Buddy Baer Confident of Win
Over Bomber in Tonight's Title
Clash; Louis Heavily Favored
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The Oregon State Beavers, al
ready complete with three
rfootball crowns (Including the
Jchamplonshlp ot the Willamette
rvalley) are being chosen by ex
perts, . both ao-called and real,
Jtor the northern division cage
title.
i : Chief among the pickers is
aHector Edmundson, the Washing
ton fella who Just returned from
Jan epochal exhibition tour of the
digger eastern centers. Hector,
Jwhose style of play both amazed
nd chagrined the flatlanders,
iay the Beavers are the team to
eat
' - "Jn the past our defense has
)been more effective against WSC
ithan against the Beavers," he
ald fearfully, "and after watch
ing OSC in the east we know the
Job we're up against."
Hector's Huskies walloped the
fliew York University Violets,
72-38, in the garden on their
eastern invasion, thereby setting
new arena record and confus
ing metropolitan basket circles
' at one and the same time,
i The confusion arose around
the Washington's fire-horse meth
od of play which upset the set-up
under ' which most eastern
coaches have schooled their pu
pils. Heretofore, following the
successful set-shot, ' deliberate
practice of the sensational Black
birds of Long Island university,
the east has overlooked the fast
break which Edmundson' mas
todonlc marksmen used to such
excellent advantage.
The galloping offense was first
demonstrated by Hobby Hob
son's Oregon back a few years
when, the Ducks captured the
national title but it evidently
didn't sink In. Now the big
towners are more impressed.
What got 'em mostly was the
Huskies' affllity to pop the ball
in the hoop from all angles pro
pelled by just one paw. Which
made it almost Impossible to de
vise a defense.
..' Hector was asked about the
effect this style of play would
have on the game in general.
"I dunno," he said, "the whole
thing may develop into strictly
a. test of offensive stamina. You
never can tell in this business.
But, if it does, my boys will be
ready to ride the boards as fast
as the next fellow."
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SNOW DOPE
- Uilitary authorities have
placed few restrictions on the
use of winter spores areas, the
Shell touring service says. The
only, places which fall under
army jurisdiction are those near
bridges, snowsheds or railroad
faculties.
In. areas where such restric
tions are in effect, there are oth
er places for sports available so
that snow fun is not curtailed.
. Shell is offering a snow sports
information service at all sta
tions and dealers..
IN THE AIR
Local baseball officials are
dubious over chances for a re
vival of the Klamath Pelicans in
state - league competition. In
fact,, they aren't sure there'll
even.be a state loop this sum
mer. -
Although there's more of the
long green afloat than in previ
ous years, there's considerably
less talent. . By summertime,
there probably won't be a ball
player left in the state unless he's
got a wife and three kids or is
blind enough to be an umpire.
Night games are doubtful also.
If blackouts don't halt 'em, pow
er conservation in lots of places
will. -
Y SPOKANE'S LOSS
SAN DIEGO, Calif., Jan. 9 m
Ban Diego's Coast leaguers have
yielded a prospective shortstop
to the army, but the ultimate
loss will be Spokane's.
. When Salvador Madrid volun
teered for military service, the
Padres turned again to the West-,
ern ' International league from
which he had come and pur
chased Joe Gedzlus.
. CURTICE NAMED
EL PASO, Tex., Jan. 9 (UP
Jack Curtice, football coach at
West Texas Teachers college,
Canyon, was named Thursday to
succeed Mack Saxon as head
coach at the Texas College of
Mines. "
Saxon resigned at the close ot
the football season, in which his
team made a comparatively dis
mal showing.. .
SIXTH ACE
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 9 CP)
fiorton Smith, veteran links star,
sank 815-yard hole-in-one yes
terday in a tune-up round for the
$10,000 Los Angeles open. The
No. 1 iron shot was the sixth ace
pf hi career.
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Champ Gives 40 Pounds;
Navy Only Sure Winner
By CAYLE TALBOT
NEW YORK, Jan. 0 () Jacob (Buddy) Baer, having been
guilty of knocking Champion Joe Louis clear out of the ring in
Washington last spring, probably will pay for hi sin, with in
terest, tonight in Madison Square Garden.
