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HERALD AND NEWS, KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON
December 30jj
Athletic Innovations
Mark Sports Year Here
Sunday Baseball Rerurns to Klamath
Falls; Marines Field Football Team
Br PAUL HAINES spring practice and never broke
It took the United Stales navv I n the starting lineup,
to do it, but do it they did. and ' Fred Gay held down the first
Sundav baseball returned to base slot and has been owned by
Klama'th Kails as one of the i "'e New ork ankccs for six
major Klamath sports ex-ents of I years. Gay played in the Little
1944. The sailors from thej"orl" Series for the Kansas
Klamath naval air station fielded City Blues in 1937.
an impressive arrav of good ball I The navy team, managed by
plavers here this past vear and 1 Chief Tom Fena. wound up the
were barelv nosed out of th.' season with six wins against two
state service men's baseball i losses, both to the Wingers from
championship by the Marine i Corvallis.
Wingers from Corvallis in a In the year 1944. Klamath
playoff game at Recreation park. ! Falls had the distinction of
iit, nioor f;rh.ii mnimrts. 1 having the most unusual football
m fnrX' Unri to? hid team in the United States
man for the sailors, nas naa . .. . . .,.,, ;,,
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iron. J his eleven was, beyond
plaving experience with Twin
Falls, Idaho, in the Pioneer
league and the San Diego Padres
in the coast league, ai preseni
he is owned by the Boston Red
Sox.
Bernle Averill, son of Earl
Averill of the Cleveland Indians,
patrolled the outer garden for
the navy nine and was one of
the strongest and longest hitters
on the team.
At the shortstop position. Har
vey Storey made some miracu
lous stops and was the leading
long distance swatter on the
club. Storey has played with
the Portland Beavers, San Diego
Padres and Los Angeles Angels
in the Coast league, and before
entering the service, was pur
chased bv the Chicago Cubs for
S25.000. He had the misfortune
to break his leg, however, in
Hill
PAUL HAINES
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HAPPY NEW YEAR
Today we wish to devote this
column to wisning lis readers a
very happy new year. We have
enjoyed writing this pillar for
you the past few months and will
continue to do
so.
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TIC WUU1U
n ovnpocc rtiii
appreciation for
the fine way
you have borne
with us and for
the bouquets
some of you
tossed this way.
We even feel
grateful for the
brickbats that
grazed our dome
as they made us
strive a bit harder to merit your
.imeresi ana coruiaence.
We like sports. We like to
play at it. watch it, and write
about it. We also firmly be
lieve that athletics in a com
petitive form, or otherwise,
. form a major contribution to
American youth. It has been
, proven time and again that the
American competitive soirit
and the physical benefits' de-
f rived from participation in
athletic events have been of
great use to more than one GI
Joe on some far-flung battle
front. So once again, we thank you
for your interest and forbear
ance, and once again, HAPPY
NEW YEARI
HAINES
BASKETBALL
By The Associated Press
OREGON PREP
; Medford 37, Salem 24
, Eugene 46, Myrtle Point 23.
, Grant Union (John Day) 26.
Garibaldi 21.
! McMinnville 31, Vernonia 21
' C?.ntral Caholic (Portland)
29, Corvallis 18.
' Walla Walla (Wash.) 43, Mil-
lon-Freewater 32.
n OTHER SCORES
Oregon State 40, Fees Music
Makers (Portland) 25.
Idaho 54, Fort George Wright,
(Spokane) 36. I
doubt, the only grid team in the
country to be composed entirely
of men ivho had served at least
a year, and with distinction,
overseas.
Coached by Maj. Clyde Rob
erts, the Leathernecks from
the Marine Barracks came
through in great style after a
slow start to wind up the sea
son on a 50-50 basis with two
wins, two losses and one tie.
Marble Cook, former mentor
at Lincoln high of Portland, was
selected in July to succeed Frank
Ramsey who had joined the ma
rine corps, as head coach of
Klamath Union high school.
