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ii i i i in ii i I i 3 I I i Today Bearcats Again Modernistic WU Nine Opens Against 381st Cuffers flop. 8 to 3 be Keene's firs t-str bag receiver 1 Hod BY WHITNEY MARTIN NEW YORK, March lMVTaking a short cut: Considering that only Ducky Med wick could feel at home in the moist weather encountered, there have been remar'kably few beef from the major league training camps. Some ofjthe players actually seem, to like the northern condition, 0r maybe they're just good actors. It looks like. Leo Durocher has played Trout Planted Keene says.

-And as Earl Taolsonj BUI Hauauska and Clint CajsWrao, -all professional ballplayers, are -enrolled properly, Tm gobag to let them play on the squad," i he "adds. vvj.W--: Today's game against the Greys will be Toolson's and last, however, as he leaves Tuesday to report to the Louisville club of the American As- sociation. Hanauska, another of Keene's top lingers last year before signing with the Brook- lyn Dodgers, Is slated te Join the Durham club of the Piedmont loop, but since hit call Inte military service Is not far off he will spend his baseball days with the Bearcats until 'eaUed. Cameron, the mflelder-out- fielder-catcher of both Salem and Spokane In the Western International last summer, will Salem, Oregon. Saturday Wfca I Angott (Ends 62-Straight Binjgr; Foriiier Champ Hits Top 1st Time On Comeback With 10-Round Nod i TVinamettc's 1943 baseball model, along with almost every- ihlng else these days tream- -lined aplenty because at the war and not a team which is, going to adhere strictly with Intercollegiate Hoyle, officially opens the diamond season ia Salem today by engaging Grays Inside the prison walls at 1:00 pjn.

Taking right up from where he left of ia football and then basketball, Methodist Headman Spee Keene Is again handling the bat and ball Bearcats. Wilbunette's new wrinkle this season 'Is only an offspring of the new trend throughout the country as Keene explains It. "It's getting so now that we just don't have enough players left to form a strong competitive team, so we're lifting eligibility rules and letting anyone enrolled school play en the 1943 Possibly Best Hec Ever Had Edmundson Says War Kept Men's Thoughts On Other Fields SEATTLE, March 19 -JPf- As he made final preparations for taking an 11-man 4uad in quest of a national title, Coach Hec Ed-mundson expressed the belief Friday that Washington's 1943 coast championship quintet Would have earned recognition as the best of his 23-year reign if it hadn't been playing under the stress of wartime, "With so many of the boys realising that they are soon to be in Uncle Sam's explained the veteran mentor, "It has been a difficult matter to keep them mentally pitched at all times for winning basketball, "In four respects I consider this the best of all Washington teams: In ability to rise to tremendous heights when necessary; in scoring skill of the guards (Bill Morris and Wally Leask); in reserve strength; in physical power to continue a terrific pace, "The 193S team, the last to win a championship for Washington, was somewhat more efficient In the forward trio of Ralph Bishop, Ed Loverich and Chuck Wagner." Coach Edmundson lists the campaign Just closed as the most dramatic of his 23 seasons. With heart-breaking let-downs, a close race, spectacular comebacks a new all-time scoring; record and other incidents. The Washington squad will leave Sunday for Kansas City for the western collegiate playoffs against Wyoming, Texas and Oklahoma.

The draw will be announced Sunday. Salem Quint Resumes Play PORTLAND, March 19 (Vjp)-The River Road Rams of Eugene advanced to the third round in the lightweight division of the Goldenball basketball tourney Thursday night by defeating the Milwaukie Maroons, 43-16. Salem, eliminated by Me-Minnville In the opening round of the heavyweight, division, was ordered to return to play Monday night after McMlnnviUe was ruled out for using Ineligible players In Its opening fracas with the Salem hoopers. 1943 By Jack Sords BY SID NEW YORK, March 5-(JFy-The longest wnning streak in pro ring history came to an end Friday night as swarthy Sammy Angott skyrocketed up the comeback trail with a ten-round decision in Madison Square Garden over I -Willie Pep, thefconnecti- until called by the navyr Thus far and Including the three- professionals, Keene has niy about IS players In fall out for the 'Cat team. Of the 15 only pitcher Ammon Adams and outfielder a Ben Sehaad are the- available outfielder Don Baraick is a letter-man but na vailable since his foot Is stttl in a cast as a result of his basketball injury; Keene has i been- impressed with the infield he's been working out the past sjeek.

