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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 23, 1946)
Pelicans Win Tourney Final; K-Men Rap Longview, 47-33; Oregon City Breaks Into Plus Column By Topping Baker By WES ROBINSON Kluinutti lilgh's Pclicun hoop squad came tlirouKll with IU 1 B4(l 47 cugo twuiri Mill unblemished lul Sutunluy nlubt by diiwnlnii Longview 47-:i:i on the KU1IS maple In the fltml Miinie of Hut 20-30 club' Invltiitloiiul bUKkcthull Jamboree. Thl win, tin- sixth Rtriilghl vleloiy lor tha K-mcn, uliiu boosted tho Pel ti tint top of the lint In Ihu tournnniont, over the Orciion City Pioneer, linker' Bulldog mid the Lumberjack. Saturday nlghl' preliminary tilt between llukiT und Oregon City wiw tho Bulldog u down before a fast-moving OC nquud, 44-31. Ihu flmt toiirnuiiKMit gume the Pioneer hovo won. After K)ttlni( I.oiikvIi'W u charity to und ono banket for three inlnutea of the find H-rlod, Jerry Thorn, lanky KUIIS center, mid Buy (.'ram each cored, Klvlnil Kluiniilh u lend which they niiiliitulned through out the reimilnder of the itiiine. AlthoiiKh rough mid fiml from the lurt, tho Pclicun lopK-d II further Lumberjack scoring In the find iuurter, mid boost ed their own lend to I i n. The Pclicun second atrlngcr took over at the beginning of tha m-cond period, und Immedi ately knocked over two more baxket. both mude by Don t'euiiuu. Halftlmc wore, 22-11. In the third Kluiizu. I.oiiKvlew opened the corlni( but three banket In rapid ucceion by Clarence Uuiuman, (iene Itover and C'ruiu put the Pelican out kt front on the roretourd. Langvlcw' dc femte h o w e d algn of wearing down during the third period, enabling the Pel to Jack up the wore to 14 to 21. The final period daw wild ports of playing and ball-hawking by both lde. In the lat minute of play, Pelican Couch Scott neiil III hlii third triug. who accounted for the final Pelican basket. Joe 7,urotnskl led tlx- Pel Browns Capture First A-A Grid Conference Pennant CLKVKLAND. Dec. 23 (II A learn a well-rounded a coun try hnlrcut the Cleveland Drown ponscx the champion hlp of the Infant All-America Football conference today. On the frozen, snow-swept turf of the huge Inkefront muni cipal Ktadium, the surprising protege of youthful Puul E. Brown battled from U'liind yes terday to take the title In the raid-west playoff with the New Kentuck Out After Crown NEW YORK. Dec. 23 Having already brushed pust number of formidable foes In es tablishing their longest consecu tive game winning streak, Ken tucky' all-conquering Wildcat today appear well on their wuy kn their quest for the mythical national college basketball championship. Kentucky' Inteut win, 70-30 triumph over St. John's of Drooklyn at New York' Miidi on Square Garden Saturday nigiit, was it 24th straight over a two-enson spun mid It ninth of the current campaign. The Wildcat will be Reeking to extend their streak to 2(1 this week meeting Baylor, South western conference champion, and Wnhiish, on their home court kn preparation for their impor tant Sugar Bowl clash with the Oklahoma Aggies, last year' NCAA champions. Dcccmlx-r 30. Kentucky captured the National Invitational tournament but never did get to meet the Ag giea to decide the mythical championship. The Wildcat never looked better than in sculping the St. John' Rcdmen Saturday night before a record Garden crowd of 18,403, The apparent cane with which the southerners rolled oer the formidable Indian prompted St. John's Cnuch Joe Lapchick to remark that Ken tucky was tho best college team at ever had seen. He Doesn't Know MIAMI. Fill.. Dec. 23 (A'l Pete Williams, the Navy's No. 1 left halfback, said here toduy that he didn't know whether he wa out of bounds on the lust ?ilay of tho thrilling Army-Nuvv oolbnll gamo and explained that any blnmo In those Inst con fusing second should go to the crowd and not the officials. with nine counter, followed by UwMinun und Cewinun with five euch, but Don Stewart, for Longview, iicored more thun hulf the visitor' totul point, with 18. KF completed five of their eight foul ahot chunce, Longview niiitk 12 for 12. Oregon City pluyed nearly the best name of the tourna ment auulnst Baker Bulldogs in the early contest, lowering the bomn on their opKnenU 9 to 3 at the end of the flint quarter and 24-10 at the Inter mlxilon, Orriion City led all tlie wuy, althouiih threatened scvcrul time before the half. The Pioneer displayed mir prislng defense and excellent ball-handling In the third quar ter of the ball name, und left the scoreboard at 27-36 when the period ended. Oregon City defense allowed Bukcr