PELICANS EDGE MOOT BEND . 34-33, 9 U Bocchi Scores 70 Points in Third Quarter; Ding Dong Battle UINT Q By FRANK CAUSE J4!V3 Wesley Gudrlan, the former author of ihli column, bad ui all farewell with brand new aultcaie in hii hand and shed a law tears last week as ha turned hit desk over to youra truly. Wa didn't hear from W until Saturday when h walked back Into th office. He felt to bad being away that If he began tinkering with a typewriter. Wee li ... .nin.ri k thm Niwi and Herald and it 1 probably will remove him. L J WILDCAT SITUATION h 3 . Last year Frank Ramsey took his Corvallis f j r I team to the state tournament in Salem and came f lout with a second spot. And last fall Ramsey I I J f ltook the Pelicans to win the state championship. cTii. This is Ramsey's first year coaching at the Klamath high school and he took over the Wild cats for the first time to run twenty games with them and fall down in only three of them. He was glad to handle a cage team again.' The Wildcats plaved all of th county schools twice with the exception of Keno. They played them twice here and then ven tured to Keno't small gym where they met with defeat by one point. They lost to Chiloquln in the first game but came back to win over them in the second try. The First National quintet came in to knock th Wildcats down for the third and final de feat of the season with 30-24 score. They traveled around and about playing Dorris and Tule lake in California, and beating them easily. Ashland B squad was beaten too, as was the Sacred Heart academy. Eastman led with scoring honors for the complete season with 156 points. Silva came in next with 119 points. Schortgen third, with 105. The two guards came in, Ringsted with 76 and Perkins for 63 tallies. Substitutes included Biehn, Palmer, Ellis, Rainwater, Bes sionetti, DeMain, Noel, Anchor, Macarbe, and White. The points were distributed evenly among them. The Wildcaii were mostly mad up of sophomores except Silva and Palmer. Silva is a junior and Palmer Is a freshman. Ramsey adds that Palmer is about the best prospect he has seen in the freshman class for sometime and should blossom out to be a peach of a player by the time he is a junior. The local Wildcats pulled in 652 points to their 447, which makes an average of 33.8 tallies for the season against their 22.3 for the opponents. Fouls committed were 165 and the average per game was down to a low eight. Schortgen answered the roll call to the roughest eager with the total of 39 fouls and was ejected out of three games. East man came in second with 37 and tossed to the showers twice. Perkins committed 24 and out of games twice. Orchids went to Silva with only 10 and never was ejected on the foul rule. The rest of the fouls were distributed among the rest of the cagers. Schortgen and Eastman were exceptionally good on the back board and this may explain the number of fouls on them. Out of the group, Ramsey predicted, that about eight players will be of use to the Pelican squad. MAX MARVIN Max Marvin did such a fine job handling the B league tourna ment held at Altamont that he was requested to take charge of the County B school track meet to be held around May 1. At the same time' Paul Dellar, Klamath Union high school track coach, invited the B schools to a track meet and pentathlon meet to be held this spring. Dellar stated that a few schools out side Klamath county would be invited due to travel restrictions. Count Fleet Tops 69th Running Kentucky Derby LOUISVILLE, Ky., March 8 (IP) Count Fleet, Ocean Wave and Blue Swords head a list of 110 top three-year-old thorough breds nominated for the 69th running of the $75,000 added Kentucky derby here May 1. Sailor Cagers Take Inland Empire Tourney SPOKANE, March 8 (JP) A team of sailors representing the Couer d'Alene, Idaho USO de feated the Ephrata air base cagers 69-53 Saturday night to win the title in the inland em pire service men's basketball tournament. Fort George Wright's bombers won third place by defeating the Gonzaga pre-flight cadets 59-51. In earlier games Ephrata up set the favored bombers 55-53 while the Coeur d'Alene USO defeated the cadets, 75-43. Six Lettermen to Start Baseball Year for Cougars PULLMAN, March 8 (IP) With six lettermen as a nucleus, Coach