Although none are lettermen Keene claims Wes Saxtf a on first base. Art Balrd on second. Don Hilton en thfrd and Bud Larson at short have potentialities of blossoming into first-rate Inner defense circuit. Big Hank ErcOllnl Is Cameron's understudy behind the willow and helping! Toolson, Ha AL LIGHTNEU Statesman Sports Editor i Morning. March.

20. 1943 1 1 FEDER cut kid, had never jbeen beaten before i in 62 straight starts. Angott welghejll34; jPep 130 Returning to, the ring after a six-month retirement) and abdication I of his lightweight Angott looked more like a champion than he ever has looked before as he i took! the -play completely away from Pep In -the first half of the' fight and then doggedly held ott to his edge ts the wire. It was a new; Samniy altogeth er to a near-capacity house in the garden as I rushed in with swinging through the first five rounds; best Wee! Willie, the I i 1 weight champion, to the punch repeatedly, and piled up too big an edge lor the NeW Englande to overcome. At the flnlsft, the Associated Press i score I card voted fivej rounds to Angott, thiee Pep, and' two even.

Schnudt Said iixAction PENDLETON, Maijch 19-)h Ensign iEdward Francis Schmidt, US Naval reserve flier and former assistant I footba II coach St Pendleton high schoo, is missing in action in the Alaskan area, hs Mri.i and Mrs. Fred Schmidt of this city, fere informed Friday the raavy department Schmidt attended Pendleton high. Uter: going jto Eastern Oregon! College of Education at LaGrsnde, and then complete his colleso work at i Willamette tniversity where be lwa a foot Vball Star. His brother, GeneJ and sister, Reeva. are both students at Wil lamette.

now i Lewis Piracheri Win TORT LEWIS. March 19 K) The Fort Lewis boxing team won five out of seven boujts from Spokane's Geiger field leather throwers herei -i. Greys nauska and Adams an the mound wfil be Harold MeAbee. jDon Ackley and' Gordo Kunke are the best bets thus far In the -outfield along' with Sehaad. 4.

As Keene believes the North-; west conference will pass up baseball this year he expects to use bis entire team, pros-and all, Malnst such annual opposition as Oregon, Oregon State and Portland as well asi the various soldier teams sta- tloned nearby, we are to give these teams any kind of competition at all this year. Keene states, "well Just have to use every able player In school. as baseball Is a part of our physical fitness program at Willamette, Toolson. Ilanaus- ka and Cameron can use the conditioning Just as much as anyone else." l- Reds Sprouting Forth Instead 1: 1 1. Thawing Out i McKechnie Claims Club Reatly to Go i BLOOMINGTON, March 19 -VPy- Missing are the palms.

the petunias, the oleanders and the mockingbirds, but Cincinnati's Reds, long accustomed to such things and steaks this thick as well are doing a bit of all right kinder their own! program of hot-house training. 'j vyiua sne rea-iiannei season only four days old. Manager McKechnie says his charges-conditioning in the north for the; first time In 49 years are "20 per cent, better, man for man. than they were this time last year in Florida. could go-through a ball game right Perhaps its the novelty of it all, or perhaps Bill I Miller, the "muscle magician," i has something to do with it Perhaps there isn't a great deal of difference between temperature of jjthe southland and the interior of Indiana university's immense fieldhouse where most of the training has centered to date.

