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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 21, 1946)
Pels Roar Past Baker For 37-23 Tourney Win Tall Story About Costy at th Bat Every time I get Into baseball bull session I have the urge to tell the story of the longest home run I ever saw, but every telling results in my being canea a mim-iu-eujner or in mui Of tne DUll-SCSSlOners naving - ; 1 fnHhar Anyhow, it's a good story. This was back about the summer of '38 or '37 when a pickup team from Reform, Ala., was playing a ditto from Carrollton, Ala., on a vacant lot at Car rollton. Seems that I played something, don't remember what, on the Carrollton team. A high school boy named Sunny Curry was doing the chucking for Carrollton this partic ular afternoon, and the guy at the plate for Reform was a big, pot-bellied fellow called Little Doc Wimberley, on account of his father was a physician and was known as Big Doc Little Doc wasn't little. So Sunny let a fast ball go down the groove anil Little Doc whaled it out toward left field. being a right-handed batter. As I remember it a fellow named Albert Eiell was playing left field, deep. The ball was 50 feet in the air when it went over Albert's head and still going up. The field, which was actually just a vacant city block, didn't have a fence, of course. The ball went clear out of the lot, over the road and over a two-story frame house on the other side of the street. Where it landed we never knew, because we couldn't find the ball. Out of curiosity we stepped off the distance from the plate to the house and figgered that the ball had already traveled S00 feet when it passed the house and was still going strong. I don't know if there Is any actual record for home run dis tances, but the World Almanac says that the center field fence In the Polo Grounds is 490 feet out and there have been balls put over it. r Copco Dam Fishway Has Good Chance One of the big doings on the agenda of the local Izaak Wal ton league for the coming year is to make further strides toward having fishways built around Copco dam on Klamath river, to enable salmon and steelhead to come on up the river to spawn. Just about all the parties concerned are in accord now, and there is a good chance that a fish ladder will be constructed around the dam. It's a sort of four-pronged problem, concerning the federal government through its Indian service, California, Oregon and Copco. This country would receive a tremendous boost in its drawing card as a recreation spot if the runs could be re stored to the river, and although almost everyone will agree that it's a desirable aim. it takes organised sportsmen's groups to give it a push. Boyd Jackson and Wade Crawford. Klamath Indian tribal delegates, have received instructions to help along the cause when they go back to Washington in January. - Reunion on Pelican Gym Floor Up at the Klamath Union high school gym these afternoons several members of former Pelican basketball teams are work ing out with the present-day Klamath squads while down here for Christmas vacation from college. Yesterday Wilbur Welch, Jim Conroy, Dick Cada, Don Bigger, Rex Young, Jim Palmer and others were scrimmaging. Several of the boys were mem bers of . Klamath's last state championship team. Draft And Swap Of Trippi Sets Off Battle Of Dollars CLEVELAND, Dec. 21 (IP) Charlie Trippi, Georgia's all- America.- halfback, was cnosen bv the defunct Miami club in the all-America conference's first draft earlv today and immedi ately was swapped to the New York Yankees to touch off a 14 Million Fish Freed In Year PORTLAND, Dec. 21 (IP) A total of 14,608,644 fish were liberated in Oregon lakes and streams this year, despite a fish food scarcity which hampered hatcheries, the state game com mission said today. The fish turned loose weighed 139.890.3 pounds. Included were 12,158,418 rainbow trout, 468,- 714 cutthroat, 463,576 eastern brook, 628,273 steelhead. 