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Push Shot Gives 7est Cagers Edge Over East Jack Friel Defends Western Variety Of Basketball That East Tush Tushes PULLMAN, Wash,, Jan. 27 (IP) That athletic contortion known to basketball players as the "push shot" would give the far west an edge over the far cast it the twain got together In steady competition, Conch Jack Friel declared flatly today. Friel, who coached Washington State college to a western collegiate championship in 1941, bristled to tho defense of his homeland when he heard that coaches along tho eastern seaboard Golfers on The Wagon .v.t By WES QUDERIAN PAGE EIGHT January 27, 1943 J High Man While we were wandering through the maze of a murder case, the state high school ac tivities association pulled a sneaker and changed the hoop districts throughout Oregon in cluding Klamath's own. Though Klamath had no def inite representation at the as sociation meet ing, the change t has both good ' and bad effects for the Pelican hoopsters. One thine evident is that the Pelicans ? will stay home ' from the state tourney unless Guderian they really have a hot team that could win. Previously the Klamath boys had the easiest district in the state, which allowed them to travel to Salem for the meet without once encountering a class A team with the exception of Bond which has always been more or less of a . push over. Now the Pelicans have a tough league. . District seven includes Grants Pass, Roseburg, Medford and Ashland which have always had good teams. It also includes Marshfield and North Bend which have previously given Klamath a great deal of trouble In the Salem tourney. At present all plans for a playoff in our district are be ing hold in abeyance for word from the ODT as to what they intend to do with the state high school basketball tourney tentatively scheduled for March 11-13. If the ODT gives the nod, the following thing mkV kRDDBIL 1. District seven may break up into three sub 'districts the coast team, the valley team, and the Klamath teams and hold a tourney of their own in the valley to determine the right to participate In the Salem meet. , 2. Klamath may play the. valley teams in the usual run of season games to determine which team Is superior, then that team may play the top . team of the coast schools to determine the best district team. At any rate, no change is. being made in this season's schedule. All hinges on the nod from the ODT. If and when that comes, there will probably be a meeting of the district schools to determine the manner of playoff. ',..1... -.- , . - : ' Let's not forget that Klamath plays Ashland here this Friday anrl fiatjirrfsv. . It should bp A - hot game. The Business and Professional Women's club- heard the Rotar ians bragging of the service club bowling championship; so they challenged them to battle. This world shaking event is scheduled to come off Friday night, with Mrs. Charles Henderson manag ing for the Botarians and Llllie uaiuy uuui uuiiuia iui uic BPWites. Worst of all, they're rolling it off with the loser stuck. BASKETBALL EAST Washington & Jellerson U, West Vlr linl 42. Perm Military 8, Delaware 39. Indiana (Pa.) Teachrri (B, St, Vincent 31. SOUTH Kentucky SB, Vandcrullt S3. . Duke S3, Wake Forest 41. ' ' MIDWEST Great Lakes 61, Wisconsin 43. Indiana Central 37. Huntington 19, WE8T Unl. of San Francisco , St. Marjrs Kavy . tjan Francisco 8tate 57, San Jose State 48. Arizona C7, Arizona State Teachers (Flag staff) AM. College of Pacific 47, Fresno Btate S3. Coast Guard (Alaiueda) 47, St. Marys 20. Whitman G7, CoIIcko of Idaho 0. Central Washington 41, St. Martins 33. h:ch school Springfield 81, St. Mary'a (Kugene) 21. 