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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 5, 1942)
- h ttovx HIME1B A DECADE AGO Ten yean ago today In the Olympic stadium In Los An geles, Ralph Hill, son of Klamath coun ty potato farm er, ran the greatest 5000 meter loot race ever run by an American be fore that time or since. . Only, to lose ito Lauri Lehti nen of Finland bv lust a stride in the Olympic - record time of frilw.. it minutes ana lUlpli Hill SO seconds. The race set up the biggest clamor and potentially the ugli est incident in the fraternal 36-year-old history of the world's most revered sports competi tion. . ! Those of you around here then remember how the town raised funds to send lanky Ralph to the Tenth Olympiad lanky Ralph whom the nation's track experts scoffed at. And you probably remember the firor his defeat raised among the 70,000 spectators in the sta dium and the more than a mil lion track fans the country over. - If you don't, let's scan the report of the controversial race: : "Lehtinen and fellow coun tryman, Lauri Virtanen, held the lead throughout the early laps of the middle distance event. Hill moved to third place in ,the eighth lap. There were then four laps to go. On the next lap he came between the two- Finns, passing Virtanen. The. American and Lehtinen, the leading Finn, then began a private fight. Hill 'was chasing Lehtinen, and the European matched his every step. They rounded the turn into the home stretch with Lehtinen leading by : a pace. Hill tried to pass him to the right but the Finn edged into the Oregonian's path. Again Hill tried to pass, and again Lehtinen moved over. Then Hill cut to the left, trying to pass on that side, but his stride had been broken by the second cut-over and he couldn't catch his rival." . And 70,000 fans booed. ,. Queried by the United Press as to whether his stride had been broken, Ralph later issued .he classic statement which pre vented a . serious incident in harmonious Olympic relations: "Well, I didn't have much of a stride then.", Asked if he thought it was deliberate, Hill said, "I hardly think so. It seemed that Lehti nen staggered and that was the reason for him getting in front of me." , , - . Ralph ' neither screamed "foul" nor made any accusa tions although it was apparent that he had been a victim of a flagrant violation of the rules of track conduct. v Both he and Lehtinen bet tered the then-Olympic mark of 14:31 although two seconds short of the world record, of 14:28. The race was later "re-run" in a night tournament in Chi cago but ended indecisively with a Pole winning, Lehtinen dropping out and Hill' finishing far back. Today Ralph Hill is married, has a family and is a potato farmer in the Henley district. The Olympic race and the fol lowing Chicago meeting marked his last appearances as a com petitive middle-distance runner. . But to the country and Klam ath county in particular the American conduct of Ralph Hill in modestly denying a foul,, when 70,000 persons were screaming for ( Finnish blood, still lives. . Dealer shortages put new value on used merchandise. Cash in on your "junk" through n classified ad. Phone 3124. mmmv and a 4 mi SunnyBrook f in KENTUCKY STRAIGHT BOURBON WHISKEY 1 52oo iTfik S) --- Pacific Coast Night Sports Banned By Army Dim-Out Order;K!amath Not Affected Three Ways to Southern Calltornia obstacle course otters plenty of hurdles, and undergraduates take them in various ways. Left to right, Jerry Whitney, Fred McCall and Dick Danehe make the grade. Johnny Moore Again Tops Coast Batters LOS ANGELES, Aug. 4 (AP) Just as it did a week ago, that redoubtable trio of Johnny Moore, Ted Norbert and Ed Waitkus continued as the one- two-three leaders in Pacific coast league batting averages compiled through Sunday. Moore, Los Angeles (right fielder, topped the list with a .367 percentage, .017 points ahead of Norbert of Portland. Waitkus, Los Angeles first sacker, brought up third place with .342. Moore advanced .006 during the week. Sacramento again heads the team leadership with .280 and Los Angeles . clings to second place with .279. Hollywood ranks third with 2.68 and Seat tle fourth with .267. Matheson, Seattle, stood 11th among the players with .316. Osborn Hurls 17th Victory, Tips Senators By The Associated Press Another victory his 17th was registered by Don Osborn, ace Vancouver Capilano hurl er, last night as he turned back the Salem Senators 4-1 in a Western International league baseball game at Vancouver. Osborn, who has lost only four games this season, limited the Senators to five hits, two of them together in the ninth inning for the lone tally scored by the cellar occupants. Playing before hometown rooters, the Tacoma Tigers squelched four Spokane pitch ers with 14 hits and a 12-3 vic tory in their series opener. Tacoma tallied five times in the third inning on four dou bles and two walks off Murray O'Flynn after the Indians opened scoring in the initial canto with one run. Ex-Coast Leaguer Commits Suicide PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 5 Lyle R. Bigbeo, 45, former Pacific coast league baseball enjoy the ivhitkcy thal'r. J CHEERFUL AS ITS NAME g OJLrX- BRAND Mnko youmclf a cool drink with this Frond, gonial bonrbon. Savor ill meliownrsB and fine 3 old-tlmo flavor I You'll cheer up-imtanllyf , Oregon's Fastest Selling S Straight Whiskey 90.4 l'roof S National DlMlllrri Prod. Corp.. N. Y. S Take a Hurdle Ml fv3i By GORDON G. McNAB Associated Press Staff Writer (Pinch Hitting for Fred E. Hampson) The customary seasonal over lapping of sports is getting a big prod from the war, which has moved football into the pic ture more strongly than usual in August. The attention given it by the army and navy supports the contention of those who have long argued that football builds men. But if it's the less polite forms of mayhem that the ser vices are seeking to instill, what's the matter with La crosse? It's our understanding as a strictly textbook and picture story LaCrosse follower that anyone who survives a season of LaCrosse would be able to crash through the side of an M-4 tank as readily as an ar tillery rifle sends its steel-jacketed bullets through armor plate. An experiment the outcome of which we await with more than normal interest is football at the University of Iowa pre flight school of the navy. Min nesota's Bernie Bierman is the head man there in football. His rib-shattering teams of recent years have been built around behemoths from the iron range and timber country, but this year he'll field a team of what, to him, will be lightweights. The question we expect to see answered is whether his wiz ardry can turn a bunch of 170 and 180-pounders, and less, into a machine of pure power, or whether his style of play must be altered to fit the material. Just as a guess, we'll string along with his time-tested meth ods on the theory that perfect co-ordination is the Aladdin s lamp that has opened the door to national championships. Roscow Hall, once a stable mate of Ace Hudkins when the Nebraska Wildcat was one of the ring's top-notchers, used to remark that a powerful punch was wholly a matter of timing and that a little man could knock out the biggest-guy who ever climbed through the ropes, if boxing were just a matter of the k.o. piuich. . , , Well, mebbe so. At the risk of disclosing a secret chapter in his life, we re port that Harry Lcedlng, Jour nal sportswritcr who once was one of the state's most widely known basketball referees, is observed these days engaged in playing the strenuous game known as dominoes. . . . Yep, the regular, old-fashioned game with which we used to tone up our muscles between exhaust ing encounters at croquet, player for Seattle, committed suicide with a gun here yester day, Deputy Coroner Roy L. Crabtrco said. Bigbee who played for the University of Oregon from 1913 to 1016, had been working in a shipyard. His mother and two brothers, Carson and Morris, all of Port land, survive. Oregon Sport Notes i i Edict Effective Aug. 20; Coast Loop Hit SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. J (AP) The army today called a stop to baseball and other outdoor sports lit night on the Pacific seaboard, ordering every electric sign and theater marquee ex tinguished and proscribed sonic form of shielding for virtually all other types ot exterior lighting. The regulations, defined in a proclamation by Lieut. Gen. J. L. DeWitt, commanding the fourth army and western