Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-01-31
SALEM IS
GOAL FOR
Hi FIvES
State Split Into Nine
Districts; 103 Teams
Seek Chance to Play
In Tournament

gon, with a combined personnt
of between 500 and 1000 youn
athletes, are now battling in min
districts throughout the state t
determine what nine teams are t
compete for the state inter -schol
astic championship title in tn
tournament to be held here unde
the auspices OF Willamette uni
versity, March 16, IT, Is.
The tournament will be spon
sored by the Oregon High Schoo
Athletic association, but its stag
Ing will be left to the Willamette
university students and athletic
authorities.
Settle Own Disputes
Final decision to hold the tour.
nament was made at the Satur-
day meeting of the board OF con
troll Of the state association In
Portland when the state was d.
vided into nine districts and 9TH
err preliminary arrangements
were made.
Under the plan adopted by the
board Of control the grief which
has heretofore been attached to
the selection of the teams to rep
resent the various parts Of the
state has been lifted from the uni
versity and shouldered by the
association. In designating the
nine districts in the state board
OF control provided that In each
district there should be a commit
tee Of three school officials named
to designate the team entitled to
represent that district in the
state tournament. Controversies
between schools over the question
of district championships will be
laid before these committees and
their decisions are to be final.
Portland Not Included
While none Of the public high
schools Of Portland will be ELI
gible to compete in the tourna-
ment, two private institutions In
the Rose City will seek to repre-
sent district No. 8 here. Both Co
lumbia university and Hill Mill
tary academy have been admitted
to the state association and will be
contenders for the championship
In their district.
Baker high school, which sent
a wonder team to the 1921 tour
nament here only to have 1t dis
qualified on the last day of play
when 1t was found that Coach !
ADMIRAL Dewey had been play
Ing professional, Blakely, at
center, has already been removed |
from this years competition. Sat
Irday the board Of control sus-
pended the Baker school from the
association because 1t played an
Ineligible man on Its football
cam last fall
Baker "Star" Recalled
The playing of Blakely up until
he time the Baker team was dis
qualified was the sensation of last
ears tournament, and those who
Jaw the big, red headed prep
,er" in action proclaimed him as
find. Baker was headed straight
or the state pennant when Dewey
vas forced to confess that his star
lad been shining on the basket
)all court when his teammates
we're still In toddllng clothes.
The decision of the state by dis
rlcts, together with the schools
eligible to compete in each dis
.rict and the supervising COM
nittees are as follows:
District No.
Harney, Malheur, Baker, Wal
owa and Union counties Cove,
llgin, lmbler, La Grande, North
'owder, Union, Flora, Enterprise,
Joseph, Haines, Burns.
A. c, Hampton, La
rrande; Gene Hall, Haines, and
Iarold Jory, Joseph,
District No. 2
Umatilla, Morrow, Gillian and
iheeler counties-Condon. Board
IAN, Heppner, Lexington, Una
inc, Athena, Milton -Freewater,
elk, Hermiston. Pendleton, Pi-
It Rock, Stanfield. Weston, Ad-
ms. Committee; Elmer Goodwin, =
Hilton; Hoard James, Heppner, :
nd II. e. Inflow, Pendleton.
District No. 8 =
sherman, Wasco, Hood River,
'fferson. Crook and Deschutes "a
'unties--Hood River. Odell, The :
allies. Dufur, Grass Valley. Moro, :,
asco, Madras. Bend. Redmond. , =
Committee: r. l.. :,
rk, The Dalles; A. c. Cannon.
BOD River and f. h. Evans, 6,
=,
District No. 4
Lake, klamath. Jackson, Jose
inc and Douglas counties-KIa-
til Falls. Ashland, Medford. .,
ants Pass, Myrtle Creek, Suth- IN
In and Roseburg Committee: nj
G.. Smith. Medford; G. A. Bris- Gt
Ashland, and NJ. S. Hamm, ri
co
District No. 5
'ooS and Curry counties-Ban-
Marshtield North Bend, Ar
Coquille and Myrtle Point ha
Imittee: c. A. Howard, Marsh po
|; A. Ruring, North Bend. and ROT