Twelve-Piece Obstacle Course Plagues High School Victory Corps.
In keeping pie with other
high schools throughout the na
tion, Klamath Union high school
! adopting what ii known at the
Victory Corpi program.
Thli li a physical fitness war
time program ilmilar to that
uitd In our many natal pro
flight schools. IU purpoi ii to
develop tha physical well-being
of U. S. youth, and prepare them
to meet later their responsibili
ties In the armed forces.
City director of physical edu
cation, Joe Peak, will supervise
the program. He has a 12-piece
obstacle course under construc
tion on the campus now, and Is
almost certain that it may offici
ally be put into use within a
week or 10 days.
The course will, without a
doubt, teach youngsters endur
ance, agility and coordination. It
will also enhance their strength
as well, and eventually bring
about courage, poise and sell
confidence. Bordering the high school, the
12-piece obstacles are construct
ed in a straight Una covering 300
yards from start to finish.
The boys will start out with
No. I, 10-foot Jump over a
water ditch, and end up on No.
12. 12-foot high scaling wall.
No. 2 obstacle consists of run
ning up a 12-foot plank, S inches
wide, and Jumping into a 3-foot
high sawdust pit. From there a
dash is made to No. 3 obstacle,
10 yards away. This obstacle is
called the dodge, and la com
posed of 36-inch high rail sides
from 12 to 20 feet In length. The
purpose of It Is to attain better
balance and speed.
No. 4 is a S-foot trench. The
Idea is to Jump Into the pit on
on side and climb out on the
other side immediately prepar
ing for the next obstacle, a 3
foot hurdle.
Advancing to No. 6 w find
6-foot wall to be scaled. Then
comes the 18-foot long tunnel, 24
Inches square, which requires a
hand and knee crawl.
No. 8 is the fence vault crawl
over a S-foot hurdle and from
there to an 18-foot rope swing,
over a 12-foot stream or ditch.
No. 10 Is called a hand over
hand travel consists of parallel
bars 8 feet from the ground and
12 feet In height. The Victory
Corps boys will find that this
obstacle' requires rhythmic swing
upon traversing It a few times.
Then we have obstacle No. 11,
a 40 foot slg sag log run. This
obstacle requires nimble foot ac
tion since the boys will be very
tired by this time.
Finally wo have No. 12. This
obstacle is a 12 foot wall which
Is to be scaled by the aid of
ropes. From there a IS yard run
Is required to finish the course.
Director "'eak says that th
boys will be timed later on, and
at the end of a year, a program
will be given to show the ad
vancements and accomplish'
ments made during the course.
Sports "fs J
Briefs fc? tt
Fullerton, Jr.p ''J
NEW YORK, March 30 OP)
In case you're wondering how
Sailor Sammy Snead managed
to knock off a couple of 67 ;
in winning that Coronado, Cal
golf tournament last weekend
in spite of having to play only
when the navy isn't keeping
him busy; how Frankie Stra-
faci can continue to turn in
low scores for his occasional
rounds In Australia, etc., here':
what sounds like a reasonable
explanation . . . Ernest Jones,
widely-known golf teacher who
lost a leg in World war one.
says that once a golfer learns
the "feel" of the proper swing,
he never entirely loses it, so
he doesn't need much practice
. . . "On my first round after
I came out of the hospital after
losing a leg, I shot a 38-35 over
my home course," Jones adds
. . . besides that, he figures that
a service man would be more
free from mental hazards than
if he were making the regular
tournament circuit.