Jack Friel has called the first Washington State baseball ' tournament for today. Friel said a number of newcomers will be available to boost the Cougar diamond stock. The season's opening games will be against Whitman April 2 and 3. The first conference games will be against Washington April 18 and 17 in Seattle. Friel said he ex pected to arrange practice games with the Seattle Rainiers wh will train at Lewiston, Idaho. Bobby Jones Upped From Captain to Major in Air Corps ATLANTA, March 6 (P) Bob by Jones, who won 13 national golf championships, is now Ma jor Robert Tyre Jones of the U. S. army. Major Jones' father, Robert P. Jones of Atlanta, has been in formed of the golfer's promotion from rank of captain to major. Major Jones, commissioned a captain in the army air corps Inst June, is connected with the first fighter command in New York. It is exceptional to find birds one mile above the earth, and only a few are found at 3000 feel, according to aviators. take an overdue of dynamite to The list for th; mile and quar ter race, well under the 150 nominated last year, was made public today by Churchill Downs. . . ' Variously referred to as the "home town derby" and the "street car derby," the 1943 edi tion of the race, because of war time restrictions, is expected to draw most of its thousands of spectators from Louisville and the surrounding vicinity. The Downs is situated within the city limits of Louisville and street cars run past its main gates. Thousands of local turf fans, who for years have stayed away from the derby rather than fight the huge out-of-town crowd, will get a chance this year to have a look at the race. Of the 110 ' thoroughbreds made eligible for the race, only a handful, possibly 10 to 15, will face the starter on May day. On the basis of last year's record, Mrs. John Hertz's Count Fleet, W. E. Boeing's Devil Thumb and Allen T. Simmons Blue Swords stack up as top contenders for the derby cash and gold cup. BASKETBALL EAST Cornell 79, Col Rate 40. Harvard M. Yale 55. Pennsylvania M, Columbia 49. Pr-nn Statu J5, Georgetown 37. Army 60, Navy 46. Jw York Univmlty 75. Humeri 87. Dartmouth fiZ, Princeton 33. SOUTH George Washington 66, Duke 40 (final, soutlicro conference tournament.) MIDWEST NorthwMtcrn 63. Ohio Ktat 64. Ureal Lakes S3. K'titurky 39. University of Knnns 47. Kansas Stat 30. Oklahoma M, Missouri 37j Notre Dame , MriiUe 47. WEST Wafhlngton 4(. Oregon State 35. Ht a n font 48, California 43. Southern California 63, UCLA 44. WanliinRlon Btste 63, Idaho 31. Denver 64, Colorado Mines 41. NEW MANAGER MOSCOW, Idaho, March 8 VP) Theodore Sherman, Instructor in English, has been named acting graduate manager at the Uni versity of Idaho. He is a Stan ford graduate of 1024 and has been a member of the Idaho faculty since 1931. He will assume his duties Thursday when Perry Culp, whom he succeeds, leaves to take a position as Red Cross field director. One person in every slv liv ing in Great Britain depends on the London Metropolitan Wa ter board for his water. Huskies To Make Plans For Trojans Washington Will Meat the University of Southern California for Hoop Race SEATTLE, March 8 W) The University of Washington bas ketball team turned to prepara tions for its series this weekend for the Pacific coast conference basketball championship with the University of Southern Cali fornia, and to the watching of Guard Bill Morris' injured knee. Morris was hurt In the first minute of play Saturday night as Washington completed its northern division coast confer ence schedule with a 44-35 vic tory over Oregon State. By win ning from the same club Friday, the Huskies had clinched the title and the game only served to end the season. Coach Hec Edmundson expect ed to know by tonight whether Morris pulled a ligament in his knee or simply strained it. If it is the former, the second high scorer of the northern division and the sparkplug of the Husky squad may be on the bench when Washington and Southern Cali fornia tangle in their crucial games Friday and Saturday night. Morris wound up the season with 180 points, only 12 points below the former northern di vision record of 192 held by Ray Turner of Idaho, but completely "off the beam" when compared with the 224 points racked up by Gail