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Klamath Falls to Meet Baker Tonight for State Hoop Title
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Barney Hon, 33 (riant), wounded hero of tha llghtino marines
on Guadalcanal, ihowi hit mother, Mn. Sural) Htmol ol Chicago,
wooden cane with a carved voodoo head and containing teeth
of dead Jap, a souvenir from the battle area, Mn. Rosof met
her ton, former boxing champion, while he w en route to New
York where he Is icheduled to receive the Edward J. Nell box
ing award.
Bob Barry Has Team in
Shape to Meet Soldiers
Bannister Will Start on the Mound;
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Bob Barry, the Merrill hi
light, hna everything under con
trol and ready to go Sunday at
1:30 at Camp Newell.
Deputy Sheriff Jack Franey
and Sheriff Lloyd Low will be
pre aent when the roll coll
cornea. Bannister, the burner,
who olio has an arm, will be
there for Hint baseball game
with the soldiers at Camp New
ell, Red Senders, ono-tlme
pitcher, will be pitching for the
Bnrry team.
Cluudo Moreland hai an or
chestra ready for a dance in
the evening. Captain Dnvla Is
Warmerdam
Misses Own
Vault Record
SAN FRANCISCO, March 13
OP) Corncllui Warmerdnm
missed three tries In nn attempt
to better his own world'schnmp
ion pole vault record Inst night,
but nevertheless adjourned his
clvllinn athletic career for tho
duration with a lofty 15 foot
IX Inches.
His vault was one of two
new marks sot at the Olympic
club track and field champion
ahlps held at Civic Auditorium.
Tha previous record was 14 feet
11 W Inches.
Warmordnm, who leaves next
week for Chopel Hill, N. C, to
become navy pra-fllght athletic
Instructor with rank of ensign,
set tha bar at IS feet 9K Inches
0 n his unsuccessful attempt at a
new world's rocord. Ho repre
sented the Olympic club.
Jim Dunn of the University
of California set tha other meet
record with his B3.4 seconds in
the 440 .yard.
Young Otto Beat
By Giambastiam
In Round Seven
PORTLAND, March 13 (P)-
Oeorge Glambastlnnl, 200, Los
Angeles, defeated Young Otto,
Portland, by a technical knock
' out In the seventh round, In a
scheduled 10-round mnin event
boxing motcli hero last night,
Other results:
Devey Ward, 140, Tacomn,
won decision from Jimmy
rMln, 1.12, Portland; Jimmy
Colllnj, 140, Portland, defentrd
Sgt. Leo McCormlck, 143, Port
land; Joe Dolnn, 124, knocked
out Richard Mathowsnn, 121),
Woodlnirn; Bowlo Butler, 201,
Portland, won by technical
knockout from Tommy Orrln,
208, Portlund; Mol Roberts, 143,
Portland, tochnlcal knockout
over Jack Armstrong, 144, Port
land.
Round Table Sounds
Out Army Baseball
Team Possibilities '
SPOKANE, March 13 (P)
The Athletic Round Tabla next
week will sound out military
bases In tho inland Empire on
Iho possibility of forming a
baseball league among the scrv
Ice teams, It was announced last
night.
Tho Round Tablo would fin-
nca the lengtta under tho ten-
tivo plan. Teams Included for
consideration are tho walla
Walln nlr base, Pasco naval air
station, Fori Ctaorgo Wright,
GoiKor field and Iho Pumigut
naval training station,
yd
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kun iu wiuiiuie
getting the soldiers polished on
their close order drill. The
kitchen will be spick and span.
Tho barracks will be Inspected
by the public.
Leglonnuires and parents of
sons In tho service will bo there
to watch Barry put on his great
afternoon show In celebrating
tho annual national Army day
Bnrry says Virgil Barron, an
ex-gridiron man from the east,
will bo on his team, and ho is
walking on ground glass every
morning to keep his head In
good shape for the tiff.
Any old-timers in baseball
should report to Bob Bnrry as
(.oon ns Ihey nrrlvo at the cump
so they can pitch In to help In
crease funds In the drive for
athletics equipment for Camp
Nowoll.
Captain Muplcs snid it would
be Impossible to feed all of the
crowd present. But Barry set-
tied tho argument. In one of the
largest press conferences ever
held in Merrill. He urged every
one to wrap up a "hot dog'
(Note: Not the ones that the
councllmcn arc arguing about)
and bring it with them if they
oxpect to stay lor the evening
entertainment.
