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By EDDIE BRIETZ
NEW YORK, Jan. 1 Here
you lira, folks the uncrowned
chimpi of 1040. . , , Thoy woro
authored by Robert Klugor.
young comor on tho Detroit
Nowi sport staff. ... So wlillo
we step out to do bit of cur
bending on tnoso bowl games
Mr. SlrRcr slops In with hi
honor roll. . . . Coma on In, Hob,
O. K.. Dutch. . . . ItlKlit off
' we novo tho Dutroit pro who
flrod an tea while trying to show
student how to do snino
The Stockton, Cnllf., promoter
who culled off on Indoor fight
because of rain. . . . Two mora
golfcn who ended nn lll liol
match all even and hod to play
68 extra holci to decldo tho Is-
ue. . . . Two c ii no tcumi which
had to cancel an Important bat
tle bccaiuo each went to the
other'! gym on the night of the
game.
' T HEE FORMATION
The Hanover college quarter
back, who took tho ball and
handed It to a Centre collcgo
tackle who, surprised as he win,
daahed 24 yards to score.
(Seems the tackle had crashed
the line and was standing where
the Hanover fullback should
have been).
There was tho eager with the
shaven head who hud to quit
the gumo because "both trams
' continually mistook his ilnmo
for the ball. . . . And tho Ohio
lady who wrote tho state con
servatlon department protesting
the wholesale shooting of skeet,
. . . The Texas boxing commlsh
which ruled wrestlers could
grapplo with bears but that It
couldn't bo called a champion
ship match. . . . The Ice skater,
Art Brown, who couldn't defend
his title because ho froze his
tootsies In a previous mutch
. . . And what about tho entire
town of Oakvlllc, Wash., (408
inhabitants) going to Seattle to
fee their team ploy In the state
cage tournament?
OMIQ08H
Then there were the two Har
vard crew coaches who dldn'
got any Xmas cards because the
postofflce returned them stamp
fd, "Unknown at Harvard lint'
verslty."
You remember the spectator
who tried to tackle Tom Hur
mon In the California gamo and
missed, Just like a lot of other
guys. , . , And Truck Hnnna
03-year-old Memphis manager,
who stepped In and caught
doubleheader. . . . Tho Humil
ton, Ont., cagers who played
league game In their undies,
their uniforms being taken away
by an ex-sponsor. . . . Tho Muh
lenberg band which stopped the
tearing down of goal posts by
playing "The Star Spangled Ban
ner." . . . Two Western State
Teacher pitchers who each hurl'
ed 1-0 no-hlt wins In a double-
header. . . . The Louisiana Tech
grldder who stopped to pick up
piece of change og the field
while the other team's ball car
rler skipped blithely past for a
touchdown.
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WOMAN'S PAGE
The three women golfers who
shot a hole In the combined
score of four when the first two
made aces and the third's too
shot stopped four inches from
the cup for an easy deuce.
And the Edmonton Grnds, girl
cage champs, who had to dls
band because they wero too
good.
..Another Detroit golfer who
was so incensed at missing
shot that he picked up his caddy,
bag and all, tossed them Into n
lake, then Jumped in himself.
. . . The Anniston, Ala., high
player, who broke teammate's
leg during practice, was crltl
elzed by the coach who said,
"Now practlco on mo," thon pro.
ceeded to tackle and break tho
coach's leg. . . . The Flint (Mich.)
catcher who caught fire when
fan tossed a lighted clgarotto
on the field and It wedgod be
tween the catcher's shirt and
cheat protector. . , . Golfer Evan
L. Hughes, who scored an nee
on the 13th hole, on his lath
round of the year, on tho 13lh
day of the month and finished
13 ovor par,
CONCENSUS
Yes, air , . . uncrowned chum
plons all.
OUR STEAKS
Served Staling Hot can- .
not be beaten for excel
' tenet of flavor and quell-
v.
