(Guesting today Is Nancy Mer
ki, the nation's outstanding girl
nulmmnr and nnce a victim of
dread Infantile paralysis. Miss
Merki's story is reieasea oy
Rnntlinil Rlre. noted snorts au
thority heading the sports council
drive In conjunction wun xne
committee for the celebration of
the president's birthday.
Throughout the United States,
ports charity shows are being
organized to raise funds for the
National Foundation for Infan
tile Paralysis, Inc. This column
herewith nrnnoses that a similar
show be organized in Klamath
Falls either by luamain union
high school or city recreation of
ficials. Can it be done?)
Br NANCY MERKI
As Told to
Richard L. Neuberger
I know there are families in
our country who look at such
gifts as skates, hockey sticks and
swimming suits with sadness this
holiday times In those families,
there are boys and girls suffer
ing from infantile paralysis
boys and girls who cannot swing
baseball bats, or go swimming,
or skating.
I have a message for those
families. -
I want to tell them to keep the
bats and skates and swimming
suits.
Their children will be able to
use them some day, probably
very soon. Thanks to the mil
lions of people all over America
, who have helped in the fight
against infantile paralysis, many
of us who have been struck by
this disease are well and lively
and strong today.
The committee for the cele
bration of the president's
birthday is about to begin its
annual campaign to raise funds
for the national foundation for
infantile paralysis. I urge you
to patronise the benefit sports
vents in your community, to
join the march of dimes and
to attend the Diamond Jubilee
birthday ball or party in your
home town. Your contribu
tion will help a little child
walk again and run again and
laugh again. Believe me. I
know.
One afternoon in 1934, I came
home from school feeling as
though my arms and legs could
hardly move. I had infantile
paralysis. I was then 7 years
old. It looked like the life of a
cripple awaited me. My father
ana mower were discouraged, l
didn't know all that had taken
place, but I knew I had some
dreadful disease.
But, in hospitals and founda
tions and sanitariums, doctors
and other scientists were study
ing this disease. This study was
and is made possible by the
generosity of people in all our
48 states. My parents heard
about some of the wonderful
new methods of treatment which
had been discovered. . They de
cided we should try them.
X received light treatments
with special lamps and rays.
. For several hours each day. I
was managed and rubbed. I
took special exercises in the
Multnomah club swimming
tank in Portland. All the in
formation was sent to us by
. the men who were working
out new means of curing the
victims of infantile paralysis.
The Merki family blessed those
men, I can tell you.
I took this treatment for three
years until I was 10. Finally,
a great day came. I could walk
to school again. I felt my limbs
getting stronger. In the swim
ming tank, I no longer just took
exercises. I found I could swim
all the way across the tank.
When I had done that, I knew I
was cured. I knew that the
lamps and massages and exer
cises had saved me from being
a cripple.
To the treatment I took, I
owe more than my present good
health. I also owe the fact that
I have been able to compete in
championship swimming events.
The exercises introduced me to
swimming and showed me how
to use my muscles to the best
advantage. I think only people
who have lost the use of their
limbs can really appreciate what
walking and swimming and
things like that actually mean.
After I had set new rec
ords in the 800-meter and the
1500-meter races at High
Point, N. C in the 1941 Na
tional AAU championships, I
thought back to the afternoon
In 1934 when I came home
from school, stricken with in
fantile paralysis.
If anyone had told my father
and mother then that eight years
later, when I was 15, 1 would be
a high-point winner in the na
tional swimming championships,
my parents would have broken
Into tears.
I don't think any family In the
land is as grateful as the Morki
family to the men who have
worked out the scientific treat
ments and cures which made me
well again. And we are grate
ful, too, to all the people whose
participation In the president's
birthday celebrations has made
the work of those men possible.
I . U I'Wllw u i J Bl Hi,iilli I in IIH. ll l l II l 1 T l'liT,l,,r 1 I F
Nation's No. 1 woman athlete, Mrs. Elisabeth Hicks Newell,
on Long Beach. Calif., municipal
professional.
