THURSDAY. JAN. 8. 1948 6 THE EAGLE. VERNONIA, OREGON SPORT TOPICS é J ROY FRANK, Sporta Editor LOGGERS GIRD FOR RAINIER A rough and tough court battle is to be staged on the local floor this Friday night, January 9 when the Vernonia Loggers meet the Be comfortable now and prepared for the really cold weather to come. Spark Oil Heaters always give .you just the temperature you want when you want it. See them today. Rainier Columbians in the Loggers’ first league game. Ball is considered the main threat to the Loggers again this year. He performed exceptionally well at the Invitational Tourn­ ament held at The Dalles earlier this year and was really on the “ball” when he tallied 45 points against the Vancouver team. It was said that a player would total a score like tht once in a lifetime —but who knows, maybe Ball will be extra hot regain Friday night and throw thg Loggers for a loss. It’s hard to tell. It will be worth watching this game as it promises to be an exciting affair. 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We close Saturday noon and,all day Sunday. BRING YOUR JUNK BATTERIES HERE Phone 773 Riverview VETERANS WIN Foul Âÿ* FROM LOGGERS The Veterans of Foreign Wars town basketball team won again from the Vernonia Loggers. 45- 27 was the final result of the game played Monday night, Jan­ uary 5. Jack Nance walked away with the evenings’ scoring honors by tallying more than all the Logger squad put together. He totaled 28 points. Bill Sword was high scorer for the high school, making 10 . points. The VFW team led scoring all the way. Quarter scores were: 12-10, 19-13, 35-16 and 45-27, all in favor of the Veterans. • Lineups were: VFW VERNONIA 4 Sturdevant Williams 3 f Mullins Graham f 2 Bauersfeld Cline 9 c 28 Nance Sword 10 g 7 Crawford Thompson 2 g Subs: Vernonia—DeHart, Roberts 3, Crowston, Brown. VFW—East, Galloway 4, Curl, Parker. PRELIMLOST TO TOPPERS In the preliminary game played last Monday night, the Washing­ ton grade school “Toppers” topped the score of the Vernonia “B” team to put out and won 18-11. Gordon Crowston stole the show in this court event. The tall grade school lad scored 17 of the 18 points. The other lone point was made by Middleton. The high school team was ahead 3-0 at the end of the first period, but the graders pulled ahead in the remaining quarters, 8-3, 13-5, 18-11. Lineups were: GRADERS HI SCHOOL “B” g Tapp Frank Middleton 1 f 3 Chalmers Usher c 4 La Follette Crowston 17 g 2 Wantland Mills g 2 Wail SubB: Graders—Gamer. “B” — Nightwine, Sawyer. ELK HUNTERS MUST REPORT Every elk hunter, regardless of whether or not he killed an elk, is required by law to file a report with the state game commission within 30 days after the close of the season, C. A. Lockwood, state game supervisor, advises. 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Warren just came into the con­ ference this year and they asked to be admitted only on a tem­ porary basis, with the provision that they can withdraw when they see fit. It looks like they only want to play in the conference when they have a good team and then drop out when they can v produce a winning squad. The Vernonia-Warren game will be the final one for both teams and should really be an exciting battle. The Toppers have four regulars back from last year. Their main player, as it looks now, will be Gordon Crowston who took one of the “All-Conference” titles in 1947. He is improving and should be a strong contender for that title again this year. The other regulars are George Middleton, Loren Mills and Jim Frank. There are also prospects battling for the fifth position on the first string and Gordon can’t make ap his mind who should get that spot. They are Larry Garner, Bill Usher and Bill Fulton. Also there are prospects of good years to come for the Washington­ ians. The second string is com­ prised mostly of sixth and seventh graders from which in one or two years strong teams are likely to be formed. Second string con­ tenders are: Ricky Fulton, Ken­ neth Nanson, Albert Fuller, M.C. Brewer, Dickie Gwin and Billy Wells. Here’s wishing the Washington Toppers a successful season and may they, with Coach Gordon, fight through and come out with the title of “State Champs.” VERNONIA CAPABLE OF