, Quick i e r v I c e, well
cooked Foods featured,
Klamath Billiards
Cafe
430 Main
Squads Set
To Resume
Loop Play
Partite Holdi Second In
Tally-Maker; High Men
In Each League Posted
"Smoky" Stover, First No
llonul Hunk forward who has
netted 35 points In four games,
took over first place In Individual
scoring among pluyors of tho
Klamath Falls Uuskotball con
ference as the circuit Wednes
day was preparing to rcopon
Its 1U4U-1U41 schedule, slutod
for Thursday night at the arm
ory, after a shutdown over the
Christmas holidays.
Second high In the Commer
cial league goes to Bud Fatzko,
lily guard who together with
Stover aro pcrcnnlully among
tho leaders In the point-gathering
department. Patzke hus gar
nered 31 counters In four con
tests. Frank Michaelson, blond Bop
tint hoopstcr, was the best scorer
in tho Church league as ho dump
ed in 28 tallies In thrco games
played by his team during the
first two weeks of action.
However, "Swan" Swanson,
lanky center for the Lutherans,
In second place among Church
league players with 23 points,
rates tho honor of having the
best overage. Ho has little bet
ter than a 12 point avoraga since
his points have been gathered
In but two games. Mooie, Lat
ter Day Saint guard who has 24
points to his credit In two games,
is close behind Swanson for tho
highest gumo average.
Bud Pnlzko has the most per
sonal fouls chalked against him, i
10, and takes the dubious honor :
of leadership in that deportment,
at least temporarily. Chuck
Slaymakor, Tlk Tok forward,
has nine violations followed by
I'hil Dlohm, rugged DcMolay
center who has been whistled
down seven times by the offi
cials. A total of 110 players hove
entered tho scoring columns dur
ing tho current season. Forty
eight of Uiose have hit the hoop
for 10 points or more,
Players with 15 points or more
In the Commercial leoguo fol
low: G Fg Ft Pf Tp
Stover, FNB 4 14 7 4 35
13. Patzke, Bly 4 13 5 10 31
Ferguson, Wyrhsr 3 13 1 2 27
E. Bishop, FNB 4 12 3 3 27
Kldd, Bly 4 9 9 5 27
Miller, FNB 4 11 3 7 23
House, Tik Tok ... 3 11 2 2 24
Lower, Bly 3 11 2 2 24
Strotheldo, KC 3 9 2 5 20
Horchi, Tik Tok ... 3 0 1 0 19
Slaymaker.TlkTok 3 8 2 9 18
F. Hall, Glcngcr's 3 9 0 1 18
Sanders, KC 3 7 3 4 17
Lt Alcllo, Hickys . 2 6 4 4 16
Husk Ins, Merrill .3 8 0 3 16
Scroggin, FNB 4 6 4 6 16
Cody, Lost River .2 7 1 0 15
Mathis, Lost River 3 7 1 8 15
H. Crapo, KC 3 6 3 3 15
Crane, Bly 4 7 1 4 15
Church league ploycrs with
10 points or better follow:
Q Fg Ft Pf Tp
F. MIchaelson.Bop. 3 14 0 3 28
Swanson, Luth 2 12 1
Moore, LDS 2 11 2
Vowcll, Baptists . 3 8 5
Blohm, DcMolays 3 6 4
V.Michnelson.Bnp. 2 6 3
Jcx. LDS 2 7 0
Johnson, Jr. Pel. .2 5 2
Schrocdcr, Luth. .2 5 1
Johnson, Luth 2 4 2
Subject, Luth 2 6 0
Laird, Jr. Pel 2 5 0
Jones, DcMolays . 3 4 2
FIREMEN QUENCH
LAST 1940 BLAZE
LATE TUESDAY
Klamath Falls' last call of 1940
was answered by the city fire de
partment when thoy drove ovor
slippery, frosty streets to 927
Jefferson street at 11:50 p. m
New Year a eve.
A small house In the rear of
property owned by George Griz
zle, was burning. Damago to fur
niture and the interior of tho
house was reported.
