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About The Evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942 | View Entire Issue (April 21, 1942)
Pr n.. rrr " 4 . v-: ;, a . Unci Sam'i mountain troopi. a brtcd of hardr. ipecialiied soldisra. thouldcr akit for drill at thair wintar training camp on now? Mount Rainiar, Wain. Tha man not only laarn to trayal on (kit whila carrying a 30-pound pack, but thay alto dlicorar bow to oat alaap and cook banaath'tha mow in caTorm of their own carving. Only 30 par cant of tha panonnal avar iat foot on ikii bafor. Motoriaad toboggans ar alio used for transport. ' Sports rrSc Briefs kVjl Hugh l-'VTfi Fullartoa. Jr. r. '""j NEW YORK, AprU 21 m Latest fuel for the baseball fires come from Jersey City's opening day ticket sale. . . . Jimmy Pow ers of the New York News nom inates Mayor Frank Hague to succeed Judge Landis as base ball czar, claiming that anyone who can sell 55,000 tickets in Jersey City should be recognized as baseball's greatest promoter. ... Byron Hollingsworth of the Tampa (Fla.) Times forwards an editorial from his paper suggest ing that Xandis should investi gate the methods of selling those tickets . .-, 1 Pick your sides, boys, and fight It out. . . Report from Ottawa is that Canadian district draft poards have agreed that no nocKey player of military age will be allowed to leave Canada next winter. SET -EM UP EXERCISE . When Frank Clifford, who op erates a Kansas City bowling emporium, discovered the other night that he was short a pin boy, he telephoned another es tablishment about two miles away. ... A short time later a breathless 17-year-old trotted in and said: "I'm your man." . . . "You made good time," Clif ford Commented, "you must have caught the first street car . ." . . . "What do you mean, street car?" the boy interrupted. "I ran down here." . EPORTSMENTION When Coach Lem Hertlng left Worthington (Minn.) junior col lege for Fort Warren, Wyo., he left a monument behind in his "XYZ" formation, which he claims is simpler and more ef fective than the T". . . . As we get it, the "XYZ" is OK if too many players, aren't 1-A. . . . Johnny Colan, whose last fight in Chicago was as a middle weight, will be a heavyweight when he tackles Altus Allen there Friday. He weighed 179 when he hit town. . , . When Vir- CCATTI r RPCUIK1A ir FOR VICTORY I "ie iuy piumi aoNDS . tNl (inc. 1J78 tw They're Moving 'Round the Mountain Dodgers Whip Boston 9-2; Take First Place Camilli's Homer Paces Bums; Cubs Knock Over Pirates; Bosox Beaten AMERICAN LIACUE W. L. Pet. W. I. frt. ItMton 5 1 OlTfM I S JM Nr York 4 I .67 Wuh'n t .T5 St. tooU J I .H Chlnco 1 4 JM Detroit J 4 .500 Phila. S t . Monday's Results Wathtaftoa 10, Boitoo 4 (Mcoed psi ailed). Cleveland 4. St lonla . Chicago t. Detroit 1. ev York "at Philadelphia, postponed. tundar1! aaraltl Boston f. New York 2 St. bnli t-Q. Detroit 1-1 Philadelphia S-4. Waihinrton 1-S Chicago at ClcTiland poatponed. : . By PAUL United Praia Major league baseball became exactly on week old Monday and the date April 20 may be Brooklyn Dodgers, champions of sole possession of first place in since they began defense of their 1941 title. The Dodgers clouted three Boston pitchers for 11 hits, in cluding Dolph Camilli's first-inning homer to rack up an easy gil Trucks of the Tigers was belted off the mound in his ma jor, league debut, home town papers headlined it: "Trucks run out oi fuel." Ted Williams Hopes He'll Slug Over .400 Again NEW YORK, AprU 21 (UP) Ted Williams, bubbling over with good humor because of the baseball public's friendly atti tude toward him in the early games, confessed Saturday he hoped to duplicate his feat of last season and again bat over .400. And Williams Isn't wasting any time shooting for his goal. In the first five Red Sox games, including Saturday's he's batting a net .529. Frankly worried this spring about the public's reaction to his reclassification from 1-A to 3-A in the army draft, Williams has had a great load taken off his mind by the way the fans re ceived him. t. gUAITIkr Emi, Sick, Prei. ' a-S, NATIONAL UA0UI ' W. L. Pet. W. t. Tti. Brookljn t .714 Chicago .J I J Boston 4 1 .Kl New York I 4 .419 Pittsborgh 4 t JU find. S I .400 St, Louis J I JO) Phlla. I JS Mondair'a Rsault BrooklTn f, boiton S. Chlcaeo . Pittsburgh t Phlladelphla 4. New York A. CincinoaU and St. Louis unictiednled. tundar'a Results 5ew York 5, Roston t BrooklTn . Phlisdelphla t Cincinnati z, fhieaco 1 (14 Innings) St. Louis I. Pittsburgh t SCHEFFEL3 . Correspondent " especially significant because the the National league, took over their circuit for. the first time 9-2 victory over the Braves at Ebets field. Tom Earley was the Boston pitcher soaked ' by Camilli's clout and when he gave up three more in the