Under the tutelage of Cook, the
Pelicans also wound up the grid
season even-Steven, with three
victories, three defeats and one
deadlock. Medford's Black Tor
nado dominated the Oregon prep
football scene by capturing the
state toga from the surprising
La Grande Tigers in a 14-0 tri
umph at Portland's Multnomah
stadium.
Sgt. Leslie Leal won the
championship of Reames Golf
and Country club this year by
defeating Earl Weimar in the
finals. Reames members tri
umphed over the Elks club in
their annual match and the ma
rines emerged victorious in a
service tourney held at Reames
between the army, navy and
marine corps.
In the basketball bracket last
season, the Henley Hornets won
the county championship and
then went on to capture the
southern Oregon class "B" title.
In the class "A" circuit the Ash
land Grizzlies clawed their way
to the southern Oregon crown
and ultimately won the state
championship by downing Bend.
On the cinderpath, Coach Paul
Deller started with a nucleus of
five lettermen and brought them
through to a successful season.
The Pelican trackmen entered
the Salem relays for the first
time in 1944, where they fin
ished second to the Vikings.
Continuing the season, the Klam
ath speedsters went on to win
the 13th annual southern Ore
gon - northern California meet
held here, and in doing so re
tained the Lions club trophy for
the second successive year.
For the first time in the track
history of KUHS the 1944 squad
captured the district toga in a
meet that comprised all schools
from Lakeview to Marshfield on
the west coast. In the state
track and field meet at the end
of the season, the Pelican track
team placed fifth in the finals.
Under the promotion of Mack
Lillard, wrestling reappeared in
Klamath Falls in 1944 after an
absence of two years. The
muscle men may be seen in ac
tion every Friday night at the
armory, and Lillard has booked
some splendid bouts during the
past year. Jack Kiser is now
Pacific coast lightheavy king,
having wrested the belt from
Paavo Katonen some months
ago.
These are the sports high
lights of 1944 in Klamath Falls.
At present Coach Marble Cook
is trying to work out an effec
tive combination for the Pelican
cage squad, while the Marine
BarracKs has come up with a
classy hoop team coached by Sgt.
Jbes Israel.
All in all. 1944 has been a
banner year for Klamath SDOrts
fans, with the advent of many
new athletic teams and events.
What the new year will bring is
a moot question, but with the
ontnusiasm and sunnort of
Klamath fans providing the
spark, it should be a high voltage
Horvath W
Lead Easiern
Grid Eleven
Directly above is the 1944 Pelican football (quad. The K-men wound up the pait grid loiion oven-Slovon and George Long,
iscKie ana naroia wirin, guard, were nimtd on the tint eleven ot the Soulimn Oregon all-conlorsnc iq'Md, Rollio Horry
Roger Vanderhoff and Chuck Thurman won placed on th iocond loam while Bud Blohn and Bob Porklni received honorsbl
mention. .
First Baseman Fred Gay
crosses the plats with run No.
8 for the navy in the sixth inn
ing of a ball game played at
Recreation park lait summer.
This wasn't enough, however, at
the Marine Wingers ran wild in
the seventh frame to score six
runs and win the gam 9-8.
Catcher Ticcony of th Wingers
and Umpire Hasbrok watch for
the throw to the plate. (Official
S. navy photo.)
Vosf USC
Set for Rose
Bowl Fracas
PASADENA. Calif., Dec. 30
OP) With an anxious eye on the
weather reports. Southern Cali
fornia's Trojans and the Tennes
see Volunteers today put the fin
ishing touches on their respec
tive offenses for the New Year's
Day Rose Bowl clash.
The weatherman has hinted
there may be rain in the offing.
The Trojans are rated by some
of the experts as 17-point favor
ites, but a slippery ball might
put a crimp , in their high
greased passing attack and give
a boost to the Vols' solid ground
game.
Tennessee is pinning its hopes
on a backfield quartet, every
member of which has averaged
better than five yards per carry
this season. While the Trojans
have a bctter-than-fair running
attack themselves, they make no
bones about the importance of
Captain Jim Hardy's passing.