105,986 Loch Leven, 248,440 silverside, 529,789 Chinook and 5450 chum salmon. L&C Triumphs PORTLAND, Dec. 21 (IP) Lewis and Clark e o 1 le g e thumped the Oregon College of education basketball team last night, 63-35, despite a 21-point effort by Center Abrahamson of the losers. - GIDDYAP. TEAM MORRISON, 111., Dec. 21 (P) Morrison high . school students have decided on new nicknames for their, athletic teams. For several years the teams were the Morrison : "Mallets," but students became irked - at having their athletes called Wooden Heads, Block Heads and Hammer Heads. From now on, the names are "Mustangs" for the varsity and "Ponies" for the reserve. ATTENTION! Master Wave Beauty Shop now openl Hasel Wakeman, operator (formerly East Side Beauty Shop), 4243 Shasta way, next to Art's Barber Shop. Phone 3341. GIVE A GIFT HE CAN WEAR ALL SILK 3.50 - 5.00 Either hand - painted scenic patterns or figured designs. TIES aTinSaVQPViBaWNv or mi v battle of dollars that likely will be without a parallel in sports. Trippi, regarded as one of the greatest of modern natural ath letes, was drafted a week ago by the Chicago Cardinals of the National football league and was selected by Hampton Poole, coach of the Seahawks, on the first draw here. The draft in the two leagues gives those two club owners the right to deal for Trippi's signa ture on a player's contract and the bonus the Dixie dynamiter will get for that bit of penman ship is expected to erase the record of $30,000 offered to Whizzer White of Colorado, by Pittsburgh in pre-war days. Glenn Davis and Felix (Doc) Blanchard army's- touchdown twins of the past three years, also were drafted in the session that started late last nieht and continued right through until early today. Davis was selected by the San Francisco 49ers and Blanchard by Brooklyn but be cause both are likely to remain in the army, the bidding for them is not expected to reach the Trippi proportions. ";. , ' Davis was chosen bv the De troit . Lions in the National league meeting at New York a week ago while Blanchard. who had a year of football at North Carolina before comim to Army, was tapped by the Pitts burgh Steelers. of the . senior league a year ago. Other players selected earlv today, before the clubowners adjourned until noon, are Dick Hoerner - of ' the University of Iowa, : first selection of the Cleveland " Browns; and Frank Barzilauskas, Yale lineman, and Gene Roberts, Chattanooga's little all-America back, by Brooklyn. i BOYS' BASKETBALLS FOOTBALLS VOLLEYBALLS BASKETBALL SHOES SWEAT SOCKS JACKETS In School Colors HAL'S Sport ABUT - NAVY STOSS Stt Mala ml ShMlar ! Lml BtM OwaaS sort Jacks Whqck Oregon Ciiy The Klamath Pelicans trailed the Baker Bulldogs 21 to 17 at halftime last night, then throt tled the visitors with only one lonesome bucket in the second half to win their second game of the 20-30 club's invitational tourney 37 to 23 and going way. In the first game on the KU maple last night, Loncview took care of the uregon Uity Pio neers, 55 to 34. Baker's defense had the Peli can fast break slowed to a trot during the first half of the game, but the second half was an en tirely different story as the scrappy Pels got into the groove and ran the Baker boys ragged. In the first quarter the Bull dogs once were ahead 10-2, but the Pels had pulled to 14-9 by the end of the period. Baker's Jim Calderwood was shooting with deadly accuracy, but the Pelican second string made it shot for shot until the half. Push Shot Ties Then in the third quarter Jer ry Thorn got a bucket to put the Pels just two points behind and Kay (jraig left-nanded a pusn shot on a pass under the basket from Clarence Bussman to knot the score at 21-all. A moment later Bussman made one of two free throws and the Klamathites were out ahead to stay. Baker didnt score in the third period, and by the time it ended Klamath was ahead. 29-21. Klamath rang up eight more points in the fourth period, and Ralph Calloway pitched tne Bulldogs' only ringer. The scoring was scattered through the Pelican lineup, with Jerry Thorn's eight high. Joe Zarosinski had seven and Gene Hover six. For the Bulldogs Calderwood accounted for 10 points and Calloway eight. In the Longview-Oregon City tilt the Lumberjacks jumped off to an early start and led all the way of the rough, wild-passing scrimmage. The score was 21-11 at the quarter and 28-20 at in termission. Buckled Down The big Lumbenacki buckled down defensively in the third stanza, holding the Pioneers to a single basket in that period, and a free-swinging last quarter saw the score pushed to 55-34. In the tourney to date Mam- ath is undefeated in two games, Baker and Longview have one win and a loss, while the Pio neers have been unsuccessful in two times out. Tonight Baker and Oregon City tangle at 7:30 and Klamath and Longview go it at b:ju. Dale Throckmorton and Ernie Bishop did the officiating last night, and a near-capacity crowd saw the games., The 20-30 club, sDonsoring the tourney, pre sented tne Kiamatn county run- lie Health association with an iron lung between games. Amateur Cagers Given Warning PORTLAND. Dec. 21 UP) The Portland Basketball associ ation yesterday warned players they would be barred trom Portland leagues if they per formed with professional teams. formerly the association al lowed professional players to perform if they played for "rec reation" purposes. Spokesmen said the action was taken to protect teams "worried over whether they have players on hand from game to game or whether they will see them in professional lineups." At least four players formerly with amateur leagues here have joined quintets in the new Pa cific Coast Professional Basket ball league. Fish Talks Jon. 11 PORTLAND, Dec. 21 (IP) The annual hearing on angling regulations will be held by the state game commission here January. 11. Seasons, bag limits, and other rules affecting game fish dur ing 1947 will be set. Phone Santa Clausl Kids, lust telephone 8117 and you can talk ! to Santa himself. Tell him what you want for Christmas. Call between noon and 8 p.m. today or Sunday. iai '"JO spl m -b's It ilii ifts. lt- lr 12 ini Heads For Pasadena CHAMPAIGN, 111.. Dec. 21 (IP) Upwards of 1500 towns people and stunems cneereo tne Illinois football squad last night as it boarded three special coaches of the Panama Limited for the trip . to Pasadena and the Rose Bowl game with UlluA on New Years Day. The sauad of 43 players Dwight Eddleman will Join the group on its arrival in Pasa dena Monday arter niaying witn the Illini basketball team at Berkeley, Calif. will arrive in New Orleans today and take In a sightseeing trip through the city before shoving off for the coast. Coach Ray Elliot ordered a heavy scrimmage Monday atter noon, four hours after arriving in Pasadena. BOWLING Ell Ross, who does a little farming in the Bonanza area and a little bowling on the Bonanza Classic league annuel, rnllerf a series of 691 to help his team take two games of a series from Edwards Richfield this week. Ross mark was zso-uu-zjo m three games. He's one of the hMt Icenlers In the state and several times has entered me charmed '700' circle. Also in the Classic loon wai ters Insurance beat Palmcrton. Mill Davis Associated topped Medical-Dental Barbers and Lan dry Insurance clipped routes Food, all bv two games out oi three. Al Hackenworth had a 216 line for Landrv. In the Boster league South ern Oreaon Music and Leach Service tied at 939 for the first team game, but SUM copped the next two and the series. Mat Finnigan's quint edged Rocers Jewelry and Nash beat out the Sportsmen, two games of three, although the latter had a middle team game of 1003. Don Ferguson rolled zua-zuz-184 for 595 for Cal-Ore but that sauad won only one game of a series with Moose. In the Automotive circuit Ashley beat Dick B. Miller three times and Black and White got three on a forfeit from Balsiger. Anderson won three from Jack's Shell and Lombard took Buick by the same score in a trio of very close matches. Susie Booth of the Lady Bugs Oregon Equipment team was high scorer for a single line this week, topping 202 pins in the middle game of her series, but on each side of that game she had 129 and 134. making a series total of 465. Oregon Equipment won two games of three from Coca Cola, but Janis Long and Clover North had lines of 190 and 188 for the losers. Pacific Fruit Express swept three from the last-place Rogers Jewelrv sauad: Clara Gates had a game of 193 td help Houston's Beauty win over Pine Street Market, and Griggs Food beat out Fluhrer's. Houston's lead the Lady Bug league with 26 wins and 13 losses, followed by PFE's 24 and 15. Oregon Equipment's 23-16 and Coca-Cola's 22-17. Griggs, Fluhrers, Pine Street Market and Rogers trail in that order. In Termite league play the ladies are proud of team single games of 800 turned in by Frank's Service, 807 by Moose No. 2, and 821 by Pioneer To bacco. Moose No. 2 took two of three from Moose No. 1, Pioneer To bacco won from Jack's Shell by the same count and Frank's Service drubbed Yellow Cab three straight. Record Gross Gate . NEW YORK. Dec. 21 (TV- Boxing shows conducted by Pro moter Mike Jacobs to date this year have already grossed a record of $5,101,682 contributed by 685,437 fight fans. This in cludes 33 shows at Madison Square Garden, three outdoor shows at the Yankee Stadium and 44 fights at St. Nicholas arena. i Game Tonight MERRILL. Dec. 21 The Mer rill high school cagers have I slated a game with McArther I high school of McArthur. Calir., for tonight at 7:30. The Cali fornians are on a basketball tour and played last night at Dorris. Hard-t-ft autal toys may ietmd at tha SUN STORE. BVMP TRUCKS HOTIHa YAMS STBAM SHOVILI TOY PISTOLS AMM COWBOY SUITS WHEEL OOODS TNI GUN STORE 714 Mala TOYS Sugar Ray Gets Title NEW YORK, Dec. 21 (!) At long last they've crowned the uncrowned champion of the wolterweights Sugar Ray Rob inson and It happened Just about In time, too, because the sugar man Isn't nearly so sweet in the swat department now as he was once. It took five years for the Harlem strlngbran to get his shot at the 147-pound bauble. When he finally got the ticket to the title taffy-pull last night, he arrived on schedule in Madi son Square garden with a 15 round decision over Tommv Bell to take the championship Marty Servo abdicated when he re tired with an aching none in September. But those five years of wait ing during which the uptown beanpole had 75 fights, won 73. lost one (to a middleweight) and tied another apparently took something out of the sugar man that he isn't going to get back. He showed against Tommy that some of the fire has gone out. This isn't taking a thing away from Tommy the Thump er, mind you, because the T shouldered swatter out of Youngstown, Ohio, was a fancy fighting man In there Inst night, and a crowd of 15.670 custom ers who chipped in to a pot of $82,948 liked him. Some even booed the decision, although It was unanimous and the Asso ciated Press score card made it 8 rounds for Ray. 5 for Tommv and 2 even. Bell laid an assortment of large left hooks on Sugar Rav's whiskers that did the Hurli-m Hammer no good at all. And one of them even dumped Rob inson for a seven-count In the second round. And after Tnmmv himself hit the deck in the 11th and had lumps raised on him In the 12th as Robinson tried to put the squeezer over, the Ohio hot-shot came charilne rlaht back to take the 13th and 14th. A-A Circuit Belt Staked CLEVELAND. Dec. 21 (IP) The Cleveland Browns, winners of the western division title, and th Va.1. V-1 . 11 T I winner moot nmnrrnuf in 1 the first championship game of the young All-America circuit. Despite snow and sleet early today, Sunday's weather Is ex pected to be cold, clear and sunny with the mercury In Cleve land s huge Lakeside stadium shivering somewhere in the neighborhood of 20 degrees. If the weatherman shows the least bit of cooperation it is ex pected that the crowd will be near 50,000 as contrasted with the 38,000 who froze In the Na tional league final a year ago when the temperature skidded to three below zero. Coach Paul Brown of the Clcvelandcrs who remain 13 s point favorites although all their right halfbacks are ailing, has equipped his Brownies with canvas shoes, special Arctic-style headgears, gloves and chemical pads that may be palmed and which serve as miniature stoves when dampened by a few drops of moisture. Only the betting gentry and the more rabid fans speak of a 13 i point difference in Sunday's game. Vince Considers Two Baseball Deals - SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 21 (IP) Vince DiMaggio, eldest of the four baseball playing brothers, said today he was considering two baseball deals but has not signed a contract. Mentioned in connection witn the outfielder were managers' posts with the Salt Lake City Bees of the Pioneer league and San Bernardino, Calif., of the New Sunset league. Close One Dropped The Sacred Heart Trojans dropped a close basketball game to the Butte valley Bulldogs or Dorris, 30 to 26, at Fairview gym last night. The Bulldogs led 13 to 9 at the half. MATT SATSI ' Wa arm attrkci f liar naada In all ada atlartlan la aa baaa la raara." SIT Mala Ilk an Mais 411 S. (Ik Allaraa, Calif. UCLA Favored By 6 Points LOS ANGELES, Dec. 21 Ml UCLA's Urutns, ail curly under dog on the odds mart, found themselves favored today local ly at least by six points over Illinois In their Rosa Bowl clash New Year's Day. Illinois had been quoted as a 1 Vpoint favorite until the Bruins started booming In prac tices this week. Working mostly on passing and punting yesterday, the Bruins uncovered another hot number in third string Lett Half Al Holsch, who caught several long gainers from Ernie Case and flashed in a brief ballpack lng stint. Weight Hoist Try Cancelled Several contestants, including showed up at Portland's Central YMCA for an AAU weight-lifting match, but AAU officials said that it had been called off several days earlier. They said that there were no plans to re schedule the contest. The matches were to have been for state AAU laurels. Stephen Kessler, Ed Parkhurst and George Kovarlk, all from Peebler's gym, were the local contestants. Kessler was to par ticipate in impound competi tion, Parkhurst In the 181-pound light-heavy group and Kovarlk in- the heavyweight division. Observers at the gym here said that Kessler was a cinch to win his division and that Park hurst was almost a cinch to take state honors In his bracket. Parkhurst is scheduled to enter a Mr. Pacific Coast contest to night at Benson Tech to deter mine the best-built athlete on the coast, and his chances are said to be good for that honor. The weight-lifting trials were to have been In three styles of lifts two-arm military press, two-arm snatch and two-arm clean and jerk. Keasler, in the three lifts, can hoist about 6U0 ? minds and Parkhurst about SO. Redmond Coach Asks Pay Hike REDMOND. Dec. 21 (A't Redmond high school Is threat ened with the loss of Its coach. Gene Langley, and an Instruc tor. Floyd L. Bond, over a sal ary controversy. Each i s demanding a $75 monthly Increase and $500 bonus, Langlev now is getting $3000 a year and Bond $2700. A group of citizens said they would finance the coach's de mand themselves In order not to hurt the hoop sound's chnnces. j Th school board said It of fered the men $60 Increases. Eighth For OSC CORVALLIS, Ore.. Dec. 21 (A') Oregon State's potent Bea vers were still undefeated In pre season basketball play today after winning their eighth straight game last night an B0 30 victory over the Portland All Stars. Doug Martin, Oregon State center, was high point man with 19. 1 ; City Delivery Service. Phone 8417. 1 '47 Cushman Scooters Immediate 2 Speed Trsmmliiioa Schubert 520 Klamath i,aWWWKWlAmwM'aMk Uka cart af hi ar tlnaa. Our aaortlnf naw Ida bail that n MATT FINNIOAN SrORTINO GOODS wssai.b a Kws, him r.iit, era, SATiiaoAT, . st, mi, r.n aiiai Three Years Late. Trojans ; Meet Green Wave Of Tulane ' NEW ORLEANS. Doc. 21 (IP) The regular collego loolball sea son li the deep south comes to un anti-climax here this after noon when the Snuthorn Califor nia Trojans and Tule green wave play a game originally scheduled tor 1043, Postponed because of wartime truvel restrictions, the affair Is something of a "consolation bowl" for the slx-tlmrs-beatcn Tulanians and four-tlmes-wal-loped Trojans. The schools had agreed to call It off again If either had been invited to post season classic. Although three years overdue, tho gume is a preview for the next couple of seasons as far as Tulane is concerned. Most of the greenles who'll sea action art RiMfburg 33, North Bend 29. Lebanon 38, Medford 34. Bond 41, Cprvallis 39. Sensldo 40, Parkrose 31. Albany 37. Springfield 26. rmilll Wl.h Mllui.nlI. 25. " ' Iluod River 40. The Dalles 32. Limnincic at, uresltam 27. lUilnllu 46, Estacada 38. St, Helens 41, Astoria 24. Washington 34, Jefferson 12. Commerce .16. Grant 34. Benson 51, Lincoln 41. 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The visitors hive an average 18-pound advantage ' In weight and possess an excel- ' lent p a's's I n I quarterback In Micky McCarille. Their season s record, also, gives them an ap-, parent edge. Tills Is the third meeting of ' the teams. USC beat Tulano 21 12 In the 1932 Rose Bowl and ,., Tulane whipped the Trojans 27- 13 In 1942, in USC's first gam , under Coach Jeff Cravath, Coming during a posl-Nnvsm- ber and pre-Sugar Howl lull, tha game is expected to draw only -about 30,000 spectators. The .. kickoff Is set for 2 p.m. CST. AMERICAN LEGION CLUB NOW OPEN! 13 Noon to 12 Mldnlts For Legionnoirei and Guests 221 Main Next to Willard Hotel Saturday Night Surprise Night! GESSOES 2i00 Christmas 100 Miles Per Gallon Service Phono 32S7