Bishop of Washington State, which also completed its schedule Saturday night, defeat ing Idaho, 63 to 31. With the season scoring record already tucked away, Bishop ran wild against Idaho in the final game to score 23 points and boost his mark to 32 points over the previous high. WSC led Idaho 29-16 at the half and never was in danger at any point. The Washington-Oregon State game, with both teams suffering a let down from the previous night's title-deciding fray, was a ragged, wild-passing affair with only the Washington defense holding together. Washington led 16 to 12 at the half. LOS ANGELES, March 8 (IP) The University of Southern Cali fornia's basketball team, with seven victories out of eight starts in the southern division com petition, leaves tomorrow for Seattle in search of the Pacific coast conference championship. Coach Ernie Holbrook said his squad plans to practice Wednes day in San Francisco and Thurs day in Seattle, where the Trojans will meet Washington univers ity's northern division winners Friday. A second game with Washing ton will be played Saturday, and if the teams divide these wins, a title playoff will follow Mon day. This will be USC's eleventh appearance in the cham pionship series and its fourth contest with Washington's Husk ies. EONS Meet Illinois in Tournament KANSAS CITY, March 8 (IP) Eastern Washington College of Education, Cheney, will run up against a tourney favorite, Valparaiso (Ind.) university to morrow morning in a first round match in the sixth annual na tional intercollegiate basketball tournament here. Eastern Oregon College of Education, La Grande, will meet Illinois Wesleyan tomorrow afternoon in its first round match. Eight games will be played to day and eight Tuesday, cutting the 3 2-team field in half. Finals will be played Saturday. Hamline college, St. Paul, Minn., is the defending cham pion, and included among the favored teams is Pepperdine col lege of Los Angeles, victor over Southern California, Pacific coast conference, southern di vision, title winner. Portland Beavers Sign Eleventh Pitcher Saturday PORTLAND, March 8 (IP) The Portland Beavers of the Coast Baseball league signed their 11th pitcher Saturday, Wil liam A, Herring, a righthander. Business Manager William Klcpper said Herring was a play ing manager for two years in the Piedmont league, and form erly pitched for Montreal and St. Paul. PAGE SIX Art in Self Defense Jewel Lubin. tosser. works Roth as women students learn New York. By FRED HAMPSON Since undefeated basketball teams are pretty much in the same category as the dodo bird extinct we asked Bob Lucas of the Astorian Budget for his thoughts about the current As toria high quintet. The Fisher men have just performed that minor miracle of sports com pleted a season (up to the state tournament) without losing a game. Bob played basketball at OSC and views the game with a tutored eye. He says: "Personally I don't think any thing in Oregon can beat these kids, unless they're caught short on regulars or terribly off." Even , allowing for a slight prejudice and pride in the home club, that's a strong warning to the other hopefuls who will gather shortly in Salem for the state tournament. Lucas elaborates: "Astoria's team came along slow, starting practice late. It was hampered in the late sea son by sickness which may have a telling effect at the tourna ment. It would be at a disad vantage against a really tall team, but it is the finest defens ive team I've ever seen. The boys scored 603 points, 39.06 per game to 398 for their opponents for a 22.1 average. "You will note that Longview was the only team to make more than 30 points against Astoria. "Our fans here in Astoria be lieve the boys will win at Salem, although Coach Wally Palmberg will enter the armed service at 6:30 p. m. on the tournament's final night. We think that if the Fishermen get to the finals they'll be a cinch the boys will be playing for their beloved coach absent. You know how kids will fight in a situation like that." We also asked Bob to recapitu late the Astorians' glory season and he writes: "Astoria defeated Nascllo 27 20; Ilwaco 32-21; Camp Clatsop 46-14; Longview 51-22; Salem 26-17, 26-21,25-22 and 26-17; Sea side 42-16; Ilwaco 26-22; Marsh field 27-21 