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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 7, 1942)
A j Now that the grid season is over locally, the physical edu Wlon boyi are getting all hepped about B league basketball Vblch may or may not be hold this year according to the whims A the fas rationing boards. - Gas rationing has just about put the ol' fritz on county B ague aspirations. Teams can't get around to play other teams vithout gas In the engines. So tar the only games that have een played that have any semblance to last year's hoop season Have been the Chiloquin-Gllchrlst games played before , Decern er I. ' i Accord n to Harold Hen-- rickson, unofficial czar of B eaguo piay, mo oniy reraray iu e situation is a tournament jlay sometime in February. "It seems the government, that avanta to keep the physical edu cation program going, should jive them gas to play games jvith," he said. "Some of these :lose teams, ike Merrill and ,vjalln, might get some play, but ou pan i expect, teams une win jquln to travel to Bonanza for a jame not on an 'A' card." So no B league games have 3en scheduled. There is no iearth of material or spirit, but unless the gas board relents there won't be any games. Basket throwers take an 1 ether slump with the abandon ' anent of the commercial league : hoop season in the city. Dave I Bridge, local recreation offi cer, is trying to concentrate on church league ball which will give the younger high school players, who may be army. .' nary, marine material, the most physical education ad rantages. ' Matty Matthews who spoke at the annual Lions club banquet for the state champion Pelicans the other night, emphasized one of my pet peeves of college foot ballcommercialism. There are too many bartenders, truck driv ers, and service station operators now who ended their three years of college competition with a JC junior certificate instead of BA. Not that there is anything wrong with bartending or truck driving or station operating. We need them, and they're without exception, good fellows; but a lot of ambitious .fellows are ham pered by half-baked education, sacrificed to the god of commer cial football. We agree with Matty that food football teams can be de veloped . without ruining the gridder's chances of after-school success, that the primary pur ee of going to college is to gam an education, not to play foot baa . ' A typographical error crept lato Frank Ramsey's excellent story oa his all-opponent team In Saturday's paper. Frank's story said nine of the all-opponent first squad would make outstandln college football players, but when the type came out the word "college" was left out. It was no error of Frank's, and we apologise. Oregon Basketeers Drop Boilermakers In 54-26 Upser EUGENE, Dec; 7 (IP) Four sophomores injjected life into the University of Oregon basketball team Saturday night and engi neered a 32-46 upset over the tall Portland Boilermakers. The Webfoots fell far behind In the opening minutes, but the sophomores came into the game midway through the first period. By halftlme the score was dead locked, 22-22. Luckman Takes His Time I Chicago Bears show why their able to tike his time and complete so manv dbsioi. Tackle Joa tydahar is the blocker, i Cross Town Win Makes Bowl Team Georgia's Rose Bowl Rival Selected When Trojan, UCLA, Get Through Pushing By FRANK FRAWLEY LOS ANGELES, Dec. 7 (AP) Georgia's opponent in the Rose bowl New Year's day will be selected here Saturday after Southern California and UCLA get through pushing each other around. UCLA never has beaten its cross-town rival, but it may never have a better opportun ity. There is considerable doubt of Norm Verry, Trojan tackle, getting into the game. He has an ankle-bone chip, sustained in the opening minutes of the Notre Dame battle. The cast comes off today. Even if he starts he may not be able to finish.' The Trojans need Verry al most as much as UCLA needs its star quarterback. Bob Water field. Verry has been gouging big holes for the Trojan ball carriers and playing great de fensive football. Waterfield is the main hope of the Bruins for their first Rose bowl bid. He is a one-man show, handling the ball on every play, doing all the pass ing, punting and signal