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About The Evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 6, 1932)
fAua mo THE EVENING HERALD. KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON January 6, 1932 XMecca and Klamath Cubs Take Basketball Lead Old Timer Manages Monroe Herb Owen Yale Mentor Heads Grid Coaches BAT BATTALINO fTWl ,, .Yj HOLDS FAITH IN EX-CHIP TO START YEAR Local Fighter Claim Attachment to Coaat't Well Known Sporting Writer, Tim McGrath FEATHER TITLE HIS 10 HENLEY LOSE FIRST GAMES Hi VETERAN raw IE NQUNGE AGIST WEST 11? JOK PIONEY There It one man on the Pacific coast who keepe alive the memories of tlie Illustrious old timers of the boxing world, tin Is Tim UcClrath ot ean Kranclseo, and In hla acrap book unrivalled even by the book full nf remtnim-ence fos tered by Klamath Kails' 9am my Gordon titer are. atorlea picked up bark In tha fory old days of John L. While Mcf.rath lives heavily In the naet, he Is by no means unaware of tha fighting devel opments of today. McOratb was once a treat fighter him aelf, and pulled on the glovee at the ancient Cremorne thea ter where such state stars aa John Drew and Nat Ooodwln war apectatora. Kara time he finished a bout he mad a habitual little speech to his followers, aayinf, "And. ladies and gentlemen, I could bare foufht a whole lot better It I wasn't so hungry.- Usually hla humor brought on a buret of laughter and a ahower of colna, but one a stale loaf of bread wa beared into the rtng. And. aa th etory goes, McGrath complete ly lost hi appetite after that, and turned to managing and porta writing. e Thli tale ot Tim McOrath la not ao remote to Klamath Falls as It appears. When XIcGrath quit the ring he be came Interested In vry young boxer who showed possibilities, and right bar la an ambition fighter who claims Tim Mc Grath a his manager. This youngster. Frankl Monroe, will appear on Herb Owen' tight program at the Legion hall next Monday night. - e e Herb Owen has an enormous capacity for condensing a week' work Into a couple ot days, Owen arrived In Klam ath rails Sunday, bringing with him th description of his Initial boxing promotion for th Klamath Falla commis sion, and than left Tuesday to go to work oa his weekly Fri day night card at Eugene. Herb will be back again Sun day to finish oft tha last of the pre-fight arrangements, e e There is no use baring wrestling and boxing In Klam ath Falls unless they become both high class buslnesa as well as high clasa entertain ment. The finances of ath letic adventures hers has been unsatisfactory, and so, after all. It may be sn excellent thing old obligations can bs wiped out with the start of th new regime. Th boxing com mission has been partly reor ganised, a brand new promo ter haa been installed, and a fresh group ot fighters will show In the Legion hall ring. On ot th first announce ments of the commission mad through Owen was th reduc tion of th pass Hat. There will be' a 50 per cant ent In the complimentary tickets, and that should mesn plenty In the re-establishment of boxing and wrestling as profitable un dertakings. To counter th cnt In pastas th admission price hare been slashed. Th Legion hall is open to every pocketbook. e e e One optimistic pugilistic en thusiast from Colorado haa Just about decided to make bis home in Klamath Falls. If Pete Becker, the whit boy from th Rocky Mountains, can defeat the tough Chief Thomas, blood-thirsty Indian from Co oullle. he will stick right her and meet all comers, e e Roy Craft, aportlng editor ot the Register-Guard at Eu gene, is thoroughly convinced ot Herb Owen's promoting abil ity and sagacity. Craft writes: "Toll Snell-Ambrote match la one we've been wanting for Eugene aa the boys fought here before. Owen gave them a good spot on bia