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I IX HERALD AND NEWS Gardner Nominates Two Men for Post of Czar Rickey or O'Connor Suggested as Top Material by Texas League President By HAROLD V. RATLIFF DALLAS, Feb. 23 (fl3) Listen . kJ a voice from the minors on who should be named high com missioner of baseball. It's from J. Alvin Gardner, president for 16 years of the Tex- HID By PAUL HAINES ODDS AND ENDS The KUHS freshmen cagers, coached by Paul Deller, finished their season last Saturday night. The Rooks did all right for them selves winning 11 and dropping three for an average of .786 per cent. Here is a list of the out come of the games played: rraaaman t Tulelske U rrsahmen IS Henley IS Freshmen 4 Bounu IS Free-men 22 M-Iln . S Free-men . 1 T-lalaka SS Freibtnen 24 Merrill . 13 Freshmen . -ft Melln -. - Free-men 23 Kene -7 Freshmen . 5- Fremont Jr. HI 14 Freshmen 33- Bon-ma .12 Freshmen 27 Hauler - Freshmen -. 63 Merrill 13 Freehmen 24 Kene -1 Freshmen IS Tolelake . IS Totsl . . 399 Our brother scribe from the Grants Pass Courier, Jerry Ack len, has compiled some final statistics on the Southern Ore gon conference this season. Jerry ; has gone to a good bit of trouble to compile these figures, and we appreciate it. Final standings and the top 10 scorers follow: Se.thern Oregon Conference Final Team Stan dinaa Pie. Pts. -- W.' I. ' Pel. For Art. -fM'erS 12 law 321 Sis Klamath Falls S 7 .417 3S3 423 Grants Pass 4 S .333 37S . 402 - Ashland S .280 31U 0t . Flayer Team FQ FT FF Its. Beaa Medlord . S3 1 18 12 Palmer Xlamath Falls 45 33 28 123 Blebel Grants Psaa 47 24 2. 118 . Beedr Ashland 38 1 31 6 LaU - -.-, Granta Pass 37 18 24 - 93 Jandrean Ashland 33 38 36 - 92 Watson He-iora , - u s- m Samnelson Ashland .aw t -i .34 18 31 81 11 11 3173 Fa cett Medford Sixes Medford ' It will be noticed that Jim : Palmer, deadeye Pelican for ward, is only six pointo off the . pace from leading the confer ence in scoring. If Jim can break away from Watson tonight In -the first game of -the district tournament with Medford, he may cop top scoring honors for the entire conference this season. Here's wishing him luck! And finally, the Leathernecks from the Marine Barracks have won 16 and dropped six so far this season for an average of .727 per cent. Coach Les Israel's hoopmen will tangle with the San Francisco Coast Guard Pilots over the weekend. The two service clubs will collide Saturday night on the KUHS maple and Sunday evening on the post hardwood. Here are the 10 high marine scorers to date: FO ...81 PF 84 26 TP 195 198 178 1S1 146 7S 67 53 27 13 DomitroTlch Mills Barkland Cox Money Mealh Cleveland -Wilder 17 23 1 13 8 1 Pleasant Hill Wins In Lane County's "B" Cage Tourney EUGENE, Feb. 23 (JP) The opening round of Lane county's "B" cage tourney here last night saw Pleasant Hill, finalist in last year's state contest, swamp Co burg 64-26. Other scores: St. Mary's (Eu gent) 36, Lowell 22; Mapleton 32, Elmira 16; Oakridge 34, Crow 28. In two invitational preliminaries, McKenzie edged out Creswell 27-24, and Siuslaw (Florence) defeated Triangle 84-14. Referee Declares Bout "No Decision" . SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 23 (IP) Referee Toby Irwin ended a schaduled 10-round main event fight at Civic auditorium be tween Jackie Cooper, 146, Chi cago, an Freddie Dixon, 147, Phoenix, Ariz., in the seventh round last night and declared it "no decision." Irwin, oldest referee in point of service in. California, said Dixon gave his best efforts but that it was apparent to him Cooper was not trying. CEITHAML BACK HOME .'. ANN ARBOR Ensign George F. Ceithaml, Michigan's 1942 football captain, who command ed a landing barge during Sicily and Normandy invasions, is now at an eastern base studying to become a gunnery officer. . Come Out To Leah's Drive-ln At Th .