calling, intercepting enemy passes and seldom missing a ,tackle. The more rabid of the UCLA boost ers think he's the best quarter back in the land and are itch ing for a chance to see him match his prowess against Geor gia's Frankie Sinkwich. The assumption is that UCLA will ,get the Pasadena bid if it beats . or lies uau. Ail iu schools in the Pacific Coast con ference will vote by telephone as soon as the Los Angeles game is finished, and they have the full say. They don't recog nize a conference championship. If Troy does beat the Bruins it will find itself tied in the final standing with Washington State, five wins, one defeat and one tie, but it beat Washington State earlier in the season, 28 to 12. The Cougars don't have an impressive record, since they didn't play California or UCLA, and their' loss to five-times- beaten Texas Aggies last Satur day didn't enhance their bowl chance. PACIFIC DROPS BOMBS FOREST GROVE, Ore., Dec. 7 (IP) Forward Ernie Gettel tal lied 24 points Saturday night and enabled the Pacific university basketball team to defeat the Fort Lewis bombers, 66 to 48. Paul Fredrickson led the Beavers with 23 points. ace hall-h andlor. Sid Luckman. Football's 1 i ' J I I ' I The most proficient yardage producers in the 1942 football Frankie Sinkwich of Georgia (leit)i Rudolph Mobley of oi Kansas (right). Eg, i y in l li n l ( II NEW YORK, Dec. 7 () There's material for a mile of columns in this date, and in what has happened to the sports world since Pearl Harbor day a year ago. ... So today's space will be turned over to the service de partment to the famous and ob scure athletes who are wearing Uncle Sam's uniforms, to the ser vice men who engage In athletic contests in the little spare time they have or who merely follow sports from the spectator's seats with as keen interest as they ever did in civilian' life. . . . And did you notice that the signal which sent American forces into action in northern Africa was "play ball?" Capt. Gordon Sympson.. hailed as the first American to land in Morocco, was a star halfback on the University of Kentucky foot ball team in 1937. . . . And an other former footballer, Phar macist's Mate William J. Lins dau, who is home in Detroit re covering from slight wounds re ceived at the start of the African campaign, scoffs: "Me a casual ty? Why, I've come home from high school football games more banged up than I am now." The crack basketball teams of the Norfolk naval training sta tion and the Norfolk naval air station will reverse the usual procedure next Friday when they play for the benefit of a Christmas fund sponsored by Norfolk newspapers. Fort Story's team also will be on the card. Many of the past year's sports events have been for army and navy benefits. . . . Sergt. Larry Archambault of the. tank corps, former Pittsburgh and Cleve land hockey player, has been sta tioned at Pine Camp, N. Y., Fort Knox, Ky., and Camp Cooke, Calif., since he entered the army in May, 1941. It was all okeh with Larry until he went on des ert maneuvers, where the tem perature rose to 138 degrees, then he protested it was a bit warm for a hockey player. . . . When Barney Olsen, former Chi cago Cubs outfielder, reported at the Great Lakes naval training station, he was assigned to du ties under Seaman Fido Murphy. . . . "What, you again?" bellowed Barney. . . . The last time they had met was when Olsen was playing for Moline in the three eye league and Murphy, an um pire, chased him from the game. Two of the finest tributes re ceived by Georgia's Rose Bowl bound football team at the end of the season were cables from alumni in the combat zones. . . . One from northern Africa said: "Congratulations on a great sea son., PleaSe send Charlie Trippi over here to help us catch Rom mel. At present he is running like hell." . . . Another from England said: "We'll meet you after the Rose Bowl game in either Berlin or Tokyo." The Iowa navy pre-flight school football team opened its season with a 61-0 victory over Kansas and closed it Saturday against another Big Six team, Missouri but fewer than half the men who faced Kansas were available for the Missouri game. . . . Ten of 24 basketball games scheduled by the University of Virginia this season are against service