SPORTS—Through The Eagle’s Eyes
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VERNONIA EAGLE. VERNONIA. OREGON
PAGE TEN
HORT CLATSKANIE
_______WINS GAMES
HERE FRIDAY
HOTS
DOUBLE-HEADER WON
BY VISITORS 31-22, 21-
20 ON LOCAL FLOOR
A strange situation seemed to
exist the past weekend as anglers
received their first real thrill dur
ing the current steelhead season.
Practically all of the old-established
fishing holes proved no good to the
large number of anglers who ven
tured forth. The reports following
the fishrng clearly Indicated that
by far the majority oi fish caught
w.re taken in new water. The flood
and its changes in several spots
along the streams was attributed as
the cause.
ADOLPH NELSON
HAS A FISH STORY
FOR THE BOOKS
Adolph Nelson, well known
local angler, fished in the Cedar
Log hole near Keasey the past
week end. He hooked a steel
head with a No. 6 leader and a
No. 8 hook. The steelhead man
aged to wriggle away. Putting
on a No. 8 leader, the last he
had, and another No. 8 hook,
he set out angling once again.
Still a mite muddled for his
having gotten the first steel
head to shore and ready to
gaff, he hardly expected anoth
er bite so soon . . . but he
had it, and he eventually land
ed the second fish. But the
second fish was the first fish
with the leader and hook he
lost the first time still cling
ing to the steelhead’s mouth.
LOGGERS
LOSE GROVE
GAME TUES
BOTTLERS
WILL PLAY
PEDAGOGUES
The Loggers have been having
their share of tough luck on the
maple court since the season started.
Why doesn’t Coach MacDonald ad-
vovate a “whiskeree” for his pro
teges. We recall some of our earl
ier days in school and remember
one in particular. Losing game af-
ter game . . . not by large scores
. it became terrifically nause
ating, not alone to the players, but
to the other students and the coach
as well. One evening, after a stiff
workout, the dressing room was
quiet save for the swish of the
shower through the door into the
bathhouse. One player, sick and
tired of the losing, especially by
close scores, busted out: ‘'By gosh!
I was going to shave tonight. (He
had a fair beard for his age.) I’m
not going to shave until we’ve won
a game." It was a couple of weeks
before the threat caught on and
his beard had gotten away past the
downy stage. The other players
caught on and they went with him.
Three days later the team was in
a winning streak that was not
thwarted until the finals in the
Saturday game was not set until
yesterday, he had not had a chance
to make the connections for pub-
licity.
FORMER MID-WESTERN
RESIDENT TAKES
HONORS
Earl J. Preston, former resi-
i^ent of the middle west, and who
knew more about bass fishing than
he did about steelhead angling, ha:
completely changed his mind about
the relative fighting qualities of his
bass and has gone in for steelhead
!
fishing in a big way. This is his
second season as steelhead fisher
man and he loves it. Sunday, at ex
actly 4 p. m., in the Malmsten
hole, near the Riverview district,
along the Nehalem, Preston hooked
and landed the largest steelhead
caught thus far during the season.
The fish weighed 16% pounds
Fresh eggs were used as a lure
Preston caught a 6-pounder the weel
before.
RAINIER WINS—
Rainier won a double-head bas-
ketball encounter at the Washing
ton grade school gym Tuesday af
ternoon by defeating the local grade
school players. The Rainier grade
schoolers got off to a good start in
the second string game, the first
battle, and took it 17-15. The first
strings from both schools battled it
out, Rainier winning 21-19.
The entire enrollment of the
Washington school, from fourth to
eighth,
inclusive,
attended
the
games. Robert Slawson referred the
first game and Coach MacDonald
officiated for the second game.
league tournament were being play
ed. But boys, if you raise whiskers,
don’t intimate to the girl friend
we had any part to do with it. Af
ter all, discretion is the better part
of valor.
CULBERTSON IS PREXY
OF SHOOTING GROUP
MESSING VICE-PRES.
Harry Culbertson, Vernonia ma
chinist, was named president of the
Vernonia Gun club Friday evening,
January 14. He will be assisted by
Emil Messing, local postmaster, as
vice-president.
Other officers named were Art
Tousley, treasurer; J. W. Nichols,
secretary; and Harold Kellmer, ex
ecutive officer.
All of the 1938 officials were
named by unanimous vote of the
members present at the American
Legion hall during the evening.
A letter was ordered written to
National Rifle Association concern
ing the renewal of the local club’s
charter. Shoots on Tuesday evening
at the indoor range at the Legion
hall were favorably passed.
