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By CHARLES DUNKLEY
(Pinch Hitting for Flu-8trlckn
Hugh 8. Fullorlon Jr.)
CHICAGO, April 10 ()
Keneiuiw Moiniliilii Lnndls, 7(1-year-old
cornnilBBliincr (if huso
boll. Minorl his feet clown from
Jill Mimed (liwk nnrl fixed plurc
Inn eyns on hl quralloiiHr,
"No olio known wlint will lutp
pen to baseball Hi li itiniitni-r," lie
iilnrtcrl. "It would only bo it
KU03S. Tin t 1 huvn cvury hope
Hint w will finish Iho season,
uh iiHiiii I , find Unit the pennant
mew, In both Ii'iikui-n, will bo
exciting."
Lnndls, who tuniiilly upends hit
winter vucutlons In Bollulro,
Till., and vlnlls tlm vnrlona major
lnuguo training cumps bufore re-
aiming north, npont the wlntnr
. home In Chlcugo in keeping
with the times.
, "I hud n couple of alight colds;
otherwise, my hcolth In fine;,"
ha nold. "lint I don't Ilka cold
weather. Il'l brutal."
Lnndls likes to discus Uie
war, which ho hopes will be
dvor by next full.
"Ilut 1 want to bring out one
pertinent point, he snys, loaning
over to thake n long finger In
iny fuce. "We will never know
when such thing! will end."
Then ha explained:
;"Why, I rememhur lulklng
with a French officer at Camp
Cirunt In the spring of 101U. He
had just como from tho front
end was very pessimistic obout
the situation of the allies nt the
time. Ho led mo to believe that
we would bo In for u long war,
)K3lbly 10 years. He thought
Oermnny wns prepared to fight
n Indefinitely. Little did he
realize that Germany wus start
ing to crack up Internolly nt
tlmt very time."
Lnndls believes that spring
training In tho north, above the
so-callud Landls-Kastmiin line,
proved satisfactory to tho play
ers. Ho said he hadn't received
one complaint, either from play
ers or club officials.
Landls Is pleased so many ma
jor leaguo stnrs such as Ted
Williams, Joe Dl MopRlo, Ted
Lyons, Dob Feller, Hod Ruffing,
Johnny Boiizloy and a host of
O y Tha Associated Press
BROOKLYN Tho highfly
ing Brooklyn Dodgers cross the
rlvor again today to battle tho
New York Giants, whom they
defeated Wednesday, 1 to 0.
Tho voternn Curt Davis, who
has been on the shelf with a
thumb fracture suffered early
In the training seuson, Is sched
uled to report for duty and may
see his first mound action.
NEW YORK Idlo yesterday
and with only a workout sched
uled' today, tho Now York
Yankees approach the season's
opener with a pitching staff
suffering from lack of work.
Only two chiirchers hnvo hurl
ed as much as nine Innings
against major and minor leaguo
opposition, nnd Spurgeon
.Chandler seems to bo the only
IJ-o rcody to go a full gumu.
BOSTON Ken Chaso nnd
Anton Karl wero slated to pitch
for tho Red Sox against Har
vard today In a gamo post
poned from yostorday.
DAYTON Jeff Heath foiled
to Join tho Clovolund Indians
TRAINING CAMP BRIEFS
Tall Shortstop'
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April 10, 1043
Pelican Hoopmen Come
Into Own at Banquet
State High School Basketball Champs
Get Rousing Cheer at Award Dinner
' By WES OUDEHIAN
After a season of pluylng before scanty local houses, the
I'd luin busknteers, Oregon's new stale high school hoop chumps,
ciiniu In for their dues Inst night when 190 high school basket
ball players from the Klamath district, Klwanlnns and Quarter
back club members stumped to their feet In a rousing cheer as
tho team was hunded award certificates.
Sponsored by the Klwanlnns and the Quarterback club, the
Wlllard hotel banquet wus attended by baskotball players from
all the county schools and Tulclako and Dorrls. The expenses of
eueh visiting team was born by
. . lr their sponsors who Introduced
rvieaTora nays
Host to Pelican
Trackmen Today
MEDFOHD, April 18 VP)
Modford high school played host
today nt Its first Invitational
track and field moot.
Klamath Falls, Grants Pass
and Ashlnnd In southern Oregon
and Weed und Yrckn in north
ern California entered their
stars In the meet and last-minute
entries from other southern
Oregon schools wore a possibil
ity. The preliminaries were sched
uled for the morning and tho
finnls for the afternoon.
others hnvo entered Uio service
of their country.
