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HERALD AMD MKWS THUS!
kwim Year .'Off. Spot Erats Passing
By HALE SCARBHOUOH
For out sport In particular tho call of tho wild the year
Just eiKllntf was the blKiiost Biid moiit successful In Klumutli biiHln
history, Moro hunters, local unit veiling, banned more pheasant,
door, jjcoso und ducka In tills area during 1040 than over before.
Shooters flockud Into tho basin from every western aliitc,
tho visitors having Juat as grout a haro in tho game harvest as
local hunters and Klamath's famo an a aportsman's paradise
mounted In proportion to tho ahootcra hitting tho flolda,
And all thla hunting wai dona despite a critical ahortage of
holla that made gutting ammunition almost aa grout a aport aa
lining it. Homo ardent nhootera atalkod a box of ahotgun ahclla
with ubout aa much onthualanm aa they would atalk a aovon-polnt
buck. -
Compared by tho number of poraona taking an actlvo part,
(ho fluid and stream aport made all othora aocm minor. Baakol
bnll brought 1(M5 In locally, Just aa it ia easing the year out.
Klumutli hurt two fine tenma to watch the Pollcana. who took
aocotid plucu behind Medford In the conference, and tho Murlnea,
oiio of tho cluHxluat service qulntota on the coaat.
The Loathcrnocka, you remember, had Hcd Gilbert, Bill Mills,
Eddlo Mouth, Joe Doinltrovlch and John Cox us first stringers.
A cage fun could go a lifetime without seeing a bettor gume than
tho 40-44 thriller tho Murlnea took from Portland AAB, or the
60-83 loaa to Mlramar, or tho last-second 40-44 win over Falr-flold-Sulsun.
Also the Marines beat Fee's Music Makers 48-46
and 03-48 and finished tho scaaon with a record something like
27 wins and 7 defeats.
Jim Palmer, Pelican forward and high scorer, waa picked on
the all-conference team, along with four Medford boys, and
aooms sure to repeat this year. Jim Noreen and Bud Blehn were
on tho second team.
CI oho to 2000 basketball fans packed into tho KUHS gym to
aee the Murines drop a 68-80 thriller to Shannon' of Portland
in tho March of Dimes benefit.
Boxing also occupied the local limelight for a while last
spring. Tho Leatherneck stable hud Charlie Harris, Johnnie
OatoB, Llto Perez, Rudy Salazar and Mike Alfano and they
fought several cards with the KNAS stable of Al Burkhardt, Tom
Bryant, Bruce Cragham, Harold Winkler, Robert Hlttson and
Glen Williams.
Feeling Growing That Odds
For Alabama Are Too High
'Good For Wartime' Label Put On Tide;
; J Southern Cal May Be Toughest Yet
I ' PASADENA, Calif., Doe. 28 (IP) Call it what you will, thore'a
a growing feeling around horo that odda making Alabama a 13
point fuvurlto over Southern California in the Rose Bowl are
" out of lino,
Southern California sports writers took a good look at Ala
bama yesterday and found the Crimson Tide on tho thin aide. So
thin and youthful, tho writers began expressing doubt concern
ing tho Tide's ability to withstand the buttering of the Trojan
- behemoths on New Year's Day.
Even Vaughn Munchu, 'Bnma'a tnnkllko all-America center,
. to somo Bcemcd shy of his listed weight of 240 pounds.
There was, however, no quibbling about Alubumu'a speed nor
' iii. Harry Gilmer a uruceful uaas
piiciung, it was just mat somo
observers wondered whether
Alabama In amassing nine
straight wins and 31)0 points to
opponents' 66 had mot any team
ua big and tough aa the Trojans.
"Georgia, Tennessee and LSU
were the only really strong
teams wo mot this season,"
genial Frank Thomua, Alabama
coach, admits. He candidly calla
his own southeastern champions
"a good wartime tuam."
But Coach Thomas unreserv
edly endorsos the 19-year-old
Gilmer as "the greatest passer
I've evor aeon." Thla from the
man who coached Dixie Howell.