-V WEYERHAEUSER JUNCTION . For those good home mode piet and steaks. Open from 6:00 A. M. to 10:00 P. M. Frldar. Feb. 23, 194S as league and who knows every one of any importance connect ed with the game. Gardner's nomination is a dou ble one he would suggest either Branch Rickey, president of the Brooklyn Dodgers, or Leslie O' Connor, secretary to the late commissioner, Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis. . "Naming a man outside of baseball probably would carry more public appeal, but for the greatest good of the game, we should have a man like Rickey or one - like O'Connor," said Gardner today as he speculated on when his league, which sus pended in 1942 due to the war, might resume operations. "These men know the minor league problems from top to bot tom, both are lawyers and would bring to baseball a wealth of knowledge and experience suit ed especially to conduct of the game. O'Connor has said he wouldn't take the job and he probably would not be a popular choice with most baseball men. But O'Connor gained unpopular ity because he did his duty with out fear or favor. He would do that as commissioner. "Rickey, who got his start as a player with Dallas of the Texas league, would present only one drawback as commissioner," Gardner added. "Rickey never backed Sunday baseball and his being named commissioner might be construed by some as a recognition by baseball itself that it was wrong to play on Sunday." Gardner didn't think there was a chance of the Texas league resuming in 1945. New York Yank Deal Finished By JOE REICHLER NEW YORK, Feb.. ii (IP) fhe New York Yankees were in the hands of new owners today with formal - completion of the transaction transferring control of the famed club and its vast holdings from the Ruppert estate to Col. Larry MacPhail, Capt. Dan Topping and Del Webb. ,: A. check for $2,500,000 was turned over yesterday to Alfred Wottrich, of. the Manufacturers Trust company, in payment for the 86.88 per cent of the stock held by the three women heirs of the late Col. Jacob Ruppert. Payment of $300,000 to Ed ward Barrow for his 10 per cent of the stock had been made with in the past fortnight. There re mains 3.12 per cent of the stock, still belonging to George E. Rup pert, brother of the former Yan kee owner. MacPhail took over the presi dency and general managership of the club while Ed Barrow, retiring boss, assumed the chair manship of the board of di rectors. Eight of the 11 directors resigned leaving only George M. Weiss, vice president and secretary; Byron Clark Jr., Yan kees' attorney; and Barrow of the former group. About 375 players went with the sale. In addition to the American league franchise in New York and the Yankee sta dium, the Newark Bears of the International league along with Ruppert stadium there; Kansas City of the American association with its park; Binghamton of the Eastern league, and Norfolk of the Piedmont league were in cluded. Rogue River Blasts Eagle Point, 29-16 In "B" Tournament MEDFORD, Feb. 23 (IP) Rogue River emerged from the first round of the Jackson Josephine county "B" tourna ment last nlphr with n 90.1 R Aa. feat over Eagle Point. utner winners were Talent, nosing out Butte Falls 30-26; Central' Pnlnt In behind 27-11, and Jacksonville, "Phog" Allen Will Enter Politics LAWRENCE, Kas., Feb. 23 (JP) Dr. F. C. "Phog" Allen, fiery University of Kansas basketball mentor, is entering a new field politics. He has filed as a candidate for the Lawrence city council on the republican ticket. Classified Ads Bring Results. TRUCKS FOR RENT You Drive Mot Yours.. Save 5. Long and Short Trip STILES' BEACON SERVICE Phon 8304 1201 East Mais "'Make Up vX.-,7-To except majors on a . I H-V or 1 bid league set-up maybe AKsL r . J "Grey Mask" With Gloomy Klamath rassling fans should get their fill of excitement and spills tonight at the Klamath arena when Gloomy Gust John son, junior heavyweight king of the Pacific coast, matches holds with the savage, invincible "Grey Mask." This bout will be the main event on a red-hot card that will see Jack Kiser butt biceps with Pete Belcastro in the semi windup, and Georges Dusette, the French Strongman, crunch craniums with "Blood and Guts" Davidson in the curtain raiser. Johnson is out for revenge on the masked menace in the headline tussle and vows that he will flop the hooded hood lum by fair means or foul. Mr. Stoneface has insisted on extra police protection tonight as he fears the wrath of the fans if he again emerges triumphant. In their previous tiff here, Gloomy Gust almost succeeded in downing the "Mask," but finally was forced to succumb to the vicious head butts of Mr. Stoneface. Tonight, Gust