only two baskets In tho final eight min ute, while pushing it own scare eight more point. Dick Eurdly of linker w a high scorer In the game with 12, fol lowed by Oregon City' Jack Kcnnevlck with 1 1 and Don Hoffman with eight. York Yankee by a 14 9 score before 40.409 fan. On the short end of a 9-7 count with o bou I four minute to go, automatic Otto Graham, former Northwestern All-America, fired a 1(1 -yard touchdown pais through the semi-darknes to Dante Lavclli. former Ohio State end, for the clinching counter. The Brown didn't have an In dividual capable of winning a lierth on the all-pro honorary team, but as a batch of rough and ready point-producing pre claionist they were something new In the play-for-pny field. Launching the season with seven straight wins, the Brown sagged for two losses In mid-season and then roared through six more victories to annex the west ern laurels, scoring 423 points to 137. Seven home games of the regular season attracted more than 400.000 fans, and Just to il lustrate their versatility the boys ran over Brooklyn in the finol tilt by 66 to 14. with nine dif ferent men sharing the nine touchdown avalanche. Hornets Measure Gilchrist, 26-12 1IENLKY, Dec. 23 Henley's Hornets Friday night bent a visit. Ing Gilchrist high school hoop team 26 to 12 in a county league game, but the B game went to Gilchrist, 30-21. Fred lies led the scoring with nine points. The low ceiling of the Henley court appeared to hove the boys from the far end of the county stymied for a time. Darrel Potter and Joe LaClair were the officials. How They Finished NEW ORLEANS Southern California defeated Tulanc 20-13 in post-s c a s o n "Consolation Bowl" game before 25,000. HOUSTON, Tex. North Tex as State edxed nut College of Pa cific 14-13 in first annual Opti mist Bowl game, FLEET UNKNOWN MANHATTAN, Kns., Dec. 23 MP) Ray Adec, a Kansas State college two-mile track star, heard a prowler In his frater nity house kitchen and gave chase. But Adee lost the race. The thief, despite the burden of a chicken, bowl of potatoes, quart of milk mid two pounds of fish, outdistanced the track man. I Tip Niagara For 8th Straight NEW YORK, Dec. 23 P An undefeated University of Oregon busketboll teotn meet New York university on the Mad ison Square Garden court tonight in tho second gume of the Duck on their Jaunt east. Couch Hurry Hobson' Oregon teuin pluyed a sensational shoot ing overtime gume at Ituffulo Suturduy night to defeat Niagara university 67 to 60 and chalk up the eighth straight win. The Ducks held a 14-point ad vantage three time during the first half u they dropped long goals from utmost everywhere on the court. They held a 38 27 edge at half-lime. Al Popick sunk the first bas ket In the second half und then Niagara started drubbing the hop for 10 straight points. With two minutes to go Niagara moved ahead to 57-56. In a whirlwind finish, It wus tied again, with 30 seconds to go, at 58-ull. In the extra period Ed Dick tossed two free throws and Wiley tupped home one he missed. In the rough play, Wiley left the game on hi fifth foul and Dick got another free shot that was good. Two Niagara player picked up pen alty hot while Stan Williamson collected two free til rows. Bob V'ren halted the scoring with a fast breaking field goal. ETBALL Rainier 44. Tlgard 33. McMinnvillc 42. Astoria 35. Pendleton 51, The Dalles 44. Salem 46, Benson Tech 29. LaGrande 53, Hillsboro 30. Columbia Prep 31, Central Catholic 30. Ashland 32, Lebanon 28. Mcdford 34, Milton-Freewater 28. Klamath Falls 47, Longview 33 Oregon City 30, Baker 33. Beavers Prep For Trip East PORTLAND, Dec. 23 The Oregon State Beavers In vade the University of Portland basketball court tonight for their last game before leaving for New York' Madison Square Garden. Coach Slats Gill's squad, with nine straight wins on the books and favored to carry the Pilots tonight, will leave for New York immediately after the Portland game for a Thursday contest with Long Island university. Gill's quint bowled over the Portland Fee's 89 to 37 Saturday night for their eighth win, with Red Roach still at forward and pounding the hoop for a total 27 points and scoring honors. Hawaiians Push HONOLULU, Dec. 23 The Leilehua alumni pushed 78 yards to come from behind for a 19-14 win over the University of New Mexico Lobos last night. FUNNY i iifli'"" .. T. 