third, he was yanked. Two lefthand- . era. Warren Spahn and Lou Tost, finished. Kirby Higbe pitched all the way to record his first triumph of the year for the Dodgers. The Chicago Cubs exploded a six-run-seven- Cunllli l' hit attack on Max Butcher and Hank Gor- nicki during a wild eighth In ning at Pittsburgh and knocked the Pirates out of a tie for -the top spot with an 8-2 decision. Alban Glossop, former New York Giants' second baseman, cracked a home run with the bases loaded in the fourth to give the Philadelphia Phils a 6-3 victory over his former team- mates at the polo grounds. Washington cut loose with a 13-hit attack against the Bos ton Red Sox the American league's hottest club to score a 10-4 triumph behind Jack Wll son's five-hit pitching. Three of the hits off Wilson, former Red Sox righthander, were scratch safeties while the other was a homer by Rookie Catch- er Bill Conroy. Veteran Al Smith became the first Cleveland pitcher other than Jim Bagby to win a game when he pitched the Indians to aix-hit, 4-3 win over the St. Louis Browns. Harry Sketchley's first-Inning double scored two runs and enough for the White Sox to trim the Detroit Tigers, 3-1 at Chicago. Detroit scored their only run in the eighth on Eric McNair's double, an infield out and an outfield fly. Cincinnati and St. Louis in the National league were un scheduled, while New York at Philadelphia in the American league was postponed because of the weather. - When in Medford Stay at HOTEL HOLLAND Thoroughly Modern Joa and 'Anna Earley Proprietors If i , a ft Standings in PCL Result Of Shutouts By Tha Associated Praia Whether or not. a. hsjurut11 tradition prescribes, Coast league pitchers are saving their Sunday curves for the second swing around the loon, thev hava ner ved their employers well so far mis new season. In tha nasi hvn nroh-n ' do games have been played, and of mese i J. or more than a quarter, have ended in shutouts for the losing team. In ten others, the losers were limited to a single run. There seems to be a rotiffh nl, tionshiD between tha nitrhlno excellence of the league's various memDers ana their relative for tunes to date. While this scarcely ranki a startling observation, it can be noiea mat Oakland goose-egged Portland four times in six trlaa last week " and achieved the league lead. The previous week the Oaks registered one ihutnut ana one near-shutout. Supreme elbowing, as well has been that of the Seattle Kainiers. Since tha Innn ettui down to business, they have turned in three wh Itcwashinm and three other victorlpa In which the opposition scored but once, iiai llirpin's no-hitter of a week aao. of eouma. u-aa svi highlight, but every front-line members of the veteran Seattle mound dept. has taken a hand in the showine. At nrmnt ka Rainiers stand second. Conversely. Portland anrl Son. ramento. the last and next.n.ln place teams respectively, have no unuiouis io xneir credit, and San Diego, standing in sixth place, has only one. If present trends enntlm,. something magnificent should come from the mound at Seattle this week. Oakland moves in there tomorrow night to help the Rainiers open their home season, and 1-0. extra innlnc enmn. might well become common place between then and Sunriov The league lead is very definitely at stake. . Portland fans likewina sot fh first glimpse of their outfit thl week. The Beavers.' with 1b distance to traval thin .qhu will appear aeainst' Hnllvwnnri tonight and nightly until Sunday. in ine south Los Angeles en tertains Sacramento and San Francisco is host to San Dieso. These series also onen with games tonight. COTTON SPLITS LOS ANGELES. April 21 fUP) A property settlement agree ment reached by Irvine (Cot ton) Warburton, former Univer sity of Southern California grid star, and his wife, Mrs. Nell e May son Warburton, Monday averted a court hearing prior to trial of her divorce suit Mrs. Warburton's attorney. Gail B. Sells. told Sunertor Hga William S. Baird that Warburton had agreed to pay his wife $100 a month temporary support pending trial of the suit. U of 0 Grid Helm Taken By Warren Froth Mantor Named to Succeed Cortey, Oliver EUGENE. Oro., April 21 ffl John Warren, a local boy who made good, today took over the job of coaching the University of Oregon football squad. His tenure, the Oregon ath letic board hopes, will bo longer than the lust mentor's, which was 96 hours. The last one was Vaughn Cor Icy, Oregon lino coach, who wits elevated when Head Coach Goo aid "Tex" Oliver was commis sioned hi the navy, but who re signed within a few days to ac cept a navy commission himself. Warren is a safer bet to stick around. Ho tried to enlist, but the navy turned him down be cause of his avoirdupois. That is considered a break for Oregon football. Warren, an Oregon