HISTORY REPEATS
MOUNDS VILLE, W. Vo., (VP)
Sheriff Frank H. Pntton retired
at midnight Inst night after a
four-year term In offico and
nisiory repealed.
To tho day and the hour, 100
years ngo, his grandfather, Wil
liam Pntton, retired as sheriff of
Monroe county, Ohio, after four
yenrs in office.
There the parallel stops, Pnt
ton sold, for his grandfather mar
ried four times, had 15 children,
and outlived all of his wives.
Wo can argue aa Americans
with divergent views, offered
with mutual respect. The Im
portant thing Is that we unlto on
the destiny of America;' on tho
necessity of building strength at
home and keeping out of war
abroad. Charles A. Lindbergh.
January 1, 1941
College Dean Serves
NCAA Kick in Teeth
By GALE TALBOT
NEW YORK, Jon. 1 01') U
nothing else of importanco hap
pened In tho course of all the
athletic conventions held here
the lust scverul duys, the brass
hats of the amateur uthletic In
dustry received an unexpected
kick In tho teeth from Dean
Christiun Gauss of Princeton
university.
The dean, a mild-looking ped
agogue with a sore throut, told
the officials of the National
Collcgiata Athletic association a
thing or two ut yesterday's
luncheon. He didn't give them
un advance copy of his remarks,
for reasons that became ob
vious almost as soon os he
reared up at the speaker's ta
ble and began punctuating his
words by pounding his fork on
tho linen.
He began by startling them
out of their noon lime reverie
with tho suggestion that sep
arate athletic associations be
abolished in u II schools, nudged
them into acute ottentivencss
when he said, in effect, that
every footbull team in the coun
try was employing outright pro
fessionals, and before he got
through ho had a room full of
men looking very uncomforta
ble. Dean Gauss broke in like a
OREGON SPORTS NOTES
By FRED HAMPSON
Associated Press Staff Writer
Al Stump, who writes the "In-
side Angle" for the Columbian
at Vancouver, Wash., almost
choked up with enthusiasm for
the Oregon Webfoot baskctccrs
after watching them bring down
tho Portland Pilots.
As soon as ho got his voeabu
lory under control Stump wrote:
If you hold any Oregon Web.
foot basketball stock, hang onto
it, brother, like it was A.T.&T.
on a rising market.
"Wo still stick to our original
pick of Oregon State to pace
the coming northern division
mesh marathon, but we might
bo talked out of it after watch
ing the Ducks slaughter Port
land U.
'The poor Pilots were blast
ed, smeared, pulverized, over
come, trampled and whipped
not to mention outscored. And
Ed Fitzpatrick's gang is no push
over.
'Tho trouble with watching
Oregon Is that you gel cramps
in your neck. Same kind of af
fliction a rubo from Hay Center
suffered when ho . . . sees his
first skyscraper.
"We tolked to Hobby Hobson,
sleck'hoircd Oregon coach, while
his boys were warming up. He
hod Honk Anderson (who got 20
points on a freak wrist-snap shot
that will be murder to stop) end
Archlo Mnrshik, Warren Taylor,
Wally Borrcvik and Vic Town
send out thcro stalking around
liko so many soft-shocd cranes.
" 'Some height', we said. Those
guys must average 6-6 anyway.'
" 'About that,' shrugged
Hobby. 'But I like speed, too.
Take these two boys here. Nice
contrast to the others, don't you
thlnkT'
"Contrast Is right. Little Paul
Jackson is 5-7 and Don Kirsch
an inch shorter. They come
about to the big letter 10 on
6-8 1 Borrevlk's bony chest.
"Hobby hns the complement
of speed a fast break that will
equal anything Hec Edmund-
son's Woshlngtons will have
and that towering, devastating
height under the basket. Bor
rcvik, Marsh Ik (6-7) and Taylor
(8-5) simply parked under .the
twine as the back men In a hew
Oregon zono defense and the
Pilots hamstrung themselves In
futile leaps for tho ball.