To satisfy the boxing public,
boxers are training with tough
workouts every morning before
breakfast.
So don't forget to run down
to Camp Newell to sec Bob
Barry's baseball team calubrat
Ing national Army day lor a
real drive tho drive for "atli
1 e 1 1 c equipment for our sol
diers." Training
1 i
intii.rini.i,i, tt.h iju ' JL
Corlnne Smith, who holds the
southern California women's
three-motor diving champion
ship, does a hand stand during
her daily practice for the na
tional women's AAU Indoor div
ing meet nt Los Angeles soon.
Bho Is regarded as a strong con
tender for tho national women's
three-meter title.
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NEW YORK, March 13 W)
By the time Barney Rosa fin
ishes what is laughably called
his "furlough" wo imagine he'll
do a lot of thinking about one
of Jimmy Walker's remarks lust
night , . , "Wo're not going to
make an Individual hero out of
you," auld Jimmy , . . "That's
tha most annoying existence in
tho world. You can't live it
down for the rest of your life,
and for the rest of your life you
can't live up to it" , , . Barney
has had to live up to his hero's
role ever slnco he got back from
Guadalcanal and a couple of
times yesterday he looked as if
ho needed the Red Cross more
than the Red Cross needed him.
It must take lot of fortitude
to go through those receptions,
too.
BARNEY'S BLARNEY
Ross manages to get In a
couple of pretty good plugs for
sports during his "press confer
ence," telling how badly the
boys need sports equipment,
even In the Solomons, and their
sessions of "Jawbone" betting
on football and other games , . .
But his best wise crack of the
day came when he dropped Into
tho dressing room to congratu
late Jimmy Bivlns and someone
told him the fight gate was
$74,715 . . . sold Barney: "I
wish I were getting the champ
ion's end this evening."
SHORTS AND SHELLS
' Tho Giants-Dodgers feud Is on
again . . . When Eddie Brannick
escorted the local scribes to the
Glunts' Lakowood, N. J., train
ing camp the other day, a
Brooklyn gugstcr wired him ask
ing him to announce the sign
ing of some Dodger players.
Eddie obliged, but now he's
threatening to send Branch
Rickey a bill for "professional
services" , . , Emll von Elling,
NYU coach, figures a lot of
good runners could be devel
oped If board tracks were In
stalled in parks and play
grounds. But he admits that'll
have to be a post-war project.
SERVICE DEPT.
Lieut, Bill Brandon, one of
the fliers who blasted that Jap
convoy bound for New Guinea,
played halfback on Rice's South
west championship football team
in 1037. His brother Bob, also
a Rica footballer, is reported
missing In action in Africa . . .
Phil Rizzuto's means of going
places around tha Norfolk naval
station Is a $73 jalopy called the
"Bucket of Bolts."
Winners of Mile
Run Meet Tonight
On Garden Track
NEW YORK, March 13 (IP)
As though the script had been
proparod by a movie writer,
the winners of all major mile
runs this winter meet tonight
to close the Metropolitan indoor
track season.
Among those poised for the
start of the Columbian mile in
the annual Knights of Columbus
games where Glenn Cunning
ham once set the accepted in
door world record of 4:07.5 are:
Earl Mitchell of Indiana,
4:08.6 winner in the Mlllrose;
Frank Dixon of New York uni
versity, Boston AA and national
AAU king with times of 4:11.4
and 4:00.8; and Gil Dodds of
Boston, New York AC winner
at 4:08.8. .
Olympic Club to
Have Ten Schools
For Indoor Meet
SAN FRANCISCO, March 13
(P) Tho Olympic club will
bring together track experts
from 10 schools and organiza
tions at its annual indoor track
and field championships tonight,
but the popular main event is tho
final appearanco of Cornelius
Warmerdam, world champion
polo vaulter, before he goes Into
the navy.
The Piedmont high school
coach will leave soon to enter
the navy pro-flight school at
Chapel Hill, N. C, as an ensign.
The only pole vaulter to c ear
15 feet will bo entered as one of
tho 24 Olympic club representa
tives, Stanford comes next in
number of entries with 18.
