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About The Evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 21, 1940)
SCARCE ON ADVANCE TOWEV DAY 13) mm PLAYOFF PROTESTED Coach Cecil Sherwood of La Grande high-handedly raps the Oregon High School Athletic isoclation lor "high-handed" action In disposing of the myth ical state football championship and inubbing the Tigers' claim to the title. The eastern Orcgonians, con fronted by the tame problem of cold and snow that forces the Klamath Pelicans to cut short their playing season, protest the legality of the newly adopted system on the grounds that it was announced too late in the year. The charge of "high-handed" action, however, seems ground less, in the face of La Grande's arbitrary refusal, several weeks ago, to consider the state as sociation's playoff scheme. The Tigers, basing their claim on an unmatched record of wins, an nounced themselves state titlists. The OHSAA's decision did come belatedly, but cannot be tossed aside at this stage of the ' game without throwing the whole playoff system back Into the unsatisfactory mythical status, possibly junking any chance of a permanent title set up. We'll take the OHSAA winner as the bona fide state champs, admit that La Grande was a vic tim of circumstances this year, and urge that in future seasons the playoffs be moved up to al low "high country" teams a chance to compete with the rest of the state before playing and practice schedules are snowed cut. aGXZ ALL-AMERICAN Homer Hill Norton, coach of the Texas Aggies, nominate no leas than eight of his own play- art for a 1940 Ail-American foot ball lineup. Without a tremor. be lists them as follows: , John Kimb rough, fullback) Jim Thomason, blocking backi 8111 Conatser, wing back Mr- : Ion Puflh, tail backt Jim SterK lug. left endi Ernie PannelL left tackle, and Marshall Rob aett and Charles Hank, ! guards. BUI Street, an official him self, estimates the four officials travel a total of 20 miles during an average football game Stanford's student body is so certain that the Indians will olav Id the Rose bowl that the execu tive committee already has ap- provea a plan to stage a rally December 30 "to drum up spirit, sor me Dig game." Pan-American Games Planned WICHITA, Kas., Nov. 21 VP) A Pan-American semipro base- nau tournament may be held next September among champ ionship contenders representing Latin-American countries, the United States and possibly Can ada, Ray Dumont, president of the National Semipro Baseball Congress, said today. The tournament would be held In New York City. Dumont said sports officials of Latin and South America have evinced interest and that Mexico already has a semi-pro baseball commissioner operating under sanction of the National Semipro Congress. Canada had its first Dominion this year, under the direction of .Laurence J. Doucet, commission er. Its entrv in thn nrnnniml Pan-American tournament will depend largely on the war. with hemisphere cooperation increasingly important to Amer ican defense. President Roose velt has Invited President Getullo Vargas, above, of Bra fjl. to pay an official visit to the P-.Y"08 accepted "in prin , ciplc," but did not set a date for his visit. V . KANSAS MEETS MISSOURI in HEADLINE GO Br JUDSON BAILEY NEW YORK, Nov. 21 The Thanksgiving football fare today is almost as bare as the Thanksgiving turkey will be to morrow. There was a time when this holiday was Just about the big gest moment in any football sea son. That was when Armistice day, election day or any other red letter date on the calendar was considered set aside for the college schedule makers. For several years, however, the trend has been toward stick ing to Saturday's exclusively, and the confusion over the cele bration of Thanksgiving the last two years has just about cooked the day's goose as well as the turkey, so far as football is con cerned. As a result, the only game in the east today involving a major team will be Fordham's fracas with Arkansas at the local Polo Grounds. This might have been an attractive entree on the holi day menu when it was sched uled, but the Rams are once beaten and the Razorbacks have won only two out of seven en gagements and the flavor of the offering has been somewhat im paired. Fans in the Baltimore area will be entertained, presumably, by the battle of a strong little eleven from Rutgers and the staggering Terrapins of the Uni versity of Maryland, who have won only one game and scored but two touchdowns this season. In the south the spotlight will be focused on the Southern con ference, which has two games on tap. Virginia Military and Virginia Tech will keep their annual gridiron date while the University of Richmond Spiders