"This Anderson, a- spindly kid
standing 6-7 on knock-knecs, is
nmnzing. Ho spins and flips the
ball goulwnrd with a Jerk of
Just tho hands and wrist from
about tho foul lino. It was good
for nine field goals . . . and we
can't seo how the shot can be
stopped."
Bill Hulen of Tho Mcdford
PAGE THREE
thundcr-clap. He said, listen
fellows, we're not fooling any
body. We're still hiring half
backs who move their lips
when they read words of more
than tw syllables. We won't
bo genuine amateurs until we
quit doing this, and until we
make our coaches members of
the faculty.
The dean didn't use these
words, because he Is extremely
well educated and because he
could not be that crude, if he
wished. But that was what he
meant. He was the hit of the
meeting.
The football coaches, who
heard of the dean's remarks
only secondhand and were vast
ly amused, closed their annual
meeting by electing . O. (Fritz)
Crlslcr of Michigan their presi
dent. It is authoritatively re
ported that Fritz will not be
coaching actively next year, but
will be the Wolverine's new
athletic director, succeeding the
veteran Fielding H. Yost, who
wishes to retire.
The NCAA between being
Jolted by Dean Gauss' observa
tions, resolved at its closing
session to raise funds to find
out what colleges are breaking
the amateur rules, and to boot
them out of the organization
forthwith.
Mail-Tribune sportsection sum
marized 1940 boxing highlights
with: "Joe Louis fought some
guys and so did Henry Arm
strong and it was the same old
story."
A couple of cage teams each
admittedly after the state champ
ionship this year collided last
weekend at Astoria. The Fish
ermen won the first preliminary
of a feud which might reach the
Salem tournament: Astoria 41,
Baker 36.
Dodson Paces
Qualifiers for
Golf Tourney
LOS ANGELES. Jan. 1 (P
Leonard Dodso.i of Kansas City,
with a 69-72141. set the qual
ifying pace for the $10,000 Los
Angeles open yesterday as 220
golfers contested on two courses
for 80 vacant places. Forty-four
of the more prominent profes
sional troupers were exempt.
Close behind Dodson, at 142,
were Ed Oliver, Hornell, N. Y.,
Chick Herbert, Battle Creek,
Mich., Charles Farlow, Burling
ton, N. C, and Earl Martin, In
glewood, Calif.
Other notables making the
grade Included John Bulla, Chi
cago, Sam Byrd, St. Petersburg,
Fla., Bill Jelliffe, Denver, Horace
Laccy. Little Rock, Ark., John
Geertsen. Salt Lake City, Chick
Rutan. White Plains, N. Y., Al
and Emery Zimmerman, Port
land, Ore.. Jim McHale, Phila
delphia. r Ky Laffoon, Chicago,
Dave Martin, Fresno, Calif., and
Ellsworth Vines, the Pasadena
tennis professional who is an
amateur at golf.
BASKETBALL
By Tho Associated Pratt
Wlietmln SI, Prlnoaton 40,
Northwttttm 41, Notrt Dam It,
Illlnoli 40, Marquatta it,
Iowa tlat 4ft. Drati H.
Georgia Ttch 44, South Carolina M,
Michigan Stat 4, Crtlihton It.
DuqtiMn 41, Santa Clara 40.
Wet-tarn (Colo.) Stata 17, Denver II.
Montana Normal 41, Montana Stat If.
Bradley Toon II, UrUvmlty of California
at un Anxtita .
Snle of new passenger cars In
1040 Jumped far above 1930 and
the people not in them are still
Jumping.
DANCE
at
Merrill
Sat. Nile
Jan. 4
Herb Cochran
and His Band
First 15 Couples Free
Husky Team
Claims Sun
Valley Title
Three Star In Photo
Finish for Individual
Standout Honors In Meet
SUN VALLEY, Idaho, Jan. 1
(IF) University of Washington
was established today as team
champion of the third annual
Sun valley intercollegiate ski
meet, but the question of the
tournament's individual standout
still remained sharply at Issue.
