North Salem High School - Viking Yearbook (Salem, OR)

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Back row: COACH 'AVERNEN CSILMORIZ, ALAN SMITH, LYLI2 BIIIzRIc9H'I', cilillllilli XX'l1,liINFlJN. l'liiRBIZR'Ii CJRANT, ANDRIQW PAIzIs. Front row: JOHN WHITEHEAD, DIQIIYI, bIIIIiLDs, Amos KJAIIN, Joie klliNNli'I Ig BILL BIsNI'soN, XIII-QI.. PEARCY. Cross-Country Team THIS year marked the beginning of a new minor sport at Salem high-cross-coun- try. Being new, it did not attract a very large turnout, but with some promising men Coach Gilmore had a very successful season. Dual meets are scheduled with Stayton and West Linn, while Salem's team placed third and sixth in the two large meets at Hill Military academy. Those earning cross-country letters were: Amos Llahn, kloe jennett, and Deryl Shields. xlahn, who led his mates in points scored by virtue of placing, wellup in both the meets at Hill Nlilitary Academy, is rated as one ol' the best cross-country runners in the state. Besides its value as a sport in itself, cross-country has proved itself a valuable organ in developing distance men lor the traeli team. Jahn and klennett have both earned regular track letters in the mile, and Shields has earned his letter in the half mile. Q7

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Baseball Team POSSESSING one of the most balanced baseball teams he has had in recent years, Coach Huntington is looking for a successful season. Early contests seem to bear his opinion out as the Viking nine defeated their early season opponents? Chemawa, Silverton, Woodburn, Corvallis, and the Gregon Frosh respectively. F ine pitching by Lee Fallin, Salem mound ace, was largely responsible for these victories. The remainder of the Salem nine have fielded well besides con- tributing some fine batting. The Salem infield of Bressler, Stone, Salstrom, Pillette, and Etzel is one of the best in high school circles. Etzel, first sacker, and shortstop Salstrom are the returning lettermen. ln the outfield Huntington relies on Oglesby, William.s, Esplin, and Kelly for the most part. Williams or Kelly are often used as infield replacements, Kelly and Esplin being lettermen on last year's squad. Bruce jones, the squads heavy hitter, is the regular catcher with Howard Damon as reserve backstop. Fallin is the mainstay of the Salem pitching staff and is used most frequently although Coach Huntington uses Bright, Woodburn transfer, and Bressler at different intervals. In the seasons opening game Fallin allowed the Chemawa Indians but two hits while the Vikings went on to win easily 4-l. The Salem team pounded Wilder, Indian hurler, for eight hits. .Iourneying to Woodburn, the Salem nine returned victorious 3-0, Fallin again was in rare form and allowed but three safe hits while the Vikings. led by Salstrom and Etzel, scored in the second and fourth innings. In a game that was halted early due to rain, Holly's men came from behind to win 5-3 before the deluge began. Bresslers single with bases loaded in the fifth inning made the winning margin. The Vikings were defeated 12-0 by the University of Cregon Frosh. ' Manager jack Wilson has arranged future home and return games to be played with Silverton, Woodburn, Eugene, Chemawa, and Corvallis. 98

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TrackTeai11l9j7AT,g,2'LA Wm DUE to the earlyigditing of the Annual only a preview ofthe track season rather than the results can be given here. Coach Verne Gilmore got his team off to an early start by obtaining the use of the horseshow building at the state fair grounds for workouts during rainy weather. One of the most colorful meets was the Hill Military Aeademys invitational indoor relay meet in which Salem placed third in the distance medley with a team composed of Smith, Chapman, Warren, and Ellis against high schools from Oregon, Washington and Idaho. Dual meets have been held with Corvallis, Albany, Chemawa and McMinn- ville. Salem won all these meets by large scores and placed second to the Rooks in a four-way meet. The big meets of the season will be the valley meet at Cor- vallis, lvlay first, the district meet at Oregon City, and the State meet at Corvallis. The returning lettermen from last years team were Captain Dean Ellis, sprints and hurdles, and johnny Osland, broad-jump, the two-year lettermeng Wilbur Curry, sprints and distance, Earl Warren, hurdle, the single-stripe men, and George Davis, sprints, Carl Chapman, pole vault, Ed lvlaerz, high-jump, Darrell Hasbrook, sprints, Richard Grabenhorst, high-jump, -lean Holstein, shot-put. Salem hi is expected to have the best track team since 1927 when it won the Grst annual state track meet. This year the track squad succeeded in conquering the Chemawa Indians for the first time. Those who are showing good early season form and potentialities for next year are johnson, Carson, Larson, Grant, Smith, Miller, and Glaiser. LAST minute flash-Salem has won the Willamette Valley Meet for the first time! The outstanding feature of the meet was a record smash run by Captain Dean Ellis in the 220 low hurdles. Ellis traveled the distance in 25.4 to set a new Willamette valley record and to clip a tenth of a second off the record of 25.5 set by Bobby Grayson in l932. George Davis, sprints, lived up to expectations when he won the century and tied for first in the 220. His victory definitely places him among the states best sprinters. The relay team, Davis, Hasbrook, Smith, and Ellis set a new valley record of 1.35. Mae Ross has acted as manager for this years squad and has been as- sisted by George Cooper. Q LN