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IX HERALD AND NEWS Pelican Grid Squad Honored at Banquet Fine Attendance Present At Seventh Annual Dinner; Warren Main Speaker Bv PAUL HAINES "The courage and friendships you gain througn fool Dan wui stay with you all your lives," said John Warren, head coach of the University of Oregon and principal speaker at the seventh annual Pelican football banquet sponsored by the Lions club last night at the Willard hotel. Warren stated briefly some of the actual experiences he had cn rnnntered as a football coach and reminisced on the past his tory of American football. Beginning with Walter Camp as the father ot footDan," war ren tnld an interested audience of the various changes in the eridiron came from the first con test in 1869 up to the present time. He recounted that in 1869 a touchdown counted only two points and the extra point, four, with a field goal good for five points, and it was not until 1910 that the present scoring system was adopted. The first system used in foot ball was the much discussed T formation, Warren stated, and the positions of players were de- PAUL HAINES THIN ICE in a recent AP dispatch. Presi dent Roosevelt stated that if it were possible to continue base ball without hin dering . the em ployment people Dr with efforts to build up the army, he would be v for it. He added, however, that he did not believe a per fectly healthy man should play baseball in these times. ,f NowA this ; is tint a Dolitical HAINES column in any sense, but the re- cent revisal of selective service programs and" the current race ban come under the heading of sports when they pertain to ath letes. r ' It seems to us that if 'the curtailment of sports will actually benefit the war effort - to an appreciable extent, it should be done, but we feel that abolishing athletics will not make a great deal of dif ference in -the length of the struggle. When the problem is ex amined closely there- are com paratively few professional athletes eligible for military service in any case. We feel-., genuinely sorry for some of the pro athletes who get the fighting word "slacker" thrown in their faces every time they turn around. After ' all, these men have been ex amined by military doctors and it is not their fault if they are classified as 4-F. The other day we read a letter from an irate father who has three sons in the service de manding to know why these "slackers" should be deferred. He obviously didn't know what he was talking about or hadn't taken the time to examine the situation, : . So our sentiments on the : question are . this if after proper consideration by quali- ,; fied men, the end is thought to justify the means, by all - means abolish sports for the duration. But do it only after careful deliberation and not in the harum-scarum manner in which the race tracks of the nation were closedl Johnson Tangles With Belcastro In Semi-Windiip Running sennnrl In th wtear. "Grey Mask" fracas Friday night en uic ftiamuin Dicep Din, will be a rra-noi russie Detween Gloomy ui,w uunnson, junior Heavy weight kino nf the Piipffi,. , and Pete Belcastro, the Weed assassin. This scuffle will be rivalled oniy Dy the great main event By iiil'iirrTT'' uuuKea Dy jrromoter Mack Lil lard. In a previous bout here, Belcastro and Johnson crunched craniums to a draw in a very classy clambake. Johnson is a hard man to throw in any league, but Pete is just lough enough to cut the mustard and guzzle the junior champ. Both muscle men refuse to throw in the towel and are capable of taking plenty of pun ishment. Another interesting feature of the scuffle will be the fact that hoth bleep boys are exponents of the dangerous and excrutiat ing "surfboard" hold. Pete has taken many a fray in the Klam ath Punch plaza with this hold ; and Johnson has had great suc cess with it, too. . ., In fact, both musclcrs took their respective matches last : week with this same hold, Peto downing Mill Olsen and Gust taking the measure of Lou Belle veau. So each body bender will be seeking to pour it on his oppon ent with this same "surfboard" Friday night in the