team.!. . . . Corp. Johnny Beazley, a world series star Just a couple of months ago, reports: "I haven't run into a soldier yet who has any grudge against all ballplayers not being in service. Instead, they talk baseball and listen to it and read about it." The office of price adminis tration estimates that American motorists have between 8,000, 000 and 10,000,000 tires tucked away somewhere for a "rainy day." f . y-X, Sports kySLWr Hugh tvST Fullertoa, Jr 'Most Proficient Amos Rusie Baseball's First Great Pitcher Dies. SEATTLE, Dec. 7 (IP) Sports leaders of the northwest will gather here tomorrow afternoon to say a last farewell to Amos Rusie, first and one of the great est of the big league "fast ball, baseball pitchers. Rusie, who was 71, died in a hospital here yesterday. He had never fully recovered from an automobile accident 10 years x ago, but until the last few months had lived in retirement on a small ranch at Auburn, south of here. His wife died about two months ago. At the height of his career with the New York Giants, Rusio earned his most famous tribute from John McGraw, then a Bal timore oriole player, who said "You can't hit 'em If you can't see 'em." Rusie struck out 345 batters in the single season of 1890 Three years later the pitcher's box was moved back lOi feet tp its present position and the fol lowing year, 1894, he pitched the Giants to the world's champion ship. At the peak of his career, Lil lian Russel, then the toast of Broadway, asked to be intro duced to Rusie. Cocktails were named after him. He finished his New Players, New Manager For Beavers PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. 7 lP) The Portland Beavers will train again next year at San Jose, Calif., but that's about the only thing that will be the same for the tail-end Pacific coast league baseball club. There will be a new manager, Mervyn Shea of Detroit, and a flock of new players. Shea, who handled Detroit's pitchers last year, will be catcher. W. H. Klepper, the club's new business manager, announced Saturday that he had signed these new players: ' Catchers Jack Redmond, Buf falo, and Roy Easterwood, Fort Worth; Second Baseman Arnel Hale, Milwaukee; Shortstop John O'Neil, Buffalo, who played for Pittsfield of the Canadian-American league last year; Shortstop Leslie Floyd, Dallas; Pitchers George Barley, Buffalo, and Earl Cook, Beaumont. Klepper also said he expected to sign another pitcher and an outfielder soon. Play the Freshmen Bar the Seniors, Says Josh Cody PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 7 (JP) A suggestion that freshmen be admitted to, and seniors barred from, intercollegiate athletics came today from Josh Cody, as sistant football coach at Temple university. "Seniors started slipping back in the depression years," he said. "They were worried about jobs then; not careers, jobs. They say college courses may be cut to three and a half years after the war. If so, 'seniors will be out of most sports and freshmen should be in. St. Mary's Gridders Celebrate 2-0 Win Over Detroit Titans SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 7 (IP) St. Mary's college football fans celebrated a slim 2-3 victory over the University of Detroit Titans today. Tackle - Jim Powers of the Gaels nailed Halfback John Low- ther behind tho goal line for a safety yesterday in a game played on a muddy field. Although the Titans outplayed the Gaels most of the way, they failed to capitalize on their ef forts and missed field goal tries in the third and fourth period. Three1 season In collegiate ranks were Hardin-Slmmons (center), and Ray Evans big leagua career with the Cin cinnati Reds. . Before coming west to his farm, Rusie was special officer at the polo grounds whilo Mc Graw was manager of the Glanta. At the request of his daugh ter, Mrs. C. E. Spaulding, former big league players and sports leaders here, will arrange her father's i funeral and the players with whom he rose to fama will act as pallbearers. A brother, John, also survives in Indianapolis. . . . McSpaden Wins First Wartime Golf Tourney MIAMI, Fla.. Dec. 7 (fp) A thousand dollars in war bonds was Harold McSpaden's reward for a hard-earned victory in what may have been the last golf tournamertt for the duration to bear a reasonable resemblance to peacetime resort events. Only a handful of name pro. ressionals matched shots with McSpaden In the four-day, $3000 miami open. McSpaden fired a four under par 66 yesterday to total a 72 hole card of 272 four strokes ahead of Johnny Rcvolta of isvanston. 