and 24-22; Tillamook 38-28 and 26-23; Nasellc 33-28; Longview 44-41; Ncwberg 44-25 and 30-18." This may striko you as some thing of a record for close de cisions without a defeat. Only nine of the 18 games were by margins that might be consid ered comfortable while seven games were nlp-and-tuck victor ies. Bob continues: "Clifford Cran cliii I, tall, slender senior, only holdover regular from the 1042 champions, is the leading scorer with 100 points in 16 games. He was out of the two district cham pionship games against Ncwberg with mumps and still is not prac ticing. He may have difficulty getting in proper shape for the tournumcnt. Crandall is decep tive, loose-jolnled, a good close in shot, one of the cleverest all around men ever Been here. "Ken Sceborg Bcorcd 116 points in 18 games. He is n brother of Oregon's Roy, a good- I I j uregon I Sport Notes March 8, 1943 ff UW V : V out a bit of ju-jitsu with Judy self detenu at City college oi " ' : sized, very fast, hard, defensive i player, good under the back boards. "Happy Leo scored 88 points in 18 games. He is a Chinese lad, 5 feet, 6 inches tall, very fast as a dribbler, a deadly shot from outside the key with one hand, has an explosive change of pace and is taylorcd to Palm berg's own style of crouching play. "Ted Johnson scored 72 points in 14 games. He is a transfer from Ilwaco, not too smooth but rubber-legged-and tireless. John son although only 5-10, Is a good board man, very quick and a good shot in close. "Pete Bryant, 64 points in 14 games, is erratic, of beautiful build, fast, but temperamental, ! apt to freeze. . When he's re I laxed, unworricd, he's a top ' floor man. Always a good shot i with one or both hands, right or left. I "Hal Dove, a transfer from Wcstport, is the unknown quan tity. An in-and-outcr with speed, a nice feathery shot but without too much savvy of Palmbcrg's highly demanding style. "Don Nopson, 6-1, a comer, good post man and shot but still a little nervous and uncertain. Duano Moore, a football star, is husky and fast but a little mus clebound sometimes. Leo Hill, 6-2, is husky but green." Barber Eyed As Favorite In Tourney KANSAS CITY, March 8 (IP) The little man who Is always there Is Roy Barber, 5 foot 8 inch forward on tho Texas Wes leyan team that ranks as one of the favorites in the national in tercollegiate basketball tourna ment. The sixth annual tourney opens today and Barber and his mates are on the Initial pro gram, meeting St. Cloud, Minn., Teachers in the fourth afternoon affnir. Barber is a midget In a sport specializing In skyscraper per formers. In contrast, the co-star of the Fort Worth team Is giant Wcyman Cotjon, 6 foot 71 inch center, but he doesn't over shadow Barber except when they're standing together. The mite Is considered the fastest player In Texas. The field of 32 includes teams from 10 states. Second round games will be played Wednes day with the finals Saturday. Eastern Oregon College of Education, La Grande, meets Il linois Wesleyan, Bloomington at 10:30 a. m. PWT Tuesday and Eastern Washington College, of Education, Cheney, meets Val paraiso, Ind., university at 8:15 p. m. PWT Tuesday. Lightning won't hurt you if you're in a steel-topped auto mobile, according to scientists, TRUCKS FOR RENT You Drive Move Yourseli Save li Long and Short Trips STILES' BEACON SERVICE Phone 8304 1201 East Main Gail Bishop Leads With New Score Huskle Cager Picks Up 24 Points With Vandoli To Up Lead to 224 Points By The Anoclit.d Prm Gnll Bishop of Washington Slnto left northern division bus kctbnllcrs something to shoot at in future seasons with his now scoring record of 224, completed Saturday night on a flourishing 23 points against the University of Idaho. Bishop's last two game performances left him miles ahead of the field. Wnsh Ington's Bill Morris is in second place with 180. Bishop's 95 field goals also constitute a record in that de partment. Lew Beck of Oregon State hit 52 out of 64 free throw tries for the best avcrago In thnt department, and Bob Rynn of Idaho committed the most fouls, 45. Every member of the Wash ington starting five, division champions, landed In the first 10, Wally Leask and Doug Ford being tied for the ninth spot. The leaders: FG FT PF TP Bishop, WSC 95 34 30 224 