1.08 AKGELE8 Jack Chase, 134, Denver, knocked out Jackie Byrd, 149, Blytheville, Ark., (6). . IT ;S&ti..f Aged Gomez Seeks Fountain Of Youth at Braves Field By BILL KING LEXINGTON, Mass., Jan. 27 (IP) Now that he has recovered from the shock of being cast adrift by ; the fabulous New York Yankees, Vernon (Lefty) Gomez has high hopes that he, like many another aging pitcher before him, will find the "Foun tain of Youth" that is supposed to be located within the spacious boundaries of Braves field. Gomez, now 32, became in volved in a major league deal for the first time in his 12-year career yesterday when the Yan kees sold him to the Boston Braves after all of the other American league clubs had waived on him. "I was surprised, of course," the colorful southpaw Baid. "But I am convinced I still have enough stuff to be a winning pitcher arjd I'm looking forward sajTJss!' , , Cadet Joseph Kuhn. 22, of BeckleyW. Va., establishes a new record of 3 minutes and 30 seconds for grueling 600-yard obstacle course at Nary Pre- Flight school at Athens, Ga. Hobhy Says Team Plays Within Rule Oregon Hoop Coach Replies To Edmundson's Protest of Wiley's High Jump Defense EUGENE, Ore., Jan. 27 (JP) Howard Hobson, University of Oregon basketball coach, said yesterday his team always at tempted to play the game within the rules and would continue to do so. Hobson's statement came in answer to a request from Coach Hec Edmundson of the Univer sity of Washington asking Bas ketball Commissioner Rich Fox to make an official ruling on in terference play before the tl:s kies and the Webfeet meet at Seattle, Friday and Saturday night. 'Edmundson protested that Roger Wiley, 6 foot 7i inch Ore gon center, acted illegally in a recent Washington-Oregon series m batting away Husky goal shots. He called attention to that part of the rules which says a player shall not touch the ball "while the hand or arm is direct ly above the opponent's basket." Hobson said Wiley's under-the- basket play in the series was en tirely within the rules. Central Washington Wins Fourth Winko League Victory . OLYMPIA, Jan. 27 UP) Cen tral Washington college racked up, its fourth straight Winko league basketball victory last night by defeating St. Martin's college, 41-33. St. Martin's al so fell before Central shooters Monday night. Halftime score was 21-17 for the victors. Bob Geston, lanky St. Martin's center, took scoring honors with 16 points, followed by Central's Clipper Carmody with 15. , - to working in the Braves' big park." Gomez appears to have ample grounds on which to base his hopes for a successful term with the Braves. He recalls the happy experiences of one of his old teammates, Deacon Danny Mac Fayden, enjoyed with . the Braves after the Yankees cut him adrift when he reached the 30-year-old stage back in 1935.- The supposedly washed-up MacFayden, after winning only four games during his last year as a Yankee righthander, turned ih 17 victories during his first season as a Brave and then col lected 14 more in each of the next two seasons. Among tlte other recent pitch ers to drink from this "Foun tain of Youth" were the then 30-year-oldsters, Milkman- Jim Turner and Lou Fette, who, dur ing their freshman seasons, were 20-game winners for the Braves, vj sports . d Briefs NEW YORK, Jan. 27 (JP) Cadets at the North Carolina navy Pre-Flight school will get some of their exercise next sum. mer cultivating a 14-acre vic tory garden under the guidance of Lieut. Commander Harvey Harman, the athletic director, and Ensign Warren Chlvers, for mer Dartmouth ski star . . , And members of the Mid-Atlan tic Greenkeepers association re cently were urged to coax golf club members to do the same thing by turning the courses in to huge gardens. ', A HAND FOR HANS Just after the world series, Hans Lobert of the Phils learned that one of his old West Point baseball pupils, Lieut, Col Red Reeder, was heading for Australia so he gave Red a let ter to General Douglas Mac- Arthur, who was superinten dent of the military academy when Hans was coach . . . The other day Lobert got a reply from Reeder, telling how the letter had been presented by General Sutherland, brother-in- law of Bucky Harris . . . "For 25 minutes he (MacArthur) talked of football, baseball and you," Reeder said. "When it was time for me to leave, he got up and stood staring out a window. 