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By
Hugh 1 VT"
FulUrtoa. Jr. -ny
NEW YORK, Dec. 23 (Wide
World) The Louisville Colonels
have grabbed off the brass ring
in this winter's baseball ivory
hunt by signing Pete Layden,
who Is supposed to be better as
an outfielder than he was as a
Texas U ball carrier last fall. . .
He was standout in the Nation
al semi-pro tournament last sum
mer after hitting .397 for the
college season. . . . Ticklish mo
ment turned up at Madison i
Square Garden last Friday when
the fans spotted Joe DiMaggioj
(who seldom misses a scrap) and
demanded an introduction. . . .
The baseball bosses don't like to
have 'their boys climb through
the ropes and only fighters are
supposed, to be introduced at
fights. . . . Joe finally stood up
and bobbed his head quickly.
. . Frank (N. Y. Sun columnist)
Graham, who made his debut
recently as a first-class fiction
writer, has a biography of Lou
Gehrig coming out in February.
. He also Is working on a maga
line "profile" of Eddie Bran
nick. TODAY'S GUEST STAR
Art .Conn, Oakland (Calif 0
Tribune: "In an outburst of pa
triotism, Frank Kovacs just
bought a custom-built car
done in red, white and blue. The
guy must be punchy; obviously
he still thinks he's on an ama
teur's expense account."
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POSTMAN'S PARAGRAPH
- Bernard A. Lang of Lafayette,
La,., writes: "Since the east-west
football game is being played in
the south and the teams are
coached by a flock of 'damn
Yankees' and it is a charity game
to care for crippled American
children, I'd suggest that we call
It the Amerikids Bowl'." . . .
Jim Rasmusen of the Iron Wood
(Mich.) Daily Globe figures the
transplanted Rose Bowl should
be simply called "Bowl Dur
ham." . . . Sid Sloane of Tusca
loosa, Ala- nominates Joe Baker
of Alabama U as all-American
football manager, since he chap
eroned the Tide to the Sugar
Bowl (Tulane stadium) and the
Orange Bowl (to play Miami U)
In November and will head the
march to the Cotton Bowl game
New Year's day.
WAR MATERIAL
, FORT LAUDERDALE. Fla
Sec 23 OPh-Kids will get a dip
and contribute to ithe war effort
at the same time if the nation
adopts a plan suggested by col
lege swimming coaches of Amer
ica at the annual aquatic forum
here. - '
The coaches proposed that in
stead of being admitted free to
pools, the youngsters be required
to bring a pound of scrap iron,
several pounds of waste paper.
an old automobile tire or other
needed war material.
BOXING
v The AeaoetateJ sa
5TEW YORK .Norman . .to. 14S, At
Vuy, V. V.. outpointed today MarteUano,
U7t, new lore, e;.
MEW YORK Carlo Halacara. IU
llexlca City, von by technical knockout
aver Jimmy Tyih, W, FttUbnrih, (I).
H0LY0KS. Hup. Aldo Spoldl, UBtt.
pew ion, ootpointea ui rortona, U7ft
Philadelphia. (10).
NEWARK Tippy Lerkln. ur, Garfield
y. J., outpointed Carmine ratta,.lM, Kev
xora, tel.
BALTIMORE Bolman Williams. IH.
Detroit, aud Louta (Kid) Cocoa, 147, Xev
Baven, Conn drew (10).
CHICAGO Kate Bolden, 16SVi, ChloafO,
leutpolnted Jacob La Motta, lot, Kew York,
U0.
Could Hitler, the Mikado, or
Mussolini remain in power if
their people had freedom of
speech? Mayor LaGuardia of
New York.
t Average American f am 11 y
spends $10 a year on soap and
that's where the kids get it in
the neck.
i'The flying snake is found on
ly in Java and Malaysia" news
item. Now we can add Japan.
Reds' Elmer Riddle
Is Pitcher of 1941
Rookie Wins'19, Loses Four, Has .