111. Revolta, the 36-hole leader. needed a final round of 68 and lost his opportunity to nab the biggest cash prize of the winter, out got uu lor second monev A stranger to Miami galleries, young tioo nam ii ton of Evans. vine, jnd., turned In a 67 to pocket the S500 third prize for il I. FOOTBALL SCORES SUNDAY St. Mary's 2, Detroit 0. SATURDAY Great Lakes 13, Notre Dame 14 We). Rice 13, Southern Methodist 7. Texas A & M 21, Washington state o. William it Mary 14, Okla. homa 7. Missouri 7, Iowa pre-flight 0. Mississippi State 19, San Francisco 7. University of California at Los Angeles 40, Idaho 13. California 12, St. Mary's pre- flight 6. Southern California 38, Mon tana 0. Second Air Force Bombers 27, Arizona 13. . Onfe Year From Pearl Harbor - Sports Are Still Going Strong Much to Japs' Disgust By HAROLD CLAASSEN NEW YORK, Dec. 7 (IP) A year ago today. . . . Pearl Harbor. . ' Despite the early-death rum ors for sports Immediately after the Japs' unannounced visit -to Hawaii, the nation-wide Interest In athletics continues today and the sports world remodeled in spots and revamped in others goes on in its three-fold war pur pose of (1) furnishing entertain ment and bolstering morale, (2) raising relief funds and (3) con ditioning prospective fighters. So let's make a brief check to t- see what has happened to sports and what sports has made hap pen in the past 12 months, Boxing One of the most ma ligned peace time sports contri buted spectacularly, , , . Heavy weight Champion Joe Louis twice put his title on the line for war relief without charge. . , . In all, bxlng has given approx imately $500,000 to rcllof, , , , Louis, Challenger Billy Conn, Light Heavyweight King Gus Decombor 7, 1042 Pelicans Name Mast as Captain at Grid Feed Schortgen, Selby, Moyfield, Foster Honored; Matty Flays Commercialism By WES. aUDERIAN Sports Editor. Herald and Newt Don Mast tornuid by Pcliciin Couch Frank Ramsey, "the toughest guy In town" was named by his teammates as the most valuable player mid honorary captain at tha uiuuinl Lions club awards banquet Saturday nlimt nt the Wlllard hotul for the state champion Pelican football sqnncl. Othor honors bestnwod by the U'nm on their matos included Henry Schortgen as the man tho most from next year, Arnold most improvement during tho defensive player, and Ralph player. : In a hilarious forerunner of a talk by Conch R. L. (Matty) Mnl thews of tho University of Port land, Bill Constans acted as mast er of ceremonies in bestowal of the order of the Yellow bnll on Lee Smith of tho Quarterback club, Rex Young, Bill Peako, Keith Coddlngton, Fred Hock, Lynn Roycroft, Gordon McKoy, Frank Ramsey, and Phil Dlohm. Mntty Matthews, who has spent 42 years in fuotbull 31 of them as coach mid who Is now coaching tho Portland university gridders, spoke sincerely of the "god-given right" of people football players to determine what they wish to do, Under the leadership of Frank Ramsey, he said, the I'eliciin football ploycrs have developed the two great qualities ot foot ball, loyalty and unselfishness, because Ramsoy whom he met for tho first time that afternoon has sincerity and a great love of the game. . Football, ho continued, has a great Influence on community life by drawing the business men of the community and the citi zens together In a common in terest. However, there are also football evils with which players and citizens alike must contend. The greatest of football evils, he said, is commercialism, which is responsible for the grcot num ber of truck drivers and bartend ers turned out by the colleges of today from their football play ers. The reason for this Is that coaches and graduate managers place the greatest emphasis on producing a winning football team and not upon education of the players attending their school. To remedy these conditions, he proposed two rules insisting on grid men taking a full course of study, and prohibiting all so licitation of funds from alumni. These remedies will work, he