SPORTS—Through The Eagle’s Eyes
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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1938
VERNONIA EAGLE, VERNONIA, OREGON
PAGE TEN
HORT SHIFFER
LAST GAME BILLED FEB. 25
HOTS
Speculation Amok as Boards
Discuss Coaching Berth Here
TOPS FIELD
PORT AT SHOOT
MAKE GOOD SHOWING—
Though the Loggers were unable
to stem the St. Helens tide Monday
evening, their showing against the
county champs was vastly improved
over former contests during the sea­
son, the scorebook, as well as wit­
nesses in St. Helens, said following
their return here. How much chance
the locals have in the tournament
in St. Helens March 3, 4 and 5, of
course, is speculative, but with Ni­
car back in the lineup, appearances
indicated a far better balanced out­
fit than during the past few games.
Nicar played a quarter Monday
night and grabbed eight points.
SOFT BALL INTEREST—
Since publication of the story the
past week concerning soft ball and
the prospective formulation of a
league here, several interested fans
. . . and interested potential team
managers . * . have come to the
fore with suggestions and ideas.
One local man says that the
league should be organized on a
business basis. Have a set of rules
by which the teams and games are
to be governed.
In other words,
set a limit on players, make mana­
gers sign players up in advance and
let the players be eligible only after
they have been signed a stipulated
time, have a definite time for start­
ing and if players signed up are
not on the field start the game with­
out them. Have a set of umpires
selected for service each game in
advance and make them the sole
bargaining agency during the even­
ing.
This fan believes too much
fal-do-rol during the evening, grab­
bing players here and there with no
guide post, takes interest away.
And he’s probably right.
98 OUT OF 100 BIRDS
SHATTERED BY TIM
BEP GARAGEMAN
Oser»- S. Shiffer, well known
Timber garageman and top marks­
man, took all honors the past week­
end when he performed with the
Portland Gun club against Spokane.
The I^irtland club, with Shiffer’s
well aimed help, won in Classes A,
B, C and D, winning 21 targets.
Shiffer took all of the Spokane
honors with 98 out of 100. Frank
Troeh, Oregon State champ, fol-
lowed with 97.
SAINTS
GIVEN GOOD
CHANCE
TOURNAMENT DOMINA­
TED BY ASTORIA, CO­
LUMBIA OUTFITS
Though Astoria has won the dist­
rict championship 17 years out of
18, word trickles through to Vernon­
ia this week that the St. Helens
outfit feels its oats a bit and is
willing to wager a shekel here and
there that the county seaters will
take the tournament there March
3, 4 and 5.
Teams from the following high
schools will participate: Astoria,
Clatskanie, St. Helens, Vernonia,
Rainier, Scappoose, Seaside. Unless
some unforeseen upset occurs, the
St. Helens sub squad will go for
the eighth team.
Ted Rowher and Howard Maple
will officiate. E. I. Ballagh will act
as timer and Herman Miller will
act as scorer.
Vernonia’s chances are outside,
the dope has it, but the local lads
ADVERTISE VERNONIA—
have not conceded anything to the
Last year, with little practice and district opponents and are groom­
little organization, so we are told, ing themselves daily for the con­
a local soft ball team lost by a tests.
close score to a team that later
went high in the state finals, Play­
ers who made the trip to St. Helens
last year to participate had no idea
that they had a chance until it was
too late to pull themselves together
and play in a serious fashion. Ver­
nonia can be gotten a lot of fav­
orable publicity with a good soft HORSE SENSE!
Wynne Gibson, star of Columbia’s
ball league and can probably go
some distance in a state tourney. Jack Holt melodrama, “Trapped by
G-Men,” formerly raced a string of
horses
on the most prominent
FLURRY OF FISH—
Two days of this week gave sever­ tracks in the country and is con-
al fishermen here their first taste sidered the foremost woman handi-
Her new
of any where decent steelhead ang- capper in Hollywood.
opens
Saturday
at
the Joy
film
Monday
was
pretty
good,
ling,
though there were only about 15 Theatre for one day only.
or 20 fish caught on Rock creek.
