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- PREFERENCE
Lynn Roycroft, the rasp-voiced
local Insurance man for whom
Klamath amateur athletics
either are or should be per
petually grateful, last may wear
ied of the constant haggling and
tiinlrMrfnff iirrniindino: the an
nually controversial State high
school basketball tournament at
Salem.
To settle the preference issue,
at least in his own mind, Lynn
conducted a private poll ot Ore
gon prep ctge coaches to find
their attitudes toward future lo
cation of the tourney.
This briefly, was it;
One coach and two princi
pals desired to leave the mat
ter In the hands of the Oregon
State High School Athletic as
sociation. Six coaches favored the
meet's continuation at Willam
ette, hut four of them believed
that adjustments and modifica
tions should be made. One
favored complete abolishment
but okayed the Bearcat gym
if the tournament must be
held. One approved without
comment.
Two mentors favored the
meet's removal to the Univer
sity of Oregon exclusively, as
serting that facilities there
were the only ones adequate
to handle the job.
Twenty-four (24) coaches
coaches favored alternating
the annual tourney between
Oregon State and Oregon
gyms much the same as the
state track meet is now
handled.
Willamette recently was again
designated as the site for next
year's tournament, apparently
despite the above information
which must have reached the
bands of thj OSHSAA.
As you'll recall, perennial
beefs over the Salem setup came
to a head last spring on the heels
of a riot Involving members and
fans of both Salem and Astoria
high schools, champions and
runnersup, respectively. Criti
cism over seating facilities, hous
ing accommodations, automatic
entrance of the host team, and
several other angles of the tour-
wVifrVt hnr! rattled and rankl
ed In prep skulls for some years
all oam im fnr annthdp airinff.
The upshot was that Willam
ette forewent all claims to the
business and declared from then
en it was up to the OSHSAA.
Apparently the OSHSAA either
did not have an ear to the
ground or were deafened by the
uproar for last week it again
asked Willamette to conduct the
tourney and the Bearcats
accepted. .
So, fellas, here we are again.
Mebbe for another 23 years.
WISH
Sports Columnist Will Grlms
ley of Nashville, Term., has
cooked up his own schedule for
brwl games: -
"New year's schedule for all
at us:
"January 1, Japan, there.
"February 1, Italy, there
(Breather.)
"March 1, Germany, there.
(Homecoming.) -
"Here's hoping," he finished,
"we finish this schedule unbeat
en and untied and get a bid to
the Peace Bowl at an early
date."
PROSPECTS
Bend's grid season is well over
but Coach Andy Humey's wor
ries aren't. He loses all
but two of his 1941 team which
lost all but two of Its 1941
games.-
Which maybe ain't so bad
after all.
Only Gene Gillls at tackle and
Larry Valley at end will be back
next year. And they only if the
draft doesn't reach down and
grab 'em off.
The Lava Bears were able to
Rose Bowl Bash- West Games
Cancelled, Hunt New Homes
Army Halts Tilts;
New Location Sought
DURHAM. N. C Dec. IS (IP) Coach Wallace Wade ot
Duke said today there was "a very good chance" that the Rose
Bowl game between the Blue Devils and Oregon State would
be played in Duke stadium on New Year's day.
Wade said he expected to receive a definite decision from
Oregon .State and Rose Bowl officials this afternoon.
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 18 (JP) The west' famous New
Year's football classics the Rose Bowl and the east-west
games hunted temporary new homes today as war refugees.
Military expediency demanded blackout ol tne games, une
army was firm. Sponsors' agreed to cooperate fully and can
celled all local arrangements.
Then, as Pasadane and San Francisco kissed dreams ot
thousands of tourist dollars goodbye, officials went to work to
find other quarters for the orphaned sports spectacles.
Where the games might be
taken was anybody s guess,
Percy Locey, director of atlv
letics at Oregon State college.
the west's Rose Bowl represen
tative, said . he was "receptive
to offers" of a place to hold the
game, a feature of the annual
Pasadena Tournament of Roses.
Plenty of Takers
And he got them. Officials of
Duke University, Oregon State's
choice to represent the east, sug
gested that the game be played
in Duke stadium, at Durham, N.
C, "with Rose Bowl sanction or
otherwise." Chicago, New York,
and Kansas City were mention
ed as other possible sites.
There appeared to be plenty
of takers for the East-West game.
too. Atlanta, Chicago, Spokane,
and Norman, Okla., home of the
University of Oklahoma, ail
were reported to have been in
touch with East-West represen
tatives. A decision on the East
West encounter, an annual bene
fit for the Shriners Crippled
Children's hospital here, was ex
pected today.
OSC Spends 120.000
The financial loss incurred
could only be estimated. Based
on last year's figure, Duke would
have received about $100,000
from the Tournament of Roses
association. Oregon State would
have taken $57,000 and nine
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of your wishes.