1 But even if it's frigid outside so what? Just this: The boys Thursday charged onto the varsity diamond and a few among them knocked the horsehide a country mile. I Hey, I you, yelled McKechnie at Frank jj McCormick as hi took vicious swings with the bat, "cut it out! Just m-e-e-t the ball, e-a-s-yl" L- McCormick 1 listened, steadied the ash over; his shoulder and "cut" at a fat 'one from Ray Starr. It soared, far jj and away. The big Irishman glanced at his boss and found him doing a poor job of concealing a 'Scotch grin of satisfaction. Warriors Lose, Ramblers Win SEATTLE, March 19-vP)-Fu.

crest Dairy oit Bellingham won its way to the finals of the Northwest Independent basketball tournament here Friday night with a 34 to 26 victoryj! over the Fort Lewis Warriors. j- i In the I consolation bracket. Center Bob Mulder of the Vancouver Ramblers set the tourney's high scoring mark of It points. In pacing his team to a 41-35 victory ever the Ephrata Air Base quintet. Vancouver led at halftime 29-19 and the game was close untU the final three minutes.

Plane Hits Reservoir EUGENE, a 19-(JP)-IA. William G. pilot based at the Corvallis army airport, was treated at a Eugene hospiUl Friday -af ter his plane crashed into Fern Ridge dam reservoir. Extent of his Injuries was not announced. Additional Sports On Paige 9 gre runner and art student, whe died la December, twice won the relays -leos," setting a record of 2:19.9 which has' stood -since 1939, I I'm honored to be able to pay tribute to Borlcan, an athlete and artist I greaUy admired," Hodg-elL who nails from Mankato, Kan said in offering.hls "Storm at Lodge Pole" as the Borican memorial.

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m. 122 N. EU, Salem, Ore. com- Bunched It Straight Ring Victories Camp Adair's 381st boxing bri gade is still the team to beat as far as the Legion's semi-monthly fistic fiestas at the anjnory fre concerned. Last night the Bulldog battlers bopped out a 6 to 3 teun win over the 104th Seagulls before a near-capacity qrowd in Salem's punch auditorium for their second straight win in as many times out.

Again the all-soldier which ended in five decisions, two knockouts and two more technical kayos, were jwell ac cepted by the fans and for the most part the battlers! were fn much better condition than those who opened; the! amateur sessions here two; weeks ago. Only nine instead of; 11 bouts were fought off, since neither the 381st or 104th matchmakers cduld reach a mutual agreement on matching respective fighters. Lt. Al Barrett, "mothering hen of the 381st stable, announced ter the brawl he was withdrawing his undefeated ringsters ffom further competition for a month to give the fighters a ijest He issued a challenge to any outfit in Camp. Adair a month hejnce, however.

Meanwhile, the 413th and 414th infantry teams, both anxious to take a crack at the cocky 381st, will meet two weeks from last night, April 2, for the right to meet the S81st two weeks following; Cpl. pill Siscoe, special service coach for the 414th, arranged the contests with the 413th. Three fights last night -j the welterweight go between Lawrence Parr of the 38st and Lee Surface of the 104th; the middleweight session between Rosterman of the 38 1st and Hugh Luby of the 104th, and the Middleweight clash between Sammy Longert of the 381st and Johnny Cruickshank of the 104th captured the crowd's fancy. Parr and Surface put on an unorthodox but honest-to-goodness slugging match Until Surface let fly with an overhand right to Parr's cheek flooring him for the count in 40 seconds of the second heat. Rosterman put Luby down twice but couldn't keep him there, so had to be content With a popular decision In another pitch and take tussle, apven Referee Frisco Edwards went down In this one, tripping aver Rosterman after parting the men once.