will Co-Kingpins Of Golf Face Two Threats By SKIPPER PATRICK PENSACOLA. Fla., Feb. 23 (fP) Sammy Snead of Hot Springs, Va., and Byron Nelson co-kingpins in the pro golf business each started after his fifth championship of the winter today faced with a couple of new threats to their fairways su premacy. The most imminent danger to golf's Mr. Bigs appeared to be Athletic Specialist 1c Jimmy Demaret of the Corpus Christi, Tex., naval air station. Demaret, who holds the all time record of winning six PGA championships in one year 1940 caught up with the travel ing pros for the second time this winter in the pro-amateur warm up round yesterday and prompt ly shot a 6-under par 66, four strokes better than any of the veteran tourists could do. Jimmy's only tournament golf this winter was the Corpus Christi Open where he finished sixth. The second obstacle is a water logged course that makes ap proaches and green play doubly uncertain. Bucks Qualify as Hoop Champions COLUMBUS, O. Ohio State is making it perfectly clear that the Buckeyes are out to repeat as Big Ten basketball champions. Four of its present starters were members of the 1944 array. Arn old Risen and Don Grate were all-conference selections last winter. Jack Dugger and Paul Huston received honorable men tion. Dugger has had three years of league competition. The start ers average 6 feet 3 J inches in height. Risen, who stands 6-8 f,, is the loop's tallest center. WEST POINT, N. Y. Army ended Yale's record of 66 straight swimming victories by beating Eli, 44-31, in dual meet. DANCE LAND 515 Klamath Av. . DANCE Music By PAPPY GORDON'S OREGON HILL' BILLIES SATURDAY NITE Auspices V.F.W. My MinH'r to Bop Beaks Gust Tonight endeavor to steer clear of this dangerous weapon and do a lit tle slapping around on his own hook. Promoter Mack Llllard has again brought Earl Yoakloy here from Medford to arbitrate the clambake and the first tus sle will get underway at 8:30 p. m. Lou Novikoff Proves Bust In Majors By JERRY LISKA CHICAGO,. Feb. VA its) It could happen only to Lou Novi koff, baseball's enigmatic "Mad Russian" waived out of -the big leagues at the height of a manpower shortage. The Chicago "ubs yesterday released Outfielder Novikoff out. right to Lps Angeles of the Pa cific Coast league, thereby com pleting a unique circle in which the former batting champion of four minor leagues proved one of the biggest duds in major league history. ' The Cubs originally purchased Novikoff with Infielder Lou Stringer from Los Angeles in 1941 for $100,000. Price tag on the colorful Mad Russian was said to have been $75,000. All major league clubs waived the pudgy outfielder, thereby scotching recent rumors that the New York Giants, the Brooklyn Dodgers and the Boston Braves were seeking his services for 1945. Novikoff came up to the Cubs one of the most nanynooea pa cific Coast stars since Joe Di Maggio left San Francisco for the New York Yankees. He had been batting champion in the Western association, the Amer ican association, the Three Jbye league, the Texas league and the Pacific Coast league. In 1940, Novikoff was the toast of the coast, slamming 40 home runs and batting .363 for Los Angeles. Winner and n0 For the first time in 34 years, a scottie was namcd"host dog", all. Westminster Kennel Club's annual show at Madison Square Gar-i den, New York. New champion is Shielings Signature, owned by Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Snclhcn of Allison Park, Pa. - Scottie. through., out tho nation must be rejoicing Coast Cage Title May Be Decided Cougars Mix With Huskies In Seattle; Beavers Meet Idaho Flvo At Corvallis By Th Associated Pru The posslblo championship hopes of three northern division basketball squads rest today on the outcome of weekend scries scheduled tonight and Saturday in Scuttle and Corvallis whero the Washington Stato college Cougars engage the University of Washington and Oregon State tackles Idaho. Oregon, third club in the title deadlock, is idle, having but one game with Oregon State remaining to finish out its schedule. A win by either Wash ington or Idaho, however, would greatly enhance the Webfoot championship hopes. The weekend play will close the door on one of tho Uni versity of