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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-02-04

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O. 3. c. 81. Idaho - lover
timel.
MOSCOW, Ida = Whether they
win the Northern Division basket
ball crown. or finish in the base
ment oregon States battling
hoopsters will do IT the hard way.
Their 47-s5 overtime triumph
over the University of Idaho last
night was typical Of oregon States
schedule this year. They've won
and lost the close ones. and. TO
date have broken even in eight
games. Tonight they can pull into
tie with Washington State for
second place In division standings,
by beating the vandais again.
The count WAS 44-ail at the
end Of the regular playing
period. Then George McNutt
connected with . short push
shot, and Sophomore Lew
Beck converted q free throw
for q. 4. C.. while the yandals'
hest WAS q free-throw by
George steele.
Midway in the second half, Idaho
had pulled into a seven-point lead.
But the Beavers went ahead, and
II required long basket by Cliff
Benson Of Idaho 10 knot the score
as the second half ended.
Five times in the games open
ing 10 minutes the score was tied
and again at halftime. 24-all.
Ted Thompson. Idaho for
ward. was high scorer with II
points, followed by Center
John Mandic of Oregon state
with rs.
In preliminary game, the
Idaho freshmen beat Lewiston
Normal 44-42 for their sixth sue
cessive triumph.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-02-04

Brunswick and Tom Loran nj
forwards. Gene Silverfson NJ
center. Don Taylor and I'd
Huntington ~ guards.
Puyailup's lineup viii probabl,
Y Gail Bruce and Harold Rod
'elt. forwards. Dick Porents
enter: Bill Calligsn and jim
>ooney, guards.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-02-04
Shipyard Play

The shipysrd Basketball league
plays a doubleheader In the Bell
armine gym this Tuesday night.
The opening game l. At 7 O'Clock
between Laborers and An-Rails
and the nightczp al s O'Clock win
feature the Boilermakerz and Elec-
tr1cians.
Games are open free TO the pub
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-02-04
Norm Siandlee
Now in Army

PAL0 ALTO. Calf. = Norman
big Chief Standlee, fullback TO
the professional Chicago Bear
and member OF Stanford univer
sity's 1910 championship team
was in the army today.
Standlee was drafted after
failing In earlier efforts to
enter other branches Of the
armed service. He was color
blind.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-02-04

NEW YORK The two major
leagues were in accord today on
everything except night baseball
and Commissioner Kenesaw Noun
tain Lands was expecte1 to settle
their differences ir a joint session.
The American league apparent
ly wants TO allow its clubs to play
an unlimited number Of night
games at home.
The National league is believed
to favor a limit of IA night games
at home for each club, or double
the present number.
Lands will decide the num-
Der of night games which win
be added TO the regular sched-
ule In line with President
Rooseyelt's expressed hope for
more nocturnal contests.
Clark Griffith. owner OF the
Washington Senators, and Don
Barnes. president of the st. Louis
Browns, are the leaders in the
drive to increase night games.
Griffith presented his case to the
National league yesterday but ap-
parently wasn't able 10 sway the
senior circuit from its conservative
stand.
Larry MePhail of Brooklyn.
father of night baseball in the
ma ors. il the bitterest foe Of the
extremists. Mcphail fears that
once the limit on night baseball
gets out Of hand the game never
will return to its present status of
seven night games at home for
each club.
While the majors are ut
loggerheads over the night
hall question. they are In &c
cord on all other questions
pertaining 10 the national
emergency and their mutual
problems.
They have agreed TO play two
all-star games next summer and
10 donate the proceeds sum
which may reach SITS. o00-to the
bat and ball fund for the service
training camps.
The first all-stsr game will bs
played in a National league parh
in New York Monday. July s. and
the second at an American league
park in the west-probably Cleve.
land or Detroit-Tuesday. July 7
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-02-04
Hoop Results