last En gene fight card, and they bat tled through six slugging rounds and finally ended In a draw. Neither ia a boxer. They're fighters and stand toe to toe when they get in the ring. "I think Klamath Falla will like Herb Owen. Here In Eu gene we're glad to learn of hit being made promoter. With two good fight towns In which to stage cards, he ahould be able to get the best available talent." tt'e are starting off the new year with some specials: FINE COAL for Hogs, etc. 35c per 100 lbs. DRY SLABS $5.00 Dbl. Load Ask ns about Hog Fuel and Oil Hurners. Large stock Fuel Oil, Furnace Oil and Dlpsrl Oils on hand at all times. PEYTON Cz CO. "Wood to Burn" IM 8. 7th. Phone 533 Th Klamath Cuba and Mecca stepped In the lead ot the City Basketball league Tuesday night by winning their ends ot the opening double header. Th Cubs defeated Henley In the most brilliant game of the itart of the aeason, 44 to fl, and Mecca ran away from the Sons of Italy, 10 to 1. Th Cub-Henley game wf won by the Bharp-shooting of Robert eon. Cub forward, who rushed in IS points to th basket. Hen ley was handicapped by the ab sence of one atar and the crip pling of another. Walters, guard, led the Mecca quintet to its tint victory by scoring IT points. Glovlani starred for the Italians. Cabs FO FT PF Tl. Robertson, t , I t I 11 Palmer, t S 0 C. Martin, e 10 1 4 Swlgert. g , 41 t Crawford, g , 1 0 4 Schumaker, e A 0 0 0 Hickg. g 0 0 1 0 Hart, g 1 0 S 4 10 4 t 44 Healer FO FT PF Tl. Hal-, f 5 0 1 10 E. Klger, t t 0 1 4 Relllng, o 111 7 Booth, g 0 0 1 0 Hill, g 0 0 1 0 Duvaul. f 0 0 10 10 1 T 11 Referee: Wakeman. Mecca FO FT PF Tl. 10 1 4 Clayton, t Crochet, t Huston, t Estes, t Kerentey, e 0 t 1 1 Van Busen. e 1 Stewart, g . 1 Walsh, g 0 Walter, g : I Laurenton, g 1 11 0 14 10 Bona of Italy FO FT PF Tl. Robustelll. g 0 0 0 0 Pastega. g 0 0 0 0 B. GloTiani, g I 4 I 10 Content, e 111 I N. Glovtanl, t 10 1 1 Bostl. f , 0 1 1 Harry, t , 0 0 1 0 "7 T 10 Referee: Peterson. Pray Willing To Take Post Edgren Left FRESNO, Calif.. Jan. 0. 0P Ed F. Pray, Fresno business man, announced today that he was a candidate for appointment to the State Athletic Commission to fill the vacancy created yesterday by the unexpected resignation of Robert Edgren, boxing critic and cartoonist. Pray wonld not disclose the Identity ot his backer but said that h had been approached dur ing the paat week and would be glad to accept tha appointment If It occurred. Edgren resigned because of dis satisfaction with the way in which the commission waa functioning. Lewis Victor In Mat Match TACOMA, Waah., Jan . VP) Ed "Strangler" Lewis, former heavyweight wrestling champion, defeated Rollend Kircbmeyer, Stillwater, Okla., In the seventh round of the main event of a wrestling exhibition here laxt night. Kirchmeyer mined a fly ing scissors, knocking himself un conscious and Lewis pinned him for the only fall as Kirchmeyer wa unable to continue. In the preliminaries. Dr. A. P. Mllllkin, Los Angeles light-heavy, won two out of three falls from Tom Ray, Tacoma. Fruit stains may be removed by sponging with lemon juice and then washing with hot water. Lines are That's Why Prices are Less than Cost at Our January Clearance La Pointers Herb Owen, recently appointed matchmaker for the Klamath Falls Boxing commission, will make hla debut her next Mon day night at th Legion hall with a boxing card featuring 10 rounds of fighting. Owen haa scheduled three aix round bouts and three four-round bouts. L08 ANGELES, Jan. ( 0J.R A troupe of amateur boxers from Chicago invaded Los Angelea last night and captured five out of eight bouts scheduled with local amateur. Th card waa arranged to pro mote Interest in amateur boxing and waa attended by a large crowd. The fights were sponsored by Bishop John Cantwell ot Los Angeles