Washington's poorest seasons in years. After march ing to a title last season with only one loss, the Huskies have dropped nine; games this year already as compared with five wins. Coach Hoc Edmundson wasn't certain this morning of his start ing lineup, inasmuch as two trainee stalwarts, Bill Vandcn burgh and Don McMillan are among V-12 men to graduate Saturday and must participate in a rehearsal this evening. Cougar Coach Jack Friel, how ever, named Mort Joslin, Vine Gregg, forwards; Vince Hanson, center; George Hamilton and Rob Rennig, guards, to take the floor at the opening whistle. Oregon State cagers wound up a stiff week of drilling today for a pair of tilts that arc the door to a regained first-place confer ence tie for the Staters. Coach Slats Gill pronounced his men in top form with two complete lineups available for to night's and tomorrow's contests with the Idaho Vandal?. Gill said he would probably stick to his usual starting setup of Ted Hcnningscn and Bob Lab hart as forwards; Red R o c h a, center; Bernie McGrath and Lar ry West, guards. Another quintet, which has played much of the last games on benches but startled observ ers with its good form in this week's practice, is expected to see some action. The group in cludes Dick Strait and George Sortie, forwards; Hal Puddy, cen ter; Johnny Moore and Jack Simms, guards. Two letterman guards. Bill Carbaugh and Len Pyne, pace the Idaho attack. Other Vandal starters will be Bob O'Connor and Jeff Ovcrholser, forwards, and John Taylor, center. Ironmen Wallop Stars to Tie For Hockey Lead SEATTLE, Feb. 23 (P) Scor ing three goals and a pair of as sists. Manager Frank Dotten paced his Seattle Ironmen back into a deadlock for the northern division, Pacific Coast Hockey league, lead last night with a 6-4 win over the Seattle Stars. The losers moved out in front with three successive goals in the opening period but were shut out in the second and man aged to slip in but a lone tally in the third. AN EVEN DOZEN PITTSBURGH Al Lopez of the Pirates wears No. 12, lives at 1210 12th avenue, Tampa, and last season was his 12th major league season catching 100 games, tying Gabby Hartnett's National league record. New Champion Saturday Night K. C. t Sponsored by Modern and Old Tim Way Up Bill Henry paced Rico to 10th straight and Southwest Con ference championship. Six-loot eight-Inch, 315-pound center is greatest point-maker in leaguo s history. (I Sugar" Ray Set for Tiff With Lamotta NEW YORK, Fob. 23 () Ray "Sugar" Robinson returns to his home grounds at Madison Square Gardon tonight to meet Jake Lamotta, tho only fighter who has beaten him in 54 pro starts. Robinson is a 1 to 3 fa vorite to make it three out of four over tho Bronx middle weight. Lamotta will have a strong pull in the weights, probably 12 pounds, as he expects to come in at 159 to Robinsons 147 for their 10-round bout which Is ex pected to draw 14.000 fans and a gate of about $75,000. Sugar Ray dcclsioncd Lamot ta in their first meeting in tho Garden in 1042 but Jake snap ped the Harlem youngster's win ning streak at Detroit In rcu ruary, 1943. Robinson reversed it three weeks later. Head Grid Coach At Arkansas May Get Boost In Pay LITTLE ROCK, Ark., Feb. 23 (IP) The head football coach at the University of Arkansas can be paid a salary as high at $12,500 a year, if a bill Intro duccd yesterday in the Arkansas senate becomes law. Present salary of the coach though never made public, is be licved to be between $4000 and $6000. 1,323,000 HAVE VISITED MAN O' WAR LEXINGTON, Ky. More than 1,323,000 people from all over the world have visited Man o' War at Farnway Farm. This is shown by tho guest book which Will Harbut proudly Keeps. Big Kca s groom is quick to point out that sometimes one man signs for a party, and nowadays, when bus loads of soldiers visit, they don't have time to sign. The names of those who have dropped in on the greatest of race horses fill 63 ledgers of 500 pages with 42 sig natures to the page. Cardinals Ar No Part of Champs Against Walters CINCINNATI Since first tackling Bucky Walters as a Red, August 12, 1938, the Cardinals have won 617 National league games against 355 reverses, for a percentage of .635. Against Walt ers, thcRcd Birds have bagged 12 and dropped 20, for .375. Walters has' been called upon 35 limes to stop St. Louis, and has been around. at tho finish on 27 occasions In 292-innlngs, he has granted 92 runs, or less than three per game. Ho has won many of these games with his own bat. If it's a "frozen" article vou need, advertise for a used one In the classified. 