Statistics bear out Thomas'
assertion that "I've got a good
bunch of kids." The 34-man
squad averages 20 yeara 1
month, and Includes alx 17-year-olds.
The weight average
la 184.4 pounds.
Stacked up against the Tro
jans' top 34 players, the south
erners are ahy 14 pounds. The
USC squad averages 1D8.6
pounds and 21 yeara even.
Thero is only one 17-year-old
on tho Trojan rostor.
i Alabama's regulars, however,
include Mancha, 23; John Woz
niak, 24, and John Green,. 22,
at guards; Tackle Leo Flowers,
23, and Quarterback Harold
Self, 23, Tho crimson-clod
starters will average 185
pounds, only eight below USC'j
193.
The Trojans will have a nine
pound bulge In the line and six
behind plus the two oldest
players, Quarterback Jerry
Bowman, 26, and Tackle John
Aguirre, 23.
Actually, both squads are
that curioua wartime mixture
of older, discharged servicemen
and callow, undraftod kids. The
weight and age factors may
prove negligible compared to
speed and spirit, which Ala
bama undoubtedly has.
But local critics, It seems,
will have to be shown.
Teacher Will
Show You How
LOS ANGELES. Dec. 28
(AP Tod Tonnohlll, South
ern California's awtet-run-nlng
halfback and pianist,
had Just finished a pair of
classical selections to enthu
siastic applause at last night's
Los Angeles Times Sports
Award dlnnar when Frank
Tnomas, Alabama coach was
Introduced.
"Nice music, Teddy." said
the portly 'Bama mentor,
"But don't forgot you have a
date with your music teacher
next Tuesday at 2 p. m."
That's klokofi time In the
Rose Bowl.
Fee's Top
Webfoots
By 59-49
PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. 28 (A
Perky Warren Perkins last night
paced his Fee's Rollerdrome cago
motes to a 60-49 win over the
University of Oregon Webfoots.
Tho army corporal, former
freshman at Tulano university
in Now Orleans, swished the
hoop for 10 field goals and three
gift throws 23 mints and was
a sensation on rebounds. Frank
Hofflno chalked up 13 points to
loud tho Ducks.
The hard-fought contest saw
tho Webfoots take tho lead twice
in tho first hulf and up to tho
: final six minutes of the last
half. Then the Rollerdromers
ataged a rally to pull out safely
in front.
It was nlp-and-tuck the first
14 minutes. Oregon's Bob Ham
ilton, Ken Hays and Hofflne
combined to put tho Ducks
ahead, 23-20. Tho gamo see
sawed briefly, ending at half
time with a 20-28 edge for Foe's.
. Oregon ran up a 38-33 lead
after 10 minutes of the second
half. Charlie Patterson and
Perkins dumped In goals to cut
the Webfoot lead to 38-37, and
Kco's nftor a 42-42 tie began
the winning roily.
Fee's mun-for-man defense
kept Oregon's Dick Wllklna,
third high northern Idlvlslon,
const conference scorer last year,
from making a single field goal.
Chiloquin Bakers'
Trounce Townies
The Chiloquin AB Bakory
quintet won a fast 44-31 basket
ball victory over the Morrill
Townlcs at Chiloquin lost night
In Which Hi ilatlield and (Jliuu
by Huff rang up 19 points each
for tho winners.
Fothoringham led the Morrill
shooters with 12. The score at
the half was 23-10 in favor of
Chiloauin.
AB Bakery Pos . Townies
Miller (2) F Hunnlcutt (4)
Huff (10) F Llskey (4)
Hatfield (10) G. Fathering-
, . ham (12)
Goorge (0) ..G Falvoy (8)
Giles (2) G Snnpp (3)
Reserves; Bakers Bickers, F
(2); Townies Troutman, F.
Biggest Derby
Of Them All
Is Promised
LOUISVILLE, Ky., Dec. 28
(P) What promises to be the
biggest Kentucky Derby of them
all the 72nd consectitlvA "run
for "the roses" today was offi
cially down for decision May 4.