graduate who made an Impressive record coaching an Oregon high school and the uni versity freshmen, was selected by the athletic board last night from a string of candidates in cluding Jim Thorpe, famed In dian athlete, and Claude "Tiny" Thornhlll, former Stanford coach. Warren was seven years at As toria, Ore., high school, and his football teams there won 86 of 70 games, going undefeated in three seasons. In seven years as freshman coach here, his teams have won 18, lost 10 and tied 3. Warren, incidentally, has an even more impressive record at basketball, and at the rate coach es are going oft to the armed forces, his hoop knowledge might come in handy. His Astor ia basketball teams won 304 of 340 games and his Oregon frosh teams 93 of 111 games. The football team's spring practice, interrupted by the rap id change of coaches, was re sumed today at Warren's cnll. UCLA Track Team Drubs Cards, 71-60 PALO ALTO, CALIF., April 21 (UP) University of Califor nia at Los Angeles administer ed a 71-60 drubbing to the Stan ford track and field squad Mon day, giving the Bruins their first Pacific Coast conference victory of the season and drop ping the once-powerful Card inals to last place in southern division standings. ' , UCLA racked up eight first places and tied for first in the 100-yard dash, where John Sll- va, Stanford, and Hubert Duke, UCLA, ended in a dead heat at 10 flat. The Bruins recorded their ma jor strength in the distance events and weights. The out standing Individual performance of the day was turned In by Mode Perry of UCLA, who won the mile run in 5:29.8, came back to take the 880-yard run in 2:00.2, and led off the Bru ins' winning mile relay team. Montgomery Whips Mexican Joe Peralra PHILADELPHIA, April 21 (UP) Bob Montgomery, Phila delphia's negro lightweight title contender won a 10-round de cision over Joe Peralta, flashy Mexican, Monday night in a bout devoid of action. Montgomery took the nod with ease, but failed to display any of his usual slashing attack against an opponent who edged him slightly in boxing skill. Peralta was given two rounds and two were termed even. The Philadelphlan was In trouble in the first round until he solved Peralta's boxing stance and moved in close for a body at tack which slowed the Mexican in the second and third stanzas. Cascade Gal Skiers Win Hood Combined TIMBERLINE LODGE, Ore., April 21 (JP) The Cascade Ski club of Portland won the Ore gon women's downhill and sla lom championships on Mount Hood Sunday with Bobbie Frank, Portland, taking the com bined Class B title and Becky Simmons, Llnflcld co-ed, captur ing the Class C crown. Florence Mann of the Blue Mountain Ski club, Walla Walla, Wash., was runner up In Class B. Bertha Woods, Eugene, Santiam Associated Women Skiers, tied Miss Simmons in the Class C slalom. Billy Marcus-Pete Belcastro Q Match, Commission - Ordered, : Tops Armory Program Tonight Winner Takes All of Main Event Purse "Insl.ited" upon by tho august Klamath Fulls Boxing and Wres tling commission much to the delight of both fans and ticket office the mat bnttlo of April, 1042, between Belligerent Billy Marcus and Pulvcrldn' Peto Bel castro, makes Its comblnud debut and farewell tonight In the haze blue confines of the Klamath armory. A surpassing house Is expected to bulge the brick walls to wit ness the final solution of a mix which begun and ended before It began last week when Murcus Is reported to have attacked and severely mauled tho Weed Ital ian before the opening bell. The swarthy California!! was expelled by the grapplo group for his conduct and his pay held up, then cancelled. Tho commis sion did an about-foco a duy or two later, however, and "In sisted" that the match go on this week, according to Promoter Meek LUlard. It'll be a wlnncr-take-all ladles' night grapple which Llllard fore sees as a sell-out or more Orap pier Jim Casey, husky Irishman, will refcrco to see that no dup licato of last week's fiasco is staged. Ringslders believe that a bigger man than Regular Ref eree Earl Yoaklcy could have prevented Marcus from nearly maiming Belcastro. Tonight's card will also have the added attraction of Sockeyo Jack McDonald, popular matman who has a host of friends and followers in the Klamath area. The ex-logger will collide with Tug Carlson, huge Swedo whose exceptional strength offsets his tendency toward the cumber some. The rough and tough McDon aid hasn't wrestled here in over two years but is reputed to be the same old Sockeye who was tremendously popular then Pedro Brazil, handsome, grey lng South American champion wui appear on the opener against Broccoli Bob Kruse, the barefoot wrlstlock devotee. Gong time Is 8:30. Schwarzenbach Again Takes Silver Belt Ski NORDEN; Calif., April 21 (IF) Maneuvering the twisting mile