Bowl Elevens Polish Attacks
For Annual New Year Contests
Devils Eye
Left Arm
Of Durdan
By FRANK B. GILBRETH
DURHAM, N. a, Dec. 30, (AP)
Coach Wallace Wade is doing his
best to make sure that the highly
polished Duke football machine
won't be wrecked in the Rose
Bowl Thursday by a left-handed
monkey wrench, tossed by Ore
gon State.
The westerners have such a
monkey wrench in Don Durdan,
a southpaw who passes left
handed and kicks left-footed.
Lon Stiner, coach of Oregon
State, bad high hopes that the
unorthodox delivery of his star
mail carrier would befuddle the
Dukes.
But Wade, who tries to think
of everything, is teaching his
boys all he can about left-handed
backs. George McAfee, perhaps
the best southpaw triple-threat
in the country, has been working
out with the Blue Devils for the
last three days.
It may be some comfort to
Stiner and his squad to learn
that McAfee has had consider
able success against the Blue
Devils. However, it's hard to
tell whether Wis success should
be attributed to the idiosyn
crasies of a southpaw or to nat
ural ability.
Yesterday, for example,
George romped through the var
sity with the greatest of ease.
Sometimes the big Duke line
would crash through and nail
him before he got started, but
if McAfee danced into the clear
nobody could bring him down.
CHI LOYOLA WINS, 57-52
SAN JOSE, Cal.. Dec. 30. (UP)
Loyola of Chicago defeated San
ta Clara university 57 to 52 in an
overtime basketball game Mon
day night.
The score at halftlme was 26
to 25, with Santa Clara ahead,
and at the end of the regular
playing time it was 50-50. Loy
ola decided the issue quickly in
the 5-minute overtime period.
We are going to express our ap
preciation again by buying our
tickets for the ball in our home
town, which Is Portland, Ore
gon.
So, to the fathers and moth
ers, who think their children
may not be able to skate and
play baseball and swim again,
I say:
"Keep those swimming suits
and hockey sticks and skates
they got for Christmas. They'll
use them soon. I know they
Willi"
Baptists, Presbyterians
Win in Church League Play
Ending another night of hoop
activities, the church league bas
ket boys advanced s littlo fur.
ther into the basketball season
Monday.
In the first Pnmn nf 4Vi mnn.
lng the Baptists took honors by
defeating the Lutheran five, 21
TO 10.
In the second go the De Molay
won on forfeit over the Midland
hoopstors.
The laft Bnmn nnur 4Vin .Tnntm
Pelicans fall to the Presbyterian
iaas oy the score of 33 to 24.
Rex Vowcll of the Baptists
took hlch mnn hnnnn fnt Hm
team after sinking seven points.
ror ineir opponents Wright was
high man with five counters.
The second game, although
lost by forfeit, was nlnved as a
practice game and the group rep
resenting the Midland team took
honors with a 19-16 score. Tall,
lanky Don McGhchey of the
Cram Course In Swingology
course. The national women's
Eso Naranche
Stands Out in
Shrine Drills
By MORTIMER KREEGER
BATON ROUGE. La., Dec. 30.
(AP) Eso Naranche, who made
himself husky by digging for
gold and copper in Montana
mines, will be digging into the
turf of Tulane stadium Saturday
for cash to make crippled chil
dren strong.
For several years the spark
ling halfback of Montana uni
versity has been working in the
mines, mostly in the summer.
Hauling ore cars and digging
tunnels have developed power
ful legs and shoulders on his 195
pound, six-foot frame.
He'll be using those legs and
shoulders in New Orleans Sat
urday, playing with the western
All-Stars in the annnual East-
West game for the Shriners'
crippled childrens hospitals.
The Montana star is adept at
plunging, passing and punting.
Says Coach Babe Hollingbery of
Washington State, co-coach of the
western team:
"The only reason Naranche
hasn't been in the headlines
more is that Montana has been
out of the conference race the
past three years. His coach,
Doug Fessendon, claims the boy
is the best back he's ever
coached. He does everything
well, and I expect him to fit into
the Shrine backfield like a
glove."