2.24 Earned Run Average for Season
By JUDSON BAILEY
NEW YORK, Dec. 23 (JP) Elmer (The Great) Riddle, still a
comparative unknown to many
ing for the Cincinnati Reds last
colade as the "pitcher of the year."
The National league released
showing the stocky 24-year-old Georgia boy . had surpassed all
other twirlers in the major leagues in both earned-run average
and winning percentage, bringing the pitching championship to
Cincinnati for the third straight year.
Editor Slated
To Attend
Sports Meet
Bill Steele, editor of the sports-
mens magazine, uregon uui-
doors, will be present tonight
at the regular meeting of the
Klamath Sportsmen's association,
President Elmer Myers an
nounced Tuesday.
The group will meet in the
Willard hotel to nominate offic
ers for 1942. The gathering is
regarded as particularly import
ant to club members.
Also at the meeting will be
Harry Boivin, Marshall Comett
and Henry Semon, Klamath area
representatives to the" state legis
lature.
Cougars Drop
Signal Oil, 61-45
LONGV1EW, Dec. 23 (P) A
fast, sharpshootlng Washington
State college basketball squad
last night defeated the Signal
Oil quintet of Portland, 61-45, to
gain revenge for a Signal pre
season win last year.
The Cougars led 30-24 at half-
time and continued to pull stead
ily ahead throughout the second
half, led by Forward Marvin Gil
berg and Guard Owen Hunt who
scored 15 and 14 points, respect
ively.
Patterson and Scott of the Oil
ers' led scoring for the Portland
team with 12 points each.
Bowling for Beginners
Grooved Delivery for Spot Bowling;
. Head Pin Man Concentrates on Target
Ninth of Twelve Articles . '
Br JOE FALCARO
Greatest Match Game Bowler
Whether to use. spot or head
pin bowling is a question which
has plagued bowlers for years.
Each method has Its proponents.
. Spot bowling Is more diffi
cult. It takes for granted that
delivery is grooved.
The kegler concentrates on
the spot where he plans to set
down the ball. He looks at the
pins only during the first two
steps of the approach. He then
concentrates entirely on the spot
and Ignores the pins until' after
he has delivered the ball.
The head pin bowler looks at
the pins, then draws an Imagin
ary line from the pocket to a
spot on the alley where he plans
to set down the. ball. But in
stead of watching the spot in
his approach, be concentrates on
the puis.
A good many bowlers com
bine the two. They watch the
spot and use the pins as a back'
ground.
Beginners should be wary of
spot bowling until their delivery
is grooved. Most spot bowlers
set their ball eight to 12 boards
from the right-hand gutter, de
pending on alley conditions and
the degree of break in their hook,
Obviously, a novice, whose de
livery may vary widely and
whose hook Is usually erratic,
cannot profitably spot bowl.
NEXTi The younger set.
The original flat failure is the
heating system In a lot of apart
ment houses.
fans despite his sensational hurl
season, received today his ac
its official pitching records
Riddle won 19 games and lost
four while achieving the low
earned-run average of 2.24 per
nine-inning game for the best
mark of effectiveness since Carl
Hubbell set the league record
for left handed pitchers at 1.66
in 1933. Graver Cleveland Al
exander, while pitching for Phil
adelphia in 1915, set the mark
for righthanders at 1:22."
Wins 11 Straight
' The young righthander had to
win 11 straight to pry the pub
lic's attention away from the
Whitlow Wyatts and Bobby Fel
lers, and even then his real val
ue scarcely was realized.
Altogether Riddle started 22
games, relieved in 11 others, and
pitched 217 innings. He had on
ly four shutouts, but allowed
just 68 runs, both earned and
unearned, for the lowest total of
any pitcher who worked in more
than 200 innings.
Riddle's fine National league
performance compared with 2.37
earned-run average for Thornton
Lee and the 15 won 5 lost rec
ord of Lefty Gomez, the leading
pitchers of the American league.