Morris .Wash 71 38 42 180 Beck, OSC 62 52 28 176 Quinn, Idaho 71 26 31 168 Gilmur, Wash 54 27 51 135 Gilbcrtson. Wash. 54 17 38 125 J. Ryan. Ida 48 28 36 120 Aklns. WSC 50 20 41 120 Sheridan. WSC 51 16 33 118 Ford. Wash 51 8 18 110 Leask, Wash 48 14 18 110 Wiley, Ore 42 25 27 100 Sports Tv Briefs By HUGH FULLERTON Jr. NEW YORK, March 8 (IP) No matter what the ball players may think of training north of tho Eastman-Landis line, there may be good news for the club owners who usually keep their fountain pens filled with red Ink until the season starts. . . . Detroit's Jack Zcllcr, who first advocated northern conditioning, has figured out that the Tigers may break even on training ex penses for the first tlmo since 1920, when they took down $12,000 guarantee from Phoenix, Ariz. . . , That'll give you an idea how your favorite club should make out. ... MONDAY MATINEE Frltzie Zlvlc Is applying for a patent on an aircooling device for pipe stems. ... He should have had one ready to cool off Beau Jack Friday. . , , Tom Todd, Virginia's IC4A hurdling champion, has a freshman broth er, Bartlctt, who's supposed to bo just as fast over the sticks. Ramona Allen, the, 15-year-old Oakland, Calif., girl who is bid ding for the national figure skat Ing title, was aboard the liner Athena when It was torpedoed and got away on one of tho last lifeboats to leave the ship. , . . Week's biggest headache belongs to the NCAA basketball com mittee, which has three possible tournament winners, Illinois, Notre Dame and Indiana, in one district and none at all in an other sector since Crclghton chose the Invitation tourney, TODAY'S GUEST STAR Alex Schults, Seattle Times: "Walter (Dutch) Rcuthcr was announced as manager of the Lake Woshlngtotshlpyards base ball team, but oddly he's shop ping 'round for another Job. . . . The tosscrs are likely to dis cover that shipyard baseball here is incidental to shipbuilding, and not vice versa." SERVICE DEPT. Bob McLeod, former Dart mouth and Chicago Bears' back who led the first marine fighter squadron into Guadalcanal, has just reported to Pcnsacola as an instructor after two weeks of tennis and golf at the Florida estate of his old coach, Jess Haw ley. . . . The only damago he suffered wbb losing a couple of ounces of flesh off one thlgk In a collision between two Jeeps, . When in Medford Stay at HOTEL HOLLAND Thoroughly Modern Joe and Anne EirUy Proprletora Hush . ; rrf Fulltrton. Jt.p'ii'jt f Klamath Wins District Title for State Right Bocchi, Welch and Cox Voted to All Star Team; Foster on Second The Pelicans will see action at the annual prep tournament at Salem this weekend after edging out the powerful North Bend outfit 34-33 In Ashland Saturday night for tho district crown unci the right to Sulem. It was a close hallgamo nil the way with llin Pollcnns grasp ing an early lead, 7-1, hut found IhemitelvrK trailing 10-7 In the first quarter. From there, until the hulf, both clubs went work and ended knotted up 16 oil. " In tho third quarter Uocchl I begun his scoring spree to add up 10 tallies fur his nuiiio In the third period to bring his team five points ahead at tho end of the quarter 20-24. With only two minutes to go Klumath was ahead on tho hard wood, 31.13. Tho Klumath cagers held on desperately to tha ball with only a one point lead until the final second when North Bond grub bed tha casaba and the bell sounded 34-33 with tho Klam ath cagers winning. Cox, from the Pelicans, win next to Uocchl In the scoring honors with 11. Bocchi hud 14. Welch kept tho great flush Snl dow from his usual scoring sprees and kept him down to only six tallies during tho en tire game. Young and Foster wore In the game fighting for tho back board honors and really corned their honors. On tho all star team Klamath earned three berths with Boc chi, Cox and Welch in them. On the second all star list Foster was placed, Summury: Pelicans (34) (33) North Bond Cox 11 6 Snldow Welch 2 8 Miller Uocchl 14 7 Weekly Foster 4 9 Ruppc Associated Press Staff Writer Tho district tournaments com pleted, thu problem before Ore gon's prep basketball teams to day became, "who's going to stop Astoria"? Tho undefeated Fishermen, seeking their third successive state title, enter t h o annual tournament at Salem