This time the towering Californian faces a perfectly condi
tioned, fight-keen Joe Louis, impatient to wipe out any stigma
that might have attached to his victory over Baer last May, when
Buddy was disqualified for refusing to come out for the seventh
round.
So impressive has the big
Fire Sirens
Bid Beavers
Welcome
CORVALLIS, Ore., Jan. 9 W)
Returning Oregon State college
football players continued the
center of attention today al
though formal celebration .of
their Rose Bowl football victory
over Duke has been postponed
to January 17.
The squad, minus Coach Lon
Stiner and several players who
stopped to visit relatives en route
home from Durham, N. C, was
greeted by screaming fire sirens
yesterday. Students and towns
people Jammed streets in wel
coming the team.
Classes were dismissed yester
day by college authorities who
optimistically, announced that
they would be back on regular
schedule today. The formal cele
bration was deferred until SUn
er's return.
Saints Drub
Sprague River
Five. 28-18
SPRAGUE RIVER The LDS
Church league team of Klamath
Falls proved to be a little too
tough for the Sprague River high
Warriors when they tripped up
the local boys, 28-18 in a hard
fought game played here Wed'
nesday.
The town boys Jumped into an
early lead and were never head
ed. The Sprague boys found it
necessary to foul repeatedly to
stop the Saints from making it a
run away as superior age, height
and experience was too big a
handicap. The half ended 14 to 5
Wright of the Churchmen led all
scorers with nine points, while
Hall took high score for the res
ervation boys with six markers.
Sprague River was without the
service of high scoring Wilford
Barkley, regular center, who is
out of the game for a while with
a wrenched back.
The (core:
rasw a. (in l. . sakin n
Bill, F 1 Skat
WolfonJ r . Wrlfht
Carninl. S
Parrlih. 4 .
Serljht, S .
. 4. Weaaoa
, 7. Allmarck
. f, Campbell
Dempsey Enlistment
Bid Considered
NEW YORK. Jan. 9 (UP)
Jack Dempsey's application for
enlistment in the US army as a
buck private was forwarded to
Washington Thursday by Col.
George H. Baird, second corps
area recruiting and induction of
ficer, with the' recommendation
that the former heavyweight
champion be accepted despite
the fact that his 46 year place
him 11 years over the age limit.
Dempsey, who attempted to
enlist Tuesday after hearing
President Roosevelt's speech,
was found to be "fit as a fiddle"
physically by the recruiting of
fice but was advised that they
could not accept him because he
came outside, the age limit.
Luisetti Hurt as
Leg!
ions Win, 47-35
DENVER, Jan. 9 (UP) The
Denver Legions were a hot
Thursday night as they were
cold Wednesday night, and after
Hank Luisetti had left the floor
of the city auditorium with a
wrenched knee, trounced the
Bartlesville, Okla., AAU basket
ball team 47-35.
Luisetti, again held In check
by the Legion defense, had a bad
time of it, going down in a pile
in the second half and coming
up with a badly-wrenched knee.
KEENE TO SPEAK
PORTLAND, Jan. 9 (flP) The
principal speaker at the Univer
sity of Portland's annual foot
ball banquet next Thursday will
be R. L. "Spec" Keene, Willam
ette university football coach,
John Gloden, banquet chairman,
said today. '
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negro been in his workouts that
the bookmakers are offering
only 1-6 odds that he is success
ful in the 20th defense of his
world title; 1-2 that he stops
Baer inside the 15 rounds. A
good even bet is that Buddy
doesn't wear a well as he did
in Washington.
No Dough
A crowd of perhaps 20,000,
unusually high in ermine, social
distinction and uniforms, is ex
pected to wedge itself into the
big arena and contribute more
than $100,000 to the naval re
lief society. They have been
lured into paying a top price
of $30 by the cause, rather than
by the prospect of seeing a great
fight.
Louis, possibly making his
final ring appearance before in
duction into the army, isn't get
ting a cent, nor is Promoter
Mike Jacobs. Only Baer is tak
ing a slight cut, for fighting is
his means of making a living
and he has not been in the big
money. It is one of the few real
benefit fights ever arranged.
As usual, the referee will not
be named until Just before the
principals enter the ring.
Chances are it will not be the
most noted of the arbiters,
Arthur Donovan, because it was
Arthur who disqualified Baer
in the Washington battle and
incurred the terrible wrath of
Buddy's manager, Ancil Hoff
man. However, it is entirely
possible that our boxing com
missioners will put Donovan in
there Just to prove that they
can't be intimidated by Hoff
man or anybody else.