Nv United Press
Oregon State ~. Idaho IS lover
time).
Whitman 10. College Of Puget
Sound 50.
Indiana as. Ohio state IS.
Iowa 81, Chicago 20.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-02-04
BApNNToN PLAY

PORTLAND - Fifteen teams
will open the annual doubles tour
nament Of the Oregon State Bad
ninton association tonight AZ the
Central YMCA gymnasium The
tournament will close Thursday
night
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-02-04

H roIss Idaho "a o sc. "a otie)
Free throws missed Durdan. Beck.
Thompson. Turner. Benson 2, Hop
kins
Officials: Bill Frazier Spokane. and
Dwight Alden. Spokane.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-02-04

PORTf4AND-The PACIFIC Coast
conference today was busily iEnor-
ing the impact Of war on student
athletics.
Following a poll which disclosed
athletic heads were heavily in
favor Of maintaining the present
ban on freshman participation in
varsity programs. a survey showed
none giving serious consideration
to eurtailing exhaustive inter-
scholastic round-robin schedules.
Nearly all schools were on q
business a. usual basis, despite
rapidly falling attendance, nearly
all from ranks of good athletic
materials. and despite an army
ruling on crowd attendance which
hit all schools smack in the budget.
Only conference 50 ham
pered. the Pee was prohibited
by the western defense COM
mand from drawing crowds Of
more than 5000 In an at
tempt 10 eliminate traffic
snarls and bomb targets.
Heretofore, a football game not
drawing 5000 was put down as
lemon; University of Washington,
for one. frequently draws double
that figure for basketball games;
and Los Angeles Olympic stadium
frequently has more than 5000
deadheads At a game.
VALUABLE ASSET
Responsible officers of the
schools either frankly raised eye
brows at the query or took refuge
in a too early to tell statement.
The round-robin IL one OF the
most valuable assets the Pacific
coast conference has" Ray Eek
mann, director of student activities
at the University of Washington,
said. We should not abandon II
unless there are restrictions on
travel due TO the war or the cost
of travel gets too high to make
II feasible.
The University Of Wash
ington will do all II can 10
maintain normal conditions"
This despite a decline in
Washington enrolment to mid
depression depths.
Other schools. notably the larger
ones of the southern end of the
conference. Stanford, California.
Southern California. and Univer-
sity Of California at Los Angeles.
apparently regarded their war-cut
but none-the-less large enrolment
sufficient backing against a
shortage of manpower.
IDAHO LIKES ROBIN
While Stanford was regarded as
perhaps the most likely to CO.
operate-among the larger schools
in any schedule softening,
Coach Clark Shaughnessy left
Chicago for just such a reason,
was not likely to trail willingly
along.
Montana making her bow with
Idaho as a full-fledged member Of
the conference, coppered the bet.
IL do not yet feel there Is
sufficient reason for aban-
doning . round-robin." Foot
ball Coach Doug Fessenden
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-02-04
Shipyard Five
Beats Gasmen

. The Shipysrds last night moved
a notch closer to the second half
championship in the City Basket
ball league by defeating the Gas
men. 20 TO 20. at the Lincoln high
gym. Chairmen won over Yelm.
u to %. and Autos went on a
scoring spree to defeat Lakewood.
81 to rs.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-02-04

Your postmaster car tel you
how 70 invest m U. s. Defense
Bonds
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-02-04
Sergeant Rynninq Doing Well

Sergeant Al Rynning Tacoma born. Of the Yanks
doing soldier duty In Northern Ireland.
Nineteen years old the youth had been enlisted in the
Minnesota National Guard when the YapJap kicked himself
into hara-kari.
Al In feet 1 inch tan and weighs iss pounds
AthlercalN heritage he became sn-ciy star IN
baseba basketball Franklin
school Minneapolis
appropriate hiring the that
pappy, old Al his
outstanding baseball performer
Ard IN sports still . hot sports fan
told this the boy all set to join Mime
famed activities when hostiities broke out
pitching his line smashing and
with In anything
when my Al come well into Minnesota
every complete his athletic
while he schools himself battle Of life peace"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-02-04