engage William and Mary. The headliner for the rest of the country will be the annual struggle between Kansas and Missouri, with "Pitchin' Paul" Christman making a farewell ap pearance for the Tigers. Undefeated Texas Tech and St. Louis university come to grips in another leading mid-western dispute. . There will be another scatter ing of games next Thursday when states not observing today as a holiday celebrate their Thanksgiving day. " SAN JOSE, Calif., Nov. 21 VP) Opening the post-season rush of "bowl" games, San Jose State and University of South Dakota football teams meet here today m the "Prune Bowl." San Jose, victor in nine straight games after dropping its opener to Texas A & I, takes the field as strong favorite over the Coy otes, who have won four, lost four and tied one in the North Central conference. Snort Briefs By EDDIE BRIETZ LOUISVILLE, Ky., Nov. 21 Nothing official yet, ladies and gentlemen, but here is the bowl line-up to date Stanford vs Texas Aggies at Pasadena; Bos ton college vs. Tennessee at New Orleans. (Now you just wait and see) . . . One of the terms of Jimmy Wilson's con tract with the Cubs is that he will coach at third base . . , From what we hear, the all America pickers are having their troubles deciding between Hapes and Hovious of Missis sippi U . . . This town is high school football mad and if you believe the taxi drivers, the schools (high schools, mind you) are putting out for talent . Tommy Harmon of Michigan is a cinch to get the Hcisman memorial trophy for the year's outstanding gridder. The all-America. The Augusta na college (3 D.) nominates for its all-America: Kant of Fordham, Ize of Brown, Heel of Oxford. Bowl of Rice. Swamps of Georgia Bell of St. Mary's, Bunch of Tufts, Shake of DePauw, Op portunity of Knox, Oddles of Duke and Tuba of Colgate . . . You win, boys. Giddy Gossip: No less an authority than Buck Weaver, veteran turf writer of the Louisville Times, tells us its Whirlaway in the Kentucky derby, rain or shine . . . Did you know that Frank McCormick, voted the most val uable player in the National league, cost the Reds only 100 smackers? (Get Larry MacPhail to tell you the story) . , . Kath arine Hepburn, who is thrilling the locals in "The Philadelphia Story," appears daily on the ten nis courts to crowded galleries . . . Now, whom do you suppose that master magician, Mike Ja They 3lny Play One of the most talked of ball classic at Pasadena New Year's day are the Texas Aggies. Here are John Kimbrough (left), fullback, and Marshall Robnett, quarterback, a couple of Aggie all-America prospects, in action. MERRILL NIPS CHILOQUIN CAGERS, 28-26 MERRILL Chiloquln and Merrill, perennial top contenders for the Klamath county B league cage title, tangled in the first game of the 1940-41 season Wed nesday night at the Huskie gym with the Spudpickers squeezing out a narrow victory, 28-26. A ding-dong battle all the way, the contest wound up near the final gong with Chatburn find ing the net for two points to put the home team in front, 27-26. With one second remaining Snapp sank a charity toss for the last marker. Score at the half stood at 11 11. . The Panther Cubs edged the Merrill junior five in a curtain raised, 22-18. Lineups: V Merrill Poa. Cklloqnla Chatburn. IS ..F.i (, ilctloughey Fleck. 6 V i. Glacoraelll Fotherlnghain, 0 C ,,; 6, Monka snapp, 7 u s. llorton aicKoen, I a i, Leigh xsoasea, v ,, , " OREGOX men SCHOOL Mlliraakle 12. MrMinarllle . Jefferson ( Portland I e. Franklin (Portland) e. Hoooerelt (Portland) 13, Commerce (Portland) a. I The moon is approximately 240.000 miles from the earth, a short distance as astronomers view things. During 1938 Americans ate a total of 275 million gallons of ice cream and 9 million gallons of assorted ices. cobs, will dig up to face Joe Louis in Detroit? It wouldn't be good old Gus Dorazio, would it? . . Natinnal flmatpiir pham. pion Dick Chapman's pending divorce doesn't appear to have hurt his golf game much, if re ports from the south are correct. -llama Itombslioll II. , WW"?? ftociav. ii i ammo Q" I , .vcm' A Yankee from Titusville, sons and daughters of Dixie as In Homo Howl prospects ior the Rose bowl foot Coach's Choice V Ft.L.CMATTT) MATHEWS FOOTBALL COACH s,rr roni-. Utah vs. Idaho Idaho is im proving, but 1 think Utah will win. Fresno State vs. Colorado Mines Fresno State. San Jose vs. South Dakota State San Jose and the Warner offense again. College of Pacific vs. Nevada Stagg's team is badly crip pled, and Nevada should win. San Diego Marines vs. Whit tier The Marines are too strong. Willamette vs. Whitman Willamette should win, but may have to work. Denver vs. Colorado Color ado by a shade. U. C. L. A. vs. Washington Washington will have