WINNING FRIDAY NIGHT The Loggers are capable of overpowering the Columbians to­ morrow night if they play as good a defensive game as they have shown they can by the previous games. Vernonia hasn’t been a very good scorer ,as a rule, but seems to have the knack to keep the other teams from doing much either. If they keep this up chances are they will be victors. In the Vancouver-Rainier game in which Ball scored 45 points, it is said he almost wore out a pair of shoes and had blisters on his feet for a week. That just goes to show that he is always on the move. He never stops. The fans should take particular notice Fri­ day night of Ball. He is always moving in one directon or the other, which shows that he is in good shape and will prove a tough hinderance to Vernonia. Someone said that if Vernonia could stop Ball, they could win the game. Maybe so, but Rainier has plenty of other good ball players that can step in and do some scor­ ing in case Ball is checked. Another hindrance to Vernonia is that Frank and Tapp aren’t in as good shape as they should be. Frank just got over the flu and Tapp has a bad cold, but they are hoping to be able to clamp down on Ball with their full strength. Donnie Cline, Vernonia center, has been inconsistent with his scoring. In two games, he didn’t score at all the first half, but came to life during the second half and made some points. Cline should at least total from 15-20 Licensed Contractors REFRIGERATION RADIO SERVICE and Appliance Repairing STRONG’S RADIO AND ELECTRIC 969 Bridge St. Ph. 576 HEARING DATE SET points each game and probably more. He has the size and abil­ ity to do all of that. Most of his fault is attributed to not keeping his eye on the basket when shoot­ ing and hurrying his shots. He is a beautiful faker and knows ex­ ceptionally well how to throw his man off balance. Sylvester Williams probably hasn’t fully put out what the people expected of him this year but he is improving on man-to-man defense and in the Tillamook game exhibited beautiful defen­ sive ball. Jack Frank, one of Hergert’s main defensive players this year, just can’t seem to hit the basket. He has had a lot of bad luck along this line. He is capable of being a high scorer, with that nice left-handed shot of his. Bill Sword would be a top scorer if he would shoot oftener but instead usually gets rid of it to one of his team mates. Al­ though he is small, he is a good player and next year should really go places. He showed a sample of what he can do in the VFW game. It looks as though Vernonia, ! Angling regulations for game fish for the 1948 siason will be up for consideration by the Ore­ gon state game commission when it holds the statutory hearing for this purpose on Friday, January 9, at its headquarters at 1634 S. W. Alder Street, Portland.______ _ with a little more practice win start to score and make use of the material available. PRE-SEASON GAMES OVER The Vernonia Loggers ended their pre-season games this week with a game with the Banks Braves. Of eight games played, Vernonia was victor in five. The Loggers tallied 214 points to their opponent’s 209. Both Beaverton and Tillamook fell twice to the Loggers and Wil­ lamina was the other Logger de­ feat. Vernonia has not been de­ feated by any high school so far this year. They were defeated twice by VFW and once by the Pacific U Frosh. This data and figures do not include the Jamboree or the Banks game which was played too late for this week’s edition. 'HANK YOU! imi « L j January 1 marked the change of ownership of the Mist Store and I wish to extend my sincere thanks for the patronage I have enjoyed in 26 years of business there. At the same time I wish to extend the best of luck to the new owner, Walter Mathews, and the hope that he will receive the same consideration I received. Again may I say, thank you very much! > William Bridgers £ ON DUCTED M odern AS 5- APPLIANCE5 CARRIER OF THE EARLY WEST A. '-*) A np 8” B. P ony express C. ZEPHYR. /A uthor of the RAVEN. A. SHAKESPEARE B. HENRY W. LON6FÊLLOW c. A C onan p E p » ar D oyle [T his tiltep structure is THE 'LEANIN6 TOWER OF— a lonpon c . pisa B. BABYLON l> WASHINGTON © tJwrvnsAi FtATvm 135 adv . co . 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