and San Diego. Actor la Tiarij Johnny Hlnea, motion picture actor, waa master of ceremonies, and th referee and other in charge of the bouts were dressed in evening clothes. Each fight went three rounds, with two Judges snd the referee giving decisions. Th result: George Haberskl. Chicago ban tamweight, decisioned Kay Campo. Oscar Chanlan. Chicago feath erweight, decisioned Frank Com ancho. Johnny Fnentes. Los Angelea featherweight, defeated Anthony Marcy of Chicago when he made a strong finish. Eugene Higgi-t, Chicago light weight, won an unpopular deci sion over Hoyt James, protege ot Jim Jeffries. Scour SylTsno, 147-pound cap tain of the Chicago team, had an easy time decisioning Hugh! Owens. Los Angeles, flooring him once in the second round. Max Marek. Chicago middle weight, made a strong finish to win from Mike O'Hara In a slug ging match. Sailor Joe Bennett of the U. 8. S. Pennsylvania, took a close decision from Joe Porsche, Chi cago. Jim Ferran, Los Angeles, end ed th card with a one-aided de cision OTer Stephen Sakat, Chi cago heavyweight. Polo Association Will Hold Session NEW YORK, Jan. ( U.R Tha august United States Polo association will alt In solemn ses sion tomorrow and at th close of Its meeting the United State may find Itself without a 10-goal player for the tlrst time la mem ory of th oldest dlvot-replaccr at Meadowbrook'i international field. This ot course, meant only one thing: Tommy Hitchcock it believed due for a ent in handi cap. For years Hitchcock has been to polo wbat Babe Ruth la to baseball, Demptey was to box ing and Hagen to golf. Yon tpoke of polo and you spoke of Hitchcock. Jugoslavia Is planning to elec trify tut owned mines in flv provinces at a cost ot more than 117,(00,000. Wlllya-Overland company re ported October aalea 92 per cent above those for October, 1930. Short '1 The following article was writ ten for the Vnited Press by Jack lIcAullff. flrat world lightweight champion under th Marquis of tjueenshury rule and the only champion who never loat a tight during hit entire career. Mc Aullff retired In lll after holding th lightweight title for nine years. By JACK M'AI'I.IFFK Only Vnbeaten World'a Champion (Written for th lolled lree) NEW YORK. Jan. i 0J.R) While the sports axiom that "they never come back' la true In most case. Jack Demptey 17 year old and out of th ring for four veare haa better than an even chance of becoming the first world heavyweight cham pion to regain th till. For that matter Demptey really won back hla till IB 1117 even though Refere Dave Barry'a lnfamoua "long count" robbed him ot hla just deserts. When, and It. Dempsey knocks out Max Schmellng. In th opinion of , many ring mn it will be th third lime that he ha won th championship. Jack Still Yoang Dempsey'e comeback attempt cannot be' compared to those of other champions. Dempsey at 17 ia a younger man by five year than waa John L. 8ulllvan when he waa 14 and met defeat at the hands of Jsme J. Cor bett. Th different lit led by th two men will have Ita effect. In Sullivan's day there were no gymnasiums In every city and the only exercise he had tor 10 yeara waa hoisting glasses. Dempaey, alnce the day he first put on the glove, always haa had a gymnasium available and haa don a bit of work vry day. Two Liabilities Two things will tak tight ability away from any man. They are: Fat on the Inside which takes wind away. In training to re move that, a fighter weakena some other part of hla system. Laying off and not fighting regularly the real cause ot Dempsey'i first defeat by Tun ney. Dempsey never got fat on the inside and la honest to himself and the public In what he la do ing today. Going through the sticks, meeting all romera and knocking them out with 10 and 11 ounce glove ia giving Demp aey a chance to regain his form. Kruse Defeats Axel Anderson SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. , (U.f0 Bob Kruse, 191, Portland. Or., continued hie winning atreak last night by defeating Axel Ander son. IIS, New York grappler, two falls out of three. Kruse took the first fall In 11 mlnutea with arm locks but lost the second in 11 minute when Anderson clamped on th Deadlocks. Anderson was out smarted In the final fall, suc cumbing in four mlnutea to a body slam. In a preliminary, Nick Velcoft, 110, Bulgaria, draw with Lee Paplano. 