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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
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OREGOX men SCHOOL
Mlliraakle 12. MrMinarllle .
Jefferson ( Portland I e. Franklin
(Portland) e.
Hoooerelt (Portland) 13, Commerce
(Portland) a.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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