200 TONS OF EQUIPMENT
Tuesday, with the word spreading,
FOR BIG LOCATION SCENE
several Portland people, as well as
locals were up Rock creek and an
Carrying two hundred tons of
estimated 40 steelhead for twice equipment, hundreds of head of
that number of fishermen, were cattle and horses and a historic
reported. This is the first indica­ pioneer stage coach in four special
tion of any activity there, to speak cars, a special “rail caravan” with
of.
fifty players and forty technicians
went to Cedar City, Utah, to film
NET MARKS APLENTY—
a picture of the real west.
The
One of the peculiarly fascinating caravan motored and packed into
features of the fishing this week Zion Canyon and Kanab to film ex­
was brought out when nearly 100 teriors for “The Bad Man of Brim­
per cent, (all we saw) of the stone," drama of the over-throw of
steelhead caught, none extra large, the bandits and coming of law „nd
were net marked, some with as order to the pioneer West, which
many as five or six scars on their opens Sunday at the Joy Theatre,
sides. A mighty fine argument for
Wallace Beery stars in the pic-
the Hunters and Anglers program ture in his most strenuous dramatic
which would proclaim stelhead a role since “Viva Villa.”
Virginia
protected product of our streams. Bruce. Dennis O’Keefe, new dis­
covery among leading men, and a
CHARTER ARRIVES—
large group of character players,
made the trip, one of the largest
The Vernonia Junior club of the location jaunts of the year.
The
National Rifle Association arrived company established headquarters at
here last htirsday, according to Kanab, Utah, and camped on out­
Jewell Lloyd, supervisor and in­ lying ranches and locations for the
structor for the club. The attractive stirring epic of the old West.
paper was ordered framed and will
Much of the action, between
be displayed at the Legion hall in Zion National Park and Cedar City,
a prominent spot, the club leader was on ground made historic by the
I famous Mountain Meadows massacre
■aid.
when Indians and bandits killed an
TEACHERS DEFEAT
emigrant train, and which ispired
3-C’ERS—
Carey Wilson’s novel. "Lions of the
The Timber CCC’s played the Lord.”
Vernonia Teachers’ basketball five
A complete pioneer town was
Monday night. The score was 31- built for a land rush, with a thou­
25 in favor of Vernonia.
sand persons, hundreds of head of
cattle and horses, and hundreds of
Ford Motors Company has signed pioneer vehicles. The stage coach
for exhibit space at the 1939 World’s was hauled high into Zion Canyon
Fair of the West, and will erect a for a hold-up sequence.
Ford Building on Treasure Island.
Space, building and exhibit will cost ROLAND PLAYS LEAD
Gilbert Roland, the Latin who
more than 1500,000, say Ford com­
pany officials.
■ made a nationwide hit in “The I-ast
News of the
Theatre
Who will be the Vernonia Log­
gers’ new athletic coach?
This question is fairly burning
the tongues of local fans as the
boards of the respective schools
here discuss the situation.
Here’s the story:
Coach Mac-
Donald, in command of the local
situation, decided not long ago that
he would rather devote his entire
time to his professorship in manual
arts. He is reported to have done a
swell pob of organizing this de­
partment in the local high school
and his interest in the work has
built one of the most efficient shops
the community has ever known.
Sitting by and seeing his work
bear fruit, he gives heed to call of
specialization and asks the board to
relieve him of his coaching duties.
The board looked into his depart­
mental records and said: “Well, he’s
a good man for the department and
there’s no reason why he should
not be given his request.
But
what’ll we do about the coaching
situation?”
The teachers in the high school.
were all rehired. If a new coach
is to be made available it means,
naturally that either some one must
go or someone already in the sys­
tem must be handed the coaching
job.
Wallace
McCrae,
high school
principal, was coach last year, and
for a season or two previous. His
records were good, the books show,
but he’s not too interested in re­
turning to the duties as he has
about all he can do to see that the
school functions properly.
How­
ever, if the board says so, he’d pro­
bably do his stuff once again.
It is known that other arange-
ments, however, are being con-
sidered but no official announce-
ment is forthcoming and The Eagle
learns that no announcement will
come until the high school board
meets again March 5.
Until that time, then, local fans
will have to stew in the juice of
rumor and gossip as to apossible
successor to Coach MacDonald.
1938 Fishing Code Adopted at
State Game Commission Meet
Following is the text of an angl- Salmon
ing code adopted last week at a
Salmon 20 inches and over, open
meeting of the Oregon state game season entire year.