defonso command, will become effective August 20 and continue as long as the war last's ; Specifically, these areas fall within the restricted zone: Oregon: Clatsop, Columbia, Coos, Curry, Lincoln, Polk, Til lamook, Washington and Yam hill counties; nil of Clackamas and Multnomah counties west of Mount Hood national forest; all of Douglas and Lane coun ties west of the eighth guide meridian west of the Willam ette meridian; all of Marion county west of Willamette na tional forest. PORTLAND, Aug. 5 (AP) Western Oregon schools in the dim-out zone today juggled foot ball schedules thrown out of kilter by the army ban of night contests. Hardest hit was Portland, where a scheduled eight-team high school jubilee starting the night grid season will be called off. The jubilee possibly will be moved up to daytime, as will all scheduled night games. Astoria, Seaside, Tillamook, Oregon City. Milwaukie, Me Minnvillc and Salem were other major high schools affected by the order. The State Baseball league will not be affected, since the schedule will be all hut com pleted before the dim-out be gins Aug. 20. Remaining will be a two-game series, Bend at Silvcrton. It probably will be played as a doublcheader Sun day, Aug. 23. The Portland dog racing meet will end before Aug. 20, but a horse racing program is sched uled at Gresham Aug. 24-30. It will be changed to the daytime. The state Softball tournament, scheduled for Salem, also will be affected. Charles Walker, di rector of the Portland Softball association, suggested that the tournament be transferred to Corvallis, which is outside the dim-out zone. Four non-conference college football games, three by the University of Portland, were on the list of Multnomah stadium night games. At Forest Grove, Roger Fol gate, Pacific university football coach, said night games there in the Northwest conference one with College of Idaho Oct. 31 and one with Willamette Nov. 14 would be shifted to afternoons. Willamette and Lin field college coaches could not be reached for comment, but it was assumed they would fol low suit. Local sports followers said they believed the most serious disruption in the northwest would be at Tacoma where only one field is suitable and is shared by College of Puget Sound, Pacific Lutheran col lege and three high schools. Although the College of Ida ho and Whitman college of the Northwest conference are out side the dim-out zone, their schedules will be affected by changes at the other schools. FIGHTS y TM Auocnnd Prtu XT.W TOUR Sal llartola. 121. SfW York, outpointed Johnny MurcelNnp, 12394, Phlla. dVlplila, (!). NKW VOIIK Vlnnl Rnoann. I.w. out-polnti-rl C-ornlo Korlun, I.M. Akron, 0. 18). NKW YORK-Johnny Orrro. 1301,4, Jr,n. treat, knocked out J. D. Shana, 140, L01 Annelra (ft). 1'KTKRSIIUHrl, Va.-rrnkl Willi. ISO, Wmblnton, II. C.. knockeil out Krnnkle Falrello. 119. New York. . HYIiACIISB, N. Y.- Q.ienlln (UMie) Rrtefte, Manhattnn, Knft., outpointed linn Kdily, 111, Ninenra FnIK N. Y., (III). TONITE C A I-ORE sTflVfRn ISS HIGHWAY 47 SOUTH Brs CAL ORE Bum-Giant Game Again Hit by Dark Rivals Ploy 1-1 Tio at Order Halls Game; Brooks Lead Stretched to Ten NATIONAL LCAOUt W I, IV!. W I, IVI. Itrt.ahn .Ti :ui ,:w Vlltjluimli Itl W .1.11 St. hull, .tfi 3:( .011 flih-Ai;., .J!t M .IVI t'!nt-ittit.ttl 17 ..Yi'J ll.i.t.m II tl .HI? York -M 111 ,iu riiilnuVI. J0 70 .101) TuMdAy't Rfaulta I'ltt.luirati iii.rtiie i in Inning), rinelnnntl 4. M. Ijmit 3. rilll.il.lpliU I. ILmUii 2. HhHkhu I. N. w Vmk 1 tile. m c.ilte.l, diriiout. firl hall Kith). AMERICAN LIAQUI I, IVI. W I, Pet. 70 31 Ilelrolt .3I W .(71 !U I" ..V,7 i'Mcko 41 W .III .....7 47 .'