As prominent as they wcro,
they did the wise thing In Join
ing the armed forces as quickly
as possible," ho commented.
Yet, those daffy guys are pick
inn 'em, Luklo.
Luke Sewcll, manager of the
St. Louis Drowns, says anybody
who tries to pick a pennant win.
ncr this season must be balmy.
Good pitching, even steady pitch
lug, will tell Uils year, more than
any other, ho says.
"You'll see from six to eight
20-gome winners In each league,
Sewcll predicts. "Thoso long
bull hitters, thoso -320 men, have
been Uilnned out.
yesterday becuuso of tranapor-
tatlon difficulties, but he
missed nothing as the exhlbl
tlon with Cincinnati was can
celled for tho fourth straight
duy. Paul Calvert and Allla
Reynolds were slated to pitch
against the Reds at MIddlctown
today.
MIDDLETOWN. OhioMan
ager Bill McKechnle of tho Cin
cinnati Reds say Lonnle Frey
Is tho lead-off man for the sea
son's opener, with Max Marsh
nl nnd Frank McCormlck. hold
ing down tho third and fourth
power spots In the line-up. The
second man still is undeter
mined. ST. LOUIS Cardinal Man
ager Billy Southworth will try
Mori Cooper for the full nine
Innings today In the fourth
game ot tho city series with the
Browns, and hints it is a tune
up for a probable opening-day
assignment against tho Reds
next Wcdnosday. Fritz Oster
mueller and Bill Sclnsoth are
scheduled to work for the
Browns today.
TAUBWCDtO
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SLATS AWlON
GETS HANDS ON
BASEBALLS
j THATWOULb BE"
CUT OF REACH
OF OTHERS.
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team coaches early In tho ban
que.t.
Spotlighted In tha evening'
entertainment was tha Introduc
tion of tho players by KUHS
Cooch Woyne Scott, and R. C.
Groesbeck's speech recalling
early day tribulations in high
school hoop circles.
Grocsbeck told of the first
Klamath county high school
track team's workout padding
up and down Main street col
lecting funds for athletic equip
ment. "Tha first year," he said, "wc
collected $1U from cacn mer
chant; tno next year It was live,
and thence downward, until
now, tho gate receipts pay for
the equipment."
He gava tho boys sound ad
vlco as what to expect in an
uncertain world with on uncer
tain future.
"Get all the schooling you
can," he said. "Don't let extra
summer dollars overbalance
your better Judgment to get
more education. Go to the sum
mer school classes at the uni
versities, and gut the know
ledge that will stand you in
good stead."
Percy Murray, who acted as
toastmaster, gave tho iloor to
Dwlght (Dutcn) French, former
Pelican cage coach, ' who re
called having tried for ten
years to produco a champion
basketball team without suc
cess. He gave Uie tltle-holdcri
credit for playing faultless bas
ketball on tho floor at tho state
meet.
Tho "old mossbneka" who sup
port tho high school athletics
and stand behind tho building
of now gymnasiums end sport
plants wore given a pat on Uie
back by Murray when he Intro
duced Bill Constans, Doc Wright
and Lee Jacobs to the crowd.
Doc Wright, who has been
sideline booster for the Pelicans
since Uielr Inception, spoke
briefly on athletic history.
Joe Peak, city director of phy
sical education, introduced the
heads of grado school physical
departments In Klamath Falls,
and talked shortly on the value
of grade school training in pro
ducing high school athletes.
Members of the high school
basketball team that received
certificates were: James Bocchl,
captain, James Cox, Ralph Fos
ter, Rex Young, Wilbur Welch,
Don Bigger, Aldo Be Holt 1,
James Conroy, Jack Smith,
Richard Pope, Angclo Glovan
nlnl, Delbert Morris, Richard
Hunter, Charles Metz and the
manager, Dean Fitzgerald.
Huskies Meet
Cougars With
Two Lettermen
SEATTLE, April 16 VP)
Only two varsity lettermen will
be In the lineup Washington
will field against Washington
State in their northern division
baseball opener here today.
The veterans ara Doug Ford,
ace pitcher, and Bill Glssberg,
first baseman from Everett.
Two sophomores and five
freshmen fill out tho lineup. Tho
frosh are Rlghtflelder Glenn
Young, Wenntchee; Catcher
Harris Andorson, Third Base
man Len Tran, Second Baseman
Bob Wenka, and Outfielder War
ren Noyes, all of Seattle.