Both Longert and Cruickshank showed probably the (most experience of the lot in jtheir crap, the latter possibly too much so. Numerous head butts by Cruick shank in the final round could have been one of jthe nasons Longert was awarded the popular decision. Biggest upset of the night, outside Frisco's sudden spfawL came In the Harold Casey Bob Moses welterweight bout, ptoses, a counter-punching gamester, was evidently toy In! with his green but slugging opponent from the 381st when suddenly a stiff right dropped him In 50 seconds of the first ronnd. No one was any mere surprised at what happened than Moses himself. 1 Cpl.

Eddie Jacobsen, an inter nationally known equilibrist, gave a demonstration of his prowess and what can be done while do ing handstands, which was ap plauded loudly and often by the crowd. Other results: 381st men named first: Don Adams. 134. clean cut decision over! Frank Gracia. -134; Kenneth; Weaver.

154, popular decision over Frank Barrogo. 197; Kenton Weaver. knockout victim of Lew Benavidez. 170, in 30 seconds of first round; Jack; Ruaao, 139. unpopular decision overt Frank LaBella.

137: Ted Curies. 144. technical knockout victim of Xddie Collins when Cur less failed to answer the bell opening second round. I 13 UO Cagers Given Letters EUGENE, March l-(P-Stan Williamson, Ed Dick and! Roger Wiley, freshman members of the of Oregon's basketball squad, were among 13 players awarded varsity letters Thursday night. Others receiving "0V were Captain Don Kirsch, Rolph Fthrman, Warren Taylor, Bob Wren, Bob Newland, Wally Borevikt Walt Reynolds, Sammy Crowell, Al Popick and Roy Seeborg.

1 Of the 13 only Wiley is an outsize-Oregon He hails from Bremerton. Wash. I i uns RipRadcUff DETROIT, March. Cleveland Indians' are attempting to negotiate the purchase of Ray "Rip? Radcliff, 35-year-old outfielder, it was learned Friday, but the Detroit Tigers! have flatly refused to" part with him. Radcliff, whose eight years of American league' service have been spent at Chicago, St.

Louis and Detroit, -was used largely last year as utility right fielder. the shortest season on record. Ev cry one understood he would play shortstop for the Dodgers this year. He's benched himself already. Well, he's the one who must listen to his dogs whine, and we cant blame 1 1, 7 Ihim much if he If wants to play by- fremote control.

We note Walter Signer has signed with the cubs. We'll wait patiently for the Whimey Marti headline: "Signer Unsigned. The St. Louis Browns were the night champions of the American league last year. (It's in Earl Hilligan's red book).

They won 16 out of 23. And Ted Williams batted only .485 under the lights. The boy really has bat eyes. Or maybe you say he did it without batting an eye. Probably not, though.

The Iowa pre-flight school has started spring football practice. Which is unusual only in that guys who are taking part won't be around next fall. That's like teaching a guy arithmetic and then letting some mathematical oaf figure your income tax. The boys who will do the actual playing next fall aren't In on the drills. However, the idea is to make tough birdmen, not' to have a football svinner, and It seems to be working.

We're nominating as the major league rookie with the fanciest handle one Talmadge Lafayette Abernathy, who is a candidate for Connie Mack's athletics. They'll probably call him Butch. The Phils are being required to drink hot water as an aid to conditioning. Which should be a relief, at that, having the hot water in them for a change. They've been in it so long they look like poached eggs.

The holdouts have the fans guessing. They can't figure out whether the players are taking advantage of the shortage of material to demand more money, or the club owners are taking advantage of the inability of the players to squawk too loudly to slice wages. The St Louis Browns' Brochure lists only seven spring exhibition games, all with the Cardinals. Those two clubs really are going to get sick of looking- at each other. The Cards will be starting- the sea-Ma with that dark brown taste There are reports that the new baseball with the golf ball core has more hope than plop.

If so, happy days are here again for the sluggers. Babe Ruth with Us golf swing really could tee off on that out-size golf ball. -The eastern golfers were all enthused when they read that the pleasure driving ban was to be lifted. That is, they were until they started to figure how far a gallon and a half a week would take them. What do they mean, pleasure riding? It's just like saying it's all right to smoke, and then taking away your cigarettes.