. Despite the fact that Baer
propelled Louis through the
ropes and onto his shoulder
blades with a left , hook in the
first round of their previous
fight, at no time did the pon
derous Buddy look like a true
match for the champion.
Buddy was expected to weigh
in at about 24S pounds at the
athletic commission today, while
Louis had planned his training
to bring him into the ring be
tween 204-5, the heaviest since
he became champion.
Links Talent .
Begins Fire
In L A. Open
By ROBERT MYERS
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 9 VP)
wamorma s rich winter golf trail
opened the 1942 season today as
America's greatest Players start
ed over the green acres of Hill
crest Country club in the first
round of the annual Los Ange
les open.
Seventy-two holes of play
stretched over four days awaited
the field. The tournament has
produced more than its share of
color and gained its reward of
respect since it was first staged
16 years ago.
Packed in the array of talent,
shooting for the $10,000 prize
money, were the names familiar
to followers of tournament golf.
Byron Nelson, the Smiths (Hor
ton and MacDonald), Ben Hogan,
Sammy Snead, Denny Shute,
Ralph Guldahl and their broth
ers of the professional ranks
were listed, and so were many
more not quite to renowned.
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y TM AMMtatad Praaa
HIGHLAND PARR. K. J. w,.-i.M
Mofltaoarf. 147; New York. milnAlntH Rft.
Second Powell, l, Plalnfleld, J. J., (8).
PHILADELPHIA Mlka Etana, lXt'i,
Philadelphia, outpointed Billy Darla, Ulo
erirljle, Pa.. 8).
BURLISOTOS, vt. Baiter Beau pre.
IK. Vermont, sained teehnleal KO orer Rav
Kapolltano. Hi. New York, who couldn't
answer the bell for th fourtli.
"I RIVER, Mail. Willie Pepe, !.
artford. Conn., atooned afeiiean Joev
Rivera. ISO. New York, ).
ELIZABETH. X. J. Joa R.ktt m. JSrm
York, atonped Charlie Wrleht, 1M, Newark.
K. J., (J).
ROCHESTER Johnnr Firm, Ml, Ro
cheiter, atopped Dan Merrttt, 204, Cleveland,
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ROUND TRIP
ATLANTA, Jan. 9 l.P)W. J.
Graham makes a nightly trip of
about 150 miles to compete in
the Atlanta Athletic club's an
nual badminton tournament.
Operator of an air school at
Americus, Ga., he comes and
goes each night in hi plane. Gra
ham was badminton champion in
Pittsburgh in 1938.
When la Mediord
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Northern Division
Card Sorts Tonight
Cougars Open Title Defense at
Eugene; Huskies Collide With Idaho
By The Associated Press
Promising a whirlwind of action and bitterly contested bat
tles, northern division Pacific Coast conference-basketball teams
will) open their season tonight as Washington State starts a de
fense of its championship against Oregon at Eugene and Wash
ington meets Idaho in Seattle.
Observers who have seen Washington State play feel the
Cougars are even stronger this year than last and are favored to
take the Oregonians whose
early season record has been
only fair. Coach Jack Friel is
expected to send Marv Gilberg,
Al Akins, Gail Bishop, Capt.
Kirk Gebert and Owen Hunt in
at the start for the Cougars;
Hobson has not named his
starting lineup.
In Seattle the Huskies are fa
vored to take the Idaho squad
easily although Coach Hec Ed
mundson insists his men are not
at the peak they attained in the
eastern tour which recently
drew the attention of the na
tion's sports fans when the
Huskies whirled through an un
defeated road trip and hung up
new scoring records at Madison
Square Garden.
Idaho, playing under its new
coach, Guy Wicks, will prob
ably center its game around
George Steele, Ted Thompson,
Ray Turner, Cliff Benson, Ernie
Craner and Vonlcy Hopkins;
Edmundson is starting the same
men who stood the east on its
ear Chuck Gilmur, Doug Ford,
Norm Dalthorp, Capt. Bobby
Lindh and Bill Morris.
Oregon State will take it easy
tonight, opening its season Mon
day and Tuesday against the
Cougars.