Tha sophomores are Shortstop
Bll Taylor of Shelton, from the
varsity basketball squad, and
Outfielder Tex Warren, Seattle.
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Following comeback In Texas
laagua, Paul Dean tries big
tima again as member of St,
Louts Browns. Although hit
hard in exhibition. Brother
Diny says Daffy will bs hottast
pitcher In American leagu by
July 4.
Count Fleet
Eligible for
Pimlico Race
BALTIMORE, April 16 UP)
Count Fleet was eligible today to
start In the 83rd running of the
J50,000-added prcakness stakes,
climatic feature of the closing
program of a 20-day race meeting
which opens at the Pimlico race
course today.
Marylnnd Jockey club offic
ials announced that the Count's
owner, Mrs. John D. Hertz of
Chicago, had paid the $1500 fee
required to mnko the speedy son
of Rolgh Count eliglblo for tho
second leg of the traditional
triple crown race classics for
three-year-olds.
The Count, shortest-priced
winter book favorite for the Ken
tucky derby on record, was not
among the 49 colts originally
named for the preakness, which
will be run May 8.
Dodgers Buy
Two Heavers
From Phillies
BROOKLYN, April 16 WV
Tho Brooklyn Dodgers today an
nounced the purchase of Pitchers
George Washburn and Johnny
Allen from the Philadelphia
Phils.
For Allen It means a return to
the club for which, he played
last season. The , veteran right
nander was sent to the Phils last
winter In the deal that brought
Pitcher Rube Melton to the
Dodgers. However, he never
signed a Philadelphia contract
The Phils obtained Washburn
from thd.Chlcago Cubs two days
ago. A right hander, Washburn
hurled for Newark in the Inter
national league last year, win
ning nine and losing seven.
Both men have 3-A draft
classifications,'
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Crisler Adds
To Hp?e for
Tom Harmon
Michigan Football Coach
Say Grid Star "Greatest
Competitor I Hav Known"
ANN ARBOR, Mich., April 18
VP) Frlonds of Lieut. Tom Har
mon, dashing former All-America
n halfback missing on an
army flight In the Latin-American
area, steadfastly clung to
hope that he was safe today and
Fritz Crisler was one to help
them,
Calling Harmon "the greatest
competitor I have ever known,"
Crisler said "there isn't another
guy In the world who has a bet'
tor chance of returning It he has
had the slimmest of breaks."
Crisler, football coach and
athletic director at the Univers
ity of Michigan, was confidante
and advisor to Harmon both
when the Wolverine grldder was
piling up a sensational athletic
record and In later business pur
suits. Fritz's No. 1 protege has been
missing since April 8. Thai's
all the word there has been from
tha war department.
"Call It wishful thinking
maybe that's what It is," Crisler
said, "but I know Tom too well.
I know what he has always done
when the pressure was on him.
I ve seen his cocksureness and
tremendous physical strength
and I Just won't believe he's
through."
Beaverton Relays
Attract NW High
School's Best Men
BEAVERTON, April 16 VP)
Northwestern Oregon's best high
school track stars vied today in
the third annual Beaverton re
lays. Hlllsboro, Vernonla, Forest
Grove, Scappoose, Molalla, Gres
ham, St. Helens, West Linn and
Seaside sent squads to tho meet
and there was a possibility New
berg and McMlnnvllle would be
deadline entrants.
By VIRGIL GROSS
The annual city marble tour
nament which has been held in
Klamath Falls since 1033, un
der, the direction of Joe Peak,
will get started within the next
few days.
The boys will be divided in
to three age groups from all
grade schools in the city and
the Junior high. An elimination
contest will be held to decide
the three boys to represent each
age group for their respective
schools. The finals will take
place April 23 on Modoc field.
Prizes will be awarded the win
ners and runner-up In each age
group by local business firms.
Jim Bocchl, sensational track
star, has recovered from a re
cent illness which kept him out
of the Rogue River Relays last
week, and is ready for the next
nject April 23.
Bud Larson, last year's bril
liant young' Pelican baseball
shortstop, is doing all right at
Willamette university. His five
hits in five times to bat the
other day against Camp Adair
was tops considering he Is only
a freshman and has had only
three or four years of organ
ized ball.
Bill Hanauska, also a former
Pelican player, pitched in that
game against the soldiers and
received credit for the win.
Bill is a professional ball play
er for one of Brooklyn's farm
clubs; but he received special
permission to throw against the
Riding
KLAMATH SPORT NOTES
7 -usr .