Sports
Briefs feV
Full.rton, -Jjmm
PAGE NINE
Huskies Hit
Top in Coast
Hoop Chase
Washington Upsets Trojans
53-31 in Opening Game of
North-South Playoff Series
SEATTLE, March 13 (H')
It was glory night for the tin-
heralded second - stringers last
night us tho university of Wash
ington Huskies took a one-jump
lead for the Pacific Coast con
ference basketball champion
ship. Washington upset the favored
USC -Trojans 53 to 51 in the
opening game of the two-out-of-three
north-south playoff scries,
and a spine-tinglcr it was. The
Huskies will be aiming tonight
for a two-victory sweep, with
USC fighting to throw the sc
ries into a decisive third game
Monday,
Bill Taylor, a sophomore sub,
was Washington's last minute
hero in the victory. His long
shot from the side, with 20 sec
onds to play, broke a 51-51
deadlock while a crowd of U000
partisan fane went wild.
Just about all that had been
heard of Taylor before the game
was that he was the fellow who
might have to step into the
starting lineup because of Guard
Bill Morris' injured knee. In
stead, he subbed as a forward
and rang up seven field goals
for top honors from the floor,
Morris didn't do so badly for
a cripple. With his knee heavi
ly bandaged, he tallied six field
goals and four free throws for
18 points and top scoring hon
ors. For Southern California, the
unheralded "hero who might
have been" was Hal Jones. In
tho three minutes he played- at
the end of the first half, he
rang up three field goals on
three shots to knot the half
time score at 27-27 after Wash
ington had crept into a 25-10
lead, widest of the first half.
Injected briefly again in the
second half, he took only one
shot. It was good and tied the
score at 45-45.
Jones', tying shot came after
Washington had rung up nine
straight points to take a 45-40
lead. The Washington rally
came after USC had taken a
40-38 lead midway through the
half.
The second half saw the score
tied Six times, USC ahead three
times and Washington leading
six times. USC led for the last
time 51-49.
Washington played' its usual
high speed floor game, but was
erratic through three-fourths of
the game. USC looked good all
the way with its deliberate
floor game and fast breaks for
the basket.
Gene Rock, the Trojan halt
pint, and Center Jim Seminoff
shared scoring honors for USC
with 13 each.
Each team got 23 field goals
but Washington had a two-point
margin on free throws. Wash
Ington missed eight free throws
and USC seven. One of the lat
ter was by Seminoff under
pressure when the - score was
51-51.
Beavers, Cougars
Take Honors in
Rifle Matches
PORTLAND, March 13 UP)
Oregon State and Washington
State placed first and second
this year in rifle matches' spon
sored by the ninth service com
mand, the WSC coach, Captain
Jerry Naimy announced.
OSC scored 3785 and WSC
3721, Other schools in the order
of their ranking,' as announced
by Naimy, were the University
of San Francisco, Montana
State, UCLA, Oregon, Washing
ton, Nevada, Pomona college
and Alaska.
Washington State also placed
second last year.
Harry Givan Makes
Spectacular Shots
At Empress Golf Go
VICTORIA, B. C., March 13
(Canadian Press) The spec
tacular shot making of Harry
Givan, former Walker cup star
from Seattle, featured the 15th
annual Empress golf tourna
ment semi-finals here yesterday.
Givan won the chamber of
commerce open event and ad
vanced to the finals of the Sir
Edward Beatty handicap cup.
'World Series" Winner
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Ariel, white and liver pointer, stands casually with Handler
Clyde Morton of Alberta, Ala., who directed him lo the national
field trials championship at Grand Junction, Tenn. It was the
third successive honor for his owner, A. G, C. Sage of New York,
whose luminary won in 1942. Ariel won in 1941 as a 3-year-old.
Bivins Vfsips Torn, While
Barney Ross Steals Show
By SID FEDER
NEW YORK, March 13 UP)
It probably sounds very funny,
but a guy who didn't even have
a glove on won a decision over a
fellow who had to punch his
woy through dynamite in Madi
son Square garden last night.
This may be very confusing,
but that's exactly what happen
ed Corporal Barney Ross of the
marines, by just taking a bow
was the "hot-shot" foe a sell-out
gathering, while Jimmy Bivins,
the Cleveland clouter, had to
swat the cars off Tami Mauriel-
Saratoga to
Halt Racing
For Duration
ALBANY, N. Y., March 13 ffl
Saratoga, turfdom's top -hat
thoroughbred racing track since
Civil war days, is through for
the duration of World war 2.