Washington
Seeks Mew
Grid Coach
SEATTLE, Dec. 15 (JP) The
Post-Intelligencer said today
that despite the clamor for a
"big name" coach, University
pick a man from the northwest
as successor to Football Coach
Jimmy Phelan.
Athletic Director Ray Eck
mann somewhat unexpectedly
terminated the services of
Phelan and his two assistants,
Chester . (Cotton) Wilcox and
Ralph (Pest) Welch Saturday.
The paper said an authorita
tive source told it that: "The
war is almost certain to place
marked restrictions on football
until the emergency is over.
The subsidy is bound to be re
duced. With that thought in
mind, the logical move would
appear to be to obtain the serv
ices of a young fellow just com
mencing his coaching career.
"There would be no big sal
ary demands. Under restricted
conditions such a coach would
have an opportunity to prove
his ability and grow up with
the institution."
Phelan said the termination
of the coaching staffs services
came as a distinct surprise, and
so suddenly he had no time to
consider the future.
Among former Washington
players mentioned as likely se
lections are two high school
coaches, Elmer Huhta of Ho
quiam and Max Starcevich of
Cleveland high school, Seattle.
Leon Brigham, who has had
unusual success as coach at
Seattle's Garfield high school
is also being proposed.
In Tacoma a movement has
already been started to boost
Cliff Olson, whose Pacific Luth-
eran team has lost only one
game in two years, for the Job,
whip only Prinevllle and Mol
lala this season . . . after win
ning the state title the year be
fore.
other Pacific Coast conference
members would have received
$7500 each. The association,
owner of the Rose bowl, would
have netted $71,000. The associa
tion still owes $40,000 on the
bowl.
Sixty thousand tickets have
been sold to the Rose Bowl game
for approximately $264,000. The
money will be refunded by in
dividual 'check. Oregon State,
which already has spent about
$20,000 for promotion and other
preliminary work, will foot the
stamp bill.
There was no one to say what
division of revenue will be made
should the game be played else
where. Blocking Attempt
Tickets to 9u per cent of the
site of the East-West game, nave
60,000 seats in Kezar stadium,
been sold. Purchasers will be
reimbursed in full. A reserve
fund built up over the 16 years
the game has been played will
assure the Crippled Children's
hospital against curtailment of
service for lack of finances.
Shriners' officials said ap
proximately $20,000 already had
been spent for promotion and
equipment. This, too, will be
paid out of reserves.
The cancellation ball started
rolling Saturday night. Rose
bowl committeemen made a fu
tile attempt to Midi it. They
hurried to San Francisco for a
conference with Lieut. Gen.
John L. DeWitt, commander of
the fourth army, who, through
Gov. Culbert L. Olson, had asked
that the game be.-cancelled..
"Our committee was graciols
ly received," Locey said later,
"and emphatically told there
could be n- Tournament of
Roses parade or Rose Bowf game
in Pasadena January 1. Need
less to say, we agreed to cooper
ate fully"
Soon thereafter Governor
Olson transmitted to the East
West committee General De
Witt's request that it also be
called off. That committee also
agreed to cooperate.
S. F. Open Golf
Meet Cancelled
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 15
(UP) The $"000 San Francisco
open golf tournament, scheduled
for January 21 to 25, was can
celled by the junior chamber of
Corfu-ere Friday because of the
w-
The chamber said it believed
its duty to its country demand
ed its time and energy be spent
in raising funds for war relief
rather than in promoting a win- j
ter coif tournament. !
It was the second major
sports event called off on the Pa
cific coast because of the emer
gency. The first was the Geor
gia Tech- California football
game for December 27, cancelled
at request of Georgia Tech auth
orities. BOMB SHELTER
NEW YORK. Dec. 15 (JP)
Possibily the strongest "natural
bomb shelter In New York is
the third floor of the Ice skating
rink section of Madison Square
garden. The area, used for dress
ing rooms, is protected by a
solid three-Inch layer of ice, an
inch and a half of almost solid
steel tubing, another inch and a
half of steel pipes imbedded in
concrete, plus two inches of ce
ment flooring.
PAGE EIGHT
December 15, 1941
Pelican Rally Throttles
Albany High Five, 34-26
Slim Jim Bocchi Paces Klamaths
To Season's Second Straight Win
Pouring in 19 points in a surging third-quarter rally. Klam
ath's alert Pelicans roared back from a first half deficit Saturday
mgnt to drub Albany high, 34-26 In the KUHS gym.
The Blgbills, led by Slim Jim Bocchl's ballhawklng, canned
19 points in the uproarious third against only five for the valley
invaders, bringing the count to 32-19. The locals trailed, 14-13,
at the halt.
Main gun in Albany's first
period rush was Garrison, tall
center, who bagged three bas
kets to push ' the visitors to an
8-4 first quarter count. Peli
cans Brosterhous and Cox each
sank one as Albany completely
outsped the Red and White.