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Tax Hughson of Boston Red
Sox shields salt from chill winds
with aarmuffs, blanket and two
baseball gloves. Brooklyn Dodg
rs further cooled him off and
won, 5-1, at Ebbets field.
McDonald Signs
With San Diego
Padres Today
SAN DIEGO, Calif., April 16
VP) George McDonald, veteran
first baseman, has quit the ranks
of the holdouts and signed his
contract with the San Diego
Padres, Manager Cedric Durst
announced today.
The signing of McDonald was
welcomed by Durst because It
gives him an experienced first
sacker and a chance to use Wal
ter Lowe, hard hitting rookie, at
some other spot, possibly at third
base.
Durst also reported that Chet
Johnson, southpaw pitcher from
Tacoma, Wash., notified the front
office that he would Join the
club today or tomorrow.
Adair nine, along with Clint
Cameron the ex-Willamette ace
and Salem WI league third
baseman.- . :. .
Several last year's KUHS foot
ball stars would surely have re
ceived scholarships to some of
the coast conference colleges if
the draft age hadn't been low
ered. OSC alone was dickering
for at least three of the boys.
Jack Lloyd, 1941 Pelican
shortstop, is in the navy and
from last reports was stationed
at San Diego, Calif.
The 12-piece obstacle course
has been completed except for
the rope swing and 14 foot
scaling wall. Physical education
classes at the high school, how
ever, have been, using it for
over two weeks.
A noon hour and after school
Softball Intramural program
has been started at the high
school for the physical educa
tion classes. Later on regular
games will be played between
the different classes.
L. H. Gregory, sports editor
of the Oregonian, played up a
story on organizing Junior
American Legion baseball, and
has received results already.
He has received numerous let
ters from interested persons
and they are willing to start
organizing in Portland. Our
only hope Is that the people of
this city will see the benefits
of playing Legion ball and will
do something about it. -
High
if' a
Poor Looking Yankees
Picked to Vin Pennant
New York Team Has Best Chances of
Any Despite Changes Brought by War
By JUDSON BAILEY t
NEW YORK, April 16 VP) The New York Yankee this
year are the worst-looking team Joe McCarthy ever has man
aged In the big leagues, yet everybody Is picking them to win
another American leaguo pennant and there Is no reason to be
lieve tho majority Isn't right. . ,
You only have to look once at the Yanks this spring to re
alize tho changes that war has wrought on baseball and If you
can stop shuddering long enough to look at them, two or three
times, you start naming over their rivals in the hope of finding
Sprl
ing Work
Has Changed
For Di Mag
SANTA ANA, Calif., April 16
VP) Pvt. Joe Dl Maggio's spring
training has been somewhat dif
ferent this year and not much
time Is devoted to baseball at
Santa Ana army air base, where
he Is stationed, but the Yankee
clipper hasn't lost his batting
eye.
In five games Joe has pounded
out six hits from 18 official
times at bat. He went hltless in
his first game, March 26, against
uie Jullerton Junior college
nine, and Pete Mallory, pitcher
for the Los Angeles club of the
Pacific Coast league blanked
him this week.
On the other side of the led
ger, ana wnen the going was
toughest, Joe smacked three hits
in five tries, the last a game
winning blow In the ninth with
two out that gave an all-star
service team a 5-2 win over the
Hollywood Coast league team.
Dl Mag got one out of three
when the University of South
ern California beat his team, 18
to 10, the first time, and two out
of four when the Trojans laid it
on again, 9 to 0.
Weekend
Fishing
Prospects
PORTLAND, Anril 16 VP)
Oregon's 80,000 fishermen will
find the best angling for the op
ening ot the trout season tomor
row in the counties west of the
Cascades, the state game depart
ment predicted today.
Stream conditions will be bet
ter than usual for an opener in
the western part of the state,
the weekly fishing bulletin said,
but the water In the eastern coun
ties will be high and roily. This
condition will prevail in the De
schutes, one of the favored fly
fishing streams.
Here are the county reports
and forecasts.
Clackamas Good salmon fish
ing. Columbia Streams ideal for
limit trout catches.
Washington Conditions Ideal
in all streams except the Lower
Tualatin river. .
Benton G o o d stream condi
tions. Lane Western streams favor
able but those in east high.
Linn Large streams too high
but smaller ones favorable.
Marlon Most streams good.
Polk Good fly fishing ex
pected. Yamhill All streams excel
lent for fly, spinner or bait.
Clatsop All streams excel
lent. Curry Limit catches report
ed on Rogue river and other
streams.