Anyway, nobody squawking. That gallon and a half you don't use might be just enough for the last cough to bring a bomber safely back to its base. Curt Davis is the first major leaguer to come up with a fracture this year. His thumb was all fingers when be tried to catch a. ball.

Those Dodgers always get the breaks ouch! Fish Faratle Halted EUGENE. March It The annual MeKenxie river boat pa-- rsdc marking the opening of the 'spring fishing season ha Lane county was cancelled Friday by the MeKenile Elver aides association because of 'the Basketball Score! National AAU Tourney at Denver (Semi-Fmal) Phillips 66 Oilers 40, Denver University 36. Denver American Legion 41, Wyoming 33. Northwest Independent Tourney Bellingham 34, Fort Lewis 26. Vancouver Ramblers 41; Eph rata Air Base- 33 (consolation).

LohreTs (Seattle) 45, Bremer- ton 34 (consolation). DRS. CHAN i i LAM DfJ.IXim.tl Dr.G.ChaaJ- CHINESE Herbalists i 241 Liberty Upstairs Portland General Electric Office open Saturday only 10 a. ra to I -p. to 7 Blood pressure and urine tests are free of charge Practiced sine 1911.

iMxmf 1 IT ii i By Rainbow Stocked in Silverton Streams II SILVERTON jOne of the heaviest plantings trout ever made in local streams! was made this week through the state game commission with the cooperation of the Salem Hunters and Anglers club. I Four truck loads were planted in Silver creek, two in Abiqua and two in Butte. Size of the fish varied from four to ten inches. The fish are fallrspawning rainbow trout, obtained from the Oak Sprints hatchery at Maupin the Deschutes river. Movies of the plantings were made by James Loder, president of the Salem Hunters Anglers club.

Izaak Walton leaguers Sil- verton also assisted. The local club will meet Tuesday at the chamber of commerce rooms with Ben Oaf-gett, ex-member of toe staff of the state came commission, to be guest speaker. LaMotta KOs Reeves in 6th DETROIT, March 19 -JP) Jolting Jacob LaMotta of New York gained a sixth round knockout of Jimmy Reeves of Cleveland to square accounts for two defeats sustained at the hands of Reeves tnj 1941. A crowd of 9491 paid $20,702 to see the scheduled It rounds. Reeves weighed 1594, -ur" ter pound more than LaMotta.

Stagg Cancels Spring Drills STOCKTON, March 19- (JP) Veteran Coach Amos Alonzo Stagg sized up his College of the Pacific football nounced Friday squad and an-there1 would be no spring practice this year. Only seven players appeared for the opening workout- The 80-year-old dean of men tors, who is starting his 54th year of coaching, said he Would' have held spring practice if 15 candi dates had turned out. Coach Stagg expressed beliefj however, Pacific would be able to field! a team for the fall season. He looks for help from men expected tojbe assigned to the college by the navy for special train ingj Oaks9 Roster Swells to 8 OAKLAND, March (A) Pitcher Henry Pippen 19-and Second Baseman Hugh Luby signed Oakland baseball contracts Friday which left the Coast league club just two men short of being able to find a complete team. The Oaks, who tpen spring training at Napa next Wednesday, now have two; pitchers, a- catcher, two! inflelders, two outfielders and playing manager John Verges, Cither; under eon- tract or agreed to terms.

President V14 Devencenzi would like to beg, borrow or hypnotize a first baseman and another out fielder, i Pringle S'ball Nine Edges Liberty, 8-5 PRINGLE For the first time In more than eight years the Pringle school softball team Friday defeated its ancient ival. Liberty, 8 to 3. Liberty batteries were Dasch, Cox and Cox, Campbell; for Prin gle, Dick Norton, jHickman and rulliker. The Pringle team is being coached this year by the principal, Mrs. Clara Girod, and her efforts are showing results.

