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Crippled Pelicans
Clash With Ashland
Love, Brosterhous on Shelf for
Saturday Night Game in Valley
With 40 per cent of his Pelicans on the medical shelf, Klam
ath Cage Coach Dutch French was hard put Thursday to see a
""'reasonable facsimile of a creditable showing next Saturday night
,when the Blgbills tangle with Ashland's Improving Grizzlies on
the valley court.
A pulled tendon at the top of George Brosterhous" right foot
Is not responding to treatment and Captain Gene Love's injured
"tinkle, suffered for the bright cause of charity last week, is still
.giving him trouble. Long George
will probably not see action at
all, the veteran pilot intimated,
for the loose tendon allows a
""small pedal bone to slip out of
-.place. . .
Forward Love, who pulled a
couple of ligaments in the
Alumni infantile paralysis bene
"fit game, will be Injected only
if needed. But the chances are
he'll be needed.
The Grizzlies have been surg
ing upward since their one-
quarter defeat by the Klamaths
.at the Medford basketball jam
boree last month. Last weekend
"they split a pair with the South
ern Oregon College of Education
""frosh five.
French plans to throw Aldo
Jacobs Sees Biggest
-Indoor Boxing Gate
- Baer-Louis Go May Top $200,000
' Jackpot of Delaney-Maloney '27 Bout
7 By SID FEDER
NEW YORK, Jan. 8 W The biggest pile of "fresh" ever
"Collected under one roof in the history of boxing will be heaped
,.ln the middle of Madison, Square Garden's ring tomorrow night.
If the iron men keep arriving on their present schedule.
This chunk of exchequer has been lured in by the - heavy-
. weight shindig between Joe -Louis and Buddy Baer, and, since
That's our way when the cause is
is for the navy relief fund for
those killed in action.
r Promoter Mike Jacobs, who
Isn't taking enough out of this
-s packet of poin-
spttu seed for
the Miami man-
' sion, announced
3k V shooting at a
f new all-time in
door gate re-
;eipts record.
H fieureshe
Vr'vMi3tandis 8 good
jenance oi kv
VVLf jting it if the
iialAliaSlast-day rush to
Mike Jacobs the ticket coun
ters reports as usual.
This would mean that the
20,000 customers expected for
what Is listed as a 15-rounder
even Buddy's best friends don't
see how he can last that long)
would chip in to a jackpot to
top the J201.613 "take" the
ieight Jimmy Maloney outpoint
ted Jack Delaney in the same
oupbowl back on February 18,
.1927.
i That's the sweetest tune the
sash registers ever sang for an
-Indoor show in, the history of
busting beaks.
tr .The nicest part about this
wine, though in addition to the
fact that the fight game's big
fdoorprize is on the line is that
Can Hoppe Repeat? Answer
Expected in Cue Tourney
CHICAGO, Jan. 8 (JF) Bil
4lard's boy-wonder 40 years ago
-and today a greater figure than
ver in the game, Willie Hoppe
tomorrow night will start after
the answer to a question many
4ans and Hoppe himself are
Asking:
' Will his game ever again hit
'the peak it attained the last two
years?
ti The 54-year-old Hoppe, whose
rlzardy with a cue carried him
-to his first billiards title 38 years
ago, will defend his world three
.cushlon crown against nine other
-experts in a tournament run
-through January 23.
1 Coming back to challenge the
New York title holder will be
Stake Schaefer, runner-up for two
years; Welker Cochran, the San
tfranclsco ece who handed Willie
nis only defeat a year ago; Ralph
tsreenleaf, 17 times world's
pocket billiards champion; Joe
Chamaco, the Mexican star; Art
Thurnblad of Chicago and Otto
Heiselt of Philadelphia, both for
mer champions; and Earl Looka-toaugh,-
Chicago; John Fitzpat
lck, Los Angeles, and Art Ru
tin, New York. Each player will
fJlny nine games.