Two new instructors ror the jun
ior rifle group were named Friday
evening. They were Harold Kellmer
and Harry Johnson.
An allotment of rifles and am
munition from the NBA is expected
soon, the officials reported.
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ROD TEST
BY LOCAL
MEN IS MADE
INTERESTING INFORMA
TION REVEALED BY
HOFFMAN, McENTIRE
An interesting test was made the
past week at Hoffman’s Hardware
by C. S. Hoffman and Harold Mc
Entire. Both men are rabid fisher
men and had heard much about the
strength of various types of fishing
poles.
They wanted to find out, for
themselves, just how much dead
weight an ordinary fly pole and a
light steelhead rod could bear.
Taking weights, placing them on
the store scales, and then tying them
to the end of the poles the two
men found that an average fly rod
would safely lift but 13 ounces of
dead weight. The 8-ounce steelhead
rod lifted 1% pounds.
Both poles were believed taxed |
to capacity in the test. The test was '
an interesting bit of conversation
for many sportsmen who have de
bated long, in this community, con
cerning the relative strength of
rods . . . and why they sometimes
crack under the strain of a heavy
fish in local streams
LOEL ROBERTS HAS
FISHING SPOT, BUT
IT COSTS MONEY
Loel Roberts, city recorder,
likes to angle for steelhead
along the Nehalem . . . and he
likes to have his fishing holes
for himself. He and two or
three friends were quietly lo
cated in a favorite spot Sun
day when a country lad came
along and liked the hole too.
The country lad cast, once .
. . . twice . . . three times,
Loel said: ‘‘It’s a little crowd-
ed here, isn’t it?” The lad cast
again. When Loel's two angling
companions went up over the
bank to put a few more sticks
of wood on the fire, they glan
ced back just in time to see
Loel put his wallet back in his
pocket, the lad put a dollar
bill into his overall pocket and
at the same time reel in his
outfit and start upstream.
FACULTY WINS—
SCAPPOOSE
LIMITED TO
STEAM UP
COUNTY FIVE DUE TO
GIVE LOCAL FLOOR
THIRD LEAGUE GAME
The Scappoose high school five
arrives here this evening to < 1"S"C
the Loggers in the third county
leauge game on the local floor in
a row.
Slated for local fans this evening
are two games, a second string af-
fair due at 7:30 and a follow-up
main event with the first string
boys at around 8:30.
Little is known here concerning
Scappoose but regardless of what
the river boys might, or might not,
have, the Loggers are bidding for a
place on the cripple shelf. Walker
has been out of school all week,
presumably with mumps, and Coach
MacDonald feared he would not be
in the lineup tonight. He did not
make the trip to Forest Grove Wed-
nerday night.
Working on defense weakness dis-
covered in the Clatskanie game, the
coach feels his boys should be in
good shape to take the Scappoose
limited this evehing. Regular ad
mission prices will prevail.
In a slaughter, the Vernonia Ped
agogues, faculty basketball five, took
the Timber CCC outfit January 12
to the tune of 65-22. The last half
constituted but two 4-minute quart
ers which cut down the teachers’
gross score considerably.
The V. H. S. second string took
the Townies into camp in the lat
ter’s first skirmish of the season,
24-20. The games were played on Build* Kitchen—
the high school gym maples.
Constructing and renovating the
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large kitchen at the American Leg
HEATH GETS ’EM—
ion hall occupied the bulk of Sun
Bill Heath, Riverview service sta- day when several Legionnaires and
tion owner, hooked and landed two Auxiliary workers gathered to do
steelhead Sunday, angling in holes the work. Included in the improve
between Riverview and Mist, One ments is the construction of a 10-
was a 11% pound female and the foot drain board, installation of a
3-foot sink, installation of coils in
other a 6-pound male.
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a large cook stove and construction
Mayor 1« III—
of a new chimney. Those assist
Mayor Ben S. Owens was un- in Sunday were Harry Culbertson
able to be present at the city coun (in charge), J. W. Nichols, E. S.
cil meeting Monday evening due to Thompson, J. C. Lincoln, Mr. Wied-
illness. His condition is reported as erman, Lee Hall, Henry King, Mrs.
improved, however, as of yesterday Bessie Cummings and Mrs. E. S.
evening.
Thompson.
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HEY, FELLERS!
SALMON EGGS
10c— ISc— 20c
HOFFMAN HARDWARE
Sportsmen'« Headquarter«
A« of January 1, the Vernonia Trading Co.
will be owned and operated by Cass Ber-
gerson.