Ward Given
Spokane Club
Sports Award
OLYMPIA, Wash., Dec. 30
(UP) Gov. Arthur B. Langlie
Monday presented Marvin Ward,
national amateur golf champion,
the national sportsmanship
award for 1941, Including a $500
check which Ward promptly en
dorsed for the Red Cross in Spo
kane.
The governor presented the
award for the Spokane Athletic
Round Table, of which Ward was
secretary until his recent enlist
ment in the U. S. army air corps.
Besides the check. Ward re
ceived a scroll and a gold watch
with his name instead of nu
merals on the dial.
Langlie called Ward "the best
amateur golfer In the world"
and said he had set "a splendid
and fine example" in putting
aside personal ambition and en
listing in the air corps. He com
plimented Ward's sportsmanship
at Omaha, where he won the na
tional title before a hostile gal
lery. Midland group sank eight points
to take high man position.
Wisner and Foster of the Pres
byterian hoopstcrs each sank the
ball through the hoop to give
them nine points apiece. High
man for the Little Pelicans as
well as the whole evening was
Rush, who dropped In 11 count
ers for his team.
Play resumes Wednesday
evening when the Algoma five
meet the Lutherans, LSD's meet
Do Molay, and the Midland
hoopstcrs match with the Bap
tist quintet.
When in Medford
Stay at
HOTEL HOLLAND
Thoroughly Modern
Joe and Anne Earley
Proprietors i
shows long line winning form
amateur champion recently turned
Woolly Tiff
Expected in
Sugar Bowl
By ROMNEY WHEELER
NEW ORLEANS. Dec. 30, (AP)
If Canal street had cats on every
corner, the uncertainty of where
they'd jump would be no greater
than Thursday's Sugar Bowl
quarrel between Fordham uni
versity and Missouri.
To New Orleans' curbstone au
thorities and thousands of foot
ball-minded visitors from the
east and middle-west, it added
up to just one answer: Probably
the wildest, wooliest Sugar Bowl
game ever played in the 73,000
seat stadium. Betting favored
Missouri by the unprofitable
margin of 6 to 5.
Each team is a specialist, and
that specialty is the other's weak
ness. Missouri, an exponent of
the old battleship strategy of
power, has a great running at
tack. Fordham, in the past, has
found that sort of power trouble
some. Fordham has built its attack
around aerial bombardment,
with Fullback Steve Filipowicz
as chief bombardier. That sort
of overhead warfare has given
Missouri fits.
Filipowicz completed 37 of 101
tries for 722 yards last fall pitch
ing mostly to Jim Blumenstock
and Jim Noble. That was only
a little short of one-third the
total yardage made by Fordham
all season.
Missouri, meanwhile, made its
record on the ground, piling up
2771 yards by rushing and only
339 by passing. The Tigers com
pleted just 15 passes all year.
Half of their 34 touchdowns came
on runs of 20 yards or more.
Norwich Skier
Cops Langlauf
At Sun Valley
SUN VALLEY, Ida., Dec. 30,
(UP) Allan Beck of Norwich
college Monday won the cross
country race at the opening of a
four-day intercollegiate skiing
tournament entered by skiers
from 27 schools. Beck slipped
over the course in 39:26 to score
100 points.
Bill Brown of the University
of Idaho placed second. Bob
Smith of the University of Wash
ington was third, and Richard C.
Bradley of Dartmouth came
fourth. Other finishers In or
der were Mack Measer, Utah
State; Robert Behnke, University
of Washingtdn; Bill Neckrodt,
University of Wisconsin; Merrill
Barber, Norwich; Carl Neu, Uni
versity of Washington; Gordon
Lavigne, Washington State, and
Art Strom, University of Wash
ington. Winston-Salem, N. C, pro
duces one-half of all the chew
ing tobacco manufactured In the
United States.