'Red,' he- said, 'You tell that old rascal Hans Lobert that at night when the pressure is on and it's hard for me to go to sleep, I'm able to rest only by thinking of those days at West Pomt when I was super intendent and he was our jolly baseball coach'." TODAY'S GUEST STAR John ' P. McFarlane, Pitts burgh Post-Gazette: "The 'sign ing of Clark Shaughnessy as Pitt grid coach will mark the end of the 'Warner system of football in this, the territory where it attained its greatest eminence. Jock Sutherland fol lowed the precepts of Pop War ner. Charley Bowser s methods were of the same school. So if anyone has any tears to shed over the passing of the Warner football hereabouts, he may pre pare to shed them now." . ONE-MINUTE SPORTS PAGE Note on the manpower short age: The other night in San Francisco two preliminary boys each fought twice to fill gaps on the program. Reuben Marino and Cupid Gordon each scored first-round knockouts. Then they met and Marino won a four round decision . . ... Trackman Eulace Peacock does such a nifty job of putting coast guardsmen through the gener ally dull routine of calisthenics at Manhattan beach that his class of about 400 broke out in a spontaneous cheer one day after a stiff 40-minute session . '. i The committee to decide what kind of a baseball will be used in the majors this season hasn't reported yet, but Ed Bar row figures the clubs will pool their present supplies and have enough to carry, them well into the season before they have to shift to the new one. . SERVICE DEPT. ' Ensign Phil Bucklew, former coach of the Columbus Bulls pro football team who says he has served on 10 ships since he joined the navy, had one sunk under him during the invasion of North Africa. One of the sailors who pulled him out was another Columbus boy, Kenny Billingsley. - BASKETBALL DROPS CHICAGO, Jan." 28 (P) Only five per cent of the nation's high schools have dropped bas ketball, Henry V. Porter, secre tary of the National High School Federation, reported today. He said the figure was based on sur veys in many states. FIGHTS By Ths Associated Press JKR8KY CI TV. N. J Lou Anaelo. 143. Bayonee, - outpointed Phil Knzenga, -141, Baltimore, (10). NKW YORK Bohby Ruflln, 13(1, New York, outpointed Harold Green, HOVi, New York, (S). , IN. HIS FATHER'S WAKE ANN. ARBOR Matt Mann III, son of Michigan's swimming coach, recently broke the state high school record for the 200 yard free style. . He'll go to Michigan. TRUCKS FOR RENT You Drive Move Yourself Save Vx Long and Short Trips STILES' BEACON SERVICE Phone 8304 1201 East Main r I y Hugh . I '-'Jiff Fullerton, Jr Washington, Idaho Eye Manpower Colleges Expect Worst in Face of War Department' Call of Army Reservists PULLMAN, Jan. 27 (IP) Washington State college and the University of Idaho basket ball officials are expecting the worst today in the face of a war department decision to call up college men in the enlisted re serve. Wording of the order makes the call effective at the end of the current quarter or semester. Semesters at Idaho and Wash ington State end next week. By application of the same wording, Oregon, Washington and Oregon State, other north ern division teams, apparently are safe, as current quarters at these schools do not end until mid-March, after the close of the conference race. Coach Jack Friel of Washing ton State said he stood to lose Gail Bishop, starting forward, 'That would wreck us, because we are weak on reserves," he said. Other team member are in branches of the reseive or ROTC exempt from call. Coach Babe Brown at Idaho was pessimistic. "I have a hunch Bob Ryan and Norm Fredekind will be called by February 17,' he said. Other varsity men and reserves, probably would not be called, he said. Five University of Washing ton hoopsters, Chuck Gilmur, Bob Bird, Boody Gilbertson, Bing Dahl and Bob Friendman, are members of the reserve corps but apparently will be able to finish the season. Dons Impair P re-Flight Hoop Team SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 27 UP) The University of San Francisco Dons have further impaired a once-virile St. Mary's Naval Pre- Flighr basketball team in a game which, to further navy ignomy, sa Hank Luisetti ejected on personal fouls. ' The Dons won 48 to 42 last night. Luisetti, star ni -y forward, has left only one other game be cause of fouls in his basketball career. That was several years ago in a Stanford-California game. Paul Napolitano. Don forward, led an early-game rally which brought about a 30-30 tie and set the stage for victory. He was high scorer with 22 points. Whitman College Splits Series With College of Idaho WALLA WALLA: Jan. 27 UP) Whitman college gained a split in a two-game northwest bas ketball conference 'series with the College of Idaho by coming from behind here' tonight to win 57-50. Monday night the Idaho- team took a' 49-47 over time victory. 