mask
nemesis of all the wrestling
profession in the Klamath area.
In the opener Dorry Dillard
, will beat Buck Weaver in a three
round struggle. Dillard wrestled
here for the first time last week
and put on an impressive appear
ance. Buck Weaver is popular
with most of the audience for his
plucky never-say-die attitude
about the task at hand.
Colleges
Crown 5
Fighters
MADISON, Wis., March 31 P)
Intercollegiate boxing today had
five new champions and three
repeaters.
They won the NCAA cham
pionships before 15,000 fans in
the University of - Wisconsin
fieldhouse Saturday night as the
climax of a three-day elimina
tion series which started with 57
boxers from 17 colleges.
Wisconsin and ' Idaho, with
two champions apiece, dominat
ed the bouts. Other crowns were
won by fighters from Syracuse,
Penn State, Michigan State and
Miami.
Charles Davey, 135 pounder
from Michigan State. Cliff Lutz.
145 pounds, Wisconsin, and
Laune Erickson, 175, from Idaho,
again took titles.
New winners ' were Gerald
Auclair, 125 pounds, Syracuse,
Glen Hawthorne, 130, Penn
State; Herb Carlson, 155, Idaho,
John Lendenski, 165, . Wisconsin
and Art Saey, heavyweight,
Miami.
In the 155 pound class, Carl
son handed Don Dickinson of
Wisconsin his first defeat in two
years.
The new heavyweight cham
pion. Art Saey of Miami, was
leading Robert Doornink of
Washington State when the
match was halted in the second
round because of cut over
Saey's eye.
Senators Drop
13 Candidates?
At Medford
MEDFORD, Ore.,' March 31
(JP) Thirteen candidates for
the Salem Senators baseball
nine were released Saturday by
Manager Jack Wilson.
Those who drew releases
were:
Dave White, Port Albernl,
B. C; Chili Childera, Portland;
Melvin Noack, Sandy; Ralph
Mosser, Huntington, W. Va.;
and Dave Young, Portland,
pitchers; Gene McCormick, Al
bany; Lloyd Krebs, Sandy;
Bert Lucich, Estacada, and Ted
Cimmino, San Diego, infield
ers; Austis Hayes, Jefferson;
Norman Lucich, Estacada; Don
Broosmiller, Pendleton, and
Don Coleren, Salem; catchers.
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Charlie Booth, Harry Bray, Frank DriicolL Bill Ow.nt. and
EU Ross shown above on th. loading stairs of th. United Airlines
Mainlin.r h.r. are among the hundreds of bowl.rs to be entered
in the American Bowling Congrats at Lot Angeles this week-end.
These bowl.rs are representatives of the Elks lodge and are
entered as a live-man team, though some of the boys may stay
lor singlet competition.
Pelican Tracksters Take
Nine Firsts At Ashland
' Pelican trackmen took nine
first places in the track meet
Friday afternoon with Ashland
at Ashland, and at the same time
set time and distance marks that
were classed as "very good" for
this early season meet, accord
ing to Paul Deller, KUHS track
mentor.
Youngsters
Win Figure
Skate Titles
OTTAWA, March 31 UP)
Barbara Ann Scott, Ottawa's 18-year-old
world champion, and
Dick Button, 17, Englewood, N.
J., United States senior title
holder, reigned today as mon
archs of North American senior
amateur figure skating after be
ing crowned at the close of the
two-day continental champion
ships here Saturday night
Pairs champions were swift,
smooth Suzanne Morrow and
Wallace Diestelmeyer of the
Toronto Skating club, and win
ners of the dance contest first
to be held for an international
trophy were Lois Waring and
Walter Bainbridge of the Balti
more and Washington Skating
club.
Behind Miss Morrow and
Diestelmeyer, 1947 Canadian na
tional pairs champions, were
Yvonne Serman and Robert
Swenning, New York, and Karol
and Peter Kennedy, Seattle.
In the women's singles, Shir
ley Lander, Seattle, was seventh.
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Tom Edwards was high point
man for the meet with 141 points
to his credit, though he and the
other thinclads were hampered
slightly by a light drizzle that
fell on a hard, fast track. ...
The meet record:
Hiih hurdle lit, Hmbn IKFl; Ind.
RU.r iKTl; 3rd, Nclion (Aj. Tim. 1S.4.
Shot put Bom OCT). J. ZanMtmkl
IKTl. Shubett IKFL 49.1.
100-y.rtl dun tdwardl KF, Bud
Brown iKTt, Dodson iKFi. 10:ft.
Pol. vault Lc BUnc lAl, and Nelson
(A: J. Zaroaliukl IKTl. 10 (L. 3 in.
Dlcua Handle. Ai, Langcr (A), Claw
son IKFl. 115 ft.
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Row IKFl. 160 ft., 10 in.
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(KTt. Mocabee IKFi. 30 ft.. 1 In.