TUCSON, Ariz.. Jan. 9 (P)
One Arizona lad hit the basket
for 20 points last night as the
Frosh defeated Gila Junior col
lege, B0 to 47. His name was
Ralph Baskctt.
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January 9, 1942
They Clash in
Grudge Collision
Big Buddy Baer (left) Is calm
and confident he'll repeat his
Washington performance on Jo
Louis (below) but this time will
make It stick. Maxle's kid broth-
r last summer dumped the
bomber on his noggin outside
the rope only to get himself
knocked sprawling in the sixth.
The big boy will scale 245
pounds tonight against Louis'
20 when both crawl through
the hemp at Madiion Square
Garden In a title bout for the
benefit of the navy. Promoter
Mike Jacobs expect a new
world's record indoor gat. sur
passing th mark tt In the D
laney-Maloney fracas ot 1927,
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Pilots, Zags Drop
Basketball Tilts
By The AssoelaUd Press
Fast, point-a-minute basketball
was dished up for northwest fans
as minor colleges continued play
last night that saw Portland uni
versity suffer its first defeat of
the season at the hands of Whit
man; Eastern Washington defeat
Gonzaga, and Lewiston Normal
won from W-hitworth.
Faced by Forward Roberts
who scored 13 points, the Mis
sionaries won at Portland, 49-39,
after leading 21-12 at halftlme.
Breaking a 20-all tie at half
time, the Lewiston Normal Log
gers, playing on the home court,
were never again headed and
went on to win, 89-43, from
Whitworth college.
CANCELLED
CORVALLIS, Jan. 9 fP)
Failure of lights at the Oregon
State college gymnasium last
night caused cancellation of the
Oregon Slatc-Willamctto basket
ball game.
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First Klamath Basketball Court
On Third Floor of High School;
Class Quintets Formed in 1907
'Outlaws' Play
White Stars in
First Contest
(KIHTOR'S NOTK: Thli It lh iwn.1 In r
trlrt of four ftTtklM .o th lntrtHlu(lHi of
tAtbtl In KUinath t, vntplM uml
wrlttMi by WlllUra V. Bill Hum, wmln
ot oav of the rllfl t)UlottU-
By WILLIAM C. HURN
The total enrollment of our
school was les than 20 prior to
the admission of the 100S new
class. The new class more than
doubled the student body and
we outgrew tho one upstairs
room over the city hall. The
Methodist church, standing
whero tho present USES offices
aro housed, was rented and
classes held there until aftur the
Christmas vacation when school
was formally opened in tho new
ly completed KCIIS building.
Third Floor Court
In the planning of the build
ing, the county board and archi
tect had not foreseen basketball.
Tho basement was low, cut up
with rooms, furnace and wood
storage space, only tho third
floor had any possibilities.
We seized upon it at once
four posts slopping up to form
the cupola support slanted across
the central playing area of the j
court, so we were not to gel
homesick for trees. Later in
stallation of a fire stand pipe and
hose reel near the center ring
made the picture complete.
Until the weather permitted
outsido sports, every noon and
usually until dusk in the evening
(no lights were wired in on the
third floor) games were arranged
between various groups, classes
and "choose-up" teams.
Students DoubU
The fall enrollment in 1906
gave us another doubled student
body. This, the class of 1010.
brought a, (Tho group of athletes
into the high school. Austin Ilay
den, Oscar Wright, J. F. (Junior)
Daggett, Virgil Noland, and
many others. But these names
bear mention at this place as
being more closely identified
with the title of this article.
Class games became the rage
and the freshmen of the 1910
class and the 1U00 or sophomore
class became bitter foes. The
Juniors or 1908 class had few
boy but Perry O. DeLap and
Verne Clift made up for the lack
ing numbers so when the frosh
and Juniors consolidated In a
team to challenge the slight su
periority of the 1909 "five,"
honors became about even.
Gam Scheduled
Effort to secure tho Houston
opera house for a game had until
then proved unsuccesful but
after the holidays, Houston al
lowed a game to be scheduled as
a trial venture. Noland as center,
Hayden and Wright at forward
with Clift and Daggett, guards,
as the starting lineup took unto
themselves the name of "White
Stars" and threw a challengo into
the faces of the 1909 team.
They responded with alacrity
and maskd thir school status un
der the cognomen of "Outlaws."