Pot shots already are being taken Al Ray head
Of student activity at University Of Washington.
These shots viii grow in intensity time Eek
mann's foes determined 10 get that neckte salesman
Eckmann Is said to have favored Leon Brigham Seattle
high school MENTOR for the university post which went to
Pest Wech when the faculty hoard made its decision.
Nov said possibilities Of friction between Eckmann and WEIGH
. bright
Why
pon Of the students Brig majority Brig
popular in Seattle. credit TO the city and game
Eckmann favored
credit anything WEIGH has
enough to realize that hope.
m behind attack stir trouble and friction
betwsen Welch Ecimann
shooting Eckmann, opposed
to WEIGH probably In Of
paedgss Of loyalty and support 70 Pest
university athletic administration chances
Eckmann Karl Kngore. the
Husky athletics.
Knsore full authority and Eckmann
urey out Of the picture
n Of
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-02-04
Park Basketball

Garagemen beat Messiah LII
thersn. 80 to Il: Monarchs de-
feated Portland Avenue. II To 81.
and Parkland Trinity Lutheran
won from Latter Day Saints 50
TO 81, Monday night in the Park
Recreation Basketball leaeu.
games played on c. p. s. NAMES
GaraEemen fs2D up Messiah
Slsmeryis ~ p. tsl MaEnu-on
faSAArd Oil Pm. 81 Whsneil
SS,,oLenoeI .......C ........... Weber
1nezens ~ &c .... 81 Gallagher
sue. Messiah . sp.dssort riR olsopl
Referee-Bob Pullsr.
Nonarchs an ,zn po,,,.nS
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E satzloff CD. G. -. tsl Moousde
Eeea 14l 80 ....... Disterhoff
c. Batzloff @. C2l lin Brrd
Subs Portland-wrkinso n, 49,
watson Referee-Puilsr
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Eiiinsson 1laj &C isi R. iips s ssTss7B
larson II !as. &c iisj ROY B.i 9RRss
subs; 1. D s-Fehi6urg a. king
aer a. Rsferee-PuIlAr
Your postmaster can tell you
how 70 invest in U. S. Defense
Bonds.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-02-04

About Nome" Athletes in War /.

ABOUT Name Athletes in Wor...
sports writer's, leaders and promoters constantly
They balyhoo this football star that baseball ace
those fighters and
And when you get down the bone you find most Of
these name athletes physical instructors far out Of
harms way when II shooting time lives at stake.
1e athletes They don't belong instructors
tons With ADDED rank and than the average soldier sailor
Tnes< young strong belong fighting They
Jim Jnss the farmer Henry smith the mill worker or Pet. IN.
Puddier from the
ney not average young MAJ
sssrurty
They way have a special ranking
They reflect credit athletics.
batters batter murder pitching football kid
kick champion fighter of
the ring shouldn't set him Off a. something to be przed protected
Let Older Men Do the Job -.
Hell those athletic regulations and like the tides
Athletes out fast and become only memories.
Let older former athletes who know their physical
% step s into sss s s.s out
where the shooting They needed there
Men like Gene runney now lieutenant In the Navy Jack
Dempsey who has joined the New York Guard Rabbit Msran
VILE the old baseball star Red Grange the one-tme fabulous
Of the gridirun like that Of that type n these
And In better young happen
come within the scope Of sardom these warning days
TIE training demands enough the fighting
boys coadtioa
Athletics point pride young
escaped actual combat service they the time possessed
big athletic "names"
spot. Navy
other 600 coming
The Army too has its share
young indvduais ability a for
him to escape fun service to his Uncle Sam.
Such . situation II entirely of order.
Examples Of real service World War No the
Of Hank co the old Boston catcher and Eddie Grant New York
Old Hank right major enlist He's
stl around. credit to baseball
Eddie gave He
enlisted for gun duty, not an instructors soft berth