111. Italy. The Kind of Breakfast a Man Needs Beat Country Pork Sanaa ge , Buckwheat Cakes and Genuine New Orleans Molasses And At Noon A Real Meal for 50c Pelican Grille 733 Main St. Phone BIT lly HILL KINO (Aaeflclaled 1're-a Hporta Writer) H08TON, Jan. I Ml If the Boston Red Hog could start th American League race against th western rluba Instead of the slugging easternera, President Hob Qulnn and Manager "Dhono" Collins would be a happy pair. Hut th schedule, they expect, will again get their team olt on th wrong foot (or th Hot. have Mmi 10-odd game with th slaughtering Athletics. Yankees and Senator before meeting up with any of their western peers. Proaperta seem bright with one of th beet pltcblug staffs In either league, a fair catching de partment, an Infield with only on doubtful spot and a well rounded and veteran outfield. " Hustle" la Watchword "Shono," whoa watchword la "hustl," haa moved th aprlug training camp from Fensacola lo Savannah. Collins will alart for Georgia next month with about 11 play era, th smallest spring training aquad In many yeara. It ia likely that last year'a hurling corpa will again carry th burden. Th veterana In clude VYIIry Moore, Danny Mar fayden, Horace Llsenbee, Ed Durham, Ed Morrla and Jack Russell. Collins haa high hopes that young Bob Kline, a relief worker last year, will get going and that old Pete Donahue, a great right-hander with the Cin cinnati Reds year ago, will be able to come back. Heroad Haa Worry BUI Sweeny la booked for an other whirl at tlrst base and Hal Rhyne, ahortatup. la counted up on for another year. Marty Mc Manut aeema to fill the third base hole nicely, leaving only aecond base to worry about. The outfield Include Webb. Tom Oliver and Al Van Camp, a veteran trio. Charlie Kerry, who watrhe over th pitchers, will again be called upon to do most ot the catching, with Krfdl Connelly, Howard Stople and "Red" Har grave. formerly of Detroit and late of Baltimore, battling for the relief job. Japan Paradise For Umpires of Baseball Games NEW YORK. Jan. . WH-The umptre'a paradise la Japan, says Jack (Beans) Reardon ot th Na tional league. "No Japaneee player ever talks bark." aaya Reardon, "none ever disputes a decision and not even the apectatora rail the umpire." Reardon accompanied th Ma jor league outfit which recently completed a tour In th Orient. .. t& Whether the newt r 1 I (f " treaty signed in India, t com mission reporting in Washing ton, an International conference In Rome, a revolution in Lima, an earthauake in Auitralia, or an election in an adjoining - county, it ia made available to you quickly after It occurs by the UNITED PRESS in ' "V , 1, ' ' ' J f 1 A r 1 1 T-r-- -r-riii J"-- .-w-.i . j v The ........ t'.uM now. ties Or. Marvin A. tttuveus of Yale, p.ctured ahuve tlelll aa he received the gavel of office aa president of the American Football Coachea' aasorlatlon front John ". tChlckl Meehan (right) of Manhattan college. The coaches, meeting In New York, Investigated th cause of football tnjurle. LOS ANGELES. Jan. . W On the trail ot bigger game. Jack Demp'oy, one th king of heavy weight boxers, was enroule today to Iteno, Nev., from where be will itart within IS daya the aecond leg of hla comeback cam paign. Tougher opponents, small er glove and bigger towna are ought by Dempsey. "I'm ready for som real fights now," he said. However, th boxer admitted It would take about :i daya of Intently train ing at Iteno to put him Into ahape tor the coming tour. During the past several months Dempsey toured the smaller cltlea and towna of the country, meet ing the letter known mn of the ring. "Jack's first show will be In some town outside Chicago," aald lAKinard Farka, th boxer' man ager, who left by train for the windy city lat night to arrange tor Dempsey appearance there. Sacka added that Immp-ey would aeek an even split In the purse with Max 8chmellng. the cham pion. In event a till bout ia ar ranged. IT lUnaHm-nl e9 i,rl. rulture'a estimate of th 1931 cot- ion crop tela it at lt.rn.ouo bale. Rattlesnake occasionally climb tree, but they do not do so habitually. Umutedl P?es :..kV . r ..'.-'Ui-i KfV-., V" 'y::m':--.-r yi-- v:V kM &'&y4W! 0 W-t4h'&-" :Mf' 4 .AT' eTv Richards and Tilden to Play Singles Match NEW YORK, Jan. I, oil Wil liam T. Tilden and Vincent filch arde, one-tlm doubl partners and later rivals on the amateur count, come together tonight In th outstanding match of th two day tennla carnival at Madison Square Garden. Victorious Monday nlaht In the opening tingle encounters. Til den and Itlcharda are to fight It out over the flv set route. The loser. Francla T. Hunter. Tll den'a doublet partner, and Albert Iturke of France, rlaah In another slnalee match, to go to the beet two out ot three eels Conclud ing the program. Tilden and Hunter face Hans Nussleln and Itamon Majurh. Merman pro. In a double match. Kansas Will Hold Relay Despite Cost LAWRENCE, Kan., Jan. I (UJ0 The KlBlli Jevhewkere m 1 stinted an early lead tonlsht In their basketball gam with Col orado university and won. 41 to 21. Colorado' won th flrat gam Monday night, IS to 11. WALLA WALLA WINK WALLA WALLA. Jan . Pr Walla Walla high arhool defeated McLaughlin Union high of Milton Freewater 11 to IS her last night. United Prtii correspondents in every quarter of the globe are acting as your, eye-witnesses of the great news events( of the day. Utilizing telegraph, sub marine cable and wireless they flash' the reports of the Important haf pen' tngs to you through your newspaper NEW YORK, Jan. I. (IIP) Rat Hattallno, busiest and best of current hosing champion, will mak his eliih aud prob ably hi final liertnte ol th world'a featherweight till In a It-ruund bout with Lew Feld ntan uf New York, at MadlsoO Huuare Harden Friday. I'o.ilhlllty of tlx bout being llaltallno'a final defausa 01 th US-pound crown Is based sulsly on th prospect that Ilia Hart ford Italian may resign his championship alter th fight Feldtnan la not rated aa a for midable opponent and hat little rhanc of victory. Rated no heller than eleventh In feather weight ranklnta, Feldman was given the title rhanc only be cause Madison Kquare Garden desired to us th champion and waa unabl to secure any other opponent acceptable to Hi ttltl alhletie eomnillon. Hattallno already haa defeated every recognised contender foi hi till and la rated by hoilnt leaders aa th best featherweight champion of modern timet. Feld man, a tmall club fighter virtu ally unknown outtlde of Nea York, la conceded cbanr ol victory only because Uattallno who baa been building hlmsell up for competition In th light weight rlaae, may he weakened In making th fetbrwlghl limit. The flag on th White Housi In Washington, D. C., doe not fly when ih President It away from the city. FIGHT FANS If Yon Want to He a Fight vlth a Heal Kirk la II He Harry Gribbon la Potsville Palooka" now at the Pelican Theatre Red Ball Stage Line One Stag Daily for Lake-iew, Oregon Terminal Stag Depot S30 Klamath PHONE 999 jnvn K. F. 8:30 a. m. The Klamath News i. w-e,..w... .