Insists, for he has used them in the University of Portland, and though they have graduated 58 'football players In the past four years 28 of them with honors they have had only one grid loss in those same four years. Ho end ed his talk with an appeal to the Pelican gridders to "be smart" and think of football only bs a game. Frank Ramsey declaimed any responsibility for tho successful season of the Pelicans, blaming most of it on the boys them selves. "I was fortunate to work with them," he said. "And If next year's team is good It will be be cause the sophomores and jun iors of this year have the stuff. We lose IS men of this year's squad in graduation, eight of these are first lino men." Following the speeches, each member of the entire squad re ceived jackets with tho words "state champions" emblazoned on their side as loans until grad uation from the football awards committee. Upon graduation tho jacket will become the property of the player. John Houston made an award Lesnevich, Middleweight Cham pion Tony Zale and Welter weight Champion Fred (Red) Cochrane, among others, in the service. . . . But, despite all that, Interest and attendance has kept up. Barney Ross, - former welter-' weight and lightweight cham pion, is the sport's newest hero. . , , Only last week he was rec ommended for an award. Ho guarded three wounded marines In a Guadalcanal foxholo all night, firing an estimated 450 shots and killing at least seven Japs. Racing A n o t h e r often dis credited sport In times of peace. . . . Made cash contribution of $2,500,000 1 wa. ollef. , , . Fur nished such star Jockeys as Basil James to tho army and such a topflight owner, breeder and of ficial as Al Vanderbllt to tho navy. Baseball Rcceivod now fam ous "green-light" letter from President Roosevelt last Jonu ary and its sturdy determination last spring probably .carried en PAGB SEVEN graduating sunlors expect tha Selby ns the player showing the season,, Ncnl MayOalit as the bunt Fostnr named the best offensive ' Statistics Favor Bears In Playoff Chicago Bears Have Id Over Washington Rediklnt For Sunday Title, Playoff By CHARLES CHAMBERLAIN CHICAGO, Doc. 7 t1') The tale of statistics, which may or may not tell the truo story of a team's ability, greatly favors tha Chicago Bears ovar the Washington Redskins in their chumpioiiship playoff Sunday at tho nation's capital. The figures wore gathered during a season whoao theme song was the broken record which repeated itself right down to the end of tho regular Katioual Football league cam paign yesterday. Tho Bears, who trimmed tho Chicago Cardinals 21 to 7 al lowing a freak touchdown in the last quarter to spoil chances for tho host defunsivo scoring record in IS years hold these statistical advantages over tho Redskins for the 11-gume sea son: 153 first downs to 149; 3879 yards galnod to 3121; 1898 yards by rushing to 227; 84 points given up to opponents to 102; dlt) yards gained against them by rushing to 848. Washington's margin: 2S7 at tempted forwards to 192; 137 completions to 94 (completion percentage Is lower, however); 17 of.thcir passes Intercepted to 28; 43-yard punting average to 3U; 610 yards lost by penalties to 005; 1093 yards gained against them by passing to 1179, The Green Bay Packers edged Ihu Pittsburgh Stcolcrs 24 to 21 on Don Unison's 28-yard, angled field goul. Cecil Isbell tossed three touchdown passes, none to Hutson. The Giant's great center, Mel Hcin, ended a 13 year career of pro ball as his team whipped Brooklyn 10 to 0. MILK BOWL TEAMS TIE PORTLAND, Dec. 7 P) The Franklin high school city cham pions and a Portland high school all-star team played to a score less tlo Saturday In the annual milk fund football game. to Charles Stunleld for his di rection pf between-halves per formances, Ken Klahn awarded Joe Peake with a traveling bag for his coaching aid, Frank Ram sey received a table at the hands of Verne Owens for coaching the championship Pelicans, and Percy Murray could make no award for "boners" pulled this year. , tire sports program in early months of war. . . . Major league service list now numbers 150, that of minor leagues more than 2000. ... Its cash gifts near half million. . . . Also provided free tickets for service men at homo and endless