The personnel of this team never
varied in the Instance of one
single player from the first game
in the old upper floor gym when
the frosh played a picked team
from the rest of the school. Gar
rett Van Riper and Vincent
Yaden were the two guards, A.
Carlyle Yaden and Erwin Rolfe,
the forwards, and the writer
drew the assignment as center.
File of the newspaper of that
year are not all present and the
score of this, tho first official
public game of basketball in
Klamath Falls played sometime
in January of 1907, has been lost.
However, it drew a packed house
with the Outlaws winning a close
game. Three of us of the Outlaw
team who reside hera now. A, C.
Yaden, Van Riper or I, have no
idea as to the exact score but
we won.
(Tomorrow Mr. Hum tails
of som of th rly-dy play
er and of vnts leading up
to th b i 1 1 r "Mong cup"
ris.)
ISO-POUND LETTERS
NEW BRUNSWICK, N. J.
Rutgers university awarded let
ters to 19 for participation In
150-pound football.
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Alien Ski Star in
NEA TsUphoto
Among alUn skiing stars to b rounded up by federal authori
ties was Frederick Pf lf far. director of th Sun Valley ski schooLg.
shown here with his social!! wif. th former Hoyt SmltlfJ
daughter of prominent Salt Lk City banker.
National Prep
Committee to
CHICAGO. Jan. 0 i,V) Dele
gates from 33 utates wrre ready
to art todny on football rules
for 1U42 as drawn up by the na
tional intcr.icholastlc football
committee.
Although the prospective rules
changi'S occupied the interest of
most of the representatives, a re
port was awaited .on Injuries
during the 1S41 season, with de
bate expected on methods of
curbing mishaps to a greater ex
tent next fall.
The com nil It co .acted yester
day to remove the penalty for
Beside
The Head pin
r "LAOTsua"
. JV
The Ladybugs turned out in
full force last night, all fresh as
a daisy and full of pep after two
weeks' vacation. Junior was cer
tainly some "punkin" with his
very own headpln.
Before league started ho had
one of tho pin boys put It be
tween alleys four and five, and
from there ho had a good view of
all that was going on. After un
scrambling tfee notes he took
from beside tiie headpln, the
dope is that:
Marty McCollum did a fine
Job of cleaning up the maples
for 167-188-156811, high scries
of the evening.
Bernico Britt started the new
year out by smashing down 194
pins for high single game.
The colorful Town Shop team
took tho spotlight for high team
series, 2477.
The girls are nil rolling In
earnest now, for the league sea
son is about half over and the
games aro piling up, making It
harder to raise an average, espe
cially if a few pins have been
lost by a poor series. Junior told
ma the other day he would like
to see a few Ladybug names on
that 250 club board before tho
season Is over. C'mon girls,
let's go.
REDS SEEK WALKER
CINCINNATI The Cincinnati
Reds are reported interested In
Outfielder Dixie Walker of
Brooklyn,
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Grid Rules
Act Today
; throwing a second forward pass
from behind the scrimmage line,
! and to nlmplify the rules by mak
ing identical regulations apply
to all freo kirks.
Another ruin due for revision
was that prescribing loss of ball
by learn "A" at the spot of inter
ferenre by a team "A" player on
a forward pass Intended for a
player of the same team. The
new ruling would assess a 13
yard penalty from the spot wher
the boll was first put In play,
but with team "A" keeping poA
session.
'Keepsie Race
Scheduled
Despite War
NEW YORK, Jan. 9 OH Th
Intercolleginto Rowing associa
tion plans to stage the annual
rmmhkerpsic regatta this year,
although the field may be re
duced to five crews.
The association's board of
stewards, meeting here last nlg"ht
with leaders of eastern Intercol
legiate athletics, set June IS as
a tentative dnlo for the rowing
classic.
Capt. T. S. King of the US
naval academy, who wa reelect
ed chairman of tho stewards,
said the board wuntcd to mako
suro observation trains could b
P
obtained and work out other d
tails before inviting team ou
sido tho association.
Schools in the association ar
Navy, Pennsylvania, Columbia,
Syracuse and Cornell. Last
ycor' race was won by Wash
ington. MIAMI, Fin. Miami and Nas
sau Yacht clubs will stage their
annual 184-mile race from th
former port to tho latter, start
ing February 10.
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