scmi-windup brawl. If either giapplcr gets to be much more of an expert, he will be able to skid over the surf at Cypress Gardens, Florida, i WtdiMidir. Jn. 17, 1943 rived from that formation. Later nnw the lateral Dass and the fly ing wedge made famous by the Crimson of Harvard university. At that time the official football was 28 inches in length com pared to its length of 111 inches now. After this came "Pop" Warner to blaze his way across the grid iron skies as the mentor of the Haskell Indians and. later. Stan ford university. To Warner went the credit for initiating the double-wing formation that made his teams feared from coast to coast and he also originated the "hid den ball" play that was later outlawed. Still later came the immortal Knute Rockne with the "Notre Dame shift" that revolutionized the game of football and his famed "four horsemen" that car ried him to football fame. "But don't forget," said Warren, "that the four horsemen had the seven mules in front of them." He Draised the teams coached by Marble Cook, Klamath men tor, as being well grounded in fundamentals and concluded by paying his respects to the Peli can football squad and the grid fans of Klamath Falls. Coach Marble Cook paid tri bute to a small but fighting Klamath eleven and said the team had brains and courage. The Pelicans played their finest game of the season against the powerful Medford club, Cook said, and he rated the 96-yard run of Watson, Medford field general, on a quarterback sneak as the outstanding play ot tne year and gave Bud Eiehn and Tommy Edwards credit for their spirited spurt in running the Medford back down. He spoke briefly of a state football league that is receiving careful consideration and con cluded by congratulating the en tire Pelican football squad for its splendid work during the season. Three members of the Klam ath squad, George Long, Bill Ab bey and Bob . Perkins, made short, interesting talks that were well received by the fans pres ent. . Three other gridders who have completed their graduation requirements received their di plomas from Stanley Woodruff, principal of KUHS. These boys were Harry Tindall, Monroe Kimsey and Bob Perkins. Kim sey and Perkins will enter the U. S. navy and Tindall will at tend Lewis and Clark college in i-ortiana. - 1 Arnold Gralapp, superinten dent of Klamath Union high school spoke on 1 Football, and the School," in which he stated that the facilities of Modoc field would be improved in the future and commented on the tough brand of football played in this section of the state. Gralapp also mentioned that transportation facilities for the high school athletic teams may be improved and the purchase of a school bus large enough to ac commodate the full football squaoSis already under consider ation. v In a shorttalk on the squad as students, Stanley Woodruff stated that they Vere "a pretty sharp bunch of boys . ' The invocation waVgiven by Rev. Howard F. Hutchins and the greeting by Paul Skeen, pres ident of the Lions club. John Houston acted as master-of-cere-monies and the decorations and arrangements were made by the Pep-Peppers under the direction of Phyllis Foster. Music was furnished by the courtesy of the Marine Barracks and Kelly Farris and Bob Clammer pre sented an amusing dialogue skit. All in all, the banquet was a grand occasion and one that will be long remembered by ' the members of : the 1944 football squad of Klamath Union high school! Double.Time Jili &7WN Full X' r2Jc& UOS (N VEF&SE X,r J faprtfA &OCMSAHO PAM ILV MAN ANO WAR ; Mill TWO? LENDS UAHD ATHOM&-,TO& Pelican Grid Squad Gets Some Pointers !XxX q M--4x xx v m. fev&x ;$X4- -a I r X!S! 4 WL 'd -V r,h .Tnhr Wnrrnn of the squad' at the annual grid banquet sponsored by the Lions club hold last night at tho Willard hotel. Warren was the principal speaker of the evening and gave an Interesting account of the past history of football. It was the seventh annual ba nqust held in Klamath Falls for tho Pelican gridders. " K-Men Clash Wiih Tornado This, Weekend Friday and Saturday nights the roaring Black Tornado from Medford will strike Klamath Falls