A new rule allowing players
to use either cue ball at the start
vif an inning was expected to
felling Up lights
r If ron tfiffrr from OetUnj: up Nifthti,
Jtaekscht, Nertounnm, Lfg Pains, Swollen
JtAnktri and Ue worn out, due to non-orgnnlo
S.nd non-iyetemtr Kidnrr and Bladder troll
ies, you should try ( which 19 (firing
oyous hflp to thousands. Printed rfranlee.
loner back onto fnmplftfly Rati factory,
tak your druuUl lor Cyst Uxlay. Only 15a.
January 8, 1942
Bellottl Into Brosterhous' corner
and use either Don Laird in
Love's post or shift Slim Jim
Bocchl to forward and shoot
Baldy Foster Into the vacated
guard spot.
The Ashland tilt Is a replace
ment billing. The Bigbills were
originally slated to collide with
Prineville's Cowboys at Prine
ville on both Friday and Satur
day. The games have been re
set for February 20 and 21
Coach Wayne Scott's tight
little Wildcat quintet will face
Dorris both Friday and Satur
day nights on the Bulldog floor.
good, by the fact that the show
the families of sailors at sea or
the navy fund cuts in for the
sweetest piece of sugar. With
Mike giving up his entire profit,
Louis tossing his whole 40 per
cent into the bundle in a grand
gesture, and Baer giving up 2 ft
per cent of his 13 in addition
to risking health and safe-being
against the bomber it wouldn't
be surprising if the sailor boys'
kiaoies collected $100,000 or
slightly more.
So far as the nose-flattening
itself is concerned, Louis, mak
ing his last trip to the post be
fore trading in his trunks for
a soldier suit and possibly his
last outing for keeps is high
and hot for this one.
This corner, having watched
him tear sparring partners
apart to see what makes them
tick, picks the bomber to give
Buddy enough, and a little ex
tra, before the bell sounds
starting the fourth.
Buddy's a nice fellow, mind
you, good to his folks, willing,
and not afraid (are ya list'nin',
Max?). He has a right hand
that packs a can of ether, and
when he fought Louis last May
he gave Joe a whiff of it
But he is easy to hit and
when a fighter has that nasty
little habit, the safest way to
fight Joe is out of a bombproof
shelter.
speed play and possibly result
in New high run, best game and
point an inning average records.
Tomorrow night's opening pro
gram will pit Hoppe against
Look aba ugh and Chamaco
against Rubin.
Lakeview Ski
Club Starts
Winter. Activity
LAKEVIEW The Fremont
Highlanders, Lakeview's winter
sports organization, opened the
skiiing season Sunday at their
ski bowl on the Warner valley
secondary highway, nine miles
northeast of Lakeview. Fre
quent snowstorms the past week
left an abundance of powder
snow which made skiing ideal.
The ski tow was rebuilt this
last summer and more ski trails
through the pine timber have
been cleared. The membership
in the club now totals more than
100 with around another 100 ex
pected to join within the next
few weeks.
The club had its first minor
accident Sunday when Mrs. Dora
Brosius suffered a sprained an.
kle which will keep her off the
trails for at least a month.
Now Many Wear
FALSE TEETH
With More Comfort
FAflTEF.TH, a pleasant alkallrta (non-acid)
powder, holds falsa tth mora firmly. To
eat and tnlk in mora comfort. Just sprinkle
Ifttla FASTEETH on your plaii. No Rum
my, gooey, pasty tnit of feeling. Checks
"pl.ita odor", (denture breath). Get FAS
TEETH at any drug store.
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STINER MOVET
The gossip 'round about says
that Lonnie Stiner, the guy who
made monkeys of 90 per cent of
the gentlemen in this column s
profession, is considering leav
ing the Beaver school for anoth
er post and presumably more
dough at either the University
of Nebraska or Illinois.
Stiner it now in Nebraska,
his home state, visiting with
his folks and possibly confer
ring with Cornhusker officials.