trouble with Jackie Robinson but should win. G o n z a g a vs. Washington State Gonzaga will be at peak, but I believe Washington State has too many guns. Hardin Simmons vs. San Francisco Hardin-Simmons. Portland vs. Montana Port land in a scoring game. Colorado State vs. Brigham Young Brigham Young. Loyola vs. Santa Clara Santa Clara. Booking Ended For Weboofs' Hoop Journey EUGENE, Nov. 21 P) The University of Oregon's third an nual trans - continental barn storming basketball tour was completed as far as booking is concerned Thursday with the announcement by Coach Howard Hobson that his Wcbfoots would meet Baltimore university at Baltimore on December 19. Ore gon defeated Baltimore 45-40 last year. The Oregons, who play an I opening game here Monday night i against a formidable alumni (team, starts on its cross-country tour December 5. Pa., Mary Sara Phillips exhorts fireball cheerleader for Alabama. LAGRAIIDERS (RED BY HEW TITLE SETUP PORTLAND, Ore.. Nov. 21 (U.R The Oregon High School Sports association 1940 football championship will be decided on the basis of the results of two Thanksgiving semi-final games to be played this afternoon. It will be the first official high school football championship of the state. The games send The Dalles against Medford at Hert ford and Salem to Bend. The winners will meet later for the championship, the association as serts. But Cecil Sherwood, coach of the undefeated and untied La Grande high school Tigers, only team in the state with a clean record, protested, with other La Grande officials, what they call ed, the "high-handed manner" in which the state association dis posed of the mythical state championship. They said the association "snubbed" their claim to the title. La Grande's team hung up its suits following the regular sea son. Sherwood said the belated decision to hold a "playoff" was not fair and "smells of politics." Meanwhile, Hal Adams, Silver ton school superintendent, said the representative of the Wil lamette valley football district in the play-offs for the state championship will not be decided until after results of Thanksgiv ing games are known. He said Bend, Salem and Albany still are in the running. Albany meets Eugene today. PALO ALTO, Calif.. Nov. 21 VP) Whether Norman Standlce, Stanford's plunging fullback, would play In the "big game" with University of California at Berkeley November 30 re turned today to a speculative basis. Standlce went back to the hos pital with a bad ankle shortly after the Indians resumed prac tice after a two-day rest period. Standlce previously had been re leased from the infirmary with the announcement he was in shape to play. Hugh Gallarneau, first string right half back, will be out of practice several days. iHe was bruised in the Oregon State game last week. BERKELEY, Calif., Nov. 21 (PS Coach L. B. "Stub" Allison ! reported today the California Bears will be in the best shape of the football season when they play Stanford here November 30. The Bears started practice yesterday for the "big game." ' PULLMAN, Nov. 21 VP) Washington State's Cougars es- caped physical injury in their 34 to 26 football loss to UCLA last week but, said Coach Babe Hol Iingbcry today, their "feelings were hurt." Therefore, he said, the players would eat turkey today but fore go any Thanksgiving celebration until Sunday the day after the game with Gonzaga in Spokane. Ely Basketball Team Ehes Out Gilchrist Win BLY BASKETBALL 14 SPTS . Bly's basketball team eked out a 22-18 victory over Gil christ Wednesday night in the first league game for each team. The winners, paced by St. John and Kroz, who garnered nine points apiece, overcame a 15-7 half time deficit for the vic tory. Bly plays Malin Tuesday, No vember 26, at Bly. The Bly second team lost to a Gilchrist secondary quintet, 28-13. Lineup: - - Bly Pos. Gilchrist St. John, 9 F 2, Gavin Koblcr, 2 .. F 3, Gilchrist Kroz, 9 C 4, Kcnoyer Patzke, 2 G 1, Christianson J. Hall G Hale Logan S 4, Morris F. Hall S 2, Warner S 2, Adrian I qFtabs I I PAGE TEN Fiery Italian Will Wage War on Greek At Armory Tuesday Fix bayonets The Greek-ltnlo war has come to Klamath Falls. Next Tuesday night Pete Bel castro, fiery son of Italy, and Jesse James, Greek Adonis, will clash In tho headllno wrestling match at the armory. Capping a personal feud, heightened somewhat by tho in ternational situation, Belcastro's challengo has been accepted by the smooth-wrestling Grecian. Tho match was signed late Wed nesday by Promoter Mack I.il lard, who is confronted now with the problem of handling what may be the largest crowd ever to pack the local wrestling cm porium. A "natural" from the word go, the match brings togother exact oppositca, in wrestling