If the weather remains clear
and dry, the Trojans promise to
come up with an offensive sur
prise or two. Coach Jeff Cravath
had the boys running through
some fast stuff yesterday.
Vol Coach John- Barn hill
stressed backfield timine on sin-
gle wing plays, and had Buster
Stephens, ace freshman h a 1 f-
back, throwing a lot of passes.
The Vols have not done much
passing to date, but may be
forced to open up Monday.
Aggie Five
Wins Fourth
Cage Crown
OKLAHOMA CITY, Dec. 30
(JPl The Oklahoma Aggies, the
perennial cage champs who
swept to their fourth all-college
basketball tournament crown
last night with a 43-34 triumph
over Arkansas' altitudinous quin
tet, won two places on the "all
star" team chosen by tourna
ment officials.
Aggies chosen were Bob Kur
Iand, the seven-foot sensation at
center, who was the lone unani
mous choice, and Weldon Kern,
an all-around whizbang at for
ward. Kurland also received
the "most valuable player"
award.
But the losers shared in the
glory. "Parson" Bill Flynt. ac
claimed the classiest guard of
the three-day competition, won
recognition for Arkansas by
gaining a guard spot.
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Paavo Katonen applies an arm
bar to Jack KUer in a match
which Kiser won by taking two
out of three falls from Paavo.
Jack used his pet "alligator
clutch" to obtain both of his
tumbles, while Katonen took
the only fall he gained with a
hangman's hold. Kiser is the
present Pacific coast light-heavyweight
champion.
Hot Action Seen In Battle Royal
While the Crowd rnamrl . . . ... .
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Major Clyde Roberts, who di
rected th grid destiny of th
Leatherneck eleven from the
Marine Barracks throughout th
past football season. Th marine
team ended the year with two
wins, two losses and one tie for
a 50-50 average
Huskies Dump
lags, 59-48;
Beavers Win
;L ' "'ucie men on the
northwest mat circuit slugged
it out last night at the armory
8ard,e" 1" the featured "battle
r?va1. The boys heaved each
other all over the ring, with a
Jew cases of two brothers and a
ftrangcr evident when the torso
twisters decided to gang one of
their cronies.
The first two grapplers elimi
nated were Milt Olsen and Bull
dog Jackson, followed by Jack
Kiser and "Blood and Guts"
Davidson. Thus the winners of
the clambake were Tony Ross
and Gust Johnson, who butted
biceps in the headline event.
In this bout, Gloomy Gust
emerged on top after Tony had
apparently tried to wreak ven
geance on Referee Wally Moss
for throwing a punch at one of
tne Handlers, an unfortunate in
cident for all hands. Ross imme
diately got into an altercation
with Wally at the start of the
fracas nnd was doing all right
when Johnson spoiled his fun
by pulling him off.
Gloomy Gust is no doubt a
good rasslcm. but he is also one
of the most unspectacular horn-
Dres to appear here In many
moons. lie looK the first fall
from tough Tony with a lea
stretch, but Ross came back to
grab the second tumble in noth
ing flat with a back-breaker fol
lowed by a body press.
Gust took the final fall and
the match in short order with
another leg stretch, which appar
ently pained Tony no end, as he
writhed and twisted all over the
ring before throwing . in the
towel.
In the semi - windup. Jack
Kiser, the All -American Boy,
threw hefty "Blood and Guts'1
Davidson, but not before ho
knew he had been in a scuffle.
Jack gained the initial flop on
his burly opponent with a full
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Boston crab, but Davidson really
got tough after that and worked
on Riser's head with headlocks,
and by running Jack's konk Into
tne ringposts. Kiser was rubber
legged and groggy, and "Blood
and Guts" took the second fall
with a throwing headlock fol
lowed by a reverse body press.
It appeared that Dave was on
his way to an upset but he made
one mistake in the next canto,
enabling Jack to use his famed
"alligator clutch" to take the
fall and the bout.
In the curtain-raiser, Jackson
used his usual rotten tactics,
which, by the way. are crowinu
a trifle time-worn to the cash
customers, and Moss awarded
the duke to Milt Olsen. to the
approval of the fans.