MUSIC BY
OREGON HILLBILLIES
FREE DANCE -
Coaches Find No Deaths
Mar '41 College Season
Grid Mentors Hear Professor's
Report, Discuss Effect of War
By CHARLES DUNKLEY
DETROIT, Dec. 30 W) Not a single death attributed to foot
ball occurred in the notion's ranks of 05, Slid oollcgo players dur
ing the 1941 season.
It was the first year In an 11-year period that no collegian
sacrificed his life, either directly or indirectly, because of the
gridiron game.
This cheerful report was presented to the Joint meeting today
of the American Football Couches association and Nulioiml Col
legiate Athletic assqcliitlon by
Dr. Floyd R. Eustwood, of Pur
duo university's school of physi
cal education for men. Members
of the two associations discussed
the possible effects of the war
on intereoUegiatc athletics and
heard addresses on the question:
"How can collegiate athletes
best contributa to the national
crisis?"
Prof. Eastwood's report re
vealed that although there were
no fatalities among the collegi
ans, a slight increase in deaths
occurred among so-called "sand
lot ' athletic club players which
brought to 14 the total number
of fatalities In all classifications
of football deaths during the
year. This was compared with
a total of 11 last year and 33 in
the peak year of 1931 when the
survey was begun.
Columbia's Lou Little, chair
man of the coaches' rule com
mittee, said the fewest sugges
tions for changes in the rule
book were made since the body
was organized 10 years ago.
The suggested changes will be
recommended to the NCAA
.aril orrkttcr
OF F0NDNE
FOB CANOY. BUT
APPELLATION 1$
APPROPRIATE NOW.
HEV A SWEET A
NETKEEPER AS
HAS BEEN
UNCOVERED IN
RECENT SEASONS,
Sullivan
Award to
Runner
Miler MacMitchell Voted
Outstanding Amateur
NEW YORK, Dec. 30 (P)
Leslie MacMitchell, who scored
a virtual grand slam In cross
country and mile running dur
ing 1941, is the winner of the
James E. Sullivan award, an
nually given the nation's out
standing amateur athlete.
By a vote of 600 sports critics
polled by the Amateur Athletic
Union, the New York university
senior became the first native of
the Empire state and the young
est athlete ever to win the honor.
During the past season Mac-
Mitchell, at 21, completed his
fourth year of collegiate cross
country without a defeat and in
track annexed the NCAA mile,
both the indoor and outdoor
IC4A crowns and the AAU 1500-
meter, or metric mile, champion
ship.
Last Sunday he captured the
Sugar Bowl mile, doing the dis
tance in 4:13.1 despite a stiff
wind.
MacMitchell, on a basis of fivp
points for a first place vote,
three for a second and one for
a third, collected 848. Cornelius
Warmerdam, the California pole
vaulter, was second with 662.
Joe Platak, Chicago's handball
expert, was third with 463.
DANCE
New Year's
Eve
WEDNESDAY - DEC. 31st
KEN
Sat Jan. 3rd!
rules committee at Its meeting
in I'hoenix, Ariz,, January 4.
They Include:
1. The team scored upon by
either a touchdown or field goal
is to have optional choice of
goal. This is designed to create
offensive balance. Little suid,
particularly when the wind ad
vantage is great.
2. Clarification of the substi
tution rule to remove the pos
sibility of the so-culled sleeper
play.
3. Revision of the lateral pass
rulo which nullifies a play
downflrld when the bull Is
passed forward. The couches
would moke this a five-yard
penalty from the point of infrac
tion. Now the boll Is returned
lo the line of scrimmage.
4. Placing a penalty for send
ing a substitute on the field
after tho offensive team lias loft
the huddle or gone into forma
tion. Penalty: loss of a time out.