The official records today
showed the pennant-winning
Dodgers had the finest pitching
staff in the senior circuit, led,
of course, by Whitlow Wyatt
and Kirby Higbee. Each of
these sturdy righthanders won
22 games, the only hurlers in
the league to get into the 20
game bracket Wyatt was sec
ond to Riddle in effectiveness
with an earned-run average of
2.34 and Higbee ranked second
in winning percentage with his
22 victories and nine defeats.
Line of vision
head pin, left,
and spot bowling.
Our last war with aggression
was primarily a war of men
and food and guns. But there
has been a speedup and today
our war is one of men and food
and machines. Floyd B. Odium,
contract division, OPM.
Britain may expel Hirohito,
Japanese emperor, from the Or
der of the Garter. Then we'll
beat the socks off of htm.
AGENTSi
PEYTON C.
915 Market
Registers
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Goalie Charley Rainsr of Brooklyn appears to have kicked
puck away from net in first period of game won by Montreal
Canadians. 4-2. at Madison Square Garden. Shot was made by
Pete Morin. 20. left. Headed after disc is Pete Kelly. 3, ol Ameri
cans. Ninth straight defeat dropped Flatbuih entry into National
Hockey league cellar.
Owen's Muff Biggest
Sports Freak of 1941
Sports Editors Pick Brook Catcher's
Miss; Fitzsimmons' Knee Injury Cited
By HAROLD CLAASSEN
NEW YORK, Dec. 23 (P) As evident as a Christmas necktie
is the opinion of the nation's sports editors that Mickey Owen's
muff of a third strike in the 1941 world series was the sports
freak of the year.
Almost without exception the critics designated the Brooklyn
catcher's failure to hold the ball as the year's zanicst and, per
haps, most costly sports bobble.
Had Owen captured Hugh
Casey's low pitch the New
Yorkers would have been re
tired and the Dodgers would
have won, 4 to 3, as the inci
dent "happened in the ninth
frame with two
but. That would
have levelled
the series at
two games each.
As it w a s,
however, Tom
myHenrich scampered safe
ly to first base
after swinging ?
at the- third
strike, anaw.ijfc
opened the doorj.
through wnicn
.v-a Vankeet
Owen
poured four unearned runs and
a 7 to 4 triumph. That sent them
ahead, three games to one, in
the world series which they
won the next day.
The series also produced other
happenings which drew atten
tion from the 88 voting writers.
Fat Freddie Fitzsimmons, Dod
ger Ditcher, getting knocked
out by a blow on the knee
gained mention, as did the
Brooklyn reporter who was late
to the fourth game of the world
series because his wife needed
hospitalization after being in
jured in a corner lot football
game.
Virtually every baseball fan
in the country would have paid
to see the Incident Roland
Hughes of the Roanoke, Va.,
World-News voted as the best.
Umpire Guy Rhein of the Vir
ginia league banished Lynch
Healthful warmth on the chillitat
dyi aprtading to every put of
the room clean, uniform and '
UMJrperuivA Call on ua for mora
comfort thai winter.
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Phone 5149
a Kick
X"..t i i " i --'irY
if w -a jerjf.-M-
.Mart
burg Manager Guy Lack from
a game. Then the Lynchburg
players refused to continue and
League President Ray Ryan
stepped from the -stands, ban
ished the umpire and reinstated
the manager. Judge' W. G.
Bramham still is investigating.
Civil rights rest upon a strong
er legal foundation than ever
beforo in American history.
Roger Baldwin, director, Amer
ican Civil Liberties union.
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Nebraska
Five, 49-42
LINCOLN, Nob., Dec. 33 !)
Tho University of Oregon out
rotiKhed and outscorcd tho Ne
braska Cornlni.ikora' bimkctball
team lust night, 4tt to 42.
The giinie was wide open with
24 fouls culled on Oregon inul
14 on the lluskors. Oregon lost
Center Lloyd Juckaon and his
two replacements, Archlo Miir
slilk mid Wnrren Taylor, on
fouls.