Governor Thomas E. Dewey
approved today an agreement
by officials of New York's five
tracks and the racing commis
sion to shift the famed upstate
Spa plant's August meet to
Aqueduct or Belmont in metro
politan New York to conserve
automobile tires and gasoline.
The governor also concurred
In an agreement to close park
ing lots at the four metropoli
tan tracks, all of which are
reachable by subway or train.
The other tracks are Empire
and Jamaica.
Both measures followed a re
quest to governors, by national
Rubber Administrator William
A. Jeffcrs "to prevent the open
ing of all suburban tracks until
the end of tho war or until the
tire problem is solved."
Freshman Allowed
To Take Part in
Sports at Cal
BERKELEY, Calif., March 13
(VP) Freshmen may participate
on varsity baseball, golf, swim
ming and tennis teams at the
University of California under a
wartime ruling that breaks a
deeply rooted precedent.
"These four sports stress in
dividual skills, so athletes will
not be overmatched physically,"
said Dr. Robert Gordon Sproul,
the university president, in mak
ing the announcement. He said
the progra might be extended
to other sports track1, for in
stance should the occasion
arise.
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Mnrftflr, 3rt. Nw Orrona (S).
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TjOs Alierks, ' outpoltitrit Rodolro Ramlres,
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Phona 8304 1201 East Main
lo to get even close to the pats
on the back from the 19,982 cus
tomers who made this the big
gest turnout in the old Eighth
avenue abbatoir this season1.
This was because the little
corporal came back to the gar
den, where he fought most of his
great fights on his way to win
ning the world welterweight,
lightweight and junior welter
weight championships a few
years, back. It was just as ex
Mayor Jimmy Walker voiced it
for all concerned when he said,
"AH the neighbors are happy
because little Barney has come
home."
. This was part of Jimmy's
speech in presenting the Edward
J. Neil Memorial trophy in the
garden ring to the little corpor
al as boxing's "man of the year"
for 1942. Ttiis honor was voted
to Barney by the boxing writers
for his job of knocking off 22
Japs while protecting three
wounded buddies on Guadalcan
al one night last November.
After that send-off for Barney,
the best Bivins could do was to
thump Mauriello around the
premises and he did just that.
After a slow start during the
first two rounds, Mr. Long-arm
from Cleveland whacked Tami
all over the place through the
middle heats and then stood off
the Bronx belter's stretch drive
to win a narrow 10-round deci
sion. One judge voted for a
draw, after the other judge and
the referee balloted for Bivins.
Having thus disposed of Maur
iello for tho second tune in six
months, Cleveland Jimmy is now
definitely Mr. Big among those
heavyweights still active.
Thirty-Eight Teams
Enter AAU Hoop Race
DENVER, March 13 W)
Thirty-eight teams from 21
states were entered as officials
of the AAU basketball : tourna
ment, opening Sunday, began to
draw brackets today.
Six teams likely to receive
seeded positions are Denver's
American Legion, defending
champion: Hollywood's 20th
Century-Fox, 1041 champion;
Phillips 66 Oilers, 1940 tltlist;
University of Wyoming, Coast
Guard of Alameda; Calif., and
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Baker Cracks Astoria's
Tight Defense, 29-24
Pelicans Have Off Night in Shooting
Accuracy, Lead Pendleton All Way
SALEM, March 13 fP) Baker of eastern Oregon and Klamath
Falls of southern Oregon meet tonight for the state high school
basketball title.
The tall, hard-driving Baker team dethroned Astoria last
night, 29-24, and the lanky Klamath Falls quintet eliminated
Pendleton, 38-27.
In B division play Harrisburg ousted Union, 31-20, and War
renton shaded Powers, 27-28, in an overtime session. The winners
meet tonight for the B Cham-
plonshlp.
After three hard-fought quar
ters, Baker finally cracked a
tight Astoria defense in the final
period to score 12 points and pin
the first defeat of the year on
the defending champions, who
compiled a string of 19 victories
and were seeking an unprece
dented third consecutive title.