when the Medford cagers swap buckets with the Klamath Pelicans for the first time this season. . With the news that Bob Per kins will definitely be available for- this series, the Pelican stock went up and the' boys showed lots of drive and tire in a rougn scrimmage Tuesday night with' Paul Angstead' Wildcats. At present Medford leads the Southern Oregon conference with three wins against no losses, while the K-men follow in the second slot with one victory and one set-back for an even-Steven average. ' The Tornado has several re turning regulars from last year's squad and Coach Marble Cook anticipates no easy time with the Medford quintet, but feels that if the Pelicans play the brand of ball they have demonstrated themselves capable of at least twice this season, they will let the Medford five know it has been in a ball game. Jerry Thome, lanky Pelican center, is a doubtful starter Fri day night, due to an ankle injury received in the first Ashland tilt. If Thorne is unable to take the floor, Bus Bussman will handle the pivot slot. The K-men are rarin' to go and basketball fans should see two classy cage frays . Friday and Saturday nights. Coast Conference May Resume Track, Baseball In Spring -SEATTLE, Jan. 17 (JP) The possibility that both track and baseball competition in the northern division, Pacific Coast conference, may be resumed this spring appeared last night with a report from Percy Locey of Oregonx Slate college that divi sion members have been polled on tne laeaj He did not state how the sen timent leaned in replies received to date. Washington and Idaho jiave indicated tney will field baseball teams this year. University of Oro flon nosos with Ducks Have No Use For Louisiana NEW ORLEANS. Jan. 17 (A3) Thirty-five million wild ducks are supposed to be in Louisiana but they aren't. The state Wildlife and Fish eries department, mystified, wants to find out why. Maj. James Brown, direc tor, says an -effort will be made to determine just what's happened. Experts figure 140,000,000 ducks left Canadian breeding grounds in October and No vember and that about 25 per cent should come to Louisi ana. Not five per cent of the ducks remained in Louisiana long enough for the hunter to oil his gun. Brown says. NCA President Says No Drastic Changes Planned NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 17 (IP) Athletic Director Wilbur C. Smith of Tulane university, new ly elected president of the Na tional Collegiate association, plans no "revolutionary'.' change in the association's operation. "I have no thought of suggest ing any revolutionary plan, be lieving that the association's framework is broad enough, as it has been for years, to consider and deal with any problems that may arise," he said in a state ment. He added that the NCAA would continue to be receptive to any "suggestions, complaints or proposals of its members." "ON OTHER FIELDS ..." ANN ARBOR Two former Michigan grid greats are fighting the war on aircraft carriers Benny Friedman. All-America quarter in 1926, and Paul Goo bel, captain-end in 1922. President Roosevelt OC's Continuation of Baseball WASHINGTON, Jan. 17 (?) Oldsters, youngsters, rejected and returned players may carry on the professional baseball tra dition this season with the bless ing of President Roosevelt. The chief executive gave the nod yesterday to a continuation of the sport during 1945 with the proviso that it must not in terfere with the war. i Shorn of many of its top stars by the armed services, the pro fession faces the loss of addition al men under War Moblllzer James F. Byrnes' edict calling for' re-examination of profession al athletes. And Mr. Roosevelt, in giving an O. K. to baseball at his news conference, pointed out that he does not think any perfectly healthy young man should be playing baseball in these times. All this means, commented Clark Griffith, owner of the Washington senators, that the caliber of this year's clubs will "depend on tho rejected and re turned players that wo get." Most of the teams, ho said, have a few men nbovc the draft age limit plus a handful of "kids about 17 who will havo n