A stout Oregon drfunso in tho
last half contributed to the vic
tory, Tho lluskors pulled into a
tlo after five minutes of the
second period, but were checked
thereafter.
Oregon's Bob Wren, forward,
and Nebraska's Sid Held, center,
tied for scoring honors with 11
points each.
Willamette Loses
To Boise, 29-21
BOISE, Dec. 23 (V) An air
tight Boise Junior collego de
fense baffled tho barnstorming
Willamette university basketball
team last night, and the Cowboys
won, 29 to 21.
Willamette managed but one
field goal In the first half, and
that one only two minutes be
fore the period's end.
A desperato rally in the clos
ing period brought tho Bearcats
no closer than 6 points.
CAL BEATEN, 37-34
BERKELEY, Calif.. Dec. 23
(V) A barnstorming University
or Missouri basketball team,
beaten three times by Pacific
Northwest teams, defeated a vet
eran University of California
quintet 37 to 34 last niiiht.
lhe Hears lacked organization
In their first showing of the
season. Missouri led 21 to 19
at the half. I
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GRID SERIES
DURHAM, N. C. Dec. 23 (,V)
There's talk already of a foot- (
ball scries between Oregon State j
and Duke university, which
meet here Jan. 1 in the trans-1
planted Rose Bowl game. 1
Percey Locey, Oregon Stato's
athletic director, said ho would ;
liko to arrange for a regularly i
scheduled scries. There's llttlo
likelihood that the Idea can bios- i
som before 1043, since Duko is
booked for next season.
HOWL
NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 23 W) j
Informed he was too big to be
fitted In an eastern all-star
sweater, Ernie Blandln, 250-'
pound Tulano tackle, raised a
howl when he saw bulkier Ur-!
ban Odson of Minnesota wear-'
lng one. j
Tho result? Blandln Is sport-1
lng one of the white garments
with a front shield reading "all
east." Tho west-east all-star
game will be played here Jan. 3.
Another meaning for the word ;
liquidate tho party a lot of us ;
will attend on New Year's eve. i
PAGE EIGHT
Mandic Paces
Beavers Over
Utah, 46-30
DAKER, Dec. 23 (P) Center
John Mancllo returned to the Ore
gon State college lineup last
night and guided the Heavers to
n 4U to 30 basketball victory over
Utah Slate.
A leg Injury healed, Mandic
led floor play and sparked tho
Ueavcrs In a drlvo that squelch
ed tho only Utah Stato threat.
Behind from tho start, Utah
Slalo crept within two points
of a tie midway In tho first
period. The Beavers rallied and
held a 24-17 lead at halftlme.
Guard Paul Valcntl of Oregon
Sttitn was high scorer with IS
points.
Picord Wins $5000
Rio Grande Open
HARLINGEN. Tex., Dec. 23
tt'l Golfdom's nomads started
the last lap of tho 1041 trull of
gold today after Henry Plcard
won the Rio Grande Valley open
in a stretch fight packed with
drama.
Another $300 open starting at
Beaumont Friday, closes out tho
money program for tho year.
Plrnrd led all the way In win
ning tho 72-holo tournament with
an IB-under-par 2(10 but ho had
to fight off the fast finish of E.
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J. (Dutch) Harrison, the Little
llork pro who fired a bristling
132 on the final round.
Spike Nelson Quits
As Yale Mentor
NEW HAVEN, Conn., Dec. 23
() Yule, which tossed aside Its
urndiinli! rourhliig system a year
ago by hiring Emerson W. (Splkel
Nelson, former University of
Iowa Star lineman, Is head foot
ball roach, was In tho market
for a new gridiron boss today.
Tho HB-ycar-old Nelson, whose
Ell eleven won only one out of
eight games last fall, resigned
yesterday "to be free to Join tho
staff of tho procurement depart
ment of tho United States en
gineer corps In Philadelphia."
Tlin crying need of a lot of
our women folks Is fur coats.
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