The balding OSC pilot was an
All-American at Lincoln some
IS years back.
The Huskers, after a so-so sea
son, are without a coach. Biff
Jones, who chased them into
many a Big Six championship
and one notable victory over
Minnesota, has been called into
the army for the duration.
The set-up is a natural. A
home-state boy, former Ail-
American, who has wandered far
afield and comes home not only
with his shield but several other
guys' as well, returns to lead the
home team out of the doldrums
into the bright light of national
attention.
However, Bud Forrester,
Beaver publicist, says Stiner
wouldn't have the job. The
reason: He thinks so much of
Nebraska he just couldn't
stand it if he were coaching
the team and lost a game.
The sports scribes are pointing
also to the vacancy at the Uni
versity of Illinois where Bob
Zuppke has quit after 29 years
of labor. With the play for pay
advocates apparently in the sad
dle at Illini, Orange and Blue
alums look for a return of the
powerful Champaign elevens of
a decade ago.
Stiner, with reasonable mate
rial, could be the man for the
job.
Then there's the University of
Washington where Jimmy Phe
lan, between rounds at the
Rathskeller, has stumbled to
only one coast title in over 10
years and has consequently
found himself on the outside.
The Huskies have always been
blessed with material. Stiner, a
conservative gentleman, would
probably give it more time than
the ex-Notre Darner did.
Then, too, there's the prob
ability Lon and his staff will
be given a wage boost by Ore
gon State. How much will
depend largely on some inten
sive spring dickering.
Meanwhile it's apparent the
Beavers of 1942 will not be the
Beavers of 1941. This year not
only graduation but service will
conspire against all college ele
vens. Two juniors Captain
Martin Chaves, all-bowl lineman,
and George Zellick, end are
considering joining the army.
Three seniors Bill Halvorsen,
Gene Gray and Glenn Byington
have already decided to enlist,
and several others are ripe for
the draft.
Chiloquin Set
For Contest
With Eagles
CHILOQUIN After their
seven-point defeat at the hands
of the Klamath High Wildcats,
the Chiloquin High Panthers are
making preparations to entertain
the Keno high school basketeers
this Friday night at Chiloquin.
Keno is believed by the local
fans to be potentially a danger
ous team since they boast vic
tories over the Malin Mustangs
and the Merrill Huskies, 1941
champions.
The "B teams of the two
schools will play at 7:30 with
the varsity game scheduled to
take the floor at about 8:30.
The Panthers enjoyed a rest
last Friday night when the
Malin-Chiloquin game scheduled
to be played at Chiloquin was
postponed. Due to the slippery
condition of the roads and the
cold weather, school authorities
deemed it advisable to play the
game at a later date.
California Pro
Tops Open Linksmen
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 8 (UP)
Harry Bassler, veteran Los Altos,
Calif., pro Wednesday led quali
fiers in the $10,000 Los Angeles
open golf tournament which
starts Friday by touring the dif
ficult Griffith Park course in
68-69137.
Professionals and amateurs
toured the Griffith Park and
Sunset Field course in the quali
fying rounds, with the 96 top
scorers eligible to compete in the
tournament at Hillcrest Country
club Friday. An additional 35
players were exempt from qual
ifying. Read the Classified page.
$25 REWARD
Will be paid by the manufac
turer for any Corn or Callous
GREAT CHRISTOPHER Corn
Salve cannot remove. It never
falls. 35c and 60c at Everbody's
Cut-Rate Drugs, Phone 3625.
608 Main St.
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'Mong Cup' Series of 909 First Big Event
Of Early-Day Basketball in Klamath Falls'
Series of Four Articles
Tells of Casaba History
Yadens, Spencer, Van Riper, Howard
Pioneers in Cage Beginning of 1900's
(Editor's not.! This Is the first of four articles on the
Introduction of basketball in the Klamath area. The series
was compiled and written by William C. (Bill) Hum, m.m
ber of one of the first quintets in the basin, and leads up to
the bitter rivalry over the "Mong cup" games of 1909).