By Th Associated Press
Four of the five northern divi
sion, Pacific Coast conference
basketball squads saw action last
night and each came off victor.
lous to show they were ncaring
readiness for the fast-approaching
season's openers.
Two of the contests were
against major opponents, Wash
ington moving out a 22-3 first
quarter load against Gonzaga
and then holding on for a 5B-4B
win. Oregon Stale blasted the
Jinx held over conference squads
by dumping the strong Fee's Mu
sic Makers of Portland, 40-25.
lo-ano handed Fort George
Wright its second loss in as many
nights, 54-36, with O'Connor,
forward, pacing the scoring with
13 points. Oregon bested the
Hanford All-Stars, 52-33. Wil
klns led the winners with 19
points.
The University of British Co
lumbia gathered In an even split
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on Its U. S. Invasion with a 55-45
win over the Bremerton Rockets
after losing to Seattle's Alnino
Duiry Thursday night.
The WashinKlon-Gonz.itfn frn.
cas found the Zags shooting wild
In the first period with the Hus
kies potting from all angles.
Nonetheless it wns Hcnwood,
Gmizagn guard, who took high
point honors with 21. MacMII
Ian, Washington center, scored
15, nil but two coming In the
first half.
Yeager Decisions
Moran In Close Bout
HOLLYWOOD, Dec. 30 (ZD
Bobby Yeager, 140, Los Angeles
fighter, squared matters with
Nick Moran, 134, Mexico Cltv.
by winning a close decision In
a lu-rnuntl bout last night. A
few weeks ago Moran whipped
Yeager with a knockout punch
In the first round,
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By TED MEIER
NEW YORK. Dec. 30 M'l
Mure than 3tl0,000 football dim,
m-arly 100,000 moro than a year
ago. are expected to watch the
various year-end football bowl
games that put the finishing
touches on hectic 1044 cam
paign. Serving as an appetiser for
Ilia Rose. Sugar, Orange, Cotton,
Slirlnr, Sun and Spaghetti Bowls
on New Year's liny Is the re
newal today of the r.luo-Gmy
(or North -South) Htrugglo at
Montgomery, Ala., after u year's
lapse. Officials anticipate a
capacity crowd of 22,500 for lha
game that stars two uce forward
passers in the former Georgia
Mar, Charlie Trlnpl. for the
South, and Indiana s Bob Hovrn
schemcycr for tho North,
The SRO sign has been hung
out for Monday's glamoruuM
struggles. More limn OO.OOU are
expected at the Hone Howl in
California, where highly favored
Southern California tangles with
undefeated, but tied Tennessee
of the Southeast conference,
Down at New Orleans the
Sugar Bowl clash between Duke
and Alabama figures to draw
70,000. and the Kust vs. West
(Shrine Howl) encounter at Sun
Francisco 80.000. The East All
Stars and Duk are favored.
Eddie Cameron, Duke couch, as
serts "We'll be lucky to win."
The Spaghetti Howl in Ituly
that pits the 8th Army against
the 12th Air Korce expects a
turnout of some 33,000 Gl Joes.
The Cotton Bowl engagement at
Dallas between the Oklahoma
Aggies and Texas Christian look
for a similar crowd.
Georgia Tech. upset conqueror
of Navy during the regular sea
son, .battles high scoring Tulsa
In the orange Howl at Miami
with 30.000 In the stands. The
Sun Dowt tilt at El Paso, Texas,
between the University of Mex
ico and Southwestern of Texas
probably will have a crowd ot
18,000, with several moro thou
sands at Birmingham, Ala,, to
see the Vulcan Howl engage
ment between Tuskcgee and
Tennessee Tech.
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army and a navy eleven will bo j
played at Hamilton, Bermuda, I
on Sunday, January 7, but noth-1
ing has as yet been heard about '
an Arab Bowl at Oran, a Potato
Bowl at Belfast and a Tea Bowl
at London. All three were !
played a year ago. The Oil Howl, 1
usually played at Houston, Tex., ;
was cancelled several weeks ago '
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