WEIGHT FOR AGE"
Don Cameron, trainer of the
derby favorite. Count Fleet,
likes to tell about the time that
he, himself, was the "sleeper'
in a race ... At a picnic at
John D. Hertz s stock farm in
Illinois some of the horsemen
cooked up a sprint among them
selves . . . The bookie seeing
Cameron's bay window and 215
; pounds, Quoted him at 8-1 and
Don sent a couple of friends
around to take $80 worth
After winning in a breeze, Cam
eron disclosed that he had been
a sprinter in his school days,
ONE-MINUTE SPORTS PAGE
Don t start buying your
tickets for the Greg Rice-Gun
der Haegg races yet. Although
Haegg wants to come here this
summer, arrangements haven't
' gone beyond an application for
air travel priorities and the
AAU hasn't had any ruling on
that . . . Oklahoma Aggies
wrestlers, who haven t been
able to get any competition all
season, are planning to hitch
hike to New York for the AAU
championships in mid-April .
In an even dozen fights before
he retired, Henry Armstrong
averaged 18,000 spectators and
a $75,000 gate for each show,
The high spot was $160,000 for
his tussle with Barney Ross at
the Garden bowl . . . When the
Dodgers open their exhibition
season against West Point to
morrow, they'll exchange pitch
ing staffs with the Cadets.
TODAY'S GUEST STAR
Sam Butz. .Tarksnnvilln fFla
Times-Union: "The stories from
the northern training camps get
funnier, if not longer, day by
day. Manaeer Billv Southwnrth
was quoted recently as being
nappy wnen me weatner forced
the Cardinals indoors at Cairo
after they had been outdoors
for three whole days In a row.
Maybe if Billy would get some
of those crash helmets shipyard
workers wear, they could stand
that hot Cairo sun a bit better."
Notre Dame's
Grid Legions
Now at War
SOUTH BEND, Ind., March 30
(P) The once mighty football
legions of Notre Dame have
dwindled to a corporal's guard.
The effect of war on collegiate
athletics was felt with full force
on the campus yesterday when
Coach Frank Leahy called the
Irish boys out for the opening
of spring practice.
Whereas in past years the
coaching staff has been overrun
with 100 or more aspirants for
places on the famed Irish grid
iron teams, Leahy found himself
yesterday with just 49 athletes
and 21 already have been sum
moned to report for active mil
itary duty at the end of the pres
cnt semester May 1.
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First Warm-Up
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At spring training headquarters for the New York Giants
which was a snow-covered field at Lakewood, N. J., in Ocean
County park Pitchers Cliff Melton (left). Van Mungo (center),
and Carl Hubbell (right), warmed up ... at a fire.
Training Camp Briefs
By The Associated Press
MEDFORD, Mass. After
proving himself man enough to
win the shortstop berth with the
Boston Red Sox, Eddie Lake
came down with the measles.
His illness makes it impossible
for the So to hold infield drill
as Bobby Doerr has not yet re
ported and Manager Joe Cronin s
excess poundage keeps him from
playing.
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FRENCH LICK, Ind Now
that Outfielder Bill Nicholson
has signed his contract, Manager
Jimmy Wilson of the Chicago
Cubs has quit worrying about
Lou Novikoff. But Wilson would
like to see Catcher Clyde McCul-
lough and Shortstop Eddie
Stanky report soon. Both are the
top candidates for their positions
and both are good hitters.
LAKEWOOD, N. J Manager
Mel Ott of the New York Giants,
took one look at Napoleon Reyes,
Cuban baseball player, and de
cided to give him a chance of
winning the first base job, Reyes,
who has spent the past two sea
sons on the Giants' Jersey City
farm, is 6 feet, 1 inch tall and
weighs 205 pounds.
He will be on the sidelines
however, until his size 12 shoes
arrive from Havana.
ASBURY PARK, N. J. Man
ager Joe McCarthy has userLi
Johnny Lindell, towering pitch
er, on the mound, at first, at
third and in the outfield but said
today the lanky athlete would be
in the outfield when the exhibi
tion schedule starts Sunday.
BEAR MOUNTAIN. N. Y,
The Brooklyn Dodgers and the
U. S. military nine will swap
pitcners for a day Wednesday.
when the major leaguers oppose
tne cadets.