technique, temperament, and background. Casaba Chiefs To Talk Plans Directors of the Klamath Falls Basketball conference will meet in the office of Spec Murray, city recreation officer, Friday night at 7:30 p. m. to mull over schedules, rosters, league regu lations and other Important de tails necessary to get tho cir cuit underway by Monday. De cember 9, according to Bob How ard, secretary-treasurer of the local casaba loop. Besides Howard the board is made up of four members, Roy Rakestraw and Glno Carnini, Commercial league delegates, and Virgil Horn and Bill Milne, rcprcsentativs of tho Church league. Recreation Director Mur ray is an advisory member of the board. Season tickets, the usual $1 variety which admit holders to all league encounters with the exception of special attractions. go on sale Friday. Twenty of these ducats will be returned to each Commercial league entrant upon the payment of the $30 en try fee, deadline for which has been set for next Wednesday. W the Salesman -rW L) Low-Cost Financing L Builds Bank Credit for your other needs . . . in 41 siaie-wide branchesl KLAMATH FALLS BRANCH first nnTmnnii Btinii M M November 21, 140 Both grapplers are good, but in exactly opposlto ways. The strugKlo should produce more fireworks than any bout yet ar ranged under the Pacific coast tournament. Undefeated. James Is rated tops at the present timo as a contender for the coast diadem. Last Tuesday he overramo Cow boy Dude Chirk in one of the greatest scientific matches ever seen here. Ho was hard pressed all tho way, but ho won. Iluleiistro, with one defeat against him, has resorted to any means, fair or foul, to stay In the running. Tuesday night he pounded, bit and clawed Ills way to a highly unpopular victory over Kddie Marcus, Now York Jewish wrestler. Promoter Llllard Is dickering with several outstanding grap plers to complete the card. Church league clubs, whose fees have been set at $10, will also participate In tho pre season sale. Idaho Harriers Win Hill Title PORTLAND. Ore.. Nov. 21 OF) A trio of University of Idaho harriers, taking second, third and fourth place, won the cross-country title for the Vanduls In the annual Hill Military academy race Wednesday. Oregon State's Don Valien court took first place but his team finished behind Idaho In points. Washington took third. Bend won tho high school title with two of Its runners nab bing first and second places. Portland schools followed close ly but others earning places were: Salem 8th, Chemawsr 9th, Mt. Angel 12th, Albany 14th and Jefferson, Ore., 15th. noTixo llr Tke Aeftnrlated Preo MKMI'HIH. Toiin. I'at i'nnil.Wr. zl. I'Alermin, r. J.- inppe.l Mas Jllnnlt-h. I, Now Tnrk (1); llob Hlk'r. 171. t'lna llluff. Ark., out. I pnlntrd NVvlll. M lK-r) Ileech, lit. I I'lrAytllie, Mine., (10), OF PORTLAND HARMON NEEDS BIG GAIN TO HIT '39 r; By GAIL FOWLER SEATTLE, Nov. 21 !) A few 1039 football statistical marks have already boon gob bled up like Thursday's turkey, hut It appears that Michigan's Tom Harmon will havo to stage a yard-eating feast against Ohio State Saturday if he's going to surpass his performance of last year. American football statistical bureau figures released today show Harmon ranking eighth as a total offensive threat with 1059 yards, compared to his 1939 total of 1356 which ranked him second to UCLA's Kenny Wash ington. In rushing Harmon will have to pick up 160 yards Saturday to draw even with his 1D39 total of 808 which he compiled In 129 rushes. He's tried 161 already this year for 70S yards. Meanwhile, the Irrepressible Johnny Knolla of Crelghton, who has been among the loaders the last two years, had a field day against South Dakota lust weok and took over first place as the nation's total offensive leader with 1181 yards. This already surpasses his 1039 mark of 1104 yards which earned him soventh place, nationally. A sophomore, Jimmy Rey nolds of Oklahoma A. at M., ranks second to Knolla with 1125 yards, with his 282 plays establishing him as the country's workhorse. Reynolds' 191 rushes set a new record for the bureau's four years of existence, the pre vious high being 181 rushes by Whlrzor White of Colorado In 1937, when White set the high modern rushing mark of 1121 yards. Oliver Suspends Duck Grid Drill EUGENE, Nov. 21 (Pi Tex' Oliver called a halt Thursday for University of Oregon foot ball preparations for next week's gridiron finale against Oregon State collrgo at Corvallls. Prac tice ' has been suspended until Saturday when tho Webfoots will return for flvo consecutive days of scrimmage. Otto White's ARCH-EASE SHOES Are Mad For men who work and walk. See the t" Btltchdown with the high arch and logger last. S12.85 DREW'S MANSTORE 733 Main INltlRAMCI COR O litlOK