Law hurdles Redkey iKFi, MocabM
(KFi, Richardson Aj. 29:
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wards i KFI. Dodson IKFl. 29:3.
40-yard dash Le Blanc lAl, J. lto.br
(KFi. Barker IKFl. S6:
880-yard dash Craber (Al, J. Mosby
(KFi, Brithtman IKFl. 2:14 2.
Mile run FuU.rton tAl, Oomtan (KFI,
Wolff IAI. 4:38.6.
880-yard relay Idwards, Redkejr,
Brown. Dodson iKFi. 1.38.
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GP Tracksters
MEDFORD, March 31 (P)
The high school track season
opened here Saturday with Med
ford defeating Grants Pass, 80
53, on a rain-slowed field.
VANCOUVER, B. C, March
31 (IP) University of California
cagers swept a two-gale week
end series with the University
of British Columbia basketball
five. The Bears added a 64-49
triumph Saturday to an earlier
64-50 win.
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Verdeur, Hoogerhyde
Set Marks At NCAA Meet
By JACK HEWINS
SEATTLE, March 3 (!' Joe
Verdeur, Ohio State and Hoog
erhyde were here.
There wasn't a ripple left In
the University of Washington
pool today to prove it, but the
two full-chested athletes and the
big team from the Big Nine had
left their marks indelibly in the
National Collegiate association
swimming books by cornering
most of the glory in the annual
NCAA championships which
wound up Saturday night.
Verdeur, La Salle university's
great breaststroke stylist, twice
cracked the NCAA mark In his
200-yard specialty and his feat
of winning the finals in 2 min
utes 16.8 seconds beat his own
recognized world record of
3:19.5.
Ohio State, led by its quartet
of stellar divers and free-stylcr
Bill Smith, buttoned up the team
championship for the second suc
cessive year with a point total
of 66 comfortably above the 39
gathered by second place Michi
gan. George A. Hoogerhydc of Mich
igan State was one of Uie busiest
swimmers in the meet and
"Hoogerhyde was here" became
the byword of the 1947 -event.
The happy lad from East Lan
sing plowed the 1500 meters in
19:44.2 to crack the NtAA rec
ord of 20:02.2 set in 1944 by K.
Nakama. He finished at Bill
Smith's heels in the 220-yard
freestyle and was fourth in the
440 freestyle.
Miller Anderson, war-time
fighter plane pilot, did stunts
off the high and low boards no
airplane could match to win both
events and rank as the' only
champion to retain his crowns.
Placing behind him in both div
ing contests were his Ohio State
teammates. Bruce Harlan, Jack
Calhoun and James Strong, and
their 1-2-3-4 finish marked the
first time the feat had been ac
complished by one team in an
NCAA meet.
Verdeur first cracked the col
legiate standard in the prelim
inaries when he qualified for
the finals in 2:19.6 to better the
NCAA mark of 2:22 set in 1939
by R. Hough of Princeton. His
record lasted only four hours
when he threw all the powers of
his long arms into his Saturday
evening performance and led
Bob Sohl of Michigan to the fin
ish by a third of a laD. Even
so, it was not his best time for
uie distance Verdeur swam the
route in 2:6.4 in a previous
meet.
Ed A. Kennedy, chairman of
tne ni-AA swimming rules com
mittee, said both Verdeur's and
Hoogerhyde's meet records were
offirinl '
Stanford piled up 24 points
to take third place, largely
through the efforts of the Weed
en boys, Alan and John. Alan
was second and John fourth in
the backstroke and Alan swam
a lap in the medley relay which
finished third.
The University of Hawaii,
competing in this meet for the
first time, got into the point col-
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18-Game Ball
Series Tuesday
CORVALLIS, March 31 (iP)
Oregon State's spring sports pro
gram opens tomorrow as tne
baseball team launches an 18
gnmo schedule with the opener
against Pacific university on the
diamond here.
Coach Ralph Coleman's squad
travels to Medford over the
week-end for a three-game series
against tho Salem Senators of
the Western International league
now in training there.
OSC's defending northern di
vision champion track team in
augurates the annual dual re
lays against the University of
uregon Saturday aiiernoon.
Salem
Matmen
Win Two
PORTLAND, March 31 (PP)
Salem YMCA wrestlers won
two of 10 state AAU cham
pionships in finals of the 1947
tournament yesterday in which
Portland grapplers dominated
the amateur event.
Two Salem brothers. Merle
and Marion Kirchem, were pit
ted In the highlight or tne
tournament with a narrow 8-3
referee's decision awarding the
165-pound class title to Merle.
The other Salem winner was
Roy Hutchinson in the 128
pound class, who carried the
event over Carmen Grier, un
attached, by a fall in 6:42.