CAIRO, 111. With his holdout
problems in the background
Manager Billy Southworth of the
St. Louis Cardinals is findlne ad
ditional joy each day in the work
of his mound staff.
neimer nowie Follot nor
Ernie White, southpaws, have
mentioned the arm pains that
handicapped them through the
cany part of 1842;
BLOOMINGTON. Ind. Man-
agcr Bill McKcchnie won't pre
dict a pennant for his Cincinnati
Reds but he is convinced "we
have a better team than we had
last year and I know we will win
more games." McKechnie says
the addition of Eddie Miller gives
the Reds the best infield in the
National league.
COLLEGE PARK. Md .Tne
Jacobs, 17-year-old Wichita, Kas.,
player, may give Manaeer Ossie
Bluege of the Washington Sena
tors some unlooked for trouble
at shortstop. With Joe Sullivan
When in Medford
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.mHx -vets
and Ellis Clary slated to share
the position, the youngster was
the star of yesterday's practice
game with a pair of fielding
plays that cut off apparent hits.
LAFAYETTE, Ind. Pitchers
for the Cleveland Indians have
reached the stage where each
should be working at least five
innings at every start, Manager
Lou Boudreau said today, then
added that "there aren't enough
games to go around." The boy
manager is concentrating on the
seven freshman flingers and is
permitting the older players to
take care of their own condi
tioning. Self 'Imposed
WorkoutPays
Big Dividend
FRENCH LICK, Ind., March
30 vr) A sell imposed pre-
spring training program by
Pitcher Ed Hanyzewski is to pay
dividends in the form of a start
ing assignment on the Chicago
Cubs hurling staff.
Hanyzewski, who caught on
with the Cubs last year from
the semi-pro ranks only to be
shipped to Milwaukee, started
his campaign several months ago
to earn a Cubs' pitching job. Be
lieving the first impression is
the most important, he coaxed
speed and curves out of his right
arm in a South Bend, Ind., field
house for three months before
reporting . to the Cubs' spring
training camp.
In the first intra-squad game,
he pitched as if in mid-season
form and won praise from play
ers and coaches and especially
from Manager Jimmy Wilson.
Hanyzewski is almost certain
to be included in the 10 hurlcrs
Wilson will keep after trimming
his top-heavy mound corps of 17.
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ASBURY PARK, N. J March
50 (fP) An embarrassed George
Stirnweiss, whose speed helped
him steal 73 bases in the Inter
national league last season,
trudged slowly back to the New
York Yankee training canm to
day to "explain everything"
about his draft status.
Stirnweiss, a rookie short
stop, left here Sunday, telling
his mates he had been ordered
to appear for his physical ex
amination at Hartford, Conn.
Instead he went to Norfolk,
Conn., near his home at Kent,
There he was told the board
had no record of him and he
was not examined. Previously
Stirnweiss had said he was in
3A because he helped support
his mother.
But from Norfolk, Va., came
word that he was registered
there, was due this morning
for induction and that he had
been in 1A all along.
The ball player explained that
he had registered in Virginia
but had requested a transfer
when he obtained a job as a
coach in Connecticut. When he
received his orders he went
north instead of south in belief
his papers would be there.
R. P. Titus of the Connecticut
board, says that if Stirnweiss'.
papers are received in time he
may be included in the April
quota.
Sons of Grid
'Greats' on
Huskie Squad
SEATTLE, March 30 OP)
Two sons of former Washington
football "greats" appeared to
liven up a turnout of 30 men at
the university's first spring foot
ball lineup of the season yester
day. Suits were issued and the
squad went through speed
tests, calisthenics and a passing
drill.
Among the freshmen were
Walt Shiel, son of the Walt
Shiel who captained the Huskies
in 1914. and Hubert Grimm of
Centralia, son and nephew of
the famous Grimm brothers
Warren, Bill and Polly who
played In 1910. Others new to
the Washington campus includ
ed Babe Bucklin, 200-pound Ed
monds fullback, Carl Diana
Centralia, and Bruce Benz, Yak.
ima.
Eleven lettermen also check
c-d out uniforms but many of
last year's top players were
missing. Tom McBratney, Olynv
pia, and Harold Bucklin, Ed
monds, also were given suits.