Bag limit, 3
commission.
such fish in any one day, but not
General Season and Bag
to exceed 10 such fish in any seven
Limit for Trout
consecutive days, and not more than
The general open season is from six in possession at any one time.
April 15 to October 31 for trout Present order of the commission
six inches remains the same as be- makes this applicable to the Col­
bag limit remains the same as be­ umbia river as well as other streams
fore, 15 pounds and 1 fish, but not of the state.
to exceed 20 fish in any one day, Spiney-1 Rayed Fishes
or 30 pounds and 1 fish, but not
Open i season the entire year ex­
to exceed 40 fish in any consecu­ cept in Oswego lake, where season
tive 7 days for streams. Possession is from i April 15 to October 31.
limit is the same as the weekly
Bag limit: 20 pounds and 1 fish,
limit. For lakes the bag limit it 15 but not to exceed 30 fish in any
pounds and 1 fish, but not to ex­ one day, or 40 pounds and 1 fish
ceed 15 fish in any one day, or 30 but not to exceed 60 fish in any
pounds and 1 fish, but not to ex- cne day.
ceed 30 fish in any seven consecu­
Columbia County
tive days
Green creek, open season April
Trout Over Ten Inches
Open season entire year in waters 15 to August 1.
tributaries
of
Clatskanie
All
of the Pacific ocean and in the
tidewaters thereof, and in Elei, Tah- creek, closed to angling,
Clatskanie
tributaies
of
All
genitch, Siltcoos, Ten Miles, Mercer,
Sutton, Devils, Floras and Garrison creek above the mouth of Conyers
lakes. Also in same proportions as creek, closed to angling.
Milton creek from Taylor’s dam to
before of North Umpqua, South
Umpqua, Clackamas, Sandy and Bull source, closed to all fishing ex­
Run rivers and Fifteen-Mile creek. cept from April 15 to October 31.
Feud Between Town Team,
Ranes' Pedagogues Soews up
A Vernonia feud, and not between interview with The Eagle, says it's
rival labor factions either, but a cinch to beat the Townies. As a
which gives promise of being much matter of fact, Ranes says he can’t
more interesting, perhaps, and with understand why the Townies even
a lot more physical contact, is fast want to play such an experienced
spewing into a boil, with the lid on outfit as the Teachers for the local
the old kettle dangerously jiggling profs have stood up pretty well
as if to blow off about next week, under stiff competition thus far
Local readers need give no fear during the season. Red, the old fox
to the feud nor the feudists for the that he is, has gone so far as to
ultimate result will not be bad. order practices every night preced­
It will only give local basketball ing a game, in order, he says, to
fans something to write home about. keep the Teachers from running up
Enough of that. The feudists’ such a large score the next night.
leaders are Ed Carter, Townie Five
Of course, the idea hasn’t worked
manager, and Red Ranes, local Peda­ so well, because every time he’s
gogues Five manager. The feudists called these stiff workouts the night
upon whose shoulders will rest the before a game, the profs have taken
responsibility of carrying the gattl- a beating, but not a bad one.
ing guns into action will be the
The schedule for the feudists
players on both teams.
I game has not been announced but
Carter claims his outfit can beat , in all probability the game will come
the Teachers. Ranes. in a special | sometime next week.
Train from Madrid.” ras been cast
in the leading role of “Thunder
Trail.” which will open next Tues-
day at the Joy Theatre. “Thunder
Trail” is based on a story by Zane
Grey.
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THREE NEW SONG HITS
FEATURE FILM ROMANCE
Hit song writers Sam Coslow and I
Frederick
Hollander
collaborated
with Carmen Lombardo, brother of
the famous Guy, and vocalist with
Guy Lombardo’s orchestra, to write
the title song for Paramount’s gay
new
musical
comedy
romance,
“Thrill of a Lifetime,” which opens
next Thursday at the Joy Theatre.
In addition to “Thrill of a Life­
time,” Coslow and Hollander also
collaborated on the two other hit
songs in the film, “Paris in Swing”
and "Sweetheart Time.”
HEY, FELLERS!