.IS V.ili'tin .11 M .10 ....41 U .ML-, l-ltitailrl. .43 A7 .3VI .Vr York I'lrVfUinil lll.t..ll St. I'tuis Tueaclar'a Reautla PhiliiMliliii k. ll--..lon I. rhleneo A. lietrelt 4. W'jKhtnuton 4, New York 3. By JUDSON BAILEY Associated Press Sports Wrltor New York fans may never like "twi-night" baseball, but they , are now ready to admit that the dimout plays no fa vorites. Twice in two nights the struggles ot the Brooklyn Dodg ers and New York Giants have been prematurely ended by the army regulations which require that floodlights must be extin guished an hour after sundown. Monday this rule helped beat the Giants 7-4 when darkness smothered a promising rally in the last half of the ninth Inning to the violent displeasure of a crowd of 57.305 fans assem bled for the benefit of army relief. ' Last night, however, the switching off of the polo grounds lights erased a four run tenth-inning , outburst by the Dodgers and gave the Gi ants a 1-1 tic which the teams will play off Sept. 6. This time the 15,000 fans accepted the in cident without a demonstration, although they had booed time killing maneuvers of the rivals throughout the game. The fans' loss was slight com pared to that of Pecwcc Kcesc, the Podgcrs' little shortstop, who hit a home run inside the park with the bases loaded to kayo Fiddler Bill McGce in the tenth with none out, It did n't count because the Inning never was finished. The Giants' had little chance of getting a turn at bat anyway, and they made certain they would not by some dexterous stalling. Manager Mel Ott was slow in getting Relief Pitcher Ace Adams to the mound. Then Adams walked the first man he faced, made a wild pitch, got a batter on the fly and the game ... enjoying good food and congenial surroundings at tha same time. Coma here . for a meal tonight and see what you've been missingl i was over, The playing time was 2 hours mid 24 minutes, one inlmilo less Hum the previous night. Although the Dodgers didn't win, their National league Irad 'us extended to 10 full gutties, their lui'gcst mui'gin of Hit! sru son, bccmiso tho St. Louis Car dinals were set down 4 3 at Cincinnati, Tho , Curds were held to f ivo hits, but bunched three of ttivi foi lltiec runs to chase Johnny VuihIit Mrci' In the seventh. Then Joe Heggs put out tho fire. Tho Pittsburgh Pirates rup tured a 21 decision over the Chlcngo Cubs on Frnnklu Cius tine's only hit of the duy, a sin gle with two on in tho 11th Inning. Bob Klluger held the Cubs to seven hits. At Philadelphia Jim Tobln limited tho Phils to five hits, but was beaten 4-2 because the only runs tlin Uostiui Urnves scored wr-ro on Tobln's own homer with a mitto aboard In the seventh Inning. Tills wus the big righthr.iuli i' i.ih cir cuit clout of the your and tied llul Schumacher's National league record for homers by a pitcher. In - winning, old Si Johnson pitched seven-hit ball. Tho New York Yankees were beaten 4-3 in a night gumo nl Washington, but received some consolation In that tlu-lr ailing lefthander, Mnrius ltussu. re joined tho club nnd pitched two innings of no-hit bull in relief. Kach teniu inudo seven hits, Sid Hudson going the route for the Senators, but errors, three by tho world chnmpluns and two by Washington, helped decide the gnme. Phil Marchlltloh, the stand out liurler of the lust place Philadelphia Athletics, held the Boston Bed Sox to four hits to achieve his 13th triumph of the year by a 0-4 score. Mnrchlldon caused himself trouble with six bases on bulls, but his team mates thumped Charley Wag ner solidly. Rudy York hit his ltttli homer but the Detroit Tigers were beaten 5-4 by the Chicago White Sox In a loose pitching battle between two oltl-llmcrs, Ted Lyons nnd Tommy Bridges. Cleveland nt St. Louis was postponed. Always read the want-ads. 9& tyft Mitr4 1 Miniature! 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Busehlts also gave Oakland nn 8 0 win over the leugiie-liudlng Los Angeles Angels to bring the Otik wln-strenk to nine straight games. The Oaks combed five Angel pitchers for IS safeties and used three mnmidmcii to hold the op posing butlers down to 1 1 hits. Sail Francisco nnd Hollywood had a comparatively quiet eve 2 Big! Tlmo after time, in stuto after slate, Imperial stole tho showl Imagine a whiskey good enough to take the load away from 332 long-established brnnds-lMPERlAL was just jf 5 gooa, misterl that good, misterl t it TV -3 V-- LA' IMPERIAL tlC U ning ns the Seals' Bub Joyce won a hurling duel from Itny Joiner and Whlley lllleher. 4-1. Joyce yielded six hits while his teammates collected eight stifelle.i. Seulllo nnd I'orllund were traveling yesterday hut urn scheduled to open n series with u dniililchctidcr lit I'ortlniitl to night. Hank Grecnberg Named Lieutenant In Army Air Force MIAMI IIKAC'H. Fin., Aug. 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