It'll be the richest, with an
added value of $100,000, an
nounced Col. Matt J. Winn,
President of historic Churchill
'owns track here. That's a $25,
000 Increase over 1945's wartime
derby.
The 84-year-old Winn expects
to see the dollar value matched
by a 100,000 crowd. That would
be a dream come true for the
white-haired colonel who hasn't
missed a derby since the little
rod horse. Aristldes, copped the
nrst one in 1U7S.
FIGHTS LAST NIGHT
By The Associated Press
PORTLAND. Me. Colev
Welch, 162S, Portland knocked
out Freddie Flores, 161s, Now
York (6). Eddie Letourncau,
140, Sanford. and Armand
Mlchaud, 1431, Lewlston, drew
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More Bowl
Games If
Fans Want
MONTGOMERY. Ala., Dec.
28 The more the merrier
aa long as the public wants 'cm.
That was the attitude ex
pressed by some of the nation's
big-name football coaches todoy
toward an Increasing number of
post-season bowl game.
In answer to an Associated
Press questionnaire, they dis
counted fear that more atten
lion to out-of-scaaon play would
adversely affect college compe
tition. Nor did they agree restrictive
action may become necessary.
Only one of six famed college
gridiron directors here for to
morrow's Blue - Gray contest
voiced opposition to extending
the post-season field.
"Only teams with real good
records should be allowed to
play," observed Matty Bell,
coach at Southern Methodist.
The others Lynn Waldorf
of Northwestern, Bernle Moore
of Louisiana State. Ray Morn
son of Temple, Bobby Dodd of
Georgia Tech, and Maryland's
Paul (Boar) Bryant ottered no
obtusion. ' f " ' "
Morrison, however, put In this
suggestion:
Restrict bowl competition in
favor of more bowl games, as
did Dodd. Said the Georgia Tech
mentor:
"I think they keen uu Inter
est In football and improve the
olay. '
Dodd contended that In
creased competition was Justl
fled by the fans' renewed inter
est in sports during and after
the war.
Waldorf Qualified his endorse-
ment with the observation that
"bowl games are O. K., If the
players are consulted and really
want to play." He said, too, that
practice and travel should be
arranged so that they would not
interfere too much with school
work.
All the coaches except Bryant
are here to handle the Blue-Gray
teams. The Maryland navy vet
eran was a visitor.
They agreed unanimously
that football Interest was due
for an even greater upward
swing, and Moore predicted it
would continue so "for at least
10 years."
New York Pros May
Train In Idaho
SPOKANE, Doc. 28 (P) The
Chronicle said today the New
York Yankees of the new Amor
lean Professional Football league
might select Hayden Lake,
Idaho, for a 1946 fall training
site.
The paper quoted "unofficial
sources In Coeur d'Alene" as
saying Coach Ray Flaherty of
the Yankees already had made
preliminary arrangements to
bring his squad to the resort.
Coach Flaherty previously
brought the Washington Red
skins to Eastern Washington col
lege at Cheney when he was
coaching that, team and also
brought the same squad to
Spokane another year.
FALL RIVER, Mass. Oscar
St. Pierre. 148, Fall River, out
pointed Archie Gibbons, 140,
Albany, N. Y (10). Alex Re
bark, 168, Pawtucket. outpointed
Al Plnel, 160, New Bedford (6).
((Men Have
Improved
earn
BANGTAILS RUN INTO DOUGH
ARCADIA, Calif., Dec. 28 (P)
Horse racing which hit a tre
- mendous pace in California this
year goes into Its postwar, or
super-collossal, phase tomorrow
with the opening of a 56-day
winter meeting at Santa Anita.
With unprecedented munifi
cence, Los Angeles Turf club of
ficials have posted stakes aggre
gating $050,000 and including
not ono, but two "hundred
granders" tho Santa Anita
handicap and the Derby. In addi
tion, Santa Anita will offer five
$00,000 events and eight stakes
for $25,000 added. Lowest indi
vidual purse will be $3000.