'Whin In Medford Stay at HOTEL HOLLAND . Thoroughly Modara . Jo and Ann Earley . Proprietors HALL Towmnd,Club Dancing 9iOO.'Tll 1:00 Manpower Baseball's Big Vorry Frlck Says 25 Por Cent Travel Cut Was Own Idea, All-Star Gamo Ellmlnatod NEW YOUK, Feb, 23 (IV) . Its lninsHiiluUun proulems ap parently solved, buseoull s chief worry tunny won whether It would huvo enough manpower to piny In 1IHU. 1-ci ill Frick, National Iciiguo president, -.returning from n series of conferences with James K. Byrnes, war mnbiliziitlon di rector, tuui Col. J. Monroe John son, OUT chief, proloiw'd to lie highly snlbdi'd with tho results amii-vuel in Washington. While refusing lu say what ho and Will Uiu'ridge. American lvaguu lit'iul, discussed with Hyriit'S, Frlck said hit doubled whether llyrnes or iinyonu else would have any thing to say about the manpower problem until .something was dune with legislation now under couslderu lion In Wiishiiigton, Clearing up misunderstand ing concerning tho meeting with Johnson on Wednesday, Flick said: "The director of defense trans portation did not request us to cut baseball travel by 25 per cent. He asked us to re-ex-amino our schedule mid innko such further cut in transport!! tion us possible. The 25 per cent reduction was our Idea. "There will be no drastic chnngo in our schedule. There In no need for our intersectliinnl trips being reduced from three to two. The climlnrtllon of the All-Star gimie will siivo 500,000 passenger miles." Three Teams Tie For First Place In Gift Toss Bee LEXINGTON, Mo.. Feb. 23 ll'l Boise, Idaho, und lla-ctl Park, Mich., high schools lied for first place In tho fifth week of the luitluual "posliigc stamp" frco throwing contest sponsored by Wentworlh Military acad emy, Capt. K. P. Coleman, di rector, announced today. Both llnzel Park and Boise hit 107 of 150 shots und will qualify for tho finals March 12. Ten-man teams In 31 states throw on their homo courts and mall results to tho academy here. Other high team scores in this week's results: Klabcr, Wash,, B7. DETROIT GETS COACH FROM FERTILE FIELD DETROIT Charles E, Baer comes to Detroit os head fool ball coach from Illinois, where he was an assistant. Baer, 30, formerly coached at the football spawning grounds that arc Emerson and Lew Wal lace High Schools of Gary. Among Bacr-coached prep players who won collegiate fame arc Frank Hauman, Henry Strum and Joe Minal of Pur due; Julius Rykovlch and Rudy Krall of Notre Dame; L. A. Ringaman, Elmer Em:le and Bill Krall of Illinois; Al Bodncy and Pete Mandich of Tulane; Julius Kern of Kansas and Iowa Pre Flight; Max Morris of North western and Joo Black of In diana, , Allen Adding Machines Fridon Calculators Royal Typewriters Desks Chairs Files For those hard-to-got Items PIONEER PRINTING AND STATIONERY CO. ' 124 So. 9th Klamath Falls DANCE AT THE BIG WHITE Every SATURDAY NigM Corner of Homedale and Airway . Music by , , Jack Stuart and His 5-Piece Band Briefs S;'sA Mil r Hugh Fullerton, Jr. Army u, Nlrop ' out J "Unwed to play f, ''c,,wonu York, alii,,, ,J ; jv, " 'l Ini Iravel just as souti. n,.,,,! ; w'LVi Just why Nol,- -"u real lllcllm ""-.J why any '"'' :, should l. playlir.'L leges still huvu ,0I1,; ' ! revise their sc ,e,u.L0,l Inuto long-HlM,,, J more: travel inc Anmieur llockov . tln. which ,, I, Playoff scl.ed iw "' t ? April for ( u".,b ures there'll . no "5 ri i N on Ininsimrlnllnn lii., H "Hy "11 the r..ZnhK'Jt ers come fro,,, wmH W mill will be he(ll,, that lime, anyway", Wme of other events iiiiu 1' V .-o the AAufflbJ at Denver mi n"1 baseball nl Vlcl,lt Ka, l I hey drew entrant f J-'J army and navy nnd ,h'r0 service tea,,, Tier H tournaments nf!r i."f.'m ly will be extended io bsig r, -,TUG 'WH ' I.t. C,Ien Alexnndor, f0ft. Penn Stale wrostli,,,'., returned to Slnte coll, ft, a Saturday afternoon '.ft' i . , "' ul'y n Mnl a,u Italy ... 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