By WILLIAM C. HURN
The basketball season of 1942 stirs the memory of
the introduction of this popular winter sport into Klamath Falls
and we are surprised to find the large number of today's well
known residents who contributed a part in its local inception.
A lawyer, a bank official, president of one of our large Indus
trial institutions, our present fire chief, two of the Elks' past
exalted rulers, business and ex-business men, prominent ranchers
and many others whose names as they become a part of this
recounting are generally familiar.
Spencer Starts It
Thirty-six years ago brought
basketball into almost instant
popularity to the comparative
few hundred citizens of Klam
ath Falls of that era. To one
name, though, must go the credit
for its beginning, and not a name
without a measure of recogni
tion at this late date.
Carlcton E. Spencer, ex-registrar
at the University of Oregon
and at present the ranking offi
cer of the state in the officers'
reserve was the father of basket
ball in Klamath.
The family had moved from
Cottage Grove to Klamath and,
with the text books carried into
the high school room (one small
room only at that time). Spencer
also brought a playing exper
ience of the game. Iron hoops
from nail kegs, nailed to trees
in the courthouse yard served
better as baskets than did our
many efforts to provide a sub
stitute basketball while awaiting
the arrival of an official "casaba"
which had been ordered through
a local store.
KCKS Plant
While we wait for the week
or ten days to elapse for the
quickest mail service between
outside cities and Klamath, per
haps we may sketch briefly for
its comparative value with our
present KUHS, the physical
plant that was KCHS.
While the building which was
to house the forerunner of KUHS
was under construction on the
hill above town on the block
bounded by Fifth, Sixth, Wash
ington and High streets, it was
not ready at the start of the
school year in the fall of 1905.
From the creation of the high
school a few years before, classes
had met upstairs in the city hall
building located on the Third
and Main street corner of the
courthouse block.
Before the present sidewalk
Pf eifer, Two Other Ski
Champs Held As Enemies
Olympic Champ, Hauser, Froelich
Interned by U. S. Government Agents
SALT LAKE CITY, Jan.
(UP) Three internationally
famous Austrian skiers, two of
them wed to American hieresses
and one a former Olympic
champion, were in federal cust
ody today as enemy German
aliens.
The federal bureau of investi
gation in Washington confirmed
the arrest of Fntdcrick Friedl
Pfeifer, head of the Sun Valley,
Idaho, ski school and Olympic
titlist; Hans Hauser, Pfelfer's
predecessor at Sun Valley and
a member of his staff; and Jos
eph Seep Froelich.
Interned
Pfeifer was arrested at Sun
Valley Dec. 8, and Hauser the
next day. Froelich was picked
up at a prominent Salt Lake
hotel a few hours after the
American declaration of war on
Germany.
It was understood authori
tatively that both Pfeifer and
Hauser had been sent to the fed
eral interment camp at Fort
Russcl, near Bismarck, N. D.,
Froelich remained in the Salt
Lake county jail.
Pfeifer was married here in
the spring of 1940 to Miss Hoyt
Smith, daughter of Fred Smith,
president of the First Security
Trust Co. The wedding was one
of the highlights of the social
season.
Froelich is married to Natalie
Rogers, K u h n-Locb banking
heiress.
Hearing Held
U. S. District Attorney Dan
Shields said Froelich remained
at the Salt Lake jail because of
his request for a hearing. Neither
Pfeifer nor Hauser at first de-
When In Medford
Stay at
HOTEL HOLLAND
Thoroughly Modern
Joe and Anne Earley
Proprietors
level turf and landscaping were
installed, one who had never
seen the courthouse block In the
early doys needs this descrip
tion. The block was almost as
level as at present and with
that statement, comparison must
end.