1 . The coyotes led! 27-23 at the half but a second drive,-led by Miller and Williams, put Whit man safely out in-front. Landis Passes Up Florida Vacation For First Time CHICAGO, Jan. 27 UP) Kenesaw Mountain Landis, com missioner of baseball, is passing up a Florida vacation for the first time in 23 years.- - The boys aren t going to do their training in the south, ' so why should I?" he explained today. HOOP TILT POSTPONED , PORTLAND, Jan. 27 (IP) The Portland University-Willamette University basketball game, scheduled for tonight here, has been postponed until next Tues day night, R. L.. Mathews, Pilot coach, announced today. When in Medford Stay at HOTEL HOLLAND Thoroughly Moderrr. Joe and Anne Earley Proprietors ... "were tush-tushlns the firehorse- basketball preferred in these parts. Ho snld Coach Jo Lapchtck of St. John's held that cast coast basketball was "essentially sounder" and Coach Howard Conn of New York university observed that Washington State couldn't adjust its offenso and thereby was trounced 66 to 53 by NYU December 30. "How do you know it's sounder?" Jack argued. 'They have never traveled out of their own sphere for intcrscctlonal games." He recalled that Wash ington trounced NYU by points last year "with the same un sound game" and then failed to win the title in its own confer ence. Friel held that a Now York rules interpretation on screen ing kept his WSC team oft bal ance on the offset in tho game at Mndison Square Garden, but added perhaps the rule was in terpreted too loosely on the west coast and too closely in New York. He viewed the easterners' de fensive style, which he called a "sagging" or "receding" type, as decidedly inferior and said the quick, unexpected push shot would "have plenty to do with breaking up that type of defense after a game or two." The set-shooting favored in the east is a thing of the past in the west, where prep hoop sters have gone "whole hog" on the one-handed push toss, Friel said. Western boys dunk those one-handcrs from all angles and distances. State Opens Drive for Sports Stuff PORTLAND, Jan. 27 (P The campaign to collect sports equip ment for service men became a statewide effort today. Started In Portland, the cam paign spread with the appoint ment by Chairman J. J. Rich ardson of committeemen in 14 other Oregon cities. These included: Secretary of State Robert Far rell Jr., Salem; C. A. Ingalls, Corvallis; R. R. Cronise, Albany; Dick Strife, Eugene; Nicl Allen, Grants Pass; Frank, Ramsey, Klamath Falls; George Scott, Baker; T. F. Brumbaugh, The Dalles; Nolan Skiff, Pendleton. Douglas Returns Pendleton Offer, Stays at Newberg PENDLETON, Jan. 27 UP) Loren Douglas, slated to become Pendleton, high school football coach and physical education in structor next fail) has returned his contract and will remain at Newberg where his team was one of the state title claimants last fall, Pendleton school board officials announced today. BOEING" BOMBERS WIN SEATTLE, "Jan. 27, OP) Boe ing bombers last night scored a 45-35 victory over the Bremer ton All-Stars in a Northwest Bas ketball league game, registering the major upset of the league season and knocking the All Stars out of their first place tie with Alpine Dairy. It was the All-Stars first loss. . ' . . . . Keeping time with other smart folks who -recognize and appreciate good ' food, properly . pre pared - and pleasingly ; served, '4 1 Bayilde, L. I., Links, a foe meet train at railroad station. lt:ai-,ViW Uncle Sam Levies Manpower Tax But College Athletics Carry On By HAROLD CLAASSEN NEW YORK, Jan. 27 (P) Undo Sam has levied another manpower tax on tho colleges but tho "athletic toama will carry on with new students and the odds and ends still around, a survoy by tho Associated Press today showed. Few of tho conches or ath letic directors were ablo to in terpret tho order from Wash ington ' which stated that en listed army