and one-quarter slalom course on Mount Lincoln in one mluuto and 22 seconds, Chris Schwarzen bach, 23, Pasadena, Calif., won the men's division in the Silver Belt ski race for the second straight year Sunday. He was one of the few con testants to finish the run without a fall, Bob Blatt, Stanford university, was second, in one minute, 24 310 seconds. Bill Ctithbcrt, Yosemlte valley, was third. The 1941 national open slalom cham pion, Dick Durrance, Alta, Utah, finished sixth after a bad fall early in the race. The women's division honors were won by Miss Kakl Hcnck, Berkeley, Calif., in two minutes, 20 seconds. Mrs. Dick Durrance, Alta, Utah, was second in two minutes, 24 310 seconds. Mar ecle Barklcy, Lake Tahoe, was third. TULSA Okla., April 21 (?) Jlmmie Ncsbit, nationally known bronco buster from No wata, Okla., is heading for his biggest round-up. Nesbit, 36, winner of about 30 major cham pionships, enlisted in the navy. A blend of straight PAGE SIX Big Abe Simon Quits Ring ..Injury Feared Medico Warns Ample Jewish Boxer Of Possible Permanent Brain Damage Q By JACK CUDDY NEW YORK, April 21 (UP) Abe Simon hung up his glovea Monday , , , with a derrick. To prevent any chance of going "punchy" from repeated head beatings tha glnnt prize fighter of Richmond 1(111, N, Y retired from tho A j l f Anteiope i ags To Be Drawn In California SACRAMENTO, April 21. (UP) Tho California rish and Game commission closed Its books at midnight Inst night on applications for antelope hunt ing permits and announced that mora than 25.00 annrtnman hnrl applied for the 800 permlti'lng Johnston, available. The open season on antelope, tho first In many years, will run from May 26 to June 14 In ac cordance with a law passed by the 1941 legislature. Aerial sur veys show herds of 4000 to SOOO animals are present, chief ly In Lassen and Modoc counties. A drawing will bo held here Wednesday to choose the .100 hunters who will receive per mits. Several hundred alternates also will be chosen to fill In gaps left by winners who fall to post a $3 fee and show a valid hunt ing license. Each qualified hunter will be allowed one antelope buck. Poll to Fix Site of Crew World Series NEW YORK, AprU 21 (JPi While stewards of tha Intercol legiate Rowing association polled their members Monday to deter mine the site for the war-threat ened Poughkeepsle classic, three crews were patting their blist ered hands with pleasure. Saturday's scattered program saw tho University of Washing ton boatloads make a clean sweep of tholr three-race regatta with California and the establishment of three meet records, Navy's varsity conquer Princeton by a length and Columbia retain Its mastery over Rutgers, also by a length. As A. A. Bushnell, director of the intercollegiate group's cen tral office hero, said he expected to have the voting tabulated by mid-week. Silverton Playoff Date Set by NSPBC WICHITA, Kas., April 21 m The national semi-pro baseball congress announced dates Mon day for 30 of the 48 state semi- pro championship tournaments to decide entrants In the nation al meet In Wichita Aug. 14-20. Dates Include: Silverton, Ore., July 4; Everett, Wash, July 30. Motorists get three-fourtha of their motor fuel free the oxygen in the air - , Verily, muster, birds will fly with out wings 'ere you get sounder advice on good whiskey than: "Tha rery best buy Is the whiskey that's dry Paul Jones!" , , from ( oVy loynoi of ' , tho Paul Jones Comef Jones $135 I A PINT BOURBON OR RYE uhJshis--90 proof. Frankfort Distilleries, Inc., Louisville & Baltimore. ' ' April 21, 1942. I rlnU' cancelling nioro than ISO. 000 worth of purses for fu ture bouts. He did this at tha request of two compara tive Lllllputlnns his red-head-od bride, Rita, and his diminu tive but dynam Ic manager, Jumrs Jubucr- Abe BlmoD Tuklng a leaf from the bod OOlt of Geno 'i'unney. Ample Abe,: who had shown dreadnought : ruggcdnris In two title battles with Chnmplon Joe Louis, hung, up his huge mitts rather than', risk permanent brain Injury, . oftcr X-rays showed that "crf tain head glands might bo Im paired easily." Blmun. one of the biggest men ever to chntlrngo for. the crown : with his 250 pounds on a 6 foot ; 4-Inch chassis. Is suffering also; from a bark aliment a sacrce-. lilac condition made famous by Mux Schmellng but that's a -minor matter, according to '. Bride Rita, who Is a registered-, nurse and laborutury expert. His retirement caused imme diate cancellation! of bouts with Harry Bobo at Pittsburgh next Monday night, with Lou Nova? at Washington, D. C, May 21. with Turkey Thompson at I.4) Angeles In June and with PaV Valentino at San Francisco In July, insured is .like cheating i.i sdit&ire .$060 La quart 0 , -mm.- 4 "The Courthouse Is just across Main straet from our office." '