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PAGE SIX
Pro-Baseball
Loses Player
To Shipyards
SEATTLE, March HO (!')
Professional baseball lost an
other top-flight porformer to war
industry yesterday when Alan
Strange, second baseman last
year for the St. Louis Browns
of the American league, an
nounced he would continue at
his job in the Seattle yards of
the Scattle-Tacoma Shipbuild
ing corporation.
Strange has returned his con
tract to the Browns unsigned,
with tho announcement he will
not quit his job here, the yard
said. Ho also will act as player
manager of the Sea-Tac baseball
team in the newly formed
Northwest War Industries
league.
Jeff Heath, Cleveland Indians'
slugging outfielder, also has an
nounced he will forego baseball
this year in favor of his Sea-Tac
job.
Another former big leaguer,
Dutch Reuther, who recently
was scout for the Chicago Cubs,
will manage the Lake Washing
ton shipyards team in the War
Industries loop.
Dorothy Kirby,
Anne Hotchkiss in
Women's Golf Match
PINEHURST, N. C, March 30
OP) Dorothy Kirby of Atlanta,
Ga., medalist, was paired with
Anne Hotchkiss of Pinehurst to
day in the opening round of the
41st north and south women's
golf championship.
- Miss Kirby won the qualifying
medal with a 78. Miss Hotchkiss
had 96.
PIOHTS
nKTROlT-Wlllli r.p. lti. n.rllnr.l.
Conn., outpointed hobby Melntyrc, 13$,
Detroit (10).
BALTIMORE Lulu CoiUntlno. ISO, New
York, outpointed I'r.nkle Orto. 129 ',-4. Phlla
lrlplil (10).
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March 30, 1943
Andrew Gilbert
Plays Key Man
At Geiger Field
SPOKANE, March 30 OP)
Andrew Gilbert, who finished
the lust baseball season In tho
outfield for tho Huston Red Sox,
will bo tho key man In tho Gol
gcr field team which meets tho
Seattle Rnlnicrs of tho Pacific
Coast lenguo in an exhibition
game Friday night at Lcwlslon.
Gilbert fought oft tho effects
of a broken neck to continue In
organized baseball, befors his
army induction. Playing for
Mansfcld in 1937, ho was hit In
the neck by a bull ns he slid into
second base. Ho had recovered
from the fracturo by 1939 and
played in the Cotton States
league. Last year ho played with
Louisville In the American assoc
iation before being called up by
the Red Sox.
Lt. Joo Mcrnik, assistant base
athletic officer at Geiger, said
he would take 14 men to Lewis
ton for the contest. Tho Rninicrs
are training this year in the Ida
ho city.
Bernie Hughes
Called to Navy
MEDFORD, March 30 OP)
Bernie Hughes, former Univer
sity of Oregon and professional
football player, has been called
to active duty Jn the navy con
struction battalion.
Hughes, who enlisted six
months ago, played with the Chi
cago Cardinals and the Los An
geles Bulldogs after leaving col
lege. SPRING GRID STOPPED
PORTLAND, March 30 (VP)
Spring football training was
cancelled by tho University of
Portland today, but officials an
nounced a full program for
spring sports. A 12-gamc base
ball schedule and four track
meets were Included.
MAY IT HELP TO HASTEN
THE DAY OF VICTORY!
A frank atatomont
cltltona of
FOR MANY YEARS your city has
been one of the bright spots on our sales
map. You folks seem to have liked our
products. Free to choose between the
beverages of many of the foremost brew
eries of the land, your preference for
Columbia Ale and Columbia Beer has
been quite pronounced. Of this prefer
ence we are proud. For your patronage
we are grateful!
But now we find ourselves in a war'
born "pincer".
In common with many other Ameri
can producers we are operating under
war-time restraints. Among other things,
restrictions have been placed on deliv
eries to conserve rubber and gasoline.