won derful opportunity to pluy in the big leagues." Snorts nulhnrlliri; In nllir.r- fields, who have demonstrated some apprehension that other spectator events mlht fnll horse racing into wartime eclipse, took heart from the bnse ball attitude of the president. HARTFORD Accident and Indcronliy Company INSURANCE T. B HATTERS General Insurnnct) Agency FIRE . . , AUTOMOBILE 61S Main St Phon. 4193 tho 1944 Klamath Pelican football "Sugar" Ray In IQ-Roiander Bv LARRY SMITH CLEVELAND, Jan. 17 OP) Another challenger to Ray (Sugar) Robinson s rating as un official ruler of the welter weights was relegated to the list of also rans today. The latest aspirant to digest an unhealthy amount of sugar is Tommy Bell, the Youngstown, O., sharpshooter who missed fire at the arena last nisht and had his string of 28 straight triumphs snnnncd by Robinson. A crowd of 19,966 witnessed near mayhem in the final heat of the 10-rounder as Bell went down for a count of eight only to rise and be punched all over the ring by Robinson intent on a knockout. Bell somehow sur vived the onslaught but at the finish he was bloody and groggy. Several times alter the knock down the force of Robinson's blows drove the almost defense less Bell into the ropes but. he failed to go down again. ' The first, four rounds packed little action but from then on Robinson increased the tempo of an attack that led to the furious climax in the final stanza. Bell made his best showing in the seventh and eighth rounds when lie engaged in some hard exchanges but Robinson s punch es were harder and more fre quent. The Associated Press score sheet awarded Robinson seven rounds. Referee Jackie Davis gave Bell the third and ninth for low blows by Robinson while the urst was called even. Robinson weighed 1454, one pound more than Bell. The triumph was Sugar's 12th straight and his S2nd in oii professional bouts. His stand, plus the decision not to apply restrictions on lighting ana conventions to sports events are Believed to insure busy dia monds this season. Typical comment among base ball loaders: President Will Harridgo of tho American league: . "We are greatly pleased. Baseball will carry on with whatever me) arc available and do the best it can to give the fans a good show." Warren C. Giles, general man ager, Cincinnati Reels: "Wo do not want any special favors and the first day baseball interferes with the war effort it ought to stop, but I believe we'll be able to put a worthwhile team on the field without interfering with the war effort." Leslie M. O'Connor, member of a three-man council temporar ily in charge of baseball, pledged that bnseball will trv to merit tho president's "confidence" by meeting all its problems without shirking or asking favoritism. DEVELOPING ENLARGING PRINTING PHOTO SERVICE 211 Underwood Bldg. RADIO REPAIR By Expert Technician , GOOD STOCK OF AVAILABLE TUBES-BATTERIES-AERIALS For All Makes oi Radlof Z EM A NTS Quick, Guaranteed Service 116 N. 9th Across From Montgomery Ward on North 9th OSC Cagers Rap Cougar Five, 54-32 Victory Fail to Effect Conforenco Standings, Tea mi Moet Again Tonight By Tho Aitoclatad Pmi Oregon State's Beavers, hulled at the season's start as the team most likely to sweep the Uni versity of Washington out of the northern division, Paclflu Coast conference basketbnll throne room, got Hh first tasto ot tri umph last night with a S4 to U2 victory over tho Cougars of Washington Stuto cullego, Tho decision failed to affect the standings, leaving Washing ton Slate In th rd ulace behind Washington and Oregon with one victory and two defeuls. and Ore gon Stale In fourth with one and three. Wlnlcss Idaho rctninca the cellar spot. Tonight, however; when tho teams again collide at Corvallls, WSC will be fighting to hold Its show position, us a win for the host quintet would force the two to swap rungs on tha division ladder. Washington Stale made a race of the game through tho first lu.lf and Into the early minutes of the second, but then tho Beav ers went ahead on three points by Hal Puddy and steadily in creased their 25-23 margin for tho rest of tho distance. Hulftimo