Baker showed a strong de
fense of its own and held a first
quarter 8-6 lead. By the end of
the second period the count was
up only to 9-9 and at the end of
the third quarter Baker trailed,
18-17, after losing Guard Bal
lantyne, who injured his ankle.
Forward Paul Sowers paced the
winners with 12 points.
Klamath Falls, badly off in
shooting accuracy, nevertheless
led all the way against Pendle
ton. The Pelicans were ahead,
13-8, at the half and 23-18 at the
end of the third quarter. They
steadied in the final period to
lengthen their advanUge over
the shorter Buckaroos. Jim Cox
of the Pelicans was high scorer
with 12 points.
It will be the second appear
ance in the finals for each team.
Baker won the title in 1938 and
! Klamath Falls lost out in the
j 1934 finals.
j Harrisburg had little trouble
disposing 01 ine tauer union
team in the B semi-finals.
Warrenton and Powers were
never separated by more than
two points, however, and regu
lar play ended, 24-24. With
seven seconds to go in the over
time period Patterson, a War
renton reserve, tipped in a re
bound for the victory. 1
Lineups:
Baker (29)
Po
'....F.
;....F.
....C
(24) Astoria
.. 9 Seeborg
6 Crandall
.... Johnson
Sowers 12........
Miller 4 ...
Henderson 3 ...
Lemmon 2
Ballantyne 5...
Substitutes:
ton 1.
G 8 Lee
G..... 1 Bryant
Baker, Darling-
Klara. Falls (36) (27) Pendleton
Cox 12 F 9 Catterall
Welch 3... F......3 Brutscher
Young 2 C 5 Atkins
Bocchi 9 G 2 Bender
Foster 10 G 2 Hopper
Substitutes: Pendleton, Hen
dricks 2, Schwartz 4.
Harrisburg (31) (20) Union
Burk 14 F 4 Baum
Sittser 1 . . .. F 3 Terrall
C. Pearce 5 ...C........4 Chenault
J. Pearce 5 .. G Greenwood
Malone 6 G 9 Irons
Denver Hoop
Fest Enters
Service Men
By HOY A. ROBERTS
DENVER, March 13 (P) Au
thorities haven't drawn up a
rule to cover the new ' situa
tion but it's commonly .under
stood that the hand salute will
not be required before shooting !
a basket in the national AAU
basketball tournament, nor will
it be necessary to wear defense
plant identification tags on uni
forms. Representing land, sea and
sky forces, six of the 38 teams
entered in the hoop fest here
March 14-20 are made up of
officers and enlisted men. They
include the Fort Lewis, Wash.,
reception center.
Tha war production delega
tion includes the Portland, Ore,,
Boilermakers.
The collegiate squads and IS
stand-by Independents make up
the rest of the entry list.
Weekend
Fishing
Prospects
PORTLAND. March 13 Wr
Running Chinook salmon offer
good trolling in the Willamette
river but fishing In other west
ern Oregon streams probably
will range only from poor to
fair this, weekend, . the state
game commission predicted to
day. Its bulletin for the week list
ed these county conditions:
Clackamas Salmon fishing
improving rapidly with good
catches reported at Oregon City
and Milwaukee. '
'' Coos Bass and steelhead
fishing fair. Coquille river .
yielding few good catches of
steelhead and large trout.
' Curry Salmon taken from
Rogue river. Few steelhead and
cutthroat taken from Chetco
and Sixes rivers.
Tillamook, Lincoln, Clatsop,
and Columbia counties reported
poor fishing.
Puget Apprentices
Win Third Straight
From Mare Island .
BREMERTON, March 13 (IP)
The Puget Sound navy yard Ap
prentices won their third straight,
game from the Mare Island
team In the I-acifio Coast Ship
yards basketball : championship
series,. 55-50, here last night.
Mare Island led 27-24 at tha
half, but the Navy Yard rallied
strongly in the second half. The
game had no bearing on the
title which , was clinched with
the first two victories, .v -
GOLFERS GO
VICTORIA, B. C, March IS
(Washington golfers contin
ued to dominate play in the)' Em
press Gold tournament here.
Two Port Angeles shotmakers
from Port Angeles, Wash., T. P.
Window and E. Rapp wfU. play
in semi-final matches today.
Harry Givan of Seattle contin
ued his march toward the men's
open championship.
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