reserves would be ordered up at tho end of the Tuttle Says Post-Season Playoffs Off LOS ANGELES. Jan. 27 (P) Tho post-season Shaughnessy playoffs aro off. . So says President W. C. Tut tle of the Pacific coast, adding that official action only awaits the lcaguo's meeting, February 15. "Tho sentiment that prevails around tho league," Tuttle de clared yesterday, "Is predomi nantly anti-playoff. Whether tho scheme will bo revived after the war I cannot say." However, Tuttle stated tho all- star game, proceeds from which go to tho Association of Profes sional Ballplayers of America, probably will bo retained, If transportation facilities permit. Tuttlo proposed that the $10, 000 Shaughnessy prizo money might be divided among the first four clubs in tho pennant con test, or dropped altogether, but addd he could not speak auth oritatively on this point. Let's put everything to workl Sell tho articles you don't use through a classified ad. 'it "i . flu. V i F ' i Not Onf f 4 IV. by fcsVsfiatwISSTiltr- " -M--a-"i l,ll III miii SEATTLE BREUIinG & lUflLTinG 1-' J. course, partly solves transportation problem by having wagon Horsoi are appropriately named Hook and Slice. first coltogo term after Decem ber 31, 11M2. At Atlanta, Ga,, however, MJ. Gon. William Dryclon of tho fourth servlco command, snld tho regulation didn't mean "tho reservists will finish tho term ono dny and step into a uniform tho next, They will becomo 'available' at tho com pletion of a semester or term and will bo called litter by mime from Washington." That Interpretation was a pleasant ono for basketball coaches Doug Milts of Illinois, Phog Allen of Kansas, Howard Cann of New York university and Wilbur Johns of University of California at Los Angeles. Tho first throo coaches have top-ranking teams and a blanket for Immcdlato Induction of re servists would tako three start ers from both Illinois and NYU and four from Kansas. Tho UCLA quintet Isn't on a par with them but loss of five eager reservists would wreck its Georgia Players On Pre-Service Barnstorm Trip ATHENS, Ga Jan. 27 (IP) Seven University of Georgia Rose bowl football stars, led by Fronklo Slukwlch,- aro on a barnstorming basketbnlt trip be fore graduating and entering the armed services. Slnkwlch, twice all-America halfback and the nation's most publicized football player Inst season, plays forward on the cago team. Other football players appear ing with Slnkwlch on tho Geor gia tour aro George Poschncr and Van Dnvlj, ends, of Geor gia's grid team; Walter Runrk, guard; Bill Godwin, center; and Ken Kcupor and Andy Dudlsh, backs. lifaiii iimieiiinimi i NOW AS ALWAYS... MAT O0UUU BEER FROM SEATTLE r I ' n ir J 1 " , chances o f winning Its first gumo In 42 meetings with South- " crn California this wockctul. Complexion of next fall's foot- ' bull outfits will bo changed com pletely, fiva of Ohio State's best gridrior being on the army list , in addition to the usual grad uation losses, "If you know of nny boys with bod eyes," moaned Conch Paul Hrown, "send them to mo. , I've got to fill the uniforms." "I always did want to visit those South Pacific Islands," : said Conch Ellison Kctchum after a check showed every one of Denver university's footlinlsj) and bnskctball players were In ono reserve or another, Although they expressed It In ' different words a majority of tho commenting conches en dorsed tho statement of Wnllnco Butts, whose Goorgln eleven won the 1043 Rose bowl game. ' "Right now I'm too busy figuring who Is going and who ' Isn't but tho army Is one outfit wo'ro not trying to compete with. Anytime they want any ' of our boys they e a n hove them." Wormy Intends To Pole Vault To Sixteen Feet SAN FRANCISCO, Jim. 27 (IP) Cornelius Wormordnm, lhiw Piedmont, Cullf., school tcnchei who firmly Intends to vault 16 feet, plans to start Ills 1043 com petitive campaign In tho Melrose -games In New York, Fobruory 6. lio's already topped 19 feet 7 Inches. Charley Hunter of the Olym pic club, coach of the world's In door and outdoor polo vault champion, said todny arrange- ' mcnts for Warmordam's appear- -anco In the eastern competition are practically complote. im i mi ;4 IV I J5 eer rekif .jr. www CO. ; dl 1 rm. f I ! 2 0 fr