No longer will it be possible for us to
make shipments of our Columbia Ale
and Columbia Beer into your city.
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Coast Horse
RacingAgain
At Caliente
Wartime Closure of Bay'
Moadows Moves Moxlcon
Interests to Idle Track
TIAJUANA, Mox., March 30
OP) P.Klflc const racing onto
iigiiln may center at Aguu Call
onto as in prohibition days as
wartime rubber rationing
inrcatcns to close Bay Meadows,
lust of the California tracks.
Mexican Interests are moving
into Idlo Agua Cnlleutc, origina
tor of big money handicap rac
ing, and John S. Alesslo, mana
ger of the Bnnco Del Pnclfico,
said meeting dates would be an
nounced soon.
He said yesterday that tho
newly formed C'allcnto Jockey
club, S. A., representing Mexi
can financial Interests, had pur
chased control of tho track from
tho liaju California Jockey club,
S. A., and would opuruto the
plant under tho pari mutuel sys
tem. Meanwhile Buy Meadows race
track prepared at Sun Mateo.
Calif., for what may bo its lust
three days of racing- for the
war. Assistant General Mana
ger Joe Cohen said at San
Mateo the plant probably would
reopen Thursdny for three
charity days of racing and he
had received a tentative go
ahead on that basis from Jerry
Giesler, state racing commission
chairman, and Bill Kyne, Bay
Meadows general manager. Co
hen telephoned them In Wash
ington where they hnvo been
conferring with Rubber Admin
istrator Wlllinm Jcffcrs.
Giesler was quoted as saying
the racing . commission would
call an open meeting Monday
in tho statu building, San Fran
cisco, to consider a 20-day ex
tension. . ..........
In Washington, Joffers said
he hud not withdrawn onnosl-
tion to further racing at Bay
Meadows but that tho final de
cision was up to tho California
racing commission.
to tho Hv,
Klamath
Much as we regret the necessity o!
withdrawing our products from your
market we feel . . and are sure you will
agree... this is as it should be. Our
nation is at war. Civilian wants must be
subordinated to war needs. Businesses
and individuals alike must expect, and
accept, some dislocations in our every
day ways of life.
So... if the next time you call for a
Columbia product you are unable to get
it... we hope you will understand. The
things which made their unlimited dis
tribution possible are going for more
: important purposes. Until the victory is
won... that's the way we want it to be;
, that is the way we feci sure you want it
to be.
We will be, looking forward to again
serving you . . then!
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NEW YORK, March 30 (P)
If height mukns might, then two
of the country's most powerful
basketball teams clash In Madi
son Squ.iid Garden tonight forA
tho national collcgluto crown,
Wyoming, western finalist, Is
led by fl-fool 7-Inch Mllo Ko
menlch whllo Georgetown, stan
dard bearer for the east, has
John Muhukcn, an Inch taller
than his rival.
And the personal duel be
tween three scoring giants not
only should settlo the NCAA
title, won a year ago by Stan
ford university, but also will
determine, which team oppuscs
St. John's of Brooklyn Thurs
dny night In a contest whose
entire receipts go to the Red
Cross.
St. John's, sparked by th
0-foot 0-Inch Harry Uoykoff,
last night drubbed Toledo uni
versity, 48 to 27, for the nu
tlonnl Invitational chnmplonshlp.
Wyoming won tho western
crown ul Kansas City by down
ing Texas SB to SI.
BING CROSBY GOLFS
LONG BEACH, Cnllf.. March
30 (!") Moro than 4000 funs
crowded clone Sunday to sea
Crooner-Actor Blng Crosby and
Olin Dutra defeat Comedian
Bob Hopo and Jimmy Thomson,
pro, 3 and 2 In ait exhibition
golf match for the benefit of
Los Serranos naval hospital.
BABE HERMAN MANAGER
LOS ANGELES Bube Her.
man, old Brooklyn daffodil, is
assisting Chnrley Root, who
pitched so long for tho Cubs, in
piloting the Hollywood Coasters.
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