SALMON EGGS
10c— 15c— 20c
HOFFMAN HARDWARE
Sportsmen's Headquarters
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RAINIER
COMING HERE
FOR BATTLE
LOGGERS
LOOK GOOD
IN ST. HELENS
BEST SHOWING DURING
SEASON IS RECORDED
MONDAY NIGHT
Though Vernonia lost Monday
night to the St. Helens five, both
the first and second string games,
the varsity outfit looked better in
the game with the county champs
than at any other time during the
season.
St. Helens led throughout but was
closely pressed at times to main­
tain a comfortable margin, accord­
ing to the statistics.
The first
string lost 46-32. The preliminary
game went to St. Helens scrubs 42-
19.
Score
(46) St. Helens
Vernonia (32)
Smith (7)
F
(5) Hiatt
George (3)
F
(6) I.Hamilton
Thompson (1)
C (8) E.Hamilton
(3) Lampa
Rundell (8)
G
(14) Draggett
Schalock (5)
G
Substitutes: for Vernonia, Nicar
(8); for St. Helens, Gusten (7),
Harper (2).
TREHARNE NEWS
FOR WEEK
IS CHRONICLED
(Omitted Last Week)
Mrs. E. Houghtaling is visiting
her daughter, Mrs. A. Jensen at
Walla Walla, Washington.
Milbert Wienicke has returned
to school after his recent illness.
Mrs. John Glassner entertained
the ladies of the pinochle club at
her home on Wednesday.
Mrs. Holt is very ill at the home
of her daughter, Mrs. Cassy Rey-
nolds.
Mrs. Harry Condit of Beaver
Creek spent a few days at Cor­
vallis attending Home Economic
class.
Dean Holt of Kelso, Washington
was a visitor at the Wienicke
home.
Mr. and Mrs. B. Smejkel and j
daughter from Glenwood are mov­
ing into the small house on the ,
Houghtaling place.
Jake Neurer from Natal was a |
business caller at the Bishop home.
He also visited with his sister and
I
family.
Florence Ohler from Kist, spent
a few days last week at the Condit
home.
Chas. Barnes from Tualliton made
a business trip to Vernonia on Mon-
day.
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Cuba, with a commission to handle
preparations for the 1939 World’s
Fair of the West, is planning to
erect its own pavilion on Treasure
Island.
FIRST CONTEST WON
BY VISITORS ON THEIR
FLOOR, 33-22
Local fans will see the 19’7-’8
Vernonia Loggers in their last game
of the season tonight when Rainier
comes here to engage in battle.
There will not be a lot at stake
tonight for both teams have been
nosed out of any right to the coun-
ty title, however, Rainier was able
to win over the -locals on its home
floor by only 33-22 and a reversal
of scores is not highly improbable
tonight, wiseacres intimate.
Two games are scheduled, a first
string encounter at 8 :'O and the
second string battle at 7 :’0.
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TIMBER TEACHER
REPORTED ILL
WITH INFLUENZA
I
TIMBER-(Special to The Eagle)
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hilliker visit­
ed Mr. and Mrs. Levi White of
Banks last week. Mrs. White and
Mrs .Hillikei- are sisters.
Mrs. Jim Farley of Westimber was
visiting friends at Timber last Wed-
nesday.
entertained
a
Jimmp
Wilson
group of young people at his home
last Saturday evening.
Miss Lorraine Marshal of Los
Angeles is substituting for Miss
Regester of the primary room, Miss
Regester is confined to her bed
with the flu. Miss Marshal taught
eight years in Nebraska.
The Community church has been
redecorated and looks very much
improved.
Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Westly of
Westwood, California, visited the
Robert Hilliker home here uesday.
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Homes of the West, in a $100,000
model home exhibit at the 1939
World’s Fair of the West, will oc­
cupy 90,000 spuare feet of space.
I
DANCE
Saturday, February 26
I.O.O.F. HALL
Auspicies Pep and Glee clubs
I
of High School
Benefit Pep sweaters,
Glee club robes.
DANCING at 9.
The Curtain Raises
On Spring
With it comes
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Plugged-up Radiators
Change to Lighter Lubricants
Battery Cells breaking down
Rusted Bodies
Spark Plugs improperly functioning
Motors limping.
It’s to your advantage — you’ll save money on
gasoline and oil — by letting us give your
car a MOTOR TUNE-UP and general
CAR EXAMINATION.
The Cost
is very moderate.
V emonia Auto Co,
Chevrolet Motor Cars
Authorized Service
Vernonia
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