Captain Gene Love and Boc
chi combined for seven points
in the second period to hoist
the hometowners within reach
of Albany.
It was Bocchi in the third
who fired the Pelicans through
their rally. The slender guard
consistently broke up the In-
3557 Elk
Slain in
East Oregon
A total of 3557 elk were killed
in the eastern Oregon area dur
ing the recent elk season, ac
cording to figures released by,
the Oregon State Game commis
sion. '
Records compiled at checking
stations maintained by the com
mission showed that 8733 hunt
ers checked into the hunting
area, and considering the dupli
cations, it was estimated that ap
proximately 8000 hunters en
gaged in the elk hunt.
Of the 3557 elk killed. 1169
were bulls, 1727 were cows and
eoi were calves.
Late last August, an elk sea
son was held In portions of Coos
and Douglas counties. A total
of 972 hunters checked into this
area and brought out a total of
184 bulls. The western Oregon
season was confined to bulls
only. v
vader attack, once slipped on
down in a solo dash for a coun
ter, and added seven mora in
the quarter. Love garnered
four points, and Cox, Swenson
and Bellotti two each in the
surge.
In the fourth the locals again
relapsed Into lethargy but stal
led through the final minutes
to coast in with the bail game.
Ball handling through the
encounter was an improvement
over that of Friday night when
the Klamaths plastered Yreka,
62-19, but the collective shoot
ing eyes of the Pelican five
were off somewhat Except for
a swisher by Bocchi the lads
were unable to hit at all from
any distance. Cox's retrieving
under - the wicket occasionally
siooa out.
There was no scoring Jn the
game at all until five minutes
or the first quarter had slinned
by. Miller of Albany, scored
ursi and Garrison followed Im-
mediately. A minute later
urosternous got the first Pell
can basket Again in the fourth
it took the Pelicans five min
utes to score. It was also the
ibsi marxer of the game.
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Hogan Leading
Pro Golfers
Despite Loss
MIAMI, Fla., Dec. IS (IP)
Big time golf's great stretch
runner, Byron Nelson of Toledo,
O., sprinted ahead of Bon Hogan
to win first monoy in the $10,000
Miami open, but the little Her
shey, Pa., star's second place
sewed up for him two of the
year's most coveted honors.
Even though he took a 72 and
blew his throe-day lead, Hogan
gathered In a $1250 check tlmt
sent hia year's tournament win
nings to $17,333 mora money
than any other pro can win this
year.
He also received 30 points to
ward the Vardon trophy the
pro's emblem of year-around
tournament excellence to run
his total to a now record of
924. With only two I'GA-spoiv
sored tournaments left, the sec
ond place golfer, Sam Snead of
Hot Springs, Va., did not retain
even a mathematical chance of
overtaking Hogan.
Nelson burned up the fair
ways on the Inst nine and wound
up with a brilliant 86 for a 72
hole total of 289, five strokes
better than Hogan and six ahead
of Slammln' Sammy.
Grants Pass Five
Wins Saturday
EUGENE, Doc. IS (P) Grants
Pass high school won its first
game of a three-game Willam
ette valley engagement at Junc
tion City Saturday night, the
Cavemen defeating J u n c ti on
City Tigers, 34 to 17.
The Cavemen, who had drop
ped decisions to both University
(Eugene) and Corvallis high con
tingents, took the lead Saturday
night and never relinquished It.
The invaders held a 13-7 half
time advantage. Strowbrldge,
substitute forward, led the scor
ing for Grants Pass with 10
points.
Basin Basketballers
Open Season Tonight
Church League Slates Three Gomes
At Fairview; Commercial Starts Tuesday
Amateur Klamath basketball opens its draft-cleaned 1041-41
season tonight as the basin's Church league begins play with
a three-gnnie card in the Fnlrvlow school gym.
Tuesday night the Commercial loop rrncks open the cam
paign with a twognme program on the Klnmnth Union high
school- courts.
Limited by a smaller millibar of avnlluble cagors this year,
the Commercial circuit will bonal only five trams, smallest num
ber of sounds In yearn. The drnft Is snld to be mnlnly re
sponsible for the shorlngn,
In the Church loop, however,
10 quintets will piny a rounil
robln schedule which will wind
up In late Fobruary.
Admission to Church games
Is free but a amnll chnrgn In
bring made for Commercial
tilts.
Church loop games tonight
pit Presbyterian against Algo
ma: Lutheran agninat the Jun
ior Pelicans, and Latter Day
Saints agnlnst Midland. The
first gnmo begins at 7 p. m.
Tuesday night In Commercial
piny Rlckys face Tlk-Tok and
the Knights of Columbus col
lido with Dorrls. The Rlckys-Tlk-Tok
encounter starts at T,
(For complete schedules see
nnnther pnrt of the sports page.)
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