Douglas M o s t streams too
high for fly fishing but favorable
for bait.
Lincoln Favorable conditions,
forecast.
Tillamook Good angling pre
dicted. Jackson Salmon have come
by Rogue to Gold Ray dam. No
reports on stream conditions.
Joserjhlne Rogue excellent
and other streams expected to be
good.
Crook Poor stream condi
tions.
Jefferson Suttle lake appears
to offer best opening-day fishing.
Deschutes Littlo uescnutes
too high. '
Wasco P o o r stream condi
tions. Hood River Most streams too
hlKh- ' ...
Gilliam Streams too nign.
Morrow Streams too high, :
UN FIELD RAPS WIN
16 (P) Llnfield college rapped
IB (p) Llnfield college rapped
out 17 hits here yesterday to de
feat Pacific university 18-5 in
the northwest conference base
ball opener for both teams. Don
Hansen was the Llnfield batting
star with three hits, one a triple.
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asome otner pennant possibility.
The Yankees have only on
regular inflclder, Joo Gordon,
and one regular outfielder,
Charley (King Kong) Kallar,
back from last year and as a re
sult McCarthy Is having to
make over a whole ball club for
the first time in his life, He has
been making Pitcher John Lin
dell into an outfielder, making
a third baseman out of a rookie
shortstop, Bill Johnson, and
transforming another rookie,
Second Baseman George Stlrn
welss, into a shortstop.
But in another month Frank
Crosetti will be. free of the sus
pension imposed upon him , by
Commissioner Landis for -pushing
an umpire in the world ser
ies and possibly Red Rolfe may
rejoin the club this summer.
The Yankees have also lost
Joe Dl Maggio. and Tom Hen.
rich from, the outfield. Buddy
Hassett and Phil Rlttuto from
the infield and Red Ruffing
from the pitching staff.
The Boston Red Sox should'
finish second, Just aa they have
in four of the last five years.
Manager Joe Cronin has had to
give up his. entire outfield Ted
Williams, Dominic Di Maggio
and Lou Finney as well as
Shortstop Johnny Pesky, the
leading rookie of the league a
year ago, and two good pitch
ers, Bill. Rutland and Charley
(Broadway) . Wagner.
However Cronin still has a,
dangerous , club. The pitching
staff, topped by 22-game ' win
ner Tex Hughson, is impressive
and the infield has veteran -Tony
Luplen, Bobby Doerr and
Jim Tabor, all good hitters. '
. Back of these two clubs may
come a three-way scramble be
tween, the Cleveland Indians,
St. Louis Browns and Detroit
Tigers, with their ultimate posi
tions dependent largely on tha
draft . '. ... ; -
The key man In -the Browns'
climb to third last - year was
Shortstop Vernon Stephens,
who is awaiting a call, to ser
vice. Detroit is counting on -rookie
Outfielder: Dick Wake
field, but he is single and no
one can say how long he will
continue to be deferred because
of collateral dependencies, r?
On a hunch we - would place
Cleveland third,' St. Louis
fourth and Detroit f if th. ---
This leaves the Washington
Senators, Chicago White Scot
and Philadelphia Athletics to
bring up the rear. .-
Oregon State
Pitcher Has
Big Ball Day
CORVALLIS, Ore., Aprfl 18
VP) Andy Frahler, big Oregon
State freshman righthander, had
a big day yesterday, pitching
four-hit ball and rapping out
three singles as his team defesrtv
ed the University of Idaho, 15-2
to maintain its northern division
baseball lead, with three coo
ference victories against one de
feat. It was the second loss to
the Beavers for Idaho.
Yesterday's game was tailed
in the seventh inning so tha Van
dals could catch a bus for Eu
gene and a game today with the
University of Oregon..
Bob -Churchill was the hitting
star for the Beavers, getting two
triples and a single.
Large Crowd to
See Franklin
Meet Savold
CHICAGO, .April 18 (fP) A
crowd of 13,000 was expected at
the Chicago stadium tonight to
see the third meeting of Lee Sa
vold, Paterson, N. J.; heavy
weight,, and hard hitting, Lena
Franklin, Cleveland negro.
The two will continue their
feud over a scheduled 10-round
route, but few observers, who
have installed Savold an 8-5 fa
vorite, believe the bout will go
the distance. None of the other
fights between the two has gone
the 10 full rounds.
Four years . ago Franklin .
bounced Savold in the second
round. Savold evened - matters
last February at the stadium by
knocking out Franklin In tha
10th after being floored In the
first round. -
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