A $25,000 race, the California
Breeders ' stakes for two-year-olds,
is the opening day feature
at one mile and may attract 18
starters, boosting the gross value
of the event to somo $30,000.
Listed as definite starters in
their final appearance as juven
iles are Miss Rosemary Ryan's
Stylo Prince, prerace favorite;
L. B, Mayer's entry of Honey
moon, Moneybags and Charivari;
Luke and Sneed's Bar Willie,
Harry Isenberg's Going Wit Me,
Binnacle Bob, War Sun, and
Lady Anita, Nine others have
been nominated,
The winner will bo crowned
champion California two-year-old
for 1045.
Granted good weather, the
track expects 40,000 patrons and
$3,000,000 in wagering on the
first day. And from there on,
business will pick up. A look at
the 1945 Santa Anita figures
although for a late spring meet
ing will show why the moolah
flows like water in sunny Arca
dia: Bettors chunked $87,634,421
In the parl-mutuels during the
40-day meet, for a dally average
of $2,190,860. On handicap day,
$3,813,300 was wagered, $791,
837 on the 'cap alone. .
That isn't quite up to ' Bel
mont's four-million dollar takes,
but it's quite an upsurge for
Santa Anita, now in only its
ninth season.
Craig Only Doubtful
Starter Against
Longview Tomorrow
Only ono man of the Pelican
starting five is in the doubtful
category as the K-men eo into
final practice before their meet
ing with the powerful Longview,
Wush., quintet on the KUHS
nuruwood tomorrow night.
Ray Craig, first-strinu auard
hurt his hip - in a tie-up at
Grunts Pass last weekend and if
the injury is still bothering him
at game time either Bob Rodkcy
or Tommy Edwards will get the
starting nod at the back court
position.
The remainder of the Pelican
lineup will have Jim Palmer and
Gene Hover at forwards, Jerry
Thorne at center, and Leroy
Coleman at guard.
Coach Dutch French considers
his gang a much-improved ball
handling machine since the Pels
copped the Rogue River tourney
at Grants Pass, and the defense
has particularly sparkled in
workouts.
French Is ankle-deep In good
players for every position. His
reserves include John Lindman.
Bill Crawford. Clarence Buss-
man and Joe Zarozinski at for
wards. Bill McLean and Joe Far
rell, centers, and Redkey and
Minuiuh gum no.
The Longview team, men
tored by Buck Hammer, sends
advance notice of being a hard
team to boat. Hammer Is well
known here, a former Pelican
football coach, and he has re
fused to bring his Longview
teams down until this year, say
ing that he would wait until he
had a good one.
Tomorrow nieht's tilt will
honor all former Pel basketball
players and student managers.
especially those who have Just
recently returned from the serv
ice. They will be admitted free
and nave reserved seats along
(lie uencn.
The game starts at 8 o'clock.
Admission will be by season
tickets or ducats purchased at
the gate.
Rival Grid
Coaches Are
Put On Spot
NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 28 (P)
Coaches of the rival Sugar Bowl
football teams today observed
the traditional pre-game cere
mony of putting each other on
the spot.
Coach Jim Lookabaugh of
Oklahoma A. & M., said the
bookmakers' selection of his
club to win by two touchdowns
was without foundation in rea
son. Coach Jim Phelan of St.
Mary's said the margin was too
small.
"The odds don't mean
thing," declared Lookabaugh at
BUoxi, Miss., where his Cow
boys are training for the Jan
uary lfiame here. "Look at the
way le weaker professional
football and baseball teams
knock off the stronger ones dur
ing a season.
"If anybody could figure the
odds on the football game there
wouldn't be much use in playing
it. We take 'em all even and do
the best we can."
"Only two touchdowns?" re
marked Phelan, prepplng his
Gaels at Gulfport, also on the
Mississippi coast. If I were a
gambler I'd say that was con
servative. After all. we're play
ing boys against their men. And
their' advantage in reserve
strength is a major factor.
"Of course. I realize the
weather probabilities make it
difficult to offer more than two
touchdowns on any game. If it's
a muddy field nobody can run
away. But I'd rather see a clear
day and nave the issue setuea.