It was a matter disputed most
vigorously by Bill Rcdlln and
Carl Neu, both of tho Washing
ton first string, and Bobby Blatt,
Stanford university's sensation
al freshman skiers.
Their argument will be settled
before dark, for the meet ends
today with ski Jumping, one of
the two of four events which
does not figure in the team
standings, and it looked as if a
best showing in that line would
clinch the Bradley plate for any
one of the three.
As they came up to the jumps,
Redlin headed the list with 290
points, Blatt following at 284.9
and Neu at 283.
How they got that way is told
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by the results of the tourna
ment's three opening numbers:
Downhill Redlin, first; Blatt,
second; Neu, third.
Cross-country Neu, first;
Blatt, ninth; Redlin, tenth.
Slalom Redlin, first; Blatt,
second; Neu, third.
The Joint Neu-Redlin per
formances in downhill and sla
lom, events counting toward the
team championship, were almost
enough in themselves to win
Washington the inter-college ti
tle, but the two Seattleites had
so much support from their
schoolmates, both varsity and re
serve, that Washington actually
gathered in both first and second
places in the meet.
Final team standings: Wash
ington varsity 647.6, Washing
ton seconds 565.7, Washington
State college 557.5, Stanford
552.5 and University of Idaho
468.8.
SUN VALLEY, Idaho, Jan. 1
(UP) Janet Quinney, Uni
versity of Utah coed, won both
runs of the women's slalom in
the national inter-collegiate ski
meet at Sun Valley Tuesday to
become the second winner of
the Mary Cornelia trophy,
given annually to the country's
foremost all-around coed skier.
Miss Quinney also captured
first in the women's downhill
race two days ago.
In the race for the Bradley
plate, given to the best all
around man. Bill Redlin, Wash
ington university, bounced back
into the lead by nosing out
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Bobby Blatt, Stanford, In the
men's slalom event.
The victory gave Redlin his
second win in three events and
a commanding lead in the
trophy race.
Five Trapped
Miners Itescued
INDIANA, Pa., Jan. 1 (UP)
Five miners trapped for 18
hours four miles underground
In the Kent No. 2 mine of the
Rochester tc Pittsburgh Coal
company at Mclntyre, 13 miles
southwest of here, were brought
out last night, uninjured.
During the final hours of dig
ging through and around a 70
foot fall of slate and rock that
trapped the men In a 20 by 60
foot "room" four feet high, the
miners themselves aided with
tools handed through the small
shaft made by the rescuers.
SURPRISE
IOLA, Kas., (P) An airplane
was reported to have crashed.
An Iola Register reporter ar
rived first at the scene. Then
came a lawyer, next an under
taker and finally two cars of
policemen and state highway
patrolmen.
They found the wreckage of a
miniature airplane.
Santa Claus. What a manl For
years I've been paying all the
bills and he gets all the credit.
Justice Frederick L. Hacken
burg, Queens Special Sessions
Judge.
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Dew Wins 1940
Jockey Title
As Taylor Falls
ARCADIA, Calif., Jan. 1
(UP) Earl Dew, Sao City,
Iowa, youth, held the Ameri
can Jockey title of 1940 today
after one of the closest battles
In turf history, but he wished
the competition could have end
ed In tie with Walter Lee
Taylor of Houston, Tex.
The two riders were tied with
286 winners each Tuesday with
only one day of racing left in
the year. Taylor fell from hli
horse in the fourth race at
Tropical Park in Florida and
was in such pain he was forced
to cancel his mounts in ' the
seventh and eighth races.
Dew brought heme Subdeb
in the first race at Santa Anita
park here and raised his total
of winners for the year to 287,
one more than Taylor. Backed
heavily by the race fans. Dew
booted Subdeb, a two-year-old
filly, to a head lead over Buk
hara II at the wire.
'That's too darned bad It had
to end that way," Dew com
mented when told of Taylor's
accident in Florida. "I wanted
him to ride all his horses' to
day. "As It Is now, Fd Just as
soon have had the champion
ship end In a He."
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