score favored OSC, 21 to 19, but the Cougars had led at one point In the opening stan za by 15-10, largely by virtue of five, field goals and one free' toss by towering Vlnce Hansen. The Beavers stoppod him by shifting from a mon-to-man to a zone de fense. Right after the hnlftlmc Hansen and Bobby 'Rennlck hit the target to put WSC back In front, 23-21, but Puddy's out burst corrected tho situutlon for OSC. Red Rocha and Bob Labhart took it from there, piling the OSC side to 37 points while the visitors were collecting one free throw. It was a breeze from there to the final gun. Rocha and Hansen shared scoring hon ors with 14 points each. Summary: Oregon State (54) G F PF TP Puddy, F 5 2 2 12 Labhart, F 7 0 1 14 Eldridge, F 1 0 0 2 Moore, F 1 1 0 3 Rocha, C '., 5 1 .4 11 Staggs, C I 0 0,2 West, G 1 2 0 4 McGrath, G 1 11 3 Henningson.i G 0 3 0 3 Totals 22 10 8 . 54 Washington State (32) G F PF TP Jorrison, F . ..l 0 5 2 Gregg, F .. .......... 1 0 2 2 Notcboom, F ......... 0 0 10 Kellinger, F 0 0 1 0 Hansen, C 6 2 2 14 Waller, C 1 0 12 Rennlck, G 3 0 16 Hamilton, G 2 0 2 4 Gehrett, G 1 0 0 2 Johnson, G 0 0 2 0 Totals 15 2 17 32 Hulftimo score: Oregon State 21, Washington State 19. Free throws missed: Puddy 2, West 2, McGrath 3, Honnlngson; Washington Stale, Jorrison 2, Gregg, Hansen 2, Waller, Ren nlck. . Officials. Emll Plluso, Phil Warren. Governor's Cup Player Awards May Be Doubled LOS ANGELES, Jan. 17 (ZD Player awards In tho Governor's Cup series would be doubled un der terms of a recommendation submitted yesterday by the Pa cific Coast league executive com mittee. Players on tho pennant winning club would get $5000. The four playoff teams would split $10,000 to ' tho winners, $5000 to runners up fliul $2500 each to tho two teams eliminated in tho preliminaries. The plan has been submitted to league directors. WYOMING MAKES BOW LARAMIE Wyoming's bas kolballers were booked by Mich igan and Ohio State this season, making the first time that a cow boy athlotlc squad has engaged Big Ten teams. SPORT COATS ' . 111.95 to $17.95, OREGON WOOLEN STORE 800 Main Allen Adding Machines . if riden Calculator Royal Typewriters . Desks Chairs Files For thoit hard-to-get lUmi PIONEER PRINTING AND STATIONERY CO. 124 So. 9th Klamath Falls Phone 7522 Fighting Marine m ,1 1 1 '"p" ' 7 m lililrffM'i""'-' ''" '" Rhnwn ahava In ' tvokol fighting ilonco li Mike Alfnno of tha Marine BarracKH, win loit a dccltion to Sailor Al RurUhnrrit Intt nlnht in B torlei of matches founht at the naval air station. The tailors gol tho nod in lour bouts, while the marlnoi took two. BASKETBALL By The Atioclated Prsit OREGON PREP Eugene 53, Salem 20, University (Eugene) 41, Springfield 33, Central Catholic (Portland) 38, Camas (Wash.) 21. Washington (Portland) 30, Jef ferson (Portland) 20, Grant (Portland) 34, 'Com merce (Portland) 28. Benson (Portland) 37, Frank lin (Portland) 30, - Roosevelt (Portland) 30, Lin coin (Portland) 33. Columbia Prep (Portland) 48, Parkrose 25. West Linn 20, Newberg 21, COLLEGE Oregon Slate 54, Washington Slate 32. ,. , Denver 51, Colorado college, 41. Southern California 42, Cali fornia Tech 30. ; College of Pacific 59, Maro bland Shipbuilders 24. Eastern Washington 70, Whlt worth 20. AIR TEC FIVE WINS SPOKANE, Jan. 17 (VP)' Wright field's Air Tecs trounced the Gelgcr field basketball team lust night, 05 lo 37. The Air Tecs are westward bound for a meeting with tho Fort Lewis Warriors. WOOL SHIRTS $5.95 to $9.85 OREGON WOOLEN STORE Main and 8th -Annual FIREMAN'S DANCE Sailors Out box Marines Sailor Al Burkhardt C Doclsion Over Miko Af The navy boxers i,,, the iniii'lnm, four tnS two, uuiuia a ctijnifitv . emwi lit tin. ,..'..., ",. n lust night. "lr In lllti imiln .., Miko Alfau,, ,i ,. '.'.". riul.l M.nln.1 ' '. " ' " WW mUshed fighter Al was a clean, lui-l-rll5lj I., nil the way U.iuukI, ,tu1' " nil lilt - VIM) fistic Iniilo l I,,,,. mini iiiirniiiirui's (Ivmuii Ii,, J fin,.,. i, ii. ii "" inmin in ii. ri.i,::r,7Hi I h rutin i to imw ittiii.... . w "1 .... IVIIJ, The murines uneiu', i . lur fighter in ivv... N Per,. 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