Another benefit has been the relocation of the school diamond fol lowing erection of a new backstop by men lof the community. Dorazio Dunks Thomas 1 i PHILADELPHIA, March 19-OP) Gus Dorazio, 194 took a 10 round decision from giant Willie Thomas, 209,: Friday night, but Thomas made 'it 1 tough for his fellowrPhi1adelphian with his three inch advantage in reach. Dorazio's powerful body blows won him all I but two rounds, i Trucldoads 1 EARL TOOLSON (top), Clint Cameron (center) and Bill Hanauska, all three members of the Willamette Bearcat baseball team before turning to the professional fields, are back with 'Cats again under the new "modernistic" plan by Coach Spec Keene. Legion, Oilers In AAU Finale DENVER, March UMifJ-T defending AAU basketball champion, Denver American Legion, brought Wyoming to its knees, 41-33, with a defense that held the cowboys to a single point in one quarter, and a team of mid-western veterans, Phillips Oilers of Bartlesville, sank 18 free throws for a 40-36 in over Denver university in semi-finals of the national AAU tourney here Friday night. The Legion will meet the Oilers for the 1943 championship Saturday night at 7:30 (PWT).

Wyoming will play Denver university for third and fourth places at 8:30 p. m. SPRING TRAINING OTF "TO' TAB 6AIX: PARK 4 Happy Ending? -ffvf mm -fffi fniii iifrf ii-liitiYsy''ssssl JIM THORPE Attempts Made For Clearing Thorpe Status OKLAHOMA CITY, March 19-VPy-A happy ending to the legend of Jim Thorpe, once described as the greatest athlete in the world, was the undertaking assumed Friday by two Oklahoma Indian legislators. By resolution introduced in the state house of represents tlves, they sought formal back-las- of Oklahoma, to a. petition to the Amateur Athletic union for return of Big Jim's medals and restoration of his name to record boohs.

Although Thorpe, a Sac and Fox Indian, set many marks and won the pentathlon and decathlon at the Stockholm Olympic games of 1912, his was expunged from AAU and" Olympic books because of ah unfortunate season of baseball for Thorpe, lately a guard at a Detroit Ford plant, recently was reported returning to his eld home at Shawnee, Okla to eonvaleoeo from a heart all- Suds Purchase Len Gabrielsou SEATTLE, March 19-tfPfr-T he purchase of First Baseman Len Gabrielson from Hollywood for the 1943 Pacific Coast league baseball season was announced Friday by the Seattle club's business office. Gabrielson was a season-long holdout last year. He played for Seattle in 1938, batting .310 in his best season as a Coast leaguer. The purchase rounded Out a full infield for Seattle. The club also signed rookie catcher Joe McNamee, Friday.

CC Elects INDEPENDENCE, March 19-(P) The Independence chamber of commerce named Paul E. Robinson president this week. Robinson is principal of the Independence high schooL 4 'f Tmciflter HodgelVs Pain ting ToBi06hnBoric TRACKSTER hodgel By CHARLES CHAMBERLAIN March 19-JP)-Red-headed Bob t'Hodgell, University of Wisconsin's reatest high Jumper; has! been working just as hard the last two years on an oil painting asl he was on his field I ti Her has i iucceeded in both, becoming the Big Ten outdoor high Jump; ''champion' and adding the finishing strokes to his masterpiece," "Storm at Lodge -j; This boy of many talents, one of the few 1 good jumpers to take off head-on into the bar rather than at an' angle has drawn praise i fromf the Kansas master, Steuart Curry, artist in residence at Wisconsin, for jcapturing all the terrifying beauty of a mid-western storm at the Nebraska town of Lodge PoU. The painting wn constitute the' John jj Boricanj award and will be presented to the winner the -100t- at i the Chicago relays Saturday. The great ae- "I.