Whitey, in his EATABLUSH-
MENT above Al's place, said:
"It's still St. Mary's plus 12
points or A. & M. minus 14.
Near Riot Causes
Shift- Of Game
DALLAS, Tex., Dec. 28 &)
A near riot here tostay Dy
crowds seeking tickets to Sat
urday's state high school cham
nlnnshln same between HI Eh-
land Park (Dallas) and Waco
caused officials to transfer the
affair from 23.000 capacity
Ownby stadium to the 4.5,000
capaclty Cotton Bowl. More
than 25,000 requests were re
ceived before tickets went on
sale.
Burkhardt and Harris were the cream of the glovers. The
former, who had a lot of ring experience as Kid Silk, beat
Alfano and Catcs, then was trounced by Harris, who entered the
scrapping as a secret weapon for the marines. Charlie had over
UO pro lights ana a loi oi service douis as nis experience.
Cencral Orcuon fishing season in Oregon opened April 14,
but some Klamath county areas remained closed until May 12.
The trout streams got a big play.
Meanwhile track season was going on. The KUHS cindermen,
with Duvo Henthorne as star, captured the Southern Oregon
Northern California track meet, with Medford second, then Hen
thorne won the lou-yard dasn, quarter mile, broad lump, and was
a member of the relay team to be high-point man at the state
meet in Corvallis. The Pels finished third.,
About this time American Legion junior baseball began to be
talked. The loop with three teams, Conger, Mills and Del Moro,
finally was organized, after innumerable difficulties including a
wet spring and early summer, and managed to get in two rounds
of play. The groundwork laid, junior baseball should really catch
hold this summer.
In baseball the Marines and Sailors again fielded teams
the two strongest in the Southern Oregon conference. The Leath
ernecks climaxed a win streak of 15 straight by copping the
Shaughnessy playoff and championship from the Navy 6-5.
The Junior ball and service play brought out Klamath Falls'
crying need for a decent baseball park. Recreation field, baseball
funs decided, was a disgrace to the sport, the bleachers ram
shackle and dangerous, the diamond and outfield continually In
need of care. The Marines also stumbled into another hazard to
play In that foul balls over the fence were very seldom returned.
iney naa irate nousenoiaerg and yard dogs to contend with
when chasing bails, but solved one part of the problem by hiring
neighborhood kids who were quicker and smarter than the dogs. -
Swimming also came to the front in popularity when the
Marine Barracks pool was opened to Klamath swimmers, and
the two water carnivals staged out there were hailed aa the best
aquatic shows ever presented here.
The American Legion made about $450 to be used In promot
ing junior baseball here off the sports extravaganza at Recreation
park when Jesse Owens, great Negro sprinter, raced Pat Hogue'a
4-year-old filly, Just Susan. The horse won. Also the Harlem
Globetrottera beat the House of David baseball team 12-2 before)
an overflow crowd.
Over 2000 half-grown Mongolian pheasants were released In
the basin during the latter part of August. The season started
October 18. California deer season opened September 16, and the
Oregon shooting started September 29. The state game commis
sion issued only 800 antelope tags and limited the kills to bucka
with ear-length horns, which drew cat-calls from plenty of hunt
ers. .
Football practice at KUHS started September 1. The Pellcani
beat Salem, Ashland and Bend, and loat to Grant, Medford,
Grants Pass, Eureka, and Eugene. Bob Redkey and Tommy Ed
wards were the backfield flashes for the Pels.
No mention has yet been made of wrestling. Capacity crowds
at the armory this year were normal for the Friday night card
and grappiers too numerous to mention some of the favorites
were the Grey Mask, Rough Rufus Jones, Bulldog Jackaon,
Angelo Martlnelli, Pete Belcastro, George Wagner,. Sneeze
Acheiu, Georges Dusette, Kenny Ackles, Buck Davidson put on
great bouts for the customers. .
And now basketball season is back, wildfowl season cloaea
Monday and the sports cycle is almost complete.
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