5. Revision of the substitu
tion rules to permit players to
report to any ono of tho offi
cials. WW
TAKES BOW AfFIPST
60ALIF. TO MAKE LONG HOP
FROM AMATEURS TO NATIONAL
LEAGUE SINCE ANOTHER
NEW YORK RAN6ER,
L0RNE CHABOT, DID IT
15 YEARS AGO.'
Bob Rucker,
Stanford Skier,
Dies Sunday
SPOKANE, Wash., Dec. 3Q
CUP) Robert H. Rucker, Stan
ford university student and
prominent golfer and skier, died
Sunday night after collapsing
while skiing on Mount Spokane.
me cause ot his death was
not immediately known, but his
physician said it might have
been due to complications from
an injury suffered at the Alpha
Delta Phi fraternity at Stanford
Rucker was northern Idaho
golf champion and a member of
the Stanford ski team.
I' AUK SIX
Bowling for Beginners
Ksjjyj QoeFalcaw-
Youngsters Start Rolling Duck Pins;
Women Chalk Up Many 200 Scores
Tenth of 12 Articles
By JOE FALCAflO
Greatest Match Came BowUr
Howling is tho fullest grow
ing sport, not only with men
but among women and young
sters.
Six- and 7-year-oltls usually
start by rolling ilm-kpuis. Tins
gives them an opportunity lo
use a small, light bull and de
velop correct form without
straining themselves.
After they have mustered fun
damentals, children should he
encouraged to bowl with rogu
lar pins and a light bull. It Is
a healthful spurt and a child s
natural ability often brings real
success.
Women have taken up bowl
ing even more rapidly than
children. A few years ago, 200
scores among the fair sex were
a rarity. Today there are hun
dreds ot top-notch women bowl
ers. Women should not try to
bowl Willi high heels or crrpo
soles. They should dress com
fortably. Slacks or shorts arc
fine.
Club women are among
bowling enthusiasts. So Is the
working girl. Women's bowling
leagues are springing up every
where. Most women use a lighter bull
than men and employ a slower
delivery.
NEXTi Bowling don'ts,
Troy Walker,
Keene Meet
Over Tourney
SAI.EM, Dec. 30, (AP) Troy
Walker, secretory of the Ore
gon State High School Activities
association, met here today Willi
Willamette university officials
to discuss whether the high
school basketball tournament
should bo held at the Willamette
gymnasium.
Tho association's board of
control recently voted to have
the tournament here for the
23rd straight year, but Roy S.
Keene, Willamette athletic direc
tor, said he is' not much Inter
ested in whether the tournament
is held here.
Should the members of Wil
lamette's athletic board appear
a:; "disinterested" as Keene, it
is probable that the high school
officlols will look for some other
placo to hold tho tournament.
SCORES
Oregon lute IT, Manfeittan M
(Ultlorma , Athm Club 1
Wyoming , CCNV 41
Loyoli ot Cntaago tl, Santa Clara tl
Gorwac M. ldno it
Timpla , Southern California
Wapno it, CorrMll M
t. PraiMia H, Oavt llfclna II
file 11, Ulalit
RoahMtar H, Michigan State tl
uiiar 41, Michigan j;
HIOH tOHOOl
Aihlind 11, Otwniwa ll
Hood ftlir II, lll.irlon It
OorvXIli II. Orinlt Pat II
l)i-cinil)or ISO, 1041
" lipJi'
UowUng atlracU younger srL
OSC Quintet
Takes Eastern
College 47-34
NEW YORK. Deo. ilO, (UP)
Oregon State's towering basket
hall team hml things alt lis own
way In the second half Monday
night after a close first half and
defeated Manhattan college, 47
.14 In the first game of a double
header at Madison Stjuaro Gar
den. The Oregon State boys were
ahead all the way snd st half
time the score read 23 to la in
favor of the Beavers.
In the second part of the
double header. Wyoming nosed
out City college by a lint minute
spurt which netted a 40 43 vic
tory. MATCHED
NEW ORLEANS. Dec. 30. (AP)
Francisco Segura o( Ecuador,
holder of several South Ameri
can championships, and top-seeded
Ted Schroeder of Glendale,
rolif., were matched today In
the finals of the .Sugar Bowl ten
nis tournament.
IHHil.l!