debates, for those over seas. Football Contributed hun dreds of coaches to the services "physical developments" depart ments, untold thousands of ath letic young men to the ranks and an uncstlmatcd sum of cash to relief: . . , MaJ. Thomas J. H. Trapnell, once a West Point foot baller, carrledhis gridiron tac tics to the Philippines where thoy won him distinguished ser vico cross, , . . TRUCKS FOR RENT You Drive Move Yourself ' Save M -Long and Short Trips STILES' BEACON SERVICE Phone 8304 1201 East Main Texas Drops Washington State, 21-0 WSC Muffs Two Choncas to Soore as Texat Ends Poor Year With Brilliant Win SAN ANTONIO, Tex., Doo. 7 W) A disappointing. Texas A. St M. football season brlghteitud by a last gaum Bl-0 victory over Washington Statu, was over to day and the visitors huuriud hack for tha ruclfio norlliwvst. Washington Stalo, winners this fall over Michigan Slate In another intnrxoullnual contest and with only emu Pavlflo unust confui'onco loss marring their record, muffed two first period scoring opportunities Saturday und failed to threaten seriously the rest of the game. Tho first drive, un pussus from Dob Kennedy to Jny Slows ami with Kennedy (ipplng through the lino, moved to tho Aggla 17 where twu pussos failed. Hill Sib ley, Aggla coutvc, Intoreepleil n third pass and carrlud buck to his 23. Later, uftur nn exvliango of kicks, Karl Urunnul nud Ken nedy speared to tha Aggie 37. Cullan Rogers then Intercepted a pass from Kennedy Intended for Nick Susovft nu thu a and drove back to tho 11, Kennedy und S to vos punc tured the Aggie line for big gains In mldfield but (iiiiiIiIm and the stout Aggie detente slowed down WSC In scoring ter ritory, Thu Aggio scoring begun lit tha second quarter when Kd Sturckun passed to Henderson who fumbled on the five, but Znpalac recovered over tho gonl. Kennedy fumbled on tho Cougar 13 in tho third quarter and on the next play Itelvllla passed to Znpalac for another score. Later In tho purlod, Webster crashed through center and laturuled to Welch for another tolly. All three conversions were good. The tuam were Hod In first downs with 12 apiece but the Ag gies outgained WSC 13S to 19 through tho air and 164 to 124 on the ground. Texas A. & M, wound up the season witlt four wins, five loss es and a tie, Washington State had five victories, a tie und a loss In Pacific const conference play and a win, a loss and a tie with the 2d air forco In games outside the conference. Portland Names Air Force Men All-Opponents PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. 7 UP) The second air force bombers dominate the all-opponent foot ball team named by University of Portland playors. Five of the airmen were se lected by the Portlanders. Idaho, Western Washington and Wl. lamette placed two men each. , The team: Bodncy, second air force, left end; Monroe, Western Washing ton, left tackle; Calvelll, second air forco, left guard; While, Wil lamette, center; Lewis, Idaho, right guard; Connelly, second air force, right tackle; Munlzza, Western Washington, right end; Spadlccinni, second air force, quarterback; Van Every, second air force, left halfback; Dyke man, Idaho, right halfback; Cg dahl, Willamette, fullback. JACK IS THOROUGHBRED KANSAS CITY, Doe. 7 (Hi jack, tha skillful pointer which helps Charlos Green bring in the quail, is a thoroughbred. Peppered with about 50 bird shot and blinded in one eye by Green's hun t.l n g companion who fired too low into a covey of quail, Jack wouldn't leave tho field. After a little first aid, he was on point again. Golf Ruling body gave up Its national championship program but sent its professionals out far relief exhibitions and its ama teurs to digging divots for same cause. . , . Relinquished such players as Bob Jones and Bud ' Ward to the air forco, Sam Snead to the navy, Dick Chapman, Pat Abbott, Ed Oliver and Jim Turn esa to the army. All the other branches of sport contrilJutod both In cash and manpower In proportion, Virtually tho only outright casualties wero tho Pan Ameri can games, automobiles and boat' racing. And they were dropped only because they consumed gas oline which Undo Sam needs ' for his fighting nephews, , When in Medford Stay at HOTEL HOLLAND Thoroughly Modern Joe and Anne Enrley Proprietors ii C