Thursday with a record of 18 consecutive victories. They'll be top-heavy favor ites, boasting the best defense in years plus the usual pell mell attack. Experts point out, though, that Couch Wally Palm berg will leave on the eve of tho tourney finale to enter tho navy and Forward Cliff Cran dall, Astoria's high scorer, will bo recovering from mumps that kept him out of the last two games. He is expected, how ever, to be reedy to start. With the tourney cut to eight teams, there will be no weak en trants. One of tho strongest will be Baker, eastern Oregon chum pion, victor over Ontario, 01-33, Saturday night in tho third dis trict 1 playoff gamo. It was the 24th win In 20 games for Baker, a teum that hus aver aged better than 40 points a game. Klamath Falls won out over strong opposition In district 7, in. tho finals tho Pelicans won a 34-33 decision over North Bend, a veteran quintet that placed fourth in the state last year. St. Helens, the district 3 rep resentative, emerged from a close Columbia county race und then bested Beaverton In a two-out-of-thrce series, winning the final Saturday night, 26-20. Pendleton also was extended to the limit, appearing In eight playoff games against four sep arate opponents before gaining the district 2 title. .Eugene, another Blrong con tender, whoso infrequent de feats can be counted on tho fin gers of ono hand, will bo enter ing the tourney for tha third consecutive time from district 0. Oregon City, an In-and-out team that earned several spec- INCOME TAX RETURNS Prepared at M. L Johnson Insurance Office ' 412 Main Street, Klamath Falls, Oregon Will Be Open Daily, Sundays & Holidays Baseball Schedule Released NEW YORK. March 8 (IP) Thu National league bascbull schedule, released today, shows that QU doiihlvhetulors uro pro. granunrd with Ilia World Chnm pion St. Louis Cardinals book ing 10 of them. Tho schedule, delayed bacuuse of tho many changes brought about by the war, shows that the teams will niaku only three trips ii round thu circuit in contrast to tho four which huvo been common In recent years und thut Intersuctlonal opponents will be met on holidays and at tho sea son s close. April 21 is the opening datjka. and the campaign will end 09 October 3.' Uoth are a week later than customary becauso of northern spring training. Opening games find the New York Giants at Brooklyn, Phila delphia at Huston, Pittsburgh at Chicago and tho Cardinals at Cincinnati, Michigan Wins In Western Cinder Meet CHICAGO. March 8 (IP) Michigan was king again today in western conference track com petition, but Its domination of swimming championships was broken by Ohio State. Tho exchango of titles Ohio State Ixid been defending track champion occurred here ovrto, tha weekend as Ulg Ton touinQP In four sport) track, swimming, wrestling and fencing vied for conference honors. Michigan's trackmen scored la 10 of 12 events and collected a record breaking total of 531 points In winning their eighth Indoor crown In the last 10 yea rs. In the swimming mcot, rec ords fell four times with Kco Naknina of Ohio State getting two of them as the Buckeyes nosed out Michigan 86-01 In a strictly two-tcom contest. Third pluco Minnesota camo far back with 14 points. Albany Prep Star Signs Contract With Dodgers ALBANY, March 8 (IP) Leon Simons, Albany high school ath lete and American Legion Jun ior baseball pitcher, said today he hud signed a contract with tho Brooklyn Dodgers of tho Na tional lougua. He said he expected to report to Durham, N, C, for spring training, tuculur victories, will represent district 4. Sulem, tho host team In dis trict 8, for tho first time In years will enter the tourney with an unimpressive record. But the Vikings traditionally lurn in their best performance tho week of tho tournament. This is tha draw for tha open ing round Thursday: Pondloton vs, Oregon City, 3 p. m. f Eugene vs, Klumath FullfV 4:15 p, m. St. Helens vs. Baker, 7:30 p. m. Astoria vs, Salem, 8:45 p. m, Tho clnss 11 tenms also com pleted qualifying piny Snturdny, Powers downing Central Point, 35-22, In district 3B and Ilur rlsburg defeating St. Mary's of Eugene, 20-23, In district 2B. Tho first round of play, open ing ut Salem Fridny: Harrlsburg vs. Union 3 p, m. Warrcnton vs. Powers, 4:45 p. m, 0