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J. E. Tapp has purchased the fuel depart
ment and will operate it independently as of
the above date.
Vernonia Teachers
vs.
Astoria Bottlers
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SATURDAY, JANUARY 22
Admission, 10c, 25c
GUN CLUB
NAMES
OFFICIALS
ANNOUNCEMENT
Basketball
High School Gym
FRIDAY, JANUARY 21, 1938
League Game Is Billed Tonight
After suffering a terrific whipping
at the hands of Astoria the week be
fore, Clatskanie came back strong
Friday evening to take a double
header here.
The first game of the evening,
between the subs of both schools,
ended 21-20 for Clatskanie, and was
fast from start to finish. The sec-
ond stringers gave the fans more
for their money than the varsity
lads. The score at half time was
11-8, Clatskanie.
In the feature event, the Ver
nonia boys could not find the bas-
ket despite innumerable tries. Score
at half time in the varsity battle
“BEEFERS” IS RIGHT—
was 15-10, Clatskanie.
“They’ll crab at the drop of a
The lineups:
hat ... to say nothing of a bas Vernonia (22) Ptn. Clatskanie (31)
ketball," writes our informant from Walker, 8
Sulinka, 2
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Corvallis who has followed the per Thompson, J. 2 ! F
Martell, 12
ambulations of the O.c’i.i State Thompson, B.
Brown, 11
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“Beefcrs," colorful basketball quad Schalock, 6
McPherson, 4 |
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coming here next Wednesday to Rundell, 3
Kroessin I
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play the Vernonia Pedagogues. Holly Nicar, 3
Baade, 2
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Holcomb writes Wallace McCrae Smith,
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this week with a lot of the <!o(>S and
sets the date. A large crowd is an
POINT MARGIN DIVIDES
ticipated. This bunch of ex-college
LOCALS, NEIGHBORS
. . and present college
stars
IN GAME
stars . . . plays for fun and makes •
a lot of fun for the spectators, so
In what local boosters said was
the advance dope has it. Better be
one
of the best games of the sea-
there to see this battle. Bi efers as
son, thus far, the Vernonia Log
they are, the Corvallis boys travel
light ... six men . . . and take
gers lost to the Forest Grove high
GAME BILLED SAT. EVE school outfit Tuesday evening on
the consequences.
AT GYM; VISITORS the neighbors’ floor, 24-23.
SCAPPOOSE NEXT—
ARE CHAMPS
The
game
was
hard-fought
little-known
of
Scappoose,
a
throughout
and
not
until
the fina,
The Astoria Bottlers, for the past
league basket all outfit, but a scrap
whistle blew did the game go inte
two
years
champs
of
the
Astoria
py one, arrives in Vernonia . . .
definite hands. The score at half-
¡.ay about 0:30 p. m. tonight to city-league play, are coming here time stood 13-11 for Vernonia. Thi.
Saturday
evening
to
play
the
Ver
meet the Loggers here on the local
>vas the first game of the 2-game
floor. The lads here are still vowing nonia Teachers, the fame of which
series with Forest Grove billed foi
is
reaching
into
the
far
corners
of
to win a league game, despite ap
the current season, the second game
parent sinister conditions against the state.
The Bottlers, representing a large to be played here
them. Scappoose has played sever
The lineups:
al games, and according to all that bottling house in Astoria, is a city
Ptn.
G. Grove,24
we have on them, have come out league outfit but is not content Vernonia, 23
Nicar,
9
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Culver, 12
with
local
play
and
spends
many
about even-Steven on the win and
Smith
lose column. It’s the Loggers' time evenings during the season navi J. Thompson, 7....F
B.
Thompson,
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C....
Wineland,
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gating
hither
and
thither
seeking
tonight, we feel certain, and fans
Rundell, 2 ...... G...... Lindstrom, 1
should see Vernonia in a double ‘ough competition.
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Taylor, 3
The game starts at 8 p. m. Man Turkington,
header win tonight, those netted
hoops willing.
ager Red Banes states that a pre Byers....................... S............ Sager, 2
liminary would probably be arrang Smith ................ S
Referee: Bailey, Forest Grove.
HERE’S A THOUGHT—
ed but due to the fact that the
OLD HOLES NO GOOD
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Thank you for your patronage during the
past 12 years . . . each of us hoping that you
will continue your loyalty to both, the Ver
nonia Trading Co. and J. E. Tapp’s Fuel Co.
Cass Bergerson
8 p. m.
Vernonia Trading Co
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