Other winners: 115 Ronald
Schafer, Parkrose; 121 Art
Solem, Portland MAC: 133
Charles Bordwcll, MAC: 149
Larry Porter. MAC: 138 Bob
Rowan; Portland Centra,
iivila; via KODcn uenny,
MAC; 191 Virgil Cavagnaro,
MAC; heavyweight Ray Mar
low. In the opening rounds Satur
day night, Herbert Hutton,
Multnomah entry undefeated In
12 years of wrestling in AAU
events and eight times Oregon
AAU champion in the 155
pound class, was defeated by
Bob Rowland, central YMCA
entry.
umn late Saturday night when
little Jose Balmores made a
driving finish in the 200-yard
hranetef rlrn In n m m h 41(l
place from Purdue's Keith Car
ter. oHimures swam aeep on
the turns, in contrast to Ver
deur's quick recovery, but he
actually out-speeded the cham
pion in the final lap.
California got into the scor
ing picture when Stan Morket
ter picked off third place In the
Rft-vnrH frnnslvl. EVirint, i K
and fifth in the 100 Saturday,
w 1 1 n uon Beanslon earning
fourth in the 1500 meters.
k CasKill said Hawaii could ex
pect Washington's support when
ever It cared to bid for; the
NCAA swim tourney,
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By BILL BECKER
LOS ANGELES. Muren 31 Ml
The Pacific Coast league, in lis
customary role as baseball's Ice
breaker, opens the 1947 season
tomorrow, April Fools Diiy.
And the PCL, which insists It
isn't fooling about major ieanue
aspirations, expects the biggest
year in its 45-ycur history.-
President Clnrenco Rowland
predicts that attendance will go
over tho 4,000,000 mark, topping
lasi years record 3,718,71(1.
Rowland forecast the closest
race in five years, and observers
generally agreed with him, With
moat clubs apparently stronger,
a five or even six-team battle
for the championship is likely.
The opening week of the 186-
game schedule puts Seattle at
San Francisco, Hollywood nt Sac
ramento, Portland at Los An-
fries, and Oakland at San Diego,
econdary openers home de-
duis or tne clubs on the road
the first two weeks are slated
for April 15.
Lefty O'Doul's hustling San
Francisco Seals, defending
champions, are regarded a the
team to beat for the pennant
again, but many observers see
Los Angeles, bolstered by re
cent additions from the parent
Chicago Cubs, as a prime threat.
The San Diego Padres, cham
pions of the PCL grapefruit cir
cuit; Sacramento Solons, and
Seattle Rainiers also appear
much improved. Oakland and
Hollywood, second and third In
1946. may not be so strong this
year. Portland, which tied with
Seattle for last place, is gener
ally consigned to tne Basement
again.
But, then, a year ago most
of the experts were picking the
Beavers, 1945 pennant winners,
to repeat. That may be a good
omen for new Manager Jim Tur
ner, one of four new skippers in
the loop.
The others are Rio Collins at
San Diego, Dick Bartell at Sac
ramento and Bill Kelly at Los
Angeles.
Casey Stengel. Jimmy Dykes
and Jo-Jo White go into their
second managerial seasons, re
spectively, at Oakland, Holly
wood and Seattle.
For San Francisco's popular
O'Doul. it's the 13th year as
Seal-steerer. Some of his rivals
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LAKELAND. Fla.. Murch 31
(!') The Detroit Tigers, rated In
sumo circles as possciislng the
pest pucning sunt in tne Amer
ican louiiuc. are giving tholr
hurlers plenty of opportunity to
nrovo tho high estimation in
which tho Benguls' mound crew
is held.
Already, four of Manager
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hurled five complete games, a
feat no other club can boast at
this stiigo of spring training.
Only four other major league
hurlers havo gone (he distanco
so far this year.
Dick Wakefield. Tlucr out
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pulled leg muscle received yes-
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Boston Braves. 4-3, In the last
exhibition game of the (raining
season here,
Wakef e d was hurt chasing a
flv ball In the tenth inning and
Trainer Jack llomel said he
would be out of the lineup at
least three days.
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HOUSTON. Tex.. March 31 (PI
The Boston Red Sox open a long
string of one-day stands here to
day by playing tho locul buffs of
the Texas lengtie ana Miinaiirr
Joe Cronln ha bowed to popular
demand and will start Tex Hugh
sou. Among the 9102 spectators
who saw the sockers beat the
New Orleans Pelicans in New
Orleans yesterday were 15 rela
tives of Pitcher Mel Paniell, the
hometown boy who drew credit
for the Boston's 51 victory.
TAMPA Fla.. March 31 lH
Elmer Riddle, Cincinnati Reds'
pitcher forced Into retirement
In 1945 by a sore arm, makes
think that may be unlucky for
Lefty.
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PORTLAND, Murch 31 W)
Oregon's eight entrants In the
national AAU boxing tourna
ment at Boston April 7-9 will
leave here tomorrow.
They Include four of the
state AAU titllsls: Curtis Sta
conn, Chemawa, 112 pounds;
Wendell l)e Lorme, Portlund,
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Ktirt. 135 pounds; ami Ken
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