Grass Court
Some feet lower than the
wooden sidewalks, sowed to
some coarse field grass which,
with early spring and sub-irrigated
by a number of springs
and bogs, there would come a
rank, lush growth of wiry and
tough grass. Some years it would
be mowed with scythes by the
prisoners for the Fourth of July
celebration but it grew as long
and dank as before, until by Its
own weight and lustiness It
would fold down into slick,
treacherous footing.
Stand on the free end of a
short piece of borb wire securely
fastened at the other end, slide
your free foot under the loop of
the wire and start places and
you will get the general effect
in simplified form. Then lay out
in geometrical precision of rows
just 16 feet apart, rought. scale
barked poplar trees about eight
inches in diameter and the five
players of the opposing team be
come merely Incidental in stop
ping a drive down the court.
While on actual count of trees
within the "playing floor" could
be counted on one hond by some
of the brighter freshmen, person
ally I have ricocheted from, met
head on with, committed a dan
gerous number of personal fouls
upon, and even swung by my
tail from, no less than 473 of
those trees in one concerted ef
fort to sink a basket.
(Tomorrow Mr. Hum re
counts the story of the tint
indoor court In Klamath Falls
and formation of the first rec
ognized teems).
8manded a hearing, and were
sent to Bismarck shortly after
their arrests. Shields said he
now understood Pfeifer had
asked for a hearing, and said it
would be held at the interment
camp.
Froellch's hearing has been
held, Shields said, and the trans
script sent to Washington for ac
tion by U. S. Attorney General
Francis Biddlc.
DURHAM, N. C. Jan. 8 P)
Coach Wallace Wade of the Duke
university football team was so
busy with that Rose Bowl game
that he just forgot to get tires
for his automobile. Now he is
riding about the campus and
Durham on a bicycle while his
automobile remains in his gar
age. No he hasn't learned any
fancy tricks yet.
The FAMOUS deer front SEATTLE!
.-.? r . . .'41 i4Jh-; i
JUS euVyjM,f L
Victors In the bitter 1909 rivalry for the "Mong cup" w.i the Klamath high lohool team pic
tured above. Inscription on the ball Is not the year, but the score of the final tilt of a five-game
series which the high school won, 29-19. Front row, left to right. A. C. Yad.n. now a Klamath
Falls attorney) William C. (Bill) Hum, author of the accompanying rl.i and still a r.ild.nt of
the city; Erwin Rolf, now living In Los Angeles. Second row, Garrett Van Riper, now with
the First National bank) J. Vincent Yaden, deceased. Top Is Charles A. Howard, then superin
tendent of schools here and still In the education field.
Northern Division Cage Chips
Down This Week As Slate Begins
By The Associated Press
The basketball chips go down
this week In the northern divi
sion of the Pacific Coast confer
ence; and at least two teams ap
pear to be holding pat hands.
The two are Washington State,
defending division - conference
western champion, and the uni
versity of Washington, unbeat
en in eight straight prc-scason en
counters. Both teams get action,
on the opening night of the con
ference season Friday. Washing
ton meets Idaho In the first of a
two-game series at Seattle; and
Washington State takes on Ore
gon in a similar series at Eu
gene.
On the basis of generally un
reliable pre-season showings,
Washington is the surprise team
of the division. The five which
went nowhere In particular last
season developed sudden power
in addition to its always dazzling ,
speed during an unusual for
Washington pre-season Jaunt
into the middle west during the I
past few weeks. The Seattle five I
FOR DEFENSE Buy U. S.
Winners of 1909 Mong
topped off Its tour by downing
Michigan State In a wild and
wooly encounter last Frldoy,
even developing a few fisticuffs
to help along its cause when It
appeared to need help.
Washington State, which usu
ally does a lot of pre-season Jun
keting, stayed closer to home In
tho immediate pre-season cloys
this year. Eastern Washington
college and Gonzaga were its
last week's victims; but whether
the Impressive scores run up
against the two small-time teams
mean what they seem to mean
is anybody's guess. State was
badly hurt by graduation mid
war calls after winning the cham
pionship, but its pre-season ac
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