'Hi" iww. Webfoots BA&K 'But frankly, I'm torn between hunger and artl? hkrai.o a Nrwa. KUmsik rn, or. Single Wing Vs. T. . . West Will Be Tricky, Visitors Use Power SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 23 fP) When East meet West on New Year's Day In Kczur stadium here it will be the single wing vcrsu tho T, It appeared to the practice kibitzers today. Working out fat the West' Menlo Junior college prepping ground ia a T-formation with Bill MacKride of Nevada in the quarterback slot. At Sunta Clara university co-Coaches Andy Kerr and Bernie Rlcrmun of the East have two powerhouse single wings brewing for the Shrine classic for the benefit of crippled youngsters. Coaches Homer Norton, Heavy Hitter Stan Musi!, outfielder and first baseman of the St. Louis Cards, almost made a clean sweep of the National league bat honors. Ms hit .365. bitted 624 times, scored 124 runs, got 228 hits for 366 bases. led in singles with 142, doubles with SO and triples with 20. Huskies Punch Buckeye Quint SEATTLE, Dee. 23 Washington's basketball stock zoomed sharply over the week end after the Huskies' 49-45 Sat urday night victory over the Ohio State Buckeyes, and will jump another peg this evening if Coach Hec Edmundson's "race horse" crew can win the second game of their intersectional se ries. The Huskies, untested previ ously in big-league competition, provided a mild upset in turning back the midwest invaders. Edmundson had been reported developing one of the potential ly finest quintets in his highly successful 27-ycar career at Washington, but the Buckeyes came west with virtually the same outfit ranked third nation ally last season. BUSINESS I 1 ' W 7 ' 'W J o. Si mono a r. Dm. m, im. rw George Sauer and Lon Stiner of the West aren't putting all their eggs in the T basket, at that. They also have a single wing threat, with one backfield working out on that shift. Arrival of Mickey McCardle and two USC teammates today from the Trojan's post-season victory over Tulane boosted the West's offense, for Quarterback McCardle master-minded the Trojans in the tricky formation all season. Supporting MacKride in the backfield were Jack Jensen of California at left half, Walter Heap of Texas at right half and Duke Iverson of Oregon at full back. In the West's single wing are Clyde Le Force of Tulsa at blocking quarterback, Fred Provo of Washington at left half, L. G. Caxmody of Wash ington central at right half and Willie Zapalac of Texas A. and M. at full. Sauer of Kansas coached the West's T yesterday, with Stiner tutoring the single wingers and Norton sharpening both teams in passing practice later. Kerr of the East squad an nounced his two backfields, both single wing, as: Blues Paul Weaver of Penn State at quarter, Nicholas Sacrinty of Wake Forest at left half, Joseph Watt of Syracuse at right half and Pete Pihos of Indiana at fullback; Whites Robert Sand berg of Minnesota at quarter, Larry Bruno of Geneva college at left half. Tommy Dorsey of Brown at right half anTi Ed Cody of Purdue at fullback. Babe Again Stands Out NEW YORK. Dec. 23 (JP Mrs. Mildred (Babe) Didriskson Zaharias, amateur champion of the nation's feminine golfers, was named the outstanding woman athlete of 1946 today, becoming the first star in the 16-year history of the annual As sociated Press poll to win the honor three times. The all-around athlete from Denver shares the 1946 spotlight with Glenn Davis, Army's three time All-America halfback, who was selected Saturday as the No. 1 male athlete of the year by a healthy margin over Heavy weight Boxing Champion Joe Louis. Mrs. Zaharias, who has con fined her athletic talents to the fairways in recent years, was first named sports queen in 1932 for her achievements in track and field. Her golfing prowess carried her to the top of the list again last year, 13 years later. Among the 58 sports writers who voted for the women in the 1946 poll. 33 of them cast first place ballots for the Colorado sharpshooter, who won the All America women's open tourna ment this year as well as the women's national amateur title. Suds Infield Almost Ready For Season SEATTLE, Dec. 23 (P) The Seattle Rainiers of the Pacific Coast Baseball league had their infield virtually set for the 1947 season today with the acquisition of Johnny O'Neil from the Phila delphia Phillies for an estimated $15,000. Along with u Neil, who played for Portland in 1945. the Rai niers obtained Charles Ripple', southpaw hurler, and the right to obtain another player on op tion after the Phils finish spring training. . Kahut Has Date PORTLAND. Dec. 23 (P) Joe Kahut, Oregon's heavyweight title holder and listed by Ring Magazine as one of the top 10 heavyweights of the nation, will meet Joe Comiskey